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13,626 km
The race takes place on the Circuit de la Sarthe, a combination of public roads and a dedicated race track that stretches over 13.6 kilometers with 31 corners.
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3’14″791
The fastest lap record belongs to Kamui Kobayashi with a Toyota TS050 in 2017.
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325,000 spectactors
This is more than twice the number of inhabitants of the city of Le Mans.
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65
65 women took the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at least once. Anny-Charlotte Verney has the most participations (10), consecutive between 1974 and 1983.
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5410 km
The greatest distance achieved by a winning car. In 2010, the Audi R15 TDI of Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard, Mike Rockenfeller break a new distance record at an average speed of 225 km/h. The equivalent of six times the length of the Indianapolis 500, or about 18 times longer than a Formula One Grand Prix.
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4th
The best result of a woman at the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Odette Siko in 1932.
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1923
The first edition, with thirty-three crews, took place in 1923. It was won by Andre Lagache and Rene Leonard in a Chenard & Walcker. They covered 128 laps at an average of 92km/h.
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5
Jacky Ickx holds the record for poles at Le Mans: 1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983.
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405 km/h
This is the highest top speed ever recorded on the circuit during the legendary 1988 race with the driver Roger Dorchy and his Welter-Meunier P88-Peugeot.
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1,600
The number of marshalls who provided security around the track.
