86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 2, Overall Winning Drivers, By Nation (March 23, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 85 days away! This is the second day of the 86 Stats in 86 Days Until the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Each day from now until the Friday before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, we’ll post a list of stats related to the race. Some of well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.

Here is a look at the nations that have produced overall winning drivers. This is only the number of drivers, not the number of times a country has been represented as a winner (for example, Denmark has had two winning drivers account for 10 victories).

24 Hours of Le Mans, Winning Drivers By Nation

- United Kingdom: 30

- France: 29

- Germany: 19

- United States: 12

- Italy: 11

- Belgium: 5

- Australia: 4

- New Zealand: 4

- Austria: 3

- Denmark: 2

- Japan: 2

- Netherlands: 2

- Sweden: 2

- Switzerland: 2

- Argentina: 1

- Canada: 1

- Finland: 1

- Mexico: 1

- Spain: 1

Notes of Interest

- Luigi Chinetti was born in Italy but later became an America, therefore, one of his victories is accounted for in the United States total, and the other in a Italy total.

- Twelve of France’s 29 winners came before World War II.

- Canada’s only victory came at the hands of John Duff in 1924, thus giving Canada the longest drought in history (84 races, or nearly 96 years).

- The last time every driver from the same country competed in the winning car was 1980, with Jean Rondeau and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud representing France. There has never been three drivers from the same country to win the race overall in the same year.