86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 75, Birth Decades for Drivers Entered in 2018 Race (June 4, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 12 days away! This is the 75th 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 decades in which drivers entered for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans were born. A total of 79 drivers were born in the 1980s (43.8 percent of the field).

Birth Decades for Drivers Entered in 2018 Race

- 1950s: 3 drivers

- 1960s: 12 drivers

- 1970s: 33 drivers

- 1980s: 79 drivers

- 1990s: 53 drivers