24 Hours of Le Mans

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.

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

See also

• Triple Crown of Motorsport
• Indianapolis 500
• Monaco Grand Prix

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