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F1 World Champions Who Have Won Le Mans

As we wait to find out on either june 17 2018 or june 16 2019 the dates of the two editions in the upcoming fia wec super season here is a look back at 10 other times remarkable drivers were able to achieve this exceptional feat. Mario andretti won three editions of the 12 hours of sebring the 1969 indianapolis 500 and also won four open wheel titles a formula one world championship and a class win and 2nd overall finish at the 24 hours of le mans.

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F1 world champions who have won le mans. Many of them were race winners in f1 some were even continue reading f1 drivers who won at le mans. Mclaren cars dominated canam sports car racing with 56 wins a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel between 1967 and 1972 and five constructors championships and have won three indianapolis 500 races as well as the 24 hours of le mans and 12 hours of sebring. In addition to the four world champions mike hawthorn phil hill jochen rindt and graham hill 12 other drivers have scored at least one win in both the 24 hours of le mans and the formula one world championship. As season 8 of the fia world endurance championship kicks off this weekend at silverstone uk we look at british drivers and their history with endurance racing and the 24 hours of le mans. The overall winners of all events since 1923 are listed here. This weekend sees the 77th running of the le mans 24 hours. The 24 hours of le mans 24 heures du mans is the worlds oldest sports car endurance race and one of the most famous and influential in motorsports history. Our first instalment focuses on four formula one world champions who have competed at le mans. The race has been run every year since its inception with the exception of 1936 where the race was not run due to worker strikes and 1940 to 1948 due to world war ii. The great race has been won by 117 different drivers and over half of them 62 also competed in the formula 1 world championship at some point in their career. The first instalment of this new series looks back to the 1950s and 1960s. The blond haired bow tie wearing englishman won le mans three years before he became britains first f1 world champion with ferrari in 1958. In 55 hawthorn led the charge for jaguar sharing a d type with ivor bueb as the factory team took on the might of mercedes juan manuel fangio stirling moss and the glorious 300 slr. Foyt won four editions of the indianapolis 500 and collected seven open wheel titles and a 24 hours of le mans win. The double formula one world champion fernando alonso won the le mans 24 hours race for the second year in a row on sunday with his toyota teammates kazuki nakajima of japan and switzerlands.