86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 3, Overall Victories, By Nation (March 24, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 84 days away! This is the third 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 overall victories by nations. While the United Kingdom holds the edge over France in terms of different overall race winners, 30 to 29, France holds the advantage by one over the United Kingdom in overall victories, with 43 to the UK’s 42.

24 Hours of Le Mans, Overall Victories By Nation (First/Last Wins in Parenthesis)

- France: 43 (First: 1923/Last: 2016)

- United Kingdom: 42 (First: 1924/Last: 2015)

- Germany: 31 (First: 1952/Last: 2017)

- United States: 18 (First: 1949/Last: 1996)

- Italy: 18 (First: 1932/Last: 2008)

- Belgium: 13 (First: 1958/Last: 1991)

- Denmark: 10 (First: 1990/Last: 2013)

- New Zealand: 5 (First: 1966/Last: 2017)

- Austria: 4 (First: 1965/Last: 2009)

- Australia: 4 (First: 1928/Last: 2009)

- Switzerland: 4 (First: 2011/Last: 2016)

- Netherlands: 3 (First: 1971/Last: 1988)

- Finland: 2 (First: 1995/Last: 2005)

- Japan: 2 (First: 1995/Last: 2004)

- Sweden: 2 (First: 1989/Last: 1997)

- Argentina: 1 (First/Last: 1954)

- Canada: 1 (First/Last: 1924)

- Mexico: 1 (First/Last: 1968)

- Spain: 1 (First/Last: 2009)

Notes of Interest

- Luigi Chinetti gave Italy its first victory in 1932 and the United States its first victory in 1949. Chinetti was born in Italy. The first driver born in the United States was Phil Hill in 1958, when he co-drove with Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien en route to the victory.

- Tom Kristensen won six consecutive races, thus giving Denmark the most consecutive races with at least one winning driver (2000-2005). By multiple drivers, Italy had at least one winning driver in six years (1999-2004) with drivers Pierluigi Martini, Emanuele Pirro and Rinaldo Capello all winning at least once.

- Dudley Benjafield and Sammy Davis were the first drivers from the United Kingdom to co-drive to a victory together, in 1927. Frank Clement gave the UK its first victory in 1924 with Canadian John Duff.