1998 - Le Mans - Olivier Thevenin collides into Pierluigi Martini

At 14:55 hrs number 24 Courage wih Olivier Thevenin tried to close the door on number 2 BMW at Indianapolis and light contact resulted, during the spin he was T-Boned by the BMW, The number 24 Courage came straight in for repairs and went no further at the time of writing..
In LMP1 Gabriele Rafanelli , Race Director BMW Motorsport, was clearly unimpressed by the Courage that clashed with Pierluigi Martini .... ' It is very annoying that Martini was involved in an accident which was no fault of his own.The crash was obviously so hard that the securing lugs for the front hood were affected. We tried fitting a new hood but that didn't work, which is why we had to re-use the old one, which the mechanics repaired in record time' After Kristensen took over he told us ' The car is running perfectly. I tried to be easy on the tyres and not to brake on the limit, whilsts taking as smooth a line as possible in the fast corners. It was however quite tough to drive three turns in this heat'.
The Courage lost 51 minutes while internal damage to the left-hand sidepod was made good, involving a new radiator and hoses.