86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 5, Most Distance Covered, in Kilometers (March 26, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 82 days away! This is the fifth 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 races that have covered the most distance, in kilometers. Listed is every race (23) that has completed at least 5,000 kilometers.

24 Hours of Le Mans, Most Distance Covered

- 2010 Race: 5,410.71 kilometers

- 2015 Race: 5,383.46 kilometers

- 1971 Race: 5,335.31 kilometers

- 1988 Race: 5,332.97 kilometers

- 1989 Race: 5,265.12 kilometers

- 2016 Race: 5,233.53 kilometers

- 1967 Race: 5,232.9 kilometers

- 2009 Race: 5,206.28 kilometers

- 2008 Race: 5,192.65 kilometers

- 2006 Race: 5,187 kilometers

- 2004 Race: 5,169.9 kilometers

- 2014 Race: 5,165.39 kilometers

- 2012 Race: 5,151.65 kilometers

- 2003 Race: 5,156.05 kilometers

- 2002 Race: 5,118.75 kilometers

- 1993 Race: 5,100 kilometers

- 1985 Race: 5,088.51 kilometers

- 2005 Race: 5,050.5 kilometers

- 1983 Race: 5,047.93 kilometers

- 1978 Race: 5,044.53 kilometers

- 2007 Race: 5,036.85 kilometers

- 2000 Race: 5,007.99 kilometers

- 2017 Race: 5,001.83 kilometers

Notes of Interest

- Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt were the first to complete 5,000 kilometers in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, when they took their Ford GT40 to victory in the 1967 race. Their 5,232.53 kilometers is seventh all-time for race winners, just .63 kilometers behind the winners of the 2016 race, nearly 50 years later.

- Mike Rockenfeller, Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas completed the most distance, at 5,410.71 kilometers in 2010, in their Audi R15 TDI plus.

- The most recent race which featured drivers completing 5,000 kilometers or more was in the 2017 race, with Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber barely completing that distance, at 5,001.83 kilometers.

- The 2013 race, marred by the death of Allan Simonsen, was the last race which did not complete at least 5,000 kilometers. Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Loic Duval completed 4,742.89 kilometers in their Audi R18 e-tron Quattro.