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.
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 | ||
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Years | Wins | Years | WDC wins | |
1981–1983 1996–2000 |
1997 | 1980–1994 | — | |
2018– | 2018, 2019 | 2001, 2003–2018 | 2005–2006 | |
1964–1967, 1969 1971–1973 |
1966 | 1963–1976 | — | |
1966–1967, 1983 1988, 1995–1997 2000 |
— | 1978 | ||
1952–1953 | — | 1950–1955 | 1952–1953 | |
1964, 1966–1971 1984 |
1970 | 1965, 1967–1969 | — | |
1984–1986, 1989 1991–1994 1997–2000 |
1994 | 1982–1985 | — | |
1962–1966 | 1963 | 1961–1967 | — | |
1983–1986 1988–1989 |
1985 | 1989–1990 | — | |
1970–1983 1985–1996 |
1975, 1981–1982, 1986–1987 | 1968–1972, 1974 | — | |
1959–1968 | 1968 | 1959–1963, 1965 1968 |
— | |
1989–1990, 1992 1995, 2001–2003 |
1992 | 1991, 1993–1995 | — | |
1992–1993 1996–2010, 2012 |
2009 | 1990, 1994 | — | |
1957–1958, 1970 | — | 1955–1970 | 1959–1960, 1966 | |
1987–1988, 1990 1997–2001, 2012 |
1990 | 1984–1989 1991–1996 |
— | |
1955–1959 | 1955, 1957 | 1957–1959 | — | |
2012– | 2018, 2019, 2020 | 2009–2011 | — | |
2018 | — | 2000–2017 | 2009 | |
1937–1939, 1949 1951–1952 |
1938 | 1950–1951 | — | |
1959–1961 | — | 1960–1968 | 1963, 1965 | |
1991–2002 | 1992, 1994–1995, 1999 | 1987–1990, 1994 | — | |
1987–1991 | 1988 | — | ||
1934, 1938 | 1934 | 1950–1952 | — | |
1950–1951, 1953 1955 |
— | 1950–1958 | 1951, 1954–1957 | |
1953 | — | 1950–1955 | 1950 | |
1955–1957 1959–1961 |
1956–1957 | 1954 1956–1960 |
— | |
1967 | 1967 | 1958–1960 | — | |
1953–1960 | 1960 | 1952–1956 | — | |
1990–1992 1994–1995, 1997 |
1991 | 1989–1992 1994–1995 |
— | |
1955–1962 | 1958, 1960–1962 | 1956, 1958–1961 | — | |
2007–2014 | 2009 | 1999–2000 2003–2004 |
— | |
1950–1951 1953–1954 |
1954 | 1950–1957, 1960 | — | |
1955, 1957–1966 1968–1972 |
1965 | 1957–1963, 1965 | — | |
1958–1967 | 1967 | 1959–1968, 1970 | — | |
1950–1958 | 1953 | 1951–1953 | — | |
2012, 2017, 2020 | 2017-2020 | 2017–2018 | — | |
1953, 1955–1958 | 1955 | 1952–1958 | 1958 | |
1990–1992 2001–2004, 2007 |
1991 | 1989–2000 | — | |
1953–1954 1956–1962 1966–1970 |
1970 | 1953–1955 1957–1961 1966, 1969 |
— | |
1989 | — | 1992–1999 | 1996 | |
1958–1966, 1972 | 1972 | 1958–1975 | 1962, 1968 | |
1953, 1955–1967 | 1958, 1961–1962 | 1958–1964, 1966 | 1961 | |
2015 | 2015 | 2010, 2012–2019 | — | |
1961, 1966–1967 | — | 1965–1974 | 1967 | |
1966–1970, 1973 1975–1983, 1985 |
1969, 1975–1977, 1981–1982 | 1967–1979 | — | |
1983–1984 1990–1992 1997–2001, 2003 2006–2008, 2012 |
1997 | 1980, 1983–1991 | — | |
1984, 1987 | — | 1975–1981, 1983 1985–1986 |
1980 | |
2021 | 2009–2012, 2014 | — | ||
1983–1984 1987–1990 1992–1993 1996–2008, 2011 |
1988 | 1979–1982, 1992 | — | |
1952, 1961 | 1952 | 1953–1954 | — | |
1967–1974 | 1973–1974 | 1974 | — | |
1990–1991 1995–1997, 1999 2002–2005 |
1995 | 1989–1994 | — | |
2009– | 2011–2012, 2014 | 2014 | — | |
2010 | — | 1980–1992 1994–1995 |
1992 | |
1970–1972 | 1971 | 1971–1972 | — | |
1984, 1996–1999 | 1999 | 1984–1985 1988–1995 |
— | |
1972, 1978 1981–1983 1985–1987, 1989 1991, 1995 |
1989 | — | ||
1959, 1961–1967 | 1966 | 1958–1970 | — | |
1997–2000 2004–2013 |
1998, 2008, 2013 | 2002 | — | |
2012– | 2018, 2019, 2020 | 2007–2009 | — | |
1968–1969, 1971 | 1969 | 1968–1973 1977 |
— | |
1966–1968 1970–1999 |
1972–1974, 1984 | 1968, 1970–1974 1976 |
— | |
1996–1997 | — | 1978–1991 | 1981, 1983, 1987 | |
1976–1978, 1980 | 1978 | 1978–1982 | — | |
1981, 1998–2008 2010 |
2000–2002, 2006–2007 | 1989–1991 | — | |
1964–1967 | 1965 | 1964–1970 | 1970 | |
1958–1966 1968–1971 |
1968 | 1963–1971 | — | |
1949–1955 | 1953 | 1950, 1953, 1955 | — | |
1991 | — | 1978–1986 | 1982 | |
1938, 1949–1954 1956 |
1950 | 1950–1956 | — | |
1953–1963 | 1959 | 1952–1962 | — | |
1960–1967 | 1963 | 1963–1968 | — | |
1991 | — | 1991–2006 2010–2012 |
1994–1995, 2000–2004 | |
1973–1979 1981–1989 |
1983 | 1972, 1974–1975 1977 |
— | |
1954, 1959 | 1959 | 1958–1959 | — | |
1931–1935 1937–1939, 1950 |
1932–1933 | 1950 | — | |
1965 | — | 1965–1973 | 1969, 1971, 1973 | |
1972–1973 1980–1982 1985–1991 1993–1998 |
1986–1987 | 1974–1979 | — | |
1963–1965, 1967 | — | 1960–1972 | 1964 | |
1950–1962 1964–1965 |
1954 | — | ||
1961–1962 1964–1972 |
1964 | 1961–1962 1965 |
— | |
1970–1976 | 1971, 1976 | 1971, 1973–1976 | — | |
2007–2008 | — | 1996–2006 | 1997 | |
1951–1956 | 1951 | 1950–1951, 1955 | — | |
1983, 1986 1991–1992, 1996 |
1992 | 1981–1990 1993 |
— | |
1987, 1989–1992 | 1991 | 1989 | — | |
1950–1955 1957–1958 |
1951 | — | ||
1998–1999 | 1999 | 1989 | — | |
1996, 2008–2015 | 1996, 2009 | 1997–2000, 2005 2007 |
— |
See also[]
References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ 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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