Jaguar XJR-15
Position Race Number Driver Country Laps Time
1 11 Derek Warwick GB 16 29:52,438=106,945 km/h
2 9 David Brabham AUS 16 29:53,177
3 2 Davy Jones United States 16 30:00,983
4 15 Juan Manuel Fangio II RA 16 30:01,218
5 10 Armin Hahne D 16 30:02,504
6 4 Bob Wollek F 16 30:03,821
7 5 Tiff Needell GB 16 30:23.722
8 6 Jim Richards NZ 16 30:31.102
9 8 Matsuaki Sanada J 16 30:58.803
10 7 Cor Euser NL 16 31:10.506
11 12 David Leslie GB 16 ?
12 3 Andy Evans United States 16 ?
13 14 Yojiro Terada J 16 31:21.066
14 16 Ian Flux GB 15 ?
15 1 Matt Aitken GB 13 ?
DNF 13 John Nielsen DK DNF -
Racing history
Jaguar XJR-15 race car ( originally owned by Cor Euser ) According to a press release by Jaguar Sport , a limited number of XJR-15s were built specifically to compete in the 1991 Jaguar Sport Intercontinental Challenge ; a three-race competition held throughout the year as a support event for the 1991 Formula One Grand Prix at Monaco , Silverstone , and Spa-Francorchamps . Sixteen cars built in racing specifications were entered in each of the events . The winner of the third and final race , Armin Hahne , was awarded a cash prize of US $ 1 million . Having parted with nearly US $ 1m for their cars , most XJR-15 owners wanting to participate in the Intercontinental Challenge got professional drivers to drive the cars . Preparation and maintenance by Jaguar Sport was included in the purchase price of the race cars . At stake for the winners of the first two rounds were a pair of Jaguar XJR-S road cars whilst at the Spa finale there was a US $ 1m winner-takes-all prize fund . A maximum of 16 grid slots were available for each event and all three were fully subscribed . Derek Warwick emerged on top of the timesheets in qualifying followed by Armin Hahne , Jim Richards , David Brabham and Davy Jones . Rounding out the top ten were Bob Wollek , Tiff Needell , John Nielsen , Ian Flux and Juan Manuel Fangio II . Each race kicked off with a rolling start administered by Tom Walkinshaw and the charge into Ste Devote saw Warwick and Hahne touch several times before Warwick emerged in front . On lap two , John Nielsen ran wide at Tabac and thumped the barriers on both sides of the track before Hahne lost it entering the swimming pool on lap three , luckily emerging unscathed . This allowed Warwick to open up a four-second gap from Brabham , Jones and Fangio before losing it all after locking up into the swimming pool . The Englishman eventually finished seven tenths of a second ahead of Brabham after 16 laps of hard racing . With the first race having enthralled the crowd yet passed without any major incident , hopes were high for another great spectacle at Silverstone . Warwick again started from pole with Brabham , Cor Euser , Ian Flux , and Wollek in fifth . Fangio , David Leslie , Hahne , Kenny Acheson and Needell also qualified in the top ten . The rolling start saw five abreast into the first corner but the opening lap passed with all 16 cars intact . On the second lap Nielsen and Jones engaged in some panel bashing at Becketts whilst at Stowe , second placed Warwick turned in on leader Euser . Warwick took the position , Euser spun ( dropping to third ) but Warwick 's lead was short lived as he picked up a puncture , lost control and hit Brabham when making a pass . Both men went into the pits for repairs . This left Euser back in the lead but his bonnet was gradually working loose which forced him to miss the apex at Beckets resulting in a spectacular 190 km/h ( 120 mph ) spin . Now Flux was in the lead followed by Fangio and Hahne . By lap six Euser 's charge back to contention suffered another setback when he hit David Leslie at Priory , both cars spinning as a result . Two corners later , Needell bumped Hahne out of the way to take third . Lap nine finally saw an end to Euser 's afternoon when he hit Acheson and ended up beached in the gravel . Acheson was forced to pit . Competing for third , Needell and Hahne had another coming together forcing both cars out of contention . At the front , Fangio took the lead when Flux missed a gear at Club and dropped to second ahead of Wollek and Win Percy . Wollek 's tyres were still in great condition having driven steadily throughout and the American was able to reel in Flux , passing on lap 18 . Fittingly , the race was won by Fangio precisely 45 years after his famous uncle 's last win at Silverstone . At the end of the race , 11 of the 16 entries had suffered some kind of damage . The final Intercontinental Challenge race at Spa was a big deal . With US $ 1m on the line for the winner , there had been much speculation about race fixing agreements between the drivers . To counter , Jaguar Sport decided the race would run for an undisclosed number of laps . All the drivers knew was that the chequered flag would fall after at least six laps . Qualifying saw Euser on pole followed by Brabham , Warwick , Hahne , Percy , Will Hoy , Wollek , Leslie , Thierry Tassin and Flux all in the top ten . However , only fourth place Hahne and newcomer Tassin had saved a spare set of fresh tyres for race day . The rolling start went off without a hitch until Brabham had a big moment at the top of Eau Rouge dropping from second to seventh in the process . This left Euser , Hahne and Warwick to open up a gap at the front , the three drivers pacing themselves for the opening stint . There was plenty of action going on behind though , John Watson losing it at the end of the main straight , flying off the track backwards at 230 km/h ( 140 mph ) and collecting Needell in the process . On the next lap , Tassin and Percy had a coming together at the bus stop , Tassin ending up atop the barriers after a heavy impact . After six laps were up , the racing became more fraught at the front . Now up to second , Hahne seized the initiative when Euser went offline through Eau Rouge on the eighth lap . Hahne 's momentum took him through down the main straight and third place Warwick had eyes on second but dicing with Euser allowed Hahne to get away . Warwick then lost it at the sequence of corners before the bus stop , pin balling off the barriers and into retirement . From thereon in it was Hahne all the way and when the chequered flag fell at the end of lap 11 , the US $ 1m prize was secure . [ 15 ] When interviewed by Autosport in February 2012 for 'Race of Your Life ' , Armin Hahne chose his XJR-15 win at Spa as career-highlight : `` I qualified second to Warwick in Monaco but half-spun on oil while chasing him , so fell to fifth . At Silverstone I had a misfire and again finished fifth . At Spa , I managed to qualify second without using both sets of new Bridgestone slicks . I found a time good enough for the front row with my 'scrubbed ' first set . At the start , I followed poleman Cor Euser for a few laps , but his tyres went off as he 'd used them for the second qualifying session . I passed him - it was quite easy really . The race lasted 11 laps and I won by 3-4 seconds to collect the US $ 1m prize . `` [ 16 ] Results were : Monaco 16 laps x 3,328 = 53.248 km
The Jaguar Sport XJR-15 is a two-seater sports car produced by Jaguar Sport, a subsidiary of Jaguar and Tom Walkinshaw Racing between 1990 and 1992. Only 50 were made, each selling for GB£500,000. The chassis was mechanically based on the Le Mans-winning XJR-9, designed by Tony Southgate. The body of the XJR-15 was designed by Peter Stevens, who went on to co-design the McLaren F1. The car competed in a single-make racing series called the Jaguar Intercontinental Challenge, which supported three Formula 1 races (Monaco, Silverstone and Spa) in 1991. The XJR-15 was the world's first road-car made entirely from carbon-fibre.