The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is three days away! This is the 84th 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 look at 24 different statistics leading up to this weekend’s race, related both to the entries in this year’s field, as well as the history of the race.
By The Numbers
5 – Toyota has never won the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright, but does have five runner-up finishes, the most all-time by a manufacturer without winning. However, the Japanese manufacturer is among the favorites to win this year’s race overall, with two Toyota TS050 Hybrids entered; the two cars were first and second in provisional qualifying on Wednesday. A victory would make Toyota the second Japanese manufacturer to win the race (Mazda won in 1991).
9 – Tom Kristensen owns a record nine 24 Hours of Le Mans overall victories, including six straight from 2000 to 2005. Kristensen also leads all drivers in podium finishes, with 14.
16 – The lowest starting position to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans is 16th, with Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood winning the 1970 race in a Porsche 917K.
18 – Drivers from 18 different nations have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall.
18 – The youngest drivers in the field are Julien Andlauer and Phil Hanson, who share a birthday, July 5, 1999.
19 – Porsche owns a record 19 overall wins, most recently in the 2017 race. Porsche is not competing in this year’s event in the prototype categories.
22 – Alexander Wurz is the youngest driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, scoring the first of his two victories at 22 years (and 91 days) in 1996.
23 – Jan Lammers has competed in more 24 Hours of Le Mans than any other driver entered in this year’s field, with 23 previous races, which is tied for sixth overall with Claude Ballot-Lena and Emmanuel Collard (who is missing the race this year for the first time since 1994). Lammers was an overall co-winner of the 1988 race.
32 – Thirty-two drivers from the United Kingdom have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall.
33 – A total of 33 countries are represented on the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans entry list.
34 – Thirty-four drivers from France are entered for the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, the most of any country.
42 – Forty-two drivers enter in this year’s race are competing for the first time. Among the “rookies” are Fernando Alonso, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jenson Button and Felipe Nasr, all with Formula 1 World Championship experience.
43 – Forty-three French drivers are credited with overall victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the most of any country (and one more than the United Kingdom, with 42).
44 – Forty-four drivers entered in this year’s race have at least one class victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, led by Olivier Beretta, with six wins. Beretta is competing in the LMGTE-Am class this season.
47 – Luigi Chinetti is the oldest driver to win the race at 47 years (and 343 days), when he triumphed in the 1949 race with Peter Mitchell-Thomson in a Ferrari.
48 – Of the record-tying 60 entries in the 2017 race, a record 48 cars finished the event.
60 – Sixty cars are entered for this year’s race: 10 in LMP1, 20 in LMP2, 17 in LMGTE-Pro and 13 in LMGTE-Am. That ties the record, as the 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 2016 and 2017 races also featured fields of 60 cars.
66 – Mark Patterson is the oldest driver entered in this year’s field, at age 66.
130 – One hundred thirty different drivers have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans at least once overall. Brendon Hartley became the 130th driver, when he earned his first victory in the race in 2017 with co-drivers Timo Bernhard and Earl Bamber, both of whom had already won the race.
180 – A total of 180 drivers are entered in this weekend’s race.
1,602 – Drivers entered in this year’s race have combined for 1,602 starts in Formula 1 World Championship competition.
5,410.71 – A record 5,410.71 kilometers were contested in the 2010 race, who by Mike Rockenfeller, Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas, in the Audi R15 TDI plus.
26,994 – Winners have completed 26,994 laps in the 85 previous runnings of the race.
370,880.051 – Approximately 370,880 kilometers have been completed by overall winners of the previous 85 runnings of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. That’s approximately 9.25 times around the circumference of the Earth, traveling at the Equator. Or, you could make approximately 28 round-trip visits from Le Mans to Indianapolis.
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