86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 30, Fewest Countries in a Single Race (April 20, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 57 days away! This is the 30th day of the 86 Stats in 86 Days Until the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans blog.

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.

France and England have had at least one driver (okay, at least several drivers) compete in every 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1923. But in some years, they were the only two countries. Here is a list of the races with six or fewer countries represented.

Fewest Countries in a Single Race (Countries)

- 1927: 2 countries (France, England)

- 1926: 4 countries (France, England, Italy, Belgium)

- 1930: 4 countries (France, England, Italy, Germany)

- 1923: 5 countries (France, England, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada)

- 1924: 5 countries (France, England, Belgium, Spain, Canada)

- 1929: 5 countries (France, England, United States, Australia, Monaco)

- 1931: 5 countries (France, England, Italy, Monaco, Russia)

- 1934: 5 countries (France, England, Italy, Germany, Canada)

- 1925: 6 countries (France, England, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Canada)

- 1932: 6 countries (France, England, Italy, Sweden, Monaco, Poland)

- 1938: 6 countries (France, England, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco)

- 1952: 6 countries (France, England, Italy, United States, Germany, Netherlands)