86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 37, Fastest Race Laps By Driver (April 27, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 50 days away! This is the 37th 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.

Here is a list of the drivers who set the fastest lap of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, since the first race in 1923. Sixty-four driver have set the fastest race lap (two drivers set the fastest lap in the same race), with Jacky Ickx having set the fastest race lap five times (though only one of them came in his five victories).

Fastest Race Laps By Driver

- Jacky Ickx: 5 (1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985)

- Mike Hawthorn: 4 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958)

- Andre Lotterer: 4 (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)

- Tim Birkin: 3 (1928, 1929, 1930)

- Tom Kristensen: 3 (1997,2002, 2006)

- Phil Hill: 3 (1962, 1964, 1965)

- Andre Lagache: 2 (1924, 1925)

- Raymond Sommer: 2 (1933, 1938)

- Alberto Ascari: 2 (1952, 1953)

- Vic Elford: 2 (1969, 1970)

- Jean-Pierre Jabouille: 2 (1976, 1978)

- Allan McNish: 2 (2000, 2007)

- Loic Duval: 2 (2010, 2012)

- Frank Clement: 1 (1923)

- Gerard de Courcelles: 1 (1926)

- George Duller: 1 (1927)

- Boris Ivanowski: 1 (1931)

- Ferdinando Minoia: 1 (1932)

- Philippe Etancelin: 1 (1934)

- Earl (Francis) Howe: 1 (1935)

- Jean-Pierre Wimille: 1 (1937)

- Robert Mazaud: 1 (1939)

- Andre Simon: 1 (1949)

- Louis Rosier: 1 (1950)

- Stirling Moss: 1 (1951)

- Jose Frolian Gonzalez: 1 (1954)

- Paolo Marzotto: 1 (1954)

- Jean Behra: 1 (1959)

- Masten Gregory: 1 (1960)

- Ricardo Rodriguez: 1 (1961)

- John Surtees: 1 (1963)

- Dan Gurney: 1 (1966)

- Denny Hulme: 1 (1967)

- Mario Andretti: 1 (1967)

- Rolf Stommelen: 1 (1968)

- Jackie Oliver: 1 (1971)

- Gijs van Lennep: 1 (1972)

- Francois Cevert: 1 (1973)

- Jean-Pierre Jarier: 1 (1974)

- Chris Craft: 1 (1975)

- Jochen Mass: 1 (1981)

- Jean Ragnotti: 1 (1982)

- Alessandro Nannini: 1 (1984)

- Klaus Ludwig: 1 (1986)

- Johnny Dumfries: 1 (1987)

- Hans-Joachim Stuck: 1 (1988)

- Alain Ferte: 1 (1989)

- Steve Millen: 1 (1990)

- Michael Schumacher: 1 (1991)

- Jan Lammers: 1 (1992)

- Eddie Irvine: 1 (1993)

- Thierry Boutsen: 1 (1994)

- Patrick Gonin: 1 (1995)

- Eric van der Poele: 1 (1996)

- Martin Brundle: 1 (1998)

- Ukyo Katayama: 1 (1999)

- Laurent Aiello: 1 (2001)

- Johnny Herbert: 1 (2003)

- Jamie Davies: 1 (2004)

- Jean-Christophe Bouillon: 1 (2005)

- Stephane Sarrazin: 1 (2008)

- Nicolas Minassian: 1 (2009)

- Kamui Kobayashi: 1 (2016)

- Sebastien Buemi: 1 (2017)

BOLD designates won that race as well.

Notes of Interest

- Jose Frolian Gonzalez and Paolo Marzotto were each credited with the fastest race lap in 1954.

- Denny Hulme and Mario Andretti were each credited with the fastest race lap in 1967.

- The race has been won 13 times by a driver who also set the race’s fastest lap. Only Tom Kristensen and Andre Lotterer have accomplished the feat twice.