86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 21, Manufacturer 1-2 Finishes (April 11, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 66 days away! This is the 21st 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 manufacturers which have finished the race 1-2. The feat has been accomplished 44 times in 85 races. Porsche leads all manufacturers with 12 finishes of 1-2, most recently in 2015. A total of 14 manufacturers have swept the top two positions in a race at least once.

Manufacturer 1-2 Finishes

- Porsche: 12 (1970, 1971, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1998, 2015)

- Audi: 7 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014)

- Ferrari: 6 (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)

- Jaguar: 3 (1953, 1957, 1990)

- Bentley: 3 (1929, 1930, 2003)

- Alfa Romeo: 2 (1932, 1933)

- Ford: 2 (1966, 1975)

- Mercedes-Benz: 2 (1952, 1989)

- Peugeot: 2 (1993, 2009)

- Chenard et Walcker: 1 (1923)

- Delahaye: 1 (1938)

- Talbot-Lago: 1 (1950)

- Matra-Simca: 1 (1972)

- Lorraine-Dietrich (1926)

Notes of Interest

- Andre Lagache and Rene Leonard brought the No. 9 Chenard et Walcker home first in the inaugural 1923 race, while fellow French drivers Raoul Bachmann and Christian Dauverge were second in the No. 10 Chenard et Walcker.

- Porsche and Ferrari have each earned six consecutive 1-2s.

- The longest streak of manufacturer 1-2s was from 1959 to 1966, when Aston Martin scored a 1-2 in 1959, followed by six consecutive 1-2s by Ferrari from 1960 to 1965, and a Ford 1-2 in 1966.