86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 58, Drivers to Win Overall in First Race (May 18, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 29 days away! This is the 58th 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 are the 24 drivers that have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall the first time they competed in the race. Two drivers won in their first race in five different races (1923, 1928, 1952, 1993 and 2015).

Drivers to Win Overall in First Race

- Andre Lagache: 1923

- Rene Leonard: 1923

- Bernard Rubin: 1928

- Woolf Barnato: 1928

- Luigi Chinetti: 1932

- Tazio Nuvolari: 1933

- Philippe Etancelin: 1934

- Luis Fonte: 1935

- Jean-Pierre Wimille: 1937

- Peter Walker: 1951

- Fritz Riess: 1952

- Hermann Lang: 1952

- Ivor Bueb: 1955

- A.J. Foyt: 1967

- Hurley Haywood: 1977

- Klaus Ludwig: 1979

- Andy Wallace: 1988

- Christophe Bouchut: 1993

- Eric Helary: 1993

- Alexander Wurz: 1996

- Tom Kristensen: 1997

- Laurent Aiello: 1998

- Nico Hulkenberg: 2015

- Earl Bamber: 2015

Notes of Interest

- The breakdown of countries is: France (7), United Kingdom (5), Germany (4), Italy (2), United States (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), Denmark (1) and New Zealand (1).