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The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active endurance sports car race, held since 1923 at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans in France. Considered to be once of the most prestigious events on the racing calendar, the "Grand Prix of Endurance" forms a third of the legendary Triple Crown of Motorsport, with the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix sharing that honour.

In terms of the race itself, drivers compete in teams of three over the twenty-four hours in specifically-designed "Le Mans Prototypes" and in GT cars, on a circuit made of permanent race track and public streets. The most recent race, held on the 16-17 June 2018 as part of the FIA World Endurance Championship, was won by Toyota, with Fernando Alonso, Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima sharing the car.[1]

Due to its prestige, Formula One drivers have occasionally take part in the event, with Fernando Alonso the most notable of recent times having won the 2018 race. Previously, Jacky Ickx had won the race six times, a record that stood until broken by Tom Kristensen in 2005, while Derek Bell and Emanuele Pirro both have five wins. Olivier Gendebien, Henri Pescarolo and Yannick Dalmas were other prolific competitors at Le Sarthe, taking four wins apiece.

As for constructors Toyota are the only major manufacturer in the top LMP1 class, after Porsche, the most successful manufacturer at Le Mans with seventeen wins, and Audi quit to focus on Formula E. After Audi (fourteen), Ferrari have nine wins (though none since 1965) and Jaguar have seven.

The Circuit de la Sarthe hosted some pre-Championship French Grand Prix races, and the smaller Bugatti Circuit hosted the 1967 French Grand Prix. Furthermore, the first Grand Prix race, the 1906 French Grand Prix, was hosted in Le Mans but not at the Circuit de la Sarthe.


List of Winners[]

None of these races class as Grand Prix races.

Year Drivers Constructor
1923 France André Lagache
France René Léonard
France Chenard & Walcker
1924 Canada John Duff
United Kingdom Frank Clement
United Kingdom Bentley
1925 France Gérard de Courcelles
France André Rossignol
France Lorraine-Dietrich
1926 France Robert Bloch
France André Rossignol
France Lorraine-Dietrich
1927 United Kingdom Dudley Benjafield
United Kingdom Sammy Davis
United Kingdom Bentley
1928 United Kingdom Woolf Barnato
Australia Bernard Rubin
United Kingdom Bentley
1929 United Kingdom Woolf Barnato
United Kingdom Tim Birkin
United Kingdom Bentley
1930 United Kingdom Woolf Barnato
United Kingdom Glen Kidston
United Kingdom Bentley
1931 United Kingdom Earl Howe
United Kingdom Tim Birkin
Italy Alfa Romeo
1932 France Raymond Sommer
Italy Luigi Chinetti
Italy Alfa Romeo
1933 France Raymond Sommer
Italy Tazio Nuvolari
Italy Alfa Romeo
1934 Italy Luigi Chinetti
France Philippe Étancelin
Italy Alfa Romeo
1935 United Kingdom Johnny Hindmarsh
United Kingdom Luis Fontés
United Kingdom Lagonda
1936 Race cancelled (workers strike)
1937 France Jean-Pierre Wimille
France Robert Beniost
France Bugatti
1938 France Eugène Chaboud
France Jean Trémboulet
France Delahaye
1939 France Jean-Pierre Wimille
France Pierre Veyron
France Bugatti
1940 Races cancelled
(World War II and French reconstruction)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949 United States Luigi Chinetti
United Kingdom Peter Mitchell-Thomson
Italy Ferrari
1950 France Louis Rosier
France Jean-Louis Rosier
France Talbot-Lago
1951 United Kingdom Peter Walker
United Kingdom Peter Whitehead
United Kingdom Jaguar
1952 West Germany Hermann Lang
West Germany Fritz Riess
West Germany Mercedes-Benz
1953 United Kingdom Tony Rolt
United Kingdom Duncan Hamilton
United Kingdom Jaguar
1954 Argentina José Froilán González
France Maurice Trintignant
Italy Ferrari
1955 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
United Kingdom Ivor Bueb
United Kingdom Jaguar
1956 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart
United Kingdom Ninian Sanderson
United Kingdom Jaguar
1957 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart
United Kingdom Ivor Bueb
United Kingdom Jaguar
1958 Belgium Olivier Gendebien
United States Phil Hill
Italy Ferrari
1959 United States Carroll Shelby
United Kingdom Roy Salvadori
United Kingdom Aston Martin
1960 Belgium Olivier Gendebien
Belgium Paul Frère
Italy Ferrari
1961 Belgium Olivier Gendebien
United States Phil Hill
Italy Ferrari
1962 Belgium Olivier Gendebien
United States Phil Hill
Italy Ferrari
1963 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti
Italy Lorenzo Bandini
Italy Ferrari
1964 France Jean Guichet
Italy Nino Vaccarella
Italy Ferrari
1965 Austria Jochen Rindt
United States Masten Gregory
United States Ed Hugus
Italy Ferrari
1966 New Zealand Bruce McLaren
New Zealand Chris Amon
United States Ford
1967 United States Dan Gurney
United States A. J. Foyt
United States Ford
1968 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez
Belgium Lucien Bianchi
United States Ford
1969 Belgium Jacky Ickx
United Kingdom Jackie Oliver
United States Ford
1970 West Germany Hans Herrmann
United Kingdom Richard Attwood
West Germany Porsche
1971 Austria Helmut Marko
Netherlands Gijs van Lennep
West Germany Porsche
1972 France Henri Pescarolo
United Kingdom Graham Hill
France Matra
1973 France Henri Pescarolo
France Gérard Larrousse
France Matra
1974 France Henri Pescarolo
France Gérard Larrousse
France Matra
1975 Belgium Jacky Ickx
United Kingdom Derek Bell
United Kingdom Mirage-Ford Cosworth
1976 Belgium Jacky Ickx
Netherlands Gijs van Lennep
West Germany Porsche
1977 Belgium Jacky Ickx
United States Hurley Haywood
West Germany Jürgen Barth
West Germany Porsche
1978 France Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
France Didier Pironi
France Renault
1979 West Germany Klaus Ludwig
United States Bill Whittington
United States Don Whittington
West Germany Porsche
1980 France Jean Rondeau
France Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
France Rondeau-Ford Cosworth
1981 Belgium Jacky Ickx
United Kingdom Derek Bell
West Germany Porsche
1982 Belgium Jacky Ickx
United Kingdom Derek Bell
West Germany Porsche
1983 Australia Vern Schuppan
United States Al Holbert
United States Hurley Haywood
West Germany Porsche
1984 West Germany Klaus Ludwig
France Henri Pescarolo
West Germany Porsche
1985 West Germany Klaus Ludwig
Italy Paolo Barilla
West Germany "John Winter"
West Germany Porsche
1986 United Kingdom Derek Bell
West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
United States Al Holbert
West Germany Porsche
1987 United Kingdom Derek Bell
West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
United States Al Holbert
West Germany Porsche
1988 Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United Kingdom Jaguar
1989 West Germany Jochen Mass
West Germany Manuel Reuter
Sweden Stanley Dickens
Switzerland Sauber-Mercedes
1990 Denmark John Nielsen
United States Price Cobb
United Kingdom Martin Brundle
United Kingdom Jaguar
1991 Germany Volker Weidler
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Belgium Bertrand Gachot
Japan Mazda
1992 United Kingdom Derek Warwick
France Yannick Dalmas
United Kingdom Mark Blundell
France Peugeot
1993 Australia Geoff Brabham
France Christophe Bouchut
France Eric Hélary
France Peugeot
1994 France Yannick Dalmas
United States Hurley Haywood
Italy Mauro Baldi
Germany Dauer
1995 France Yannick Dalmas
Finland JJ Lehto
Japan Masanori Sekiya
United Kingdom McLaren
1996 Germany Manuel Reuter
United States Davy Jones
Austria Alexander Wurz
Germany Porsche
1997 Italy Michele Alboreto
Sweden Stefan Johansson
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Germany Porsche
1998 France Laurent Aïello
United Kingdom Allan McNish
France Stéphane Ortelli
Germany Porsche
1999 Italy Pierlugi Martini
France Yannick Dalmas
Germany Joachim Winkelhock
Germany BMW
2000 Germany Frank Biela
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Germany Audi
2001 Germany Frank Biela
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Germany Audi
2002 Germany Frank Biela
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Germany Audi
2003 Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Rinaldo Capello
United Kingdom Guy Smith
United Kingdom Bentley
2004 Japan Seiji Ara
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Rinaldo Capello
Germany Audi
2005 Finland JJ Lehto
Germany Marco Werner
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Germany Audi
2006 Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Germany Marco Werner
Germany Audi
2007 Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Germany Marco Werner
Germany Audi
2008 Denmark Tom Kristensen
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Italy Rinaldo Capello
Germany Audi
2009 Australia David Brabham
Spain Marc Gené
Austria Alexander Wurz
France Peugeot
2010 Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Germany Audi
2011 Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Germany André Lotterer
France Benoît Tréluyer
Germany Audi
2012 Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Germany André Lotterer
France Benoît Tréluyer
Germany Audi
2013 Denmark Tom Kristensen
United Kingdom Allan McNish
France Loïc Duval
Germany Audi
2014 Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Germany André Lotterer
France Benoît Tréluyer
Germany Audi
2015 New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Nick Tanday
Germany Nico Hülkenberg
Germany Porsche
2016 Germany Marc Lieb
France Romain Dumas
Switzerland Neel Jani
Germany Porsche
2017 Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Earl Bamber
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Germany Porsche
2018 Spain Fernando Alonso
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Toyota
2019 Spain Fernando Alonso
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Toyota
2020 New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Toyota
2021 United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Japan Toyota
2022 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
Japan Toyota

Drivers who won the Formula One WDC and/or the 24 Hours of Le Mans[]

This list shows the drivers who have competed in both Formula One and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning either the Formula One World Championship or the Le Mans race overall.

Note:

  • Bold indicates drivers who were both 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Formula One World Champion.
Driver 24 Hours of Le Mans Formula One
Years Wins Years WDC wins
Italy Michele Alboreto 1981–1983
1996–2000
1997 19801994
Spain Fernando Alonso 2018– 2018, 2019 2001, 20032018 20052006
New Zealand Chris Amon 1964–1967, 1969
1971–1973
1966 19631976
United States Mario Andretti 1966–1967, 1983
1988, 1995–1997
2000

19681972
19741982

1978
Italy Alberto Ascari 1952–1953 19501955 19521953
United Kingdom Richard Attwood 1964, 1966–1971
1984
1970 1965, 19671969
Italy Mauro Baldi 1984–1986, 1989
1991–1994
1997–2000
1994 19821985
Italy Lorenzo Bandini 1962–1966 1963 19611967
Italy Paolo Barilla 1983–1986
1988–1989
1985 19891990

United Kingdom Derek Bell

1970–1983
1985–1996
1975, 1981–1982, 1986–1987 19681972, 1974
Belgium Lucien Bianchi 1959–1968 1968 19591963, 1965
1968
United Kingdom Mark Blundell 1989–1990, 1992
1995, 2001–2003
1992 1991, 19931995
Australia David Brabham 1992–1993
1996–2010, 2012
2009 1990, 1994
Australia Jack Brabham 1957–1958, 1970 19551970 19591960, 1966
United Kingdom Martin Brundle 1987–1988, 1990
1997–2001, 2012
1990 19841989
19911996
United Kingdom Ivor Bueb 1955–1959 1955, 1957 19571959
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 2012– 2018, 2019, 2020 20092011
United Kingdom Jenson Button 2018 20002017 2009
France Eugène Chaboud 1937–1939, 1949
1951–1952
1938 19501951
United Kingdom Jim Clark 1959–1961 19601968 1963, 1965
France Yannick Dalmas 1991–2002 1992, 1994–1995, 1999 19871990, 1994
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries 1987–1991 1988

1986

France Philippe Étancelin 1934, 1938 1934 19501952
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 1950–1951, 1953
1955
19501958 1951, 19541957
Italy Giuseppe Farina 1953 19501955 1950
United Kingdom Ron Flockhart 1955–1957
1959–1961
1956–1957 1954
19561960
United States A. J. Foyt 1967 1967 19581960
France Paul Frère 1953–1960 1960 19521956
Belgium France Bertrand Gachot 1990–1992
1994–1995, 1997
1991 19891992
19941995
Belgium Olivier Gendebien 1955–1962 1958, 1960–1962 1956, 19581961
Spain Marc Gené 2007–2014 2009 19992000
20032004
Argentina José Froilán González 1950–1951
1953–1954
1954 19501957, 1960
United States Masten Gregory 1955, 1957–1966
1968–1972
1965 19571963, 1965
United States Dan Gurney 1958–1967 1967 19591968, 1970
United Kingdom Duncan Hamilton 1950–1958 1953 19511953
New Zealand Brendon Hartley 2012, 2017, 2020 2017-2020 20172018

United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn

1953, 1955–1958 1955 19521958 1958
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert 1990–1992
2001–2004, 2007
1991 19892000
Germany Hans Herrmann 1953–1954
1956–1962
1966–1970
1970 19531955
19571961
1966, 1969
United Kingdom Damon Hill 1989 19921999 1996
United Kingdom Graham Hill 1958–1966, 1972 1972 19581975 1962, 1968
United States Phil Hill 1953, 1955–1967 1958, 1961–1962 19581964, 1966 1961
Germany Nico Hülkenberg 2015 2015 2010, 20122019
New Zealand Denny Hulme 1961, 1966–1967 19651974 1967
Belgium Jacky Ickx 1966–1970, 1973
1975–1983, 1985
1969, 1975–1977, 1981–1982 19671979

Sweden Stefan Johansson

1983–1984
1990–1992
1997–2001, 2003
2006–2008, 2012
1997 1980, 19831991

Australia Alan Jones

1984, 1987 19751981, 1983
19851986
1980
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 2021 20092012, 2014
Netherlands Jan Lammers 1983–1984
1987–1990
1992–1993
1996–2008, 2011
1988 19791982, 1992
Germany Hermann Lang 1952, 1961 1952 19531954
France Gérard Larrousse 1967–1974 1973–1974 1974
Finland JJ Lehto 1990–1991
1995–1997, 1999
2002–2005
1995 19891994
Germany André Lotterer 2009– 2011–2012, 2014 2014
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell 2010 19801992
19941995
1992
Austria Helmut Marko 1970–1972 1971 19711972
Italy Pierluigi Martini 1984, 1996–1999 1999 19841985
19881995
Germany Jochen Mass 1972, 1978
1981–1983
1985–1987, 1989
1991, 1995
1989

19731980, 1982

New Zealand Bruce McLaren 1959, 1961–1967 1966 19581970
United Kingdom Allan McNish 1997–2000
2004–2013
1998, 2008, 2013 2002
Japan Kazuki Nakajima 2012– 2018, 2019, 2020 20072009
United Kingdom Jackie Oliver 1968–1969, 1971 1969 19681973
1977
France Henri Pescarolo 1966–1968
1970–1999
1972–1974, 1984 1968, 19701974
1976
Brazil Nelson Piquet 1996–1997 19781991 1981, 1983, 1987
France Didier Pironi 1976–1978, 1980 1978 19781982
Italy Emanuele Pirro 1981, 1998–2008
2010
2000–2002, 2006–2007 19891991
Austria Jochen Rindt 1964–1967 1965 19641970 1970
Mexico Pedro Rodríguez 1958–1966
1968–1971
1968 19631971
United Kingdom Tony Rolt 1949–1955 1953 1950, 1953, 1955
Finland Keke Rosberg 1991 19781986 1982
France Louis Rosier 1938, 1949–1954
1956
1950 19501956
United Kingdom Roy Salvadori 1953–1963 1959 19521962
Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti 1960–1967 1963 19631968
Germany Michael Schumacher 1991 19912006
20102012
19941995, 20002004

Australia Vern Schuppan

1973–1979
1981–1989
1983 1972, 19741975
1977
United States Carroll Shelby 1954, 1959 1959 19581959
France Raymond Sommer 1931–1935
1937–1939, 1950
1932–1933 1950
United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 1965 19651973 1969, 1971, 1973
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck 1972–1973
1980–1982
1985–1991
1993–1998
1986–1987 19741979
United Kingdom John Surtees 1963–1965, 1967 19601972 1964
France Maurice Trintignant 1950–1962
1964–1965
1954

19501964

Italy Nino Vaccarella 1961–1962
1964–1972
1964 19611962
1965
Netherlands Gijs van Lennep 1970–1976 1971, 1976 1971, 19731976
Canada Jacques Villeneuve 2007–2008 19962006 1997
United Kingdom Peter Walker 1951–1956 1951 19501951, 1955
United Kingdom Derek Warwick 1983, 1986
1991–1992, 1996
1992 19811990
1993
Germany Volker Weidler 1987, 1989–1992 1991 1989
United Kingdom Peter Whitehead 1950–1955
1957–1958
1951

19501954

Germany Joachim Winkelhock 1998–1999 1999 1989

Austria Alexander Wurz

1996, 2008–2015 1996, 2009 19972000, 2005
2007

See also[]

References[]

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References:

  1. Jamie Klein, 'Le Mans 24h: Toyota breaks curse, Alonso wins on debut', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 17/06/2018), https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/le-mans-24h-race-report-toyota-victory-alonso-1046504/, (Accessed 17/06/2018)
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