Group C Le Mans Diecast 1986-1990

This era was dominated by the 'Version 2.0' of the Porsche 956 - the 962. The grids became more and more homogenous, except for the valiant efforts by Jaguar and Sauber-Mercedes. If the latter had been able to match Porsche's ability to supply customer cars, the era might not have fizzled as it did in the early 90's

In addition to the 962, Porsche also showed up with the 4-wheel drive 959-based 961. This car ran unopposed in the IMSA GTX category.

Le Mans 1986 (Part of the FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship)

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Rothmans Porsche
1Porsche 962C Long 'Rothmans'
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Derek Bell
Al Holbert 		1
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM99001
2Porsche 962C Long 'Fortuna'
Oscar Larrauri
Joël Gouhier
Jésus Pareja 		17
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM99002
   Vitesse
Super Models		SM42 
4Porsche 962C Short 'Danone'
Emilio de Villota
George Fouché
Fermin Velez 		33
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM99005
3Porsche 956 'Stars & Stripes'
John Morton
George Follmer
Kenper Miller 		8
Minichamps
430 866508
   Vitesse
Super Models		SM40 
   Spark
New Ace Edition		NA008 
5Porsche 956 'Babicresi'
Jürgen Lässig
Fulvio Ballabio
Dudley Wood 		9
C1		Vitesse
Super Models		SM41
   Spark
New Ace Edition		NA004
DNFPorsche 962C 'Kenwood'
Jo Gartner
Sarel van der Merwe
Kunimitsu Takahashi 		10
C1		Spark
Kokusai Boeki Edition		KBS013
DNFPorsche 956L 'taka-Q'
Klaus Ludwig
Paolo Barilla
"John Winter" 		7
C1		Minichamps
430 866507

1987

Le Mans 1987 (Part of the FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship)

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

1Porsche 962C Long 'Rothmans'
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Derek Bell
Al Holbert 		17
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM99007
2Porsche 962C Long 'Primagraz'
Pierre Yver
Bernard de Dryver
Jürgen Lässig 		72
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM99008
4Porsche 956 'Leyton House'
George Fouché
Franz Konrad
Wayne Taylor 		11
C1		Vitesse
Super Models		SM44
13Porsche 962C Short 'Porsche Canada'
Richard Spenard
Scott Goodyear
Bill Adam 		3
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM015
DNFPorsche 956 'Lui'
Michel Trollé
Paul Belmondo
Pierre de Thoisy 		1
C1		Vitesse
Super Models		SM45
Sauber Mercedes
DNFSauber C9 Mercedes 'Kouros'
Henri Pescarolo
Mike Thackwell
Hideki Okada 		61
Max
1007
   HPI Models
8053
DNFSauber C9 Mercedes 'Kouros'
Johnny Dumfries
Chip Ganassi
Mike Thackwell 		62
Max
1008

1988

In 1988, Jaguar scored an incredible win over the army of Porsche 962C's. The fact that the Porsche works team came in second made it that much better. Porsche ran in 'Shell' livery, a change from the 'Rothmans' cars which had run since 1982. More on this can be found on the Onyx page

Le Mans 1988 (Part of the FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship)

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

TWR Silk Cut Jaguar
1Jaguar XJR-9 LM 'Silk Cut'
Jan Lammers
Johnny Dumfries
Andy Wallace 		2
C1		Onyx
13b
4Jaguar XJR-9 LM 'Silk Cut'
Derek Daly
Kevin Cogan
Larry Perkins 		22
C1		Onyx
13e
16Jaguar XJR-9 LM 'Silk Cut'
Danny Sullivan
Davy Jones
Price Cobb 		21
C1		Onyx
13d
DNFJaguar XJR-9 LM 'Silk Cut'
Martin Brundle
John Nielsen 		1
C1		Onyx
13a
DNFJaguar XJR-9 LM 'Silk Cut'
John Watson
Raul Boesel
Henri Pescarolo 		3
C1		Onyx
13c
2Porsche 962C 'Shell'
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Klaus Ludwig
Derek Bell 		17
Onyx15
Joest
5Porsche 962C 'Blaupunkt'
David Hobbs
Didier Theys
Franz Konrad 		7
SparkS0937
3Porsche 962C 'Blaupunkt'
Stanley Dickens
"John Winter"
Frank Jelinski 		8
SparkS0938
   Onyx
Sports Racing		16 
7Porsche 962C Repsol
Jésus Pareja
Massimo Sigala
Uwe Schäfer 		5
Onyx
Sports Racing		19
8Porsche 962C Leyton House
Kris Nissen
Harald Grohs
George Fouché 		11
Spark
Kokusai Boeki Edition		KBS008
   Onyx
Sports Racing		18
10Porsche 962C Takefuji
Brian Redman
Eje Elgh
Jean-Pierre Jarier 		33
Onyx
Sports Racing		20
DNFPorsche 962C 'Camel'
Walter Lechner
Franz Hunkeler
Manuel Reuter 		4
Spark
New Ace Edition		NA005
   Onyx
Sports Racing		17
Sauber Mercedes
DNFSauber Mercedes C9/88 'AEG'
Mauro Baldi
James Weaver
Jochen Mass 		61
C1		Max
1005
DNFSauber Mercedes C9/88 'AEG'
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Kenny Acheson 		62
C1		Max
1006

1989

Mercedes-Benz were finally able to lift the cloud of 1955 by giving semi-works support to Sauber and scoring a solid win against Porsche and Jaguar

Max Models

These "Max" models are Minichamps first ready-built diecast cars. They are only fair quality by today's standards, but definitely worthwhile.

Le Mans 1989 (Non-Championship race run with FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship rules)

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Sauber Mercedes
1Sauber Mercedes C9 'LBS France'
Jochen Mass
Manuel Reuter
Stanley Dickens 		63
C1		Max
1000
   IXO
Le Mans Winners		LM1989
   HPI Model Car
991
2Sauber Mercedes C9 'LBS France'
Mauro Baldi
Kenny Acheson
Gianfranco Brancatelli 		61
C1		Max
1001
5Sauber Mercedes C9 'LBS France'
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Alain Cudini 		62
C1		Max
1002 
Joest
3Porsche 962C 'Blaupunkt'
Bob Wollek
Hans-Joachim Stuck
"John Winter" 		9
C1		Spark
S0953
   Onyx
20B
13Porsche 962C 'Omron'
Vern Schuppan
Eje Elgh
Gary Brabham 		55
C1		Spark
Kokusai Boeki Edition		KBS016
DNFPorsche 962C 'From A'
Harald Grohs
Akihiko Nakaya
Sarel van der Merwe 		5
C1		Spark
Kokusai Boeki Edition		KBS007
DNFPorsche 962C 'Raika Group'
Steven Andskar
David Hobbs
Damon Hill 		15
C1		Spark
S1913
Nissan
DNFNissan R89C 'Calsonic'
Masahiro Hasemi
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki 		23
C1		IXO
LMC060
DNFNissan R89C
Julian Bailey
Mark Blundell
Martin Donnelly 		24
C1		IXO
LMC061
DNFNissan R89C
Geoff Brabham
Chip Robinson
Arie Luyendyk 		25
C1		IXO
LMC062

1990

Le Mans 1990 (Non-Championship race run with FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship rules)

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

TWR Silk Cut Jaguar
1Jaguar XJR-12 'Silk Cut'
John Nielsen
Price Cobb
Eliseo Salazar 		3
C1		Onyx
Sports Racing		41
2Jaguar XJR-12 'Silk Cut'
Jan Lammers
Andy Wallace
Franz Konrad 		2
C1		Onyx
Sports Racing		40
DNFJaguar XJR-12 'Silk Cut'
Martin Brundle
Alain Ferté
David Leslie 		1
C1		Onyx
Sports Racing		39
DNFJaguar XJR-12 'Silk Cut'
Davy Jones
Luis Perez-Sala
Michel Ferté 		4
C1		Onyx
Sports Racing		42
3Porsche 962C Short 'Alpha'
Tiff Needell
David Sears
Anthony Reid 		45
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM99006
Team Joest
4Porsche 962C 'Blaupunkt'
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Derek Bell
Frank Jelinski 		7
C1		Spark
S0977
   Onyx
Sports Racing		44
Nissan Motorsports International
5Nissan R90CP 'Calsonic
Masahiro Hasemi
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki 		23
C1		Q-Model
QMC-020
DNFNissan R90CK 'YHP'
Julian Bailey
Mark Blundell
Gianfranco Brancatelli 		24
C1		Q-Model
QMC-021 
DNFNissan R90CK 'JECS'
Kenny Acheson
Olivier Grouillard
Martin Donnelly 		25
C1		Q-Model
QMC-022 
DNFNissan R90CK 'Unisa'
Geoff Brabham
Chip Robinson
Derek Daly 		83
C1		Q-Model
QMC-023
17Nissan R90CK 'Unisa'
Bob Earl
Michael Roe
Steve Millen 		84
C1		Q-Model
QMC-024 
8Porsche 962C 'Mizuno'
"John Winter"
Stanley Dickens
Bob Wollek 		9
Onyx
Sports Racing		45
9Porsche 962C 'Primagaz'
Jürgen Lässig
Pierre Yver
Otto Altenbach 		27
Onyx
Sports Racing		47
10Porsche 962C 'Hydro Alum'
Harald Huysman
Massimo Sigala
Bernard Santal 		15
Onyx
Sports Racing		46
11Porsche 962C 'Italiya'
John Watson
Bruno Giacomelli
Allen Berg 		44
Onyx
Sports Racing		48
13Porsche 962C 'Nisseki'
George Fouché
Steven Andskar
Shunji Kasuya 		63
Onyx
Sports Racing		50
15Porsche 962C 'Omron'
Eje Elgh
Thomas Danielsson
Thomas Mezera 		55
Onyx
Sports Racing		49
19Porsche 962C Short 'Rizla'
Tim Lee-Davey
Giovanni Lavaggi 		20
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM99011
24Porsche 962C 'Kenwood'
Sarel van der Merwe
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Hideki Okada 		10
C1		Spark
Kokusai Boeki Edition		KBS043
26Porsche 962C Short 'Fuji Golf'
Max Cohen-Olivar
Katsunori Iketani
Tim Lee-Davey 		19
Quartzo
Classic Le Mans		QLM012
DNFNissan R89C 'Tenoras'
Takao Wada
Anders Olofsson
Maurizio Sandro Sala 		85
Q-Model
QMC-004
DNFPorsche 962C 'Italiya'
Manuel Reuter
James Weaver
J.J. Lehto 		43
C1		Spark
Kokusai Boeki Edition		KBS044
DNFPorsche 962C 'Momo'
Gianpiero Moretti
Günter Gebhardt
Nick Adams 		230
GTP		Spark
S0999
DNFPorsche 962C 'Repsol'
Oscar Larrauri
Jésus Pareja
Walter Brun 		16
C1		Spark
S1916