List of 24 hours of Le Mans records

This is a list of records in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, since 1923. This page is accurate up to and including the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Constructor Records

Most wins

Rank	Constructor	Wins	Years
1	Porsche	19	1970-1971, 1976-1977, 1979, 1981-1987, 1994,^[1] 1996-1998,^[2] 2015-2017
2	Audi	13	2000-2002, 2004-2008, 2010-2014
3	Ferrari	9	1949, 1954, 1958, 1960-1965
4	Jaguar	7	1951, 1953, 1955-1957, 1988, 1990
5	Bentley	6	1924, 1927-1930, 2003
6	Alfa Romeo	4	1931-1934
6	Ford	4	1966-1969
8	Matra-Simca	3	1972-1974
8	Peugeot	3	1992-1993, 2009
10	Lorraine-Dietrich	2	1925-1926
10	Bugatti	2	1937, 1939
12	Chenard & Walcker	1	1923
	Lagonda		1935
	Delahaye		1938
	Talbot-Lago		1950
	Mercedes-Benz		1952
	Aston Martin		1959
	Mirage		1975
	Renault-Alpine		1978
	Rondeau		1980
	Sauber-Mercedes		1989 ^[3]
	Mazda		1991
	McLaren		1995
	BMW		1999
	Toyota		2018

Most consecutive wins

Wins	Constructor	Consecutive Wins
7	Porsche	1981 - 1987
6	Ferrari	1960 - 1965
5	Audi	2004 - 2008
5	Audi	2010 - 2014
4	Bentley	1927 - 1930
	Alfa Romeo	1931 - 1934
	Ford	1966 - 1969
3	Jaguar	1955 - 1957
	Matra-Simca	1972 - 1974
	Porsche	1996 - 1998
	Audi	2000 - 2002
	Porsche	2015 - 2017

Win(s) by Nations (constructors)

	Nation	Win(s)	Constructor(s)
1	Germany	34	4
2	United Kingdom	17	6
3	France	15	9
4	Italy	13	2
5	United States	4	1
6	Japan	2	2
7	Switzerland	1 ^[3]	1

Wins by cars

Wins	Cars	Year
5	Audi R8	2000-2002, 2004-2005
4	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	1931-1934
	Ford GT40	1966-1969
	Porsche 956	1982-1985
	Audi R18	2011-2014
3	Jaguar D-Type	1955-1957
	Ferrari 250 TR	1958, 1960-1961
	Matra Simca MS670	1972-1974
	Porsche 936	1976-1977, 1981
	Audi R10 TDI	2006- 2008
	Porsche 919 Hybrid	2015-2017
2	Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6	1925-1926
	Bentley Speed Six	1929-1930
	Bugatti Type 57	1937, 1939
	Porsche 917K	1970-1971
	Porsche 962C	1986-1987
	Peugeot 905	1992-1993
	Porsche WSC-95	1996-1997

Wins by Team

	Team	Wins	Year(s)
1	Joest Racing	13	1984-1985, 1996-1997, 2000–2002, 2006-2007, 2010-2014
2	Porsche	12	1976-1977, 1981-1983, 1986-1987, 1994, 1998, 2015-2017
3	Scuderia Ferrari	7	1954, 1958, 1960-1964
4	Jaguar	5	1951, 1953, 1955, 1988, 1990
5	Bentley Motors Ltd.	4	1927-1930
6	Matra Sports	3	1972-1974
6	Peugeot Sport	3	1992-1993, 2009
8	Ecurie Ecosse	2	1956-1957
	Shelby-American Inc.		1966-1967
	John Wyer Automotive Engineering		1968-1969

Consecutive wins by same car

Wins	Cars with s/n	Year
2	Bentley Speed Six #LB2332	1929-1930
	Ford GT40 #P-1075	1968-1969
	Porsche 956 #117	1984-1985
	Porsche WSC-95 #001	1996-1997

Other Constructor Records

Description	Record	Details
Podiums
Most 1-2 finishes	12	Porsche in 1970, 1971, 1979, 1982-1987, 1996, 1998, 2015
Most Podiums	54	Porsche ^[4]
Most Podium Lockouts	8	Porsche in 1970, 1979, 1982-1986, 1996
Most consecutive podiums	18	Audi between 1999 and 2016
Most cars of the same brand in a row	8	Porsche in 1983
Most podiums without winning	3	Pescarolo ^[5]
Starts
Most participations by a single constructor	68	Porsche between 1951 and 2018
Most entries by a single constructor in a single race	33	Porsche in 1971 (33 starters/49)
Most entries by a single constructor (total)	809	Porsche since 1951
Most participations without winning	36	Lola
Most participations without a podium	36	Lola
Pole Positions
Most consecutive pole positions	6	Porsche between 1978 and 1983
Fastest Laps
Most fastest laps	14	Porsche in 1968-1971, 1977, 1979-1981, 1983, 1985-1986, 1988, 1994, 1997
Most consecutive fastest laps	5	Audi between 2011 and 2015

Driver Records

Most Wins

	Drivers	Wins	Years
1	Tom Kristensen	9	1997, 2000-2005, 2008, 2013
2	Jacky Ickx	6	1969, 1975-1977, 1981-1982
3	Derek Bell	5	1975, 1981-1982, 1986-1987
	Frank Biela		2000-2002, 2006-2007
	Emanuele Pirro		2000-2002, 2006-2007
6	Olivier Gendebien	4	1958, 1960-1962
	Henri Pescarolo		1972-1974, 1984
	Yannick Dalmas		1992, 1994-1995, 1999
9	Woolf Barnato	3	1928-1930
	Luigi Chinetti		1932, 1934, 1949
	Phil Hill		1958, 1961-1962
	Hurley Haywood		1977, 1983, 1994
	Klaus Ludwig		1979, 1984-1985
	Al Holbert		1983, 1986-1987
	Rinaldo Capello		2003-2004, 2008
	Marco Werner		2005-2007
	Allan McNish		1998, 2008, 2013
	André Lotterer		2011-2012, 2014
	Marcel Fässler		2011-2012, 2014
	Benoît Tréluyer		2011-2012, 2014

Most Consecutive Wins

	Drivers	Consecutive Wins	Years
1	Tom Kristensen	6	2000–2005
2	Woolf Barnato	3	1928–1930
	Olivier Gendebien		1960–1962
	Henri Pescarolo		1972–1974
	Jacky Ickx		1975–1977
	Emanuele Pirro		2000–2002
	Frank Biela		2000–2002
	Marco Werner		2005–2007

Winning drivers per nation

Rank	Nation	Winning Drivers
1	United Kingdom	30
2	France	29
3	Germany	19
4	United States	12^[6]
5	Italy	11^[6]
6	Belgium	5
7	Australia	4
7	New Zealand	4
9	Austria	3
	Switzerland
	Japan
12	Denmark	2
	Netherlands
	Sweden
	Spain
16	Argentina	1
	Canada
	Finland
	Mexico

Total driver wins per nation

Rank	Nation	Wins
1	France	43
2	United Kingdom	42
3	Germany	31
4	United States	18
4	Italy	18
6	Belgium	13
7	Denmark	10
8	New Zealand	5
8	Switzerland	5
10	Austria	4
10	Australia	4
12	Netherlands	3
12	Japan	3
14	Finland	2
	Sweden
	Spain
17	Argentina	1
	Canada
	Mexico

Win in their First Entries

	Driver	Year
1	André Lagache	1923
	René Léonard	1923
	Bernard Rubin	1928
	Woolf Barnato	1928
	Luigi Chinetti	1932
	Tazio Nuvolari	1933
	Philippe Etancelin	1934
	Luis Fontés	1935
	Jean-Pierre Wimille	1937
	Peter Walker	1951
	Fritz Riess	1952
	Hermann Lang	1952
	Ivor Bueb	1955
	AJ Foyt	1967
	Hurley Haywood	1977
	Klaus Ludwig	1979
	Andy Wallace	1988
	Christophe Bouchut	1993
	Éric Hélary	1993
	Alexander Wurz	1996
	Tom Kristensen	1997
	Laurent Aïello	1998
	Nico Hülkenberg	2015
	Earl Bamber	2015
	Fernando Alonso	2018

Wins in all their entries

	Driver	Number of Entries	Win(s)	Year(s)
1	Woolf Barnato	3	3	1928-1930
2	Jean-Pierre Wimille	2	2	1937, 1939
3	Luis Fontés	1	1	1935
	Hermann Lang			1952
	AJ Foyt			1967
	Tazio Nuvolari			1933
	Nico Hülkenberg			2015
	Fernando Alonso			2018

Total Starts

	Driver	Starts
1	Henri Pescarolo	33
2	Bob Wollek	30
3	Yojiro Terada	29
4	Derek Bell	26
5	François Migault	25
6	Jan Lammers	24
	Claude Ballot-Lena
	Emmanuel Collard
9	Claude Haldi	22
9	Pierre Yver	22

Other Driver records

Description	Record	Details
Wins
Youngest Winner	22 years, 91 days	Alexander Wurz in 1996
Oldest Winner	47 years, 343 days	Luigi Chinetti in 1949
Winner with most constructors	4	Yannick Dalmas (Peugeot, Porsche, Mclaren, BMW)
Biggest gap between two Wins	13 years	Alexander Wurz (1996 - 2009)
Biggest gap between first and last Win	17 years	Hurley Haywood (1977 - 1994)
Most starts before first win	16th start	David Brabham in 2009
Most Wins with the same Driver Line Up	3	Olivier Gendebien, Phil Hill (1958, 1961, 1962) Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell (1975, 1981, 1982) Tom Kristensen, Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro (2000, 2001, 2002) Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer (2011, 2012, 2014)
Win from lowest start position	16th	Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood in 1970
Starts and Finishes
Youngest driver to start a race	16 years 202 days	Matt McMurry (2014)
Oldest driver to start a race	68 years 110 days	Jack Gerber (2013)
Youngest driver to finish a race	16 years, 203 days	Matt McMurry (2014)
Oldest driver to finish a race	68 years, 111 days	Jack Gerber (2013)
Most consecutive starts	30	Henri Pescarolo (1970 - 1999)
Most consecutive finishes	11	Johnny O'Connell (1999 - 2009)
Most Time between successive starts	21 years	Jean Alesi (1989 - 2010)
Most races between first and last start	36	Jan Lammers (1983 - 2018)
Most starts without finishing one race	14	Hans Heyer^[7]
Most starts without winning (overall)	30	Bob Wollek
Most Time in the car during 24 hours	24 hours	Edward Ramsden Hall in 1950^[8]
Most Time in the car during 24 hours for a winner	23 h 15 min 17s	Louis Rosier in 1950^[9]
Entries with most constructors	17	François Migault^[10]
Most entries with the same constructor	20	Bob Wollek with Porsche (1975-1983, 1986-1990,1993, 1996-2000)
Most entries as team mates	13	Tracy Krohn and Niclas Jönsson (2006-2018)
Most finishes	19	Derek Bell
Most retirements	18	Henri Pescarolo
Podiums
Most Podiums	14	Tom Kristensen
Most Podiums without a win (overall)	6	Bob Wollek
Most consecutive podium finishes	9	Emanuele Pirro (1999-2007)
Youngest driver on the podium (overall)	18 years, 133 days	Ricardo Rodriguez (2nd in 1960)
Oldest driver on the podium (overall)	55 years, 110 days	Mario Andretti (2nd in 1995)
Oldest driver on the podium	68 years, 111 days	Jack Gerber (3rd in 2013 in the LMGTE-Am category)
Biggest gap between first and last podiums (overall)	19 years, 361 days	Bob Wollek (1978-1998)
Most races without an overall podium	29	Yojiro Terada
Pole Position
Most pole positions	5	Jacky Ickx (1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Most consecutive pole positions	3	Jacky Ickx (1981, 1982, 1983) Stéphane Sarrazin (2007, 2008, 2009)
Most pole positions with same race wins	3	Jacky Ickx (1975, 1981, 1982)
Youngest polesitter	23 years, 146 days	Pedro Rodríguez (1963)
Oldest polesitter	43 years, 220 days	Bob Wollek (1987)
Fastest Lap
Most fastests laps	5	Jacky Ickx (1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985)
Most consecutive fastests laps	4	Mike Hawthorn (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958)
Youngest driver to set fastest lap	19 years, 114 days	Ricardo Rodriguez (1961)
Oldest driver to set fastest lap	51 years, 44 days	Francis Curzon (1935)

Race Records

Description	Record	Details
Longest distance covered	5410.713 km (397 laps)	Audi R15+ TDI in 2010
Fastest Lap in race	3:17.475	Andre Lotterer with an Audi R18 e-tron quattro in 2015
Fastest Lap, (since 1989, pole position)	3:14.791	Kamui Kobayashi with a Toyota TS050 - Hybrid in 2017
Fastest Lap (until 1989, pole position)	3:13.90	Pedro Rodríguez with a Porsche 917 in 1971
Smallest winning margin	20 meters	In 1966 between two Ford GT40^[11]
Largest winning margin	349.808 km	In 1927, Bentley from Salmson
Highest average race speed (winner)	225.228 km/h (140 mph)	Audi R15+ TDI in 2010
Highest average lap speed (Qualifying)	251.881 km/h (157 mph)	Kamui Kobayashi with a Toyota TS050 - Hybrid in 2017
Highest average lap speed (Race)	248.459 km/h (154 mph)	Andre Lotterer with a Audi R18 e-tron quattro in 2015
Top Speed	407 km/h (253 mph)	Roger Dorchy with a WM P88-Peugeot in 1988
Most cars in a single race	60	In 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 2016, 2017
Fewest cars in a single race	17	In 1930
Most Finishers	48	In 2017
Fewest Finishers	6	In 1931
Highest percentage of Finishers	90.9%	In 1923 (30 finishers/33)
Lowest percentage of Finishers	13.7%	In 1970 (7 finishers/51)
Most cars in the Leading Lap	2	In 1933, 1935, 1966, 1969, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2004, 2008 and 2011
Most Time behind the safety car	5h 27min	In 2013
Most Safety cars in a race	12	In 2013
Highest attendance	400,000	In 1969

Grid Starting records

Note: The first qualification occurred in 1963.

Most Pole Positions by Constructor

	Constructor	Pole Position(s)	Year(s)
1	Porsche	19	1968-1971, 1978-1983, 1985-1988, 1996-1997, 2015-2016
2	Audi	8	2000-2002, 2004, 2006, 2011-2013
3	Peugeot	6	1992-1993, 2007-2010
4	Toyota	4	1999, 2014, 2017, 2018
4	Ferrari	3	1963-1964, 1973
4	Ford	3	1965, 1967
7	Matra-Simca	2	1972, 1974
	Renault-Alpine		1976, 1977
	Sauber-Mercedes		1989, 1991
10	Mirage	1	1975
	Lancia		1984
	Nissan		1990
	Courage		1994
	Welter Racing		1995
	Mercedes		1998
	Bentley		2003
	Pescarolo		2005

Winning Starting Position

	Starting Position	Win(s)	Year(s)
1	1st (Pole)	11	1974, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1997, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
2	2nd	10	1963, 1972, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
3	4th	9	1966, 1968, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2017
4	5th	5	1971, 1978, 1998, 2009, 2010
4	6th	5	1988, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2014
6	7th	4	1964, 1977, 1983, 1994
7	9th	3	1967, 1990, 1995
8	11th	2	1965, 1989
8	3rd	2	1979, 2015
10	14th	1	1969
	16th		1970
	10th		1980
	12th		1991
	8th		2005

Winning Tyres

	Manufacturer	Win(s)	Year(s)
1	Dunlop	34	1924-1931, 1935, 1937-1939, 1950-1951, 1953, 1955-1957, 1960-1964, 1977, 1979, 1981-1988, 1991
2	Michelin	27	1923, 1978, 1989, 1992-1993, 1995, 1998-2018
3	Goodyear	14	1965-1967, 1970, 1972-1976, 1980, 1990, 1994, 1996-1997
4	Englebert	5	1932-1934, 1949, 1958
5	Firestone	3	1968-1969, 1971
6	Continental	1	1952
	Pirelli		1954
	Avon		1959

Winning fuel

	Fuel	Wins	Year(s)
1	Petrol	73	1923–2005
2	Diesel	6	2006–2011
3	Hybrid (Petrol/Electric)	4	2015-2018
4	Hybrid (Diesel/Electric)	3	2012–2014

Notes

↑ The 1994 victory is listed with Porsche, although Dauer Sportwagen was the official constructor of the road car, a Porsche 962 heavily modified for street use and race homologation.
↑ The 1996 and 1997 victories are listed with Porsche, although the car was built by TWR on a modified Jaguar XJR-14 chassis, fitted with a Porsche 962 engine.
1 2 The ACO attributed the 1989 victory to the Swiss constructor Sauber
↑ 19 victories, 18 second positions and 17 third positions
↑ 2 second positions and 1 third position
1 2 Luigi Chinetti won Le Mans initially as an Italian, but later won as an American. His wins are included for both countries.
↑ He entered 12 times but raced for 2 different cars in 1973 and 1977.
↑ He became the first and only man to drive solo for the entire distance, despite having a co-driver in the pits ready to take over. He completed 236 laps, which equals to nearly 3,200 km (2,000 miles).
↑ He won Le Mans with his son Jean-Louis Rosier who raced just 2 laps
↑ Ferrari, Matra, Ligier, Mirage, Rondeau, De Cadenet, Ford, Lola, WM, Courage, ALD, Cougar, Porsche, Dodge, Marcos, Pilbeam, Dome
↑ At the finish, Ford decided to stage publicity photo between Miles/Hulme and McLaren/Amon with the No. 5 following, too. According to witnesses, McLaren left a small margin to Miles and it was expected than Miles/Hulme will be declared winner after the examination of the photo finish. But the ACO declared the McLaren/Amon car had won the race, having covered more distance in 24 hours, as it had started the race several places behind the Miles/Hulme car. The ACO estimated the difference to 8 meters.

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[Dauer-1] The 1994 victory is listed with Porsche, although Dauer Sportwagen was the official constructor of the road car, a Porsche 962 heavily modified for street use and race homologation.

[TWR-2] The 1996 and 1997 victories are listed with Porsche, although the car was built by TWR on a modified Jaguar XJR-14 chassis, fitted with a Porsche 962 engine.

[Sauber-3] 1 2 The ACO attributed the 1989 victory to the Swiss constructor Sauber

[4] 19 victories, 18 second positions and 17 third positions

[5] 2 second positions and 1 third position

[Chinetti-6] 1 2 Luigi Chinetti won Le Mans initially as an Italian, but later won as an American. His wins are included for both countries.

[7] He entered 12 times but raced for 2 different cars in 1973 and 1977.

[8] He became the first and only man to drive solo for the entire distance, despite having a co-driver in the pits ready to take over. He completed 236 laps, which equals to nearly 3,200 km (2,000 miles).

[9] He won Le Mans with his son Jean-Louis Rosier who raced just 2 laps

[10] Ferrari, Matra, Ligier, Mirage, Rondeau, De Cadenet, Ford, Lola, WM, Courage, ALD, Cougar, Porsche, Dodge, Marcos, Pilbeam, Dome

[11] At the finish, Ford decided to stage publicity photo between Miles/Hulme and McLaren/Amon with the No. 5 following, too. According to witnesses, McLaren left a small margin to Miles and it was expected than Miles/Hulme will be declared winner after the examination of the photo finish. But the ACO declared the McLaren/Amon car had won the race, having covered more distance in 24 hours, as it had started the race several places behind the Miles/Hulme car. The ACO estimated the difference to 8 meters.

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