The 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 68th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 17 and 18 June 2000.

Pre-race After the 1999 race, most of the manufacturers in the top classes went in different directions. BMW and Toyota went into Formula One, while Mercedes-Benz left sportscar racing after the CLR accidents, returning to the DTM. Nissan also left due to financial difficulties.

Other than the French privateers Pescarolo, Oreca and DAMS, only Audi and Panoz remained from the previous year, while newcomer Cadillac joined.

Race notes Approximately 200,000 people attended the race. The 1-2-3 finish of the Audi LMP900s marked the beginning of two dynasties, Audi's and Tom Kristensen's in the top-finishing Audi.

The Oreca team's GTS class winning, seventh place overall, 333 lap finish with the Chrysler Viper was the best ever with that car. It faced serious competition within its class from Corvette Racing's new C5.R., which would within the next two years top the Viper's distance record and establish itself as the car to beat among the GT classes.

Official results Class winners are denoted in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP900 8 Audi Sport Team Joest Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 368 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 2 LMP900 9 Audi Sport Team Joest Laurent Aïello Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli Audi R8 367 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 3 LMP900 7 Audi Sport Team Joest Christian Abt Michele Alboreto Rinaldo Capello Audi R8 365 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 4 LMP900 16 Pescarolo Sport Olivier Grouillard Sébastien Bourdais Emmanuel Clérico Courage C52 344 Peugeot A32 3.2 L Turbo V6 5 LMP900 12 Panoz Motorsports Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katoh Pierre-Henri Raphanel Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 342 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 6 LMP900 23 TV Asahi Team Dragon Toshio Suzuki Masami Kageyama Masahiko Kageyama Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 340 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 7 LMGTS 51 Viper Team Oreca Dominique Dupuy Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Chrysler Viper GTS-R 333 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 8 LMP900 22 TV Asahi Team Dragon Keiichi Tsuchiya Akira Iida Masahiko Kondo Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 330 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 9 LMGTS 53 Viper Team Oreca David Donohue Ni Amorim Anthony Beltoise Chrysler Viper GTS-R 328 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 10 LMGTS 64 Corvette Racing Franck Fréon Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 327 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8 11 LMGTS 63 Corvette Racing Chris Kneifel Ron Fellows Justin Bell Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 326 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8 12 LMGTS 52 Viper Team Oreca Tommy Archer Marc Duez Patrick Huisman Chrysler Viper GTS-R 324 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 13 LMGTS 57 Carsport Holland Mike Hezemans David Hart Hans Hugenholtz Chrysler Viper GTS-R 317 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 14 LMGTS 60 Konrad Motorsport Charles Slater Tommy Kendall Jürgen von Gartzen Porsche 911 GT2 317 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 15 LMP900 11 Panoz Motorsports David Brabham Jan Magnussen Mario Andretti Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 315 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 16 LMGT 73 Team Taisan Advan Hideo Fukuyama Atsushi Yogo Bruno Lambert Porsche 911 GT3-R 310 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 17 LMGT 82 Skea Racing International Johnny Mowlem David Murry Sascha Maassen Porsche 911 GT3-R 304 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 18 LMGT 76 Seikel Motorsport Max Cohen-Olivar Michel Neugarten Anthony Burgess Porsche 911 GT3-R 302 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 LMP900 3 DAMS Éric Bernard Emmanuel Collard Franck Montagny Cadillac Northstar LMP 300 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 20 LMP900 6 Mopar Team Oreca Didier Theys Jeffrey van Hooydonk Didier André Reynard 2KQ-LM 292 Mopar 6.0 L V8 21 LMP900 1 Team Cadillac Franck Lagorce Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace Cadillac Northstar LMP 291 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 22 LMP900 2 Team Cadillac Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Eric van de Poele Cadillac Northstar LMP 287 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 LMGT 79 Perspective Racing Thierry Perrier Jean-Louis Ricci Romano Ricci Porsche 911 GT3-R 286 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 24 LMGT 80 M1 Club-Renstal Excelsior Philippe Verellen Rudi Penders Kurt Dujardyn Porsche 911 GT3-R 285 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 25 LMP675 32 Multimatic Motorsports Scott Maxwell John Graham Greg Wilkins Lola B2K/40 274 Nissan-AER VQL 3.0 L V6 26 LMP675 36 Rachel Welter Richard Balandras Yojiro Terada Sylvain Boulay WR LMP 266 Peugeot 2.0 L Turbo I4 27 LMGT 75 Manthey Racing Michael Brockman Mike Lauer Gunnar Jeannette Porsche 911 GT3-R 261 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 NC LMP900 10 Team Den Blå Avis John Nielsen Mauro Baldi Klaus Graf Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 205 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 DNF LMGTS 59 Freisinger Motorsport Wolfgang Kaufmann Yukihiro Hane Katsunori Iketani Porsche 911 GT2 313 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 DNF LMGT 81 Haberthur Racing Gabrio Rosa Michel Ligonnet Fabio Babini Porsche 911 GT3-R 310 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF LMP900 17 SMG Compétition Philippe Gache Gary Formato Didier Cottaz Courage C60 219 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 DNF LMGTS 56 Team Goh Walter Brun Toni Seiler Christian Gläsel Chrysler Viper GTS-R 210 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 DNF LMGTS 54 Paul Belmondo Racing Boris Derichebourg Guy Martinolle Jean-Claude Lagniez Chrysler Viper GTS-R 180 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 DNF LMP900 15 Thomas Bscher Promotion Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees Jean-Marc Gounon BMW V12 LM 180 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 DNF LMP675 35 Gerard Welter Xavier Pompidou Stéphane Daoudi Jean-Bernard Bouvet WR LMP 169 Peugeot 2.0 L Turbo I4 DNF LMP900 21 Team Rafanelli SRL Domenico Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès Emanuele Naspetti Lola B2K/10 154 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 DNF LMP900 24 Stefan Johansson Guy Smith Jim Matthews Reynard 2KQ-LM 133 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 DNF LMGT 72 Racing Engineering Tomás Saldaña Jesús Diez Villaroel Giovanni Lavaggi Porsche 911 GT3-R 78 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF LMP675 34 ROC Jordi Gené Jean-Christophe Boullion Jérôme Policand 72 Volkswagen HPT16 2.0 L Turbo I4 DNF LMP675 33 ROC Ralf Kelleners David Terrien Jean-Denis Délétraz Reynard 2KQ-LM 44 Volkswagen HPT16 2.0  Turbo I4 DNF LMP900 20 Konrad Motorsport Jan Lammers Tom Coronel Peter Kox Lola B2K/10 38 Ford-Roush 6.0 L V8 DNF LMGT 77 Larbre Compétition Patrice Goueslard Christophe Bouchut Jean-Luc Chéreau Porsche 911 GT3-R 34 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF LMGT 78 Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Bernard Chauvin Angelo Zadra Porsche 911 GT3-R 32 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF LMP675 30 Didier Bonnet Patrick Lemarié Jean-Francois Yvon Yann Goudy Debora LMP2000 24 BMW 3.2 L I6 DNF LMGT 71 Michael Colucci Racing Shane Lewis Cort Wagner Bob Mazzuoccola Porsche 911 GT3-R 22 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF LMP900 4 DAMS Marc Goossens Christophe Tinseau Kristian Kolby Cadillac Northstar LMP 4 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP900 5 Mopar Team Oreca Yannick Dalmas Nicolas Minassian Jean-Philippe Belloc Reynard 2KQ-LM 1 Mopar 6.0 L V8 DSQ† LMGT 83 Dick Barbour Racing Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr Bob Wollek Porsche 911 GT3-R 319 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6

† - #83 Dick Barbour Racing was disqualified for an illegally sized fuel tank in post-race inspection.

Statistics Pole Position — Allan McNish, #9 Audi Sport Team Joest - 3:36.124 Fastest Lap — Allan McNish, #9 Audi Sport Team Joest - 3:37.359 Distance - 5007.99 km Average Speed - 207.00 km/h Highest Trap Speed — Audi R8 - 337 km/h (race)

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