2002 24 Hours of Le Mans

The winning No. 1 Audi R8 LMP900, pictured at The Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 70th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 15 and 16 June 2002.

Track changes

Following a reconstruction of the Bugatti Circuit, the Le Mans circuit was changed between the Dunlop Bridge and Esses, with the straight now becoming a set of fast sweeping turns. This layout allowed for a better transition from the Le Mans circuit to the Bugatti circuit. This layout change would also require the track's infamous carnival to be relocated because the area it had once occupied became runoff. The carnival was relocated to the Porsche curves.

Race

The 2002 edition saw Audi Sport Team Joest, with drivers Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen, and Emanuele Pirro, taking their third victory not only as a team and manufacturer, but also as a driving team, marking the first time a set of three drivers won the event three years in a row.

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP900	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	M	375
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2	LMP900	2	Audi Sport North America	Johnny Herbert Christian Pescatori Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	M	374
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3	LMP900	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marco Werner Michael Krumm Philipp Peter	Audi R8	M	372
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
4	LMGTP	8	Team Bentley	Andy Wallace Eric van de Poele Butch Leitzinger	Bentley EXP Speed 8	D	362
					Bentley 4.0L Turbo V8
5	LMP900	15	PlayStation Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Érik Comas Pedro Lamy	Dallara SP1	M	359
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
6	LMP900	14	PlayStation Team Oreca	Stéphane Sarrazin Franck Montagny Nicolas Minassian	Dallara SP1	M	359
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
7	LMP900	5	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Hiroki Katoh Yannick Dalmas Seiji Ara	Audi R8	M	358
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
8	LMP900	16	Racing for Holland B.V.	Jan Lammers Tom Coronel Val Hillebrand	Dome S101	M	351
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
9	LMP900	6	Team Cadillac	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Christophe Tinseau	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	345
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
10	LMP900	17	Pescarolo Sport	Sébastien Bourdais Jean-Christophe Boullion Franck Lagorce	Courage C60	M	343
					Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6
11	GTS	63	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	335
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8
12	LMP900	7	Team Cadillac	Éric Bernard Emmanuel Collard JJ Lehto	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	334
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
13	GTS	64	Corvette Racing	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins Franck Fréon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	331
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8
14	GTS	52	Equipe de France FFSA Oreca	Jonathan Cochet Benoît Tréluyer Jean-Philippe Belloc	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	326
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
15	LMP900	13	Courage Compétition	Didier Cottaz Boris Derichebourg Thed Björk	Courage C60	M	322
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
16	GT	81	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Lucas Luhr Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	322
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT	80	Freisinger Motorsport	Romain Dumas Sascha Maassen Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	321
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18	GTS	50	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard Vincent Vosse	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	319
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
19	LMP675	29	Noël del Bello Racing ROC Compétition	Jean-Denis Délétraz Christophe Pillon Walter Lechner, Jr.	Reynard 2KQ-LM	M	317
					Volkswagen HPT16 2.0L I4
20	LMP675	25	Gerard Welter	Jean-René de Fournoux Stéphane Daoudi Jean-Bernard Bouvet	WR LM2001	M	317
					Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4
21	GT	77	Team Taisan Advan	Atsushi Yogo Akira Iida Kazuyuki Nishizawa	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	316
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22	GT	82	Seikel Motorsport	Gabrio Rosa Luca Drudi Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	315
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23	GTS	68	Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	Pedro Chaves Miguel Ramos Gavin Pickering	Saleen S7-R	D	312
					Ford 7.0L V8
24	GT	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Christian Lavieille Olivier Thévenin	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	299
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25	GTS	51	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Chéreau Carl Rosenblad Jean-Claude Lagniez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	278
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
26	GTS	66	Konrad Motorsport	Terry Borcheller Toni Seiler Franz Konrad	Saleen S7-R	P	266
					Ford 7.0L V8
27 NC	LMP900	10	DAMS Bob Berridge Racing (Vaillante Camera Car)	Philippe Gache Emanuele Clerico Michel Neugarten	Lola B98/10	M	150
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
28 DNF	LMP900	19	MBD Sportscar Team	Didier de Radiguès Milka Duno John Graham	Panoz LMP07	A	259
					Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8
29 DNF	LMP900	12	Panoz Motor Sports	Bill Auberlen David Donohue Gunnar Jeannette	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	230
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
30 DNF	LMP675	27	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	Mark Blundell Julian Bailey Kevin McGarrity	MG-Lola EX257	M	219
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
31 DNF	LMP900	4	Riley & Scott Racing	Marc Goossens Jim Matthews Didier Theys	Riley & Scott Mk III C	G	189
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
32 DNF	LMP900	9	Kondo Racing	Masahiko Kondo Ian McKellar Jr. François Migault	Dome S101	M	182
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
33 DNF	GT	73	DeWALT Racesport Salisbury	Richard Stanton Steve Hyde Richard Hayes	Morgan Aero 8R	D	181
					BMW (Mader) 4.0L V8
34 DNF	GTS	58	Prodrive	Rickard Rydell Alain Menu Tomáš Enge	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	167
					Ferrari F131 6.0L V12
35 DNF	GT	75	Orbit Racing	Leo Hindery, Jr. Peter Baron Anthony Kester	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	165
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
36 DNF	LMP900	18	Pescarolo Sport	Éric Hélary Stéphane Ortelli Ukyo Katayama	Courage C60	M	144
					Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6
37 DNF	GT	85	Spyker Automobielen B.V.	Peter Kox Norman Simon Hans Hugenholtz	Spyker C8 Double-12R	D	142
					BMW 3.4L V8
38 DNF	LMP675	26	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	Anthony Reid Warren Hughes Jonny Kane	MG-Lola EX257	M	129
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
39 DNF	LMP675	28	ROC Auto	Jordi Gené Mark Smithson Peter Owen	Reynard 2KQ-LM	M	126
					Volkswagen HPT16 2.0L I4
40 DNF	GT	74	Auto Palace	Guillaume Gomez Ryo Fukuda Laurent Cazenave	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	P	119
					Ferrari F133 3.6L V8
41 DNF	LMP675	30	KnightHawk Racing	Steve Knight Mel Hawkins Duncan Dayton	MG-Lola EX257	A	102
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
42 DNF	LMP900	22	DAMS (Leader Camera Car)	Jérôme Policand Marc Duez Perry McCarthy	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	98
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
43 DNF	GTS	53	Team Carsport Holland Racing Box	Mike Hezemans Gabriele Matteuzzi Anthony Kumpen Luca Capellari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	P	93
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
44 DNF	LMP900	11	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen Bryan Herta	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	90
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
45 DNF	GT	71	JMB Racing	Steve Earle Chris MacAllister Gary Schultheis	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	P	85
					Ferrari F133 3.6L V8
46 DNF	GTS	67	Konrad Motorsport	Walter Brun Charles Slater Rodney Mall	Saleen S7-R	P	83
					Ford 7.0L V8
47 DNF	GT	78	PK Sport Ltd.	Robin Liddell David Warnock Piers Masarati	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	P	83
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
48 DNF	LMP900	21	Team Ascari	Werner Lupberger Ben Collins Timothy J. Bell	Ascari KZR-1	D	17
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
49 DNF	GT	70	JMB Racing	Cort Wagner Sam Hancock Martin Short	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	P	16
					Ferrari F133 3.6L V8
50 DNF	LMP675	24	Autoexe Motorsport	Yojiro Terada John Fergus Jim Downing	Autoexe (WR) LMP-02	A	5
					Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor

Statistics

• Pole Position - #2 Audi Sport North America - 3:29.905
• Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport Team Joest - 3:33.483
• Distance - 5118.75 km
• Average Speed - 213.068 km/h
• Highest Trap Speed — Audi R8 - 340 km/h (race), Dome Judd S101 Racing for Holland - 340 km/h (race)