86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 38, Fastest Race Laps By Driver Nationality (April 28, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 49 days away! This is the 38th 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 driver nationalities that have set the fastest lap of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, since the first race in 1923. Fourteen countries are represented, with France leading overall with 25 fastest race laps.

Fastest Race Laps By Driver Nationality

- France: 25

- United Kingdom: 22

- Germany: 9

- Belgium: 7

- United States: 6

- Italy: 5

- Denmark: 3

- New Zealand: 2

- Netherlands: 2

- Japan: 2

- Russia: 1

- Argentina: 1

- Mexico: 1

- Switzerland: 1

Notes of Interest

- There were 87 fastest race laps included on the list, with the 1954 and 1967 races having two different setting identical fast times.

- Sebastien Buemi set the fastest race lap in 2017, adding Switzerland to the list.