toyota is the manufacturer that has the most le mans wins.
toyota is the manufacturer that has the most le mans wins.
which manufacturer has the most le mans wins?
toyota
unchallenged since the third hour of the race, kristensen took the chequered flag for the no. 3 audi in a time of 24:01:30.901 at an average speed of , two laps ahead of the no. 16 pescarolo of boullion. the no. 2 champion audi was a further four laps behind to complete the podium in third place and the last of the audis was the no. 4 team oreca in fourth, another two laps adrift. it was werner's first le mans victory, lehto's second and kristensen's seventh. kristensen eclipsed jacky ickx's all-time record of six overall le mans wins, and werner completed the triple crown of endurance racing (overall wins in the 24 hours of daytona, the 12 hours of sebring and the 24 hours of le mans). it was also audi's fifth overall victory and the last for its r8 chassis. the no. 64 corvette maintained its two-lap advantage at the front of the lmgt1 category field over the no. 63, earning corvette racing their fourth class win. aston martin racing's no. 59 dbr9 completed the category podium in third place. alex job racing, unchallenged since the fifth hour of the race, were victorious in the lmgt2 category, two minutes ahead of the no. 90 white lightning racing porsche and seven laps in front of the no. 80 flying lizard motorsports car. the battle for the win in the lmp2 category continued into the final hour, as the ray mallock lola overtook the two paul belmondo racing courages after they developed mechanical problems with 45 minutes remaining.
2005 24 hours of le mans
automatic entry invitations are earned by teams that won their class in the previous running of the 24 hours of le mans, or won championships in the european le mans series, asian le mans series, and the michelin gt3 le mans cup. the second-place finisher in the european le mans series le mans grand touring endurance (lmgte) championship also earns an automatic invitation. two participants from the weathertech sportscar championship are chosen by the series to be automatic entries by the aco regardless of their performance or category. as invitations are granted to teams, they were allowed to change their cars from the previous year to the next, but not allowed to change their category. the lmgte class invitations from the european and asian le mans series are allowed to choose *between the pro and am categories. european le mans series' lmp3 champion is required to field an entry in le mans prototype 2 (lmp2) while the asian le mans series le mans prototype 3 (lmp3) champion may choose between lmp2 or le mans grand touring endurance amateur (lmgte am). the michelin le mans cup lmp3 champion does not receive an automatic entry and the grand touring 3 (gt3) champion is limited to the lmgte am category.
2018 24 hours of le mans