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The 1992
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose ...
was the 60th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20–21 June 1992. It was also the third round of the
Sportscar World Championship. For this race, both C1 and FIA Cup class cars ran under the C1 category to comply with
ACO rules.
Despite the success of the
Group C
Group C was a category of sports car racing introduced by the FIA in 1982 and continuing until 1993, with ''Group A'' for touring cars and ''Group B'' for GTs.
It was designed to replace both Group 5 special production cars (closed top touri ...
rules, the FIA introduced new '3.5L' rules for the 1991
World Sportscar Championship
The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992.
The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance, and road racing events in Europe and ...
which meant a new type of
sports-prototype
A sports prototype, sometimes referred to as simply a prototype, is a type of race car that is used in the highest-level categories of sports car racing. These purpose-built racing cars, unlike street-legal and production-based racing cars, are n ...
.
Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
† - #60 Team MP Racing's qualifying times were disallowed after the car was found to be underweight in post-qualifying inspection.
Statistics
* Pole Position - #2 Peugeot Talbot Sport - 3:21.200
* Fastest Lap - #8 Toyota Team Tom's - 3:32.295
* Distance - 4787.2 km
* Average Speed - 199.34 km/h
* Highest Trap Speed — Toyota TS010 - 336 km/h (race), Peugeot 905 – 351 km/h (qualifying)
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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose ...
24 Hours of Le Mans races
24 Hours Of Le Mans, 1992