The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 76 days away! This is the 11th 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 are well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.
Here is a look at the teams that have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall on multiple occasions. Joest Racing leads all teams with 15, closely followed by Porsche – which has won the race the last three years overall – with 12.
- Joest Racing: 15 wins (First: 1984/Last: 2014)
- Porsche: 12 wins (First: 1976/Last: 2017)
- Scuderia Ferrari: 7 wins (First: 1954/Last: 1964)
- Jaguar: 5 wins (First: 1951/Last: 1990)
- Bentley Motors Ltd.: 4 wins (First: 1927/Last: 1930)
- Matra Sports: 3 wins (First: 1972/Last: 1974)
- Peugeot Sport: 3 wins (First: 1992/Last: 2009)
- Ecurie Ecosse: 2 wins (First: 1956/Last: 1957)
- Shelby-American Inc.: 2 wins (First: 1966/Last: 1967)
- John Wyer Automotive Engineering: 2 (First: 1968/Last: 1969)
Notes of Interest
- Joest Racing won its first race in 1984 with a Porsche 956, and its next three victories were with Porsches as well (1985, 1996 and 1997). The last seven victories for Joest Racing came with Audis.
- Tom Kristensen earned five of his nine victories with Joest Racing: 2000-2002, 2008 and 2013.
- Joest Racing earned five straight wins between 2010 and 2014, including three with Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer. That five consecutive wins tied a record set by Scuderia Ferrari, which won five straight from 1960 to 1964.
- Four of Jacky Ickx’s six victories came with the Porsche team: 1976, 1977, 1981 and 1982. Derek Bell also won four of his five races in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Porsche team: 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1987.
- Of Ferrari’s seven victories, Olivier Gendebien co-won four of those: 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1962. In three of those races, he co-drove with Phil Hill.
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