tom kristensen has the most wins at le mans.
tom kristensen has the most wins at le mans.
who has the most wins at le mans?
tom kristensen
after his debut in endurance races at the young age of 19 winning in his class with the lancia beta montecarlo gr.5 at the 24 hours of daytona, winning the kyalami 9 hours and a terrible experience at le mans the same year, he scarcely participated in these races except sporadic appearances in japan, first with a nissan gr.c at the fuji 1000 km and with a porsche 962 gr.c at the suzuka 1000 km. that is until his return to le mans in 1998 with a mclaren f1 alongside dindo capello and thomas bscher ending with a retirement. in 1999 audi unveiled the r8r with which he scored his first of a record breaking nine consecutive podiums at the french classic. in 2000 along with tom kristensen and frank biela he scored the first of three consecutive wins with the new audi r8. in 2006 together with frank biela and marco werner he became the first driver to win the 24 hours of le mans with a diesel car, repeating the win in the following year. in 2008 he announced the end of his racing career with audi sportscars. between the years of 1999 and 2008 he won five 24 hours of le mans, two alms championships, two 12 hours of sebring and three petit le mans. after 2008 he competed in a number of additional races including a 12 hours of sebring and 24 hours of le mans with drayson racing in a lola-judd lmp1 car, the 24 hours of the nuerburgring with an audi r8 gt3, the 2011 gold coast 500 in the australian v8 supercars championship.
emanuele pirro
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