86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 67, WRC Champs to Compete at Le Mans (May 27, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 20 days away! This is the 67th 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.

They are two very different disciplines, but there have been many instances where rally and endurance racing has seen crossover. Several World Rally Championship drivers have ventured to the world’s most prestigious endurance race to test their skills, and five WRC driving champions have competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Three of those five have earned podiums in their class.

WRC Champs to Compete at Le Mans

- Markku Alen – 1978 WRC Champ, 1 attempt at 24 Hours of Le Mans (1980 Gr.5)

- Bjorn Waldegard – 1979 WRC Champ, 1 attempt at 24 Hours of Le Mans (1971 GT +2.0)

- Walter Rohrl – 1980, 1982 WRC Champ, 2 attempts at 24 Hours of Le Mans (1981 GTP +3.0 category winner; 1993 GT)

- Colin McRae – 1995 WRC Champ, 1 attempt at 24 Hours of Le Mans (2004 GTS, 3rd place)

- Sebastien Loeb – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 WRC Champ, 2 attempts at 24 Hours of Le Mans (2005, LMP1; 2006 LMP1, 2nd place)