Le Mans 24 hours: The comprehensive list of F1 drivers winning the prestigious event

F1 driver Fernando Alonso at Le Mans in 2018

From Saturday, June 14th, 2025, to Sunday, June 15th, 2025, drivers will take part in the most iconic endurance race in motorsports. The 93rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans takes place this weekend, at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France. Like so many past versions of this historic event, drivers from F1 will also be taking part. This year’s driver entries include racers like Kevin Magnussen, Nyck de Vries, Mick Schumacher, and Jenson Button. Historically, Formula 1 drivers have seen success at this major race, whether it’s race winners, world champions, or those who have never scored a win.

Which F1 champions have won the Le Mans race?

While being a Formula 1 champion on its own is a big deal, adding a Le Mans win on top of it is a great achievement.

1. Mike Hawthorn

One of the first to do this was Mike Hawthorn. Hawthorn first took part in Le Mans in 1953, but after being disqualified that year, he would return to secure his victory in 1955. Three years later, he won his only driver’s championship in F1, achieving the feat by a single point.

2. Phill Hill

Phil Hill won three Le Mans races, in 1958, 1961, and 1962. The other 11 times he entered the prestigious event, he failed to finish. Meanwhile, in F1, he had 49 race starts from 1958-1964, as well as in 1968. During that time, he scored his drivers’ championship victory in 1961, the same year as his second Le Mans win.

3. Jochen Rindt

Jochen Rindt took part in four Le Mans races from 1964 to 1967. Out of the four, he failed to finish three races, but in the remaining one in 1965, he finished five laps ahead of the drivers in second place. His title win in F1 was something that he never got to see. After winning five races during the 1970 season, he had scored enough points to clinch the title. But he was killed during the practice session at the Italian Grand Prix. By the end of 1970, he was posthumously awarded the title.

4. Graham Hill

Graham Hill is the third F1 champion to have won the Le Mans event. He did it after he won his two F1 titles at the end of the 1962 and 1968 seasons. It was his tenth entry in 1972 that finally gave him the victory he required for another special achievement. Hill is the only driver in history to have won the triple crown of motorsport. This means he’s won the Monaco Grand Prix, Le Mans, and the Indy 500.

5. Fernando Alonso

The most recent driver’s world champion to be a Le Mans race winner is Spanish driver Fernando Alonso. Alonso became a two-time Formula 1 champion in 2005 and 2006. 12 years later, in 2018, he competed in the endurance race for the first time and went home with the win. He returned the following year and won again, making him a two-time winner of the prestigious event.

Who are the other F1 drivers who have won Le Mans?

While the five racers above are the holders of drivers’ championship titles, there have also been non-champions of Formula 1 who have emerged victorious in the endurance event. Some of these drivers have been race winners, such as Johnny Herbert, who scored three wins during his time in F1. Others haven’t been so lucky in one sport, but have achieved success in the French race, like Nico Hulkenberg.

The table below looks at every other F1 driver who has won at Le Mans.

DriverF1 Race WinsLe Mans Wins
Jose Froilan Gonzalez21 (1954)
Maurice Trintignant21 (1954)
Ludovico Scarfiotti11 (1963)
Lorenzo Bandini11 (1963)
Bruce McLaren41 (1966)
Dan Gurney41 (1967)
Pedro Rodriguez21 (1968)
Jacky Ickx86 (1969, 1975 – 1977, 1981 – 1982)
Didier Pironi31 (1978)
Johnny Herbert31 (1991)
Jochen Mass11 (1989)
Michele Alboreto51 (1997)
Louis Rosier01 (1951)
Peter Walker01 (1951)
Peter Whitehead01 (1951)
Hermann Lang01 (1952)
Tony Rolt01 (1953)
Duncan Hamilton01 (1953)
Ivor Bueb02 (1955, 1957)
Ron Flockhart02 (1956 – 1957)
Olivier Gendebien04 (1958, 1960 – 1962)
Carroll Shelby01 (1959)
Roy Salvadori01 (1959)
Nino Vaccarella01 (1964)
Masten Gregory01 (1965)
Chris Amon01 (1966)
Lucien Bianchi01 (1968)
Jackie Oliver01 (1969)
Richard Attwood01 (1970)
Helmut Marko01 (1971)
Gijs van Lennep02 (1971, 1976)
Henri Pescarolo04 (1972 – 1974, 1984)
Gerard Larrousse02 (1973 – 1974)
Derek Bell05 (1975, 1981 – 1982, 1986 – 1987)
Vern Schuppan01 (1983)
Paolo Barilla01 (1985)
Hans-Joachim Stuck02 (1986 – 1987)
Jan Lammers01 (1988)
Johnny Dumfries01 (1988)
Martin Brundle01 (1990)
Volker Weidler01 (1991)
Bertrand Gachot01 (1991)
Derek Warwick01 (1992)
Yannick Dalmas04 (1992, 1994 – 1995, 1999)
Mark Blundell01 (1992)
Geoff Brabham01 (1993)
Mauro Baldi01 (1994)
JJ Lehto02 (1995, 2005)
Alexander Wurz01 (1996)
Stefan Johansson01 (1997)
Allan McNish02 (1998, 2008)
Pierluigi Martini01 (1999)
Emanuele Pirro05 (2000 – 2002, 2006, 2007)
David Brabham01 (2009)
Mark Gene01 (2009)
Andre Lotterer03 (2011 – 2012, 2014)
Nico Hulkenberg01 (2015)
Brendon Hartley02 (2017, 2020)
Sebastian Buemi03 (2018 – 2020)
Kazuki Nakajima03 (2018 – 2020)
Kamui Kobayashi01 (2021)

[Data via Motorsport]

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