LIST OF 24 HOURS OF LE MANS WINNERS


The '24 Hours of Le Mans' (''24 heures du Mans'') is the world's oldest sports car endurance race and one of the most famous and influential in motorsports history.
The winners of all editions since 1923 are listed here, with the exception of 1936, where the race was not run due to worker strikes, and 1940 to 1948, due to World War II. Records for wins are also listed.

Contents
Winners
Records
Most Driver Wins
Most Consecutive Driver Wins
Driver Wins By Nation
Most Constructor Wins
Most Consecutive Constructor Wins
Notes
External links
References

Winners


Year Drivers Team Car Laps Distance
2007 Frank Biela
Emanuele Pirro
Marco Werner
Audi Sport North America Audi R10 369 5036.85 km
2006 Frank Biela
Emanuele Pirro
Marco Werner
Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 380 5187 km
2005 JJ Lehto
Marco Werner
Tom Kristensen
ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 370 5050.5 km
2004 Seiji Ara
Tom Kristensen
Rinaldo Capello
Audi Sport Japan Team Goh Audi R8 379 5169.9 km
2003 Tom Kristensen
Rinaldo Capello
Guy Smith
Team Bentley Bentley Speed 8 377 5146.05 km
2002 Frank Biela
Tom Kristensen
Emanuele Pirro
Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 375 5118.75 km
2001 Frank Biela
Tom Kristensen
Emanuele Pirro
Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 321 4381.65 km
2000 Frank Biela
Tom Kristensen
Emanuele Pirro
Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 368 5007.99 km
1999 Pierluigi Martini
Yannick Dalmas
Joachim Winkelhock
Team BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LMR 365 4968 km
1998 Laurent Aïello
Allan McNish
Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1-98 351 4773.18 km
1997 Michele Alboreto
Stefan Johansson
Tom Kristensen
Joest Racing TWR Porsche WSC-95 361 4909.6 km
1996 Manuel Reuter
Davy Jones
Alexander Wurz
Joest Racing TWR Porsche WSC-95 354 4814.4 km
1995 Yannick Dalmas
J.J. Lehto
Masanori Sekiya
Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing McLaren F1 GTR 298 4055.8 km
1994 Yannick Dalmas
Hurley Haywood
Mauro Baldi
Le Mans Porsche Team Dauer 962 Le Mans 344 4678.4 km
1993 Geoff Brabham
Christophe Bouchut
Eric Hélary
Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 905 Evo 1B 375 5100 km
1992 Derek Warwick
Yannick Dalmas
Mark Blundell
Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 905 Evo 1B 352 4787.2 km
1991 Volker Weidler
Johnny Herbert
Bertrand Gachot
Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Mazda 787B 362 4922.81 km
1990 John Nielsen
Price Cobb
Martin Brundle
Silk Cut Jaguar (TWR) Jaguar XJR-12 359 4882.4 km
1989 Jochen Mass
Manuel Reuter
Stanley Dickens
Team Sauber Mercedes Sauber C9-Mercedes-Benz 389 5265.115 km
1988 Jan Lammers
Johnny Dumfries
Andy Wallace
Silk Cut Jaguar (TWR) Jaguar XJR-9LM 394 5332.97 km
1987 Derek Bell
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Al Holbert
Rothmans Porsche AG Porsche 962C 354 4791.9 km
1986 Derek Bell
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Al Holbert
Rothmans Porsche AG Porsche 962C 367 4972.731 km
1985 Klaus Ludwig
Paolo Barilla
Louis Krages
Joest Racing Porsche 956 373 5088.507 km
1984 Klaus Ludwig
Henri Pescarolo
Joest Racing Porsche 956 359 4900.276 km
1983 Vern Schuppan
Al Holbert
Hurley Haywood
Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 370 5047.934 km
1982 Jacky Ickx
Derek Bell
Rothmans Porsche System Porsche 956 359 4899.086 km
1981 Jacky Ickx
Derek Bell
Porsche System Porsche 936 354 4825.348 km
1980 Jean Rondeau
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Jean Rondeau Rondeau M379B-Ford Cosworth 338 4608.02 km
1979 Klaus Ludwig
Bill Whittington
Don Whittington
Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 935 K3 307 4173.93 km
1978 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Didier Pironi
Renault Sport Renault Alpine A442B 369 5044.53 km
1977 Jacky Ickx
Hurley Haywood
Jürgen Barth
Martini Racing Porsche System Porsche 936 342 4671.83 km
1976 Jacky Ickx
Gijs van Lennep
Martini Racing Porsche System Porsche 936 349 4769.923 km
1975 Jacky Ickx
Derek Bell
Gulf Research Racing Co. Mirage GR8-Ford Cosworth 336 4594.577 km
1974 Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse
Equipe Gitanes Matra Simca MS670C 337 4606.571 km
1973 Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse
Equipe Matra-Simca Shell Matra Simca MS670B 355 4853.945 km
1972 Henri Pescarolo
Graham Hill
Equipe Matra-Simca Shell Matra Simca MS670 344 4691.343 km
1971 Helmut Marko
Gijs van Lennep
Martini Racing Team Porsche 917K 397 5335.313 km
1970 Hans Herrmann
Richard Attwood
Porsche KG Salzburg Porsche 917K 343 4607.81 km
1969 Jacky Ickx
Jackie Oliver
J.W. Automotive Engineering Ford GT40 Mk. I 372 4997.88 km
1968 Pedro Rodriguez
Lucien Bianchi
J.W. Automotive Engineering Ford GT40 Mk. I 331 4452.88 km
1967 Dan Gurney
A.J. Foyt
Shelby-American Inc. Ford GT40 Mk. IV 388 5232.9 km
1966 Bruce McLaren
Chris Amon
Shelby-American Inc. Ford GT40 Mk. II 360 4843.09 km
1965 Jochen Rindt
Masten Gregory
North American Racing Team (NART) Ferrari 250LM 348 4677.11 km
1964 Jean Guichet
Nino Vaccarella
SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 275P 349 4695.31 km
1963 Ludovico Scarfiotti
Lorenzo Bandini
SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 250P 339 4561.71 km
1962 Olivier Gendebien
Phil Hill
SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Spyder 331 4451.255 km
1961 Olivier Gendebien
Phil Hill
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TRI/61 333 4476.58 km
1960 Olivier Gendebien
Paul Frère
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR59/60 314 4217.527 km
1959 Carroll Shelby
Roy Salvadori
David Brown Racing Dept. Aston Martin DBR1 323 4347.9 km
1958 Olivier Gendebien
Phil Hill
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR58 305 4101.926 km
1957 Ron Flockhart
Ivor Bueb
Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type 327 4397.108 km
1956 Ron Flockhart
Ninian Sanderson
Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type 300 4034.939 km
1955 Mike Hawthorn
Ivor Bueb
Jaguar Cars Ltd. Jaguar D-Type 307 4135.38 km
1954 José Froilán González
Maurice Trintignant
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 375 Plus 302 4061.15 km
1953 Tony Rolt
Duncan Hamilton
Jaguar Cars Ltd. Jaguar C-Type 304 4088.064 km
1952 Hermann Lang
Fritz Riess
Daimler-Benz A.G. Mercedes-Benz 300SL 277 3733.839 km
1951 Peter Walker
Peter Whitehead
Peter Walker Jaguar XK-120C 267 3611.193 km
1950 Louis Rosier
Jean-Louis Rosier
Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport 256 3465.12 km
1949 Luigi Chinetti
Peter Mitchell-Thomson
Lord Selsdon Ferrari 166MM 235 3178.299 km
1948
to
1940
'Races cancelled for World War II and French reconstruction'
1939 Jean-Pierre Wimille
Pierre Veyron
Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti Type 57S Tank 248 3354.76 km
1938 Eugène Chaboud
Jean Trémoulet
Eugène Chaboud / Jean Trémoulet Delahaye 135CS 235 3180.94 km
1937 Jean-Pierre Wimille
Robert Benoist
Roger Labric Bugatti Type 57G Tank 243 3287.938 km
1936 'Race cancelled due to workers strike'
1935 Johnny Hindmarsh
Luis Fontés
Arthur W. Fox / Charles Nichol Lagonda M45R Rapide 222 3006.797 km
1934
Luigi Chinetti
Philippe Étancelin
Luigi Chinetti / Philippe Étancelin
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 213 2886.938 km
1933 Raymond Sommer
Tazio Nuvolari
Soc. Anon. Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 233 3144.038 km
1932 Raymond Sommer
Luigi Chinetti
Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 218 2954.038 km
1931 Earl Howe
Henry Birkin
Earl Howe Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 184 3017.654 km
1930 Woolf Barnato
Glen Kidston
Bentley Motors Ltd. Bentley Speed Six 179 2930.663 km
1929 Woolf Barnato
Henry Birkin
Bentley Motors Ltd. Bentley Speed Six 174 2843.83 km
1928 Woolf Barnato
Bernard Rubin
Bentley Motors Ltd. Bentley 4½ Litre 154 2669.272 km
1927 Dudley Benjafield
Sammy Davis
Bentley Motors Ltd. Bentley 3 Litre Super Sport 137 2369.807 km
1926 Robert Bloch
André Rossignol
''No Team Name'' Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 147 2552.414 km
1925 Gérard de Courcelles
André Rossignol
''No Team Name'' Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 129 2233.982 km
1924
John Duff
Frank Clement
Duff & Aldington Bentley 3 Litre Sport 120 2077.341 km
1923 André Lagache
René Léonard
''No Team Name'' Chenard et Walker Sport 128 2209.536 km

Records


Most Driver Wins

Rank Driver Wins Years
1 Tom Kristensen 7 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
2 Jacky Ickx 6 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982
3= Derek Bell 5 1975, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987
3= Frank Biela 5 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007
3= Emanuele Pirro 5 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007
6= Olivier Gendebien 4 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962
6= Henri Pescarolo 4 1972, 1973, 1974, 1984
6= Yannick Dalmas 4 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999

Most Consecutive Driver Wins

Rank Driver Consecutive
Wins
Years
1 Tom Kristensen 6 2000 - 2005
2= Woolf Barnato 3 1928 - 1930
2= Olivier Gendebien 3 1961 - 1963
2= Henri Pescarolo 3 1972 - 1974
2= Jacky Ickx 3 1975 - 1977
2= Emanuele Pirro 3 2000 - 2002
2= Frank Biela 3 2000 - 2002
2= Marco Werner 3 2005 - 2007

Driver Wins By Nation

Rank Nation Winning
Drivers
1 United Kingdom 32
2 France 26
3 Germany 14
4 United States 12[1]
5 Italy 111
6 Belgium 5
7 Austria 3
8= Australia 2
8= Denmark 2
8= Japan 2
8= Netherlands 2
8= New Zealand 2
8= Sweden 2
14= Argentina 1
14= Canada 1
14= Finland 1
14= Mexico 1

Most Constructor Wins

Rank Constructor Wins Years
1 Porsche 16 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984,
1985, 1986, 1987, 1994[2], 1996, 1997, 1998
2 Ferrari 9 1949, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
3= Jaguar 7 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1988, 1990
3= Audi 7 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
5 Bentley 6 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 2003
6= Alfa Romeo 4 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934
6= Ford 4 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
8 Matra-Simca 3 1972, 1973, 1974
9= Lorraine-Dietrich 2 1925, 1926
9= Bugatti 2 1937, 1939
9= Mercedes-Benz 2 1952, 1989[3]
9= Peugeot 2 1992, 1993
13= Chenard & Walcker 1 1923
13= Lagonda 1 1935
13= Delahaye 1 1938
13= Talbot-Lago 1 1950
13= Aston Martin 1 1959
13= Mirage 1 1975
13= Renault-Alpine 1 1978
13= Rondeau 1 1980
13= Mazda 1 1991
13= McLaren 1 1995
13= BMW 1 1999

Most Consecutive Constructor Wins

Rank Constructor Consecutive
Wins
Years
1 Porsche 7 1981 - 1987
2 Ferrari 6 1960 - 1965
3= Bentley 4 1927 - 1930
3= Alfa Romeo 4 1931 - 1934
3= Ford 4 1966 - 1969
3= Audi 4 2004 - 2007
7= Jaguar 3 1955 - 1957
7= Matra-Simca 3 1972 - 1974
7= Porsche 3 1996 - 1998
7= Audi 3 2000 - 2002
11= Lorraine-Dietrich 2 1925 - 1926
11= Porsche 2 1970 - 1971
11= Porsche 2 1976 - 1977
11= Peugeot 2 1992 - 1993

Notes


1. Luigi Chinetti won Le Mans initially as an Italian, but later won as an American. His wins are included for both countries.
2. The 1994 victory by the Dauer 962LM is included in this list since the Dauer 962 was a modified Porsche 962, yet still run by the Porsche team.
3. The 1989 victory is listed with Mercedes-Benz as it was their project and engine, they merely used Sauber as a chassis builder.


External links



Le Mans official site

Results pages

Le Mans Register

References



★ ''Le Mans 1965'' in Automobile Historique n°48 May 2005

★ ''24 heures du Mans 1973'' in Automobile Historique n°49 June/July 2005

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