{"id":581,"date":"2010-07-27T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/?p=581"},"modified":"2014-01-28T08:37:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T08:37:34","slug":"lemans-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/lemans-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"LeMans champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Le Mans 24-hour motor race<\/strong> is held annually in June in the French town Le Mans. The most remembered motor race in history is the 1955 Le Mans because of a crash between a Mercedes and an Austin-Healy sent Mercedes part into the crowd and killed 80 spectators. It was a titantic struggle between Britain and Germany, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. Afterwards, the Swiss government banned all motor racing and Mercedes withdrew from racing for many year.<\/p>\n

LeMans champions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nDrivers<\/th>\nMake<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nTom Kristensen (DK) \/\u00a0Allan McNish (UK) \/\u00a0Lo\u00efc Duval (FRA)<\/td>\nAudi R18 e-tron quattro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nMarcel F\u00e4ssler (CH) \/\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Lotterer (GER) \/\u00a0Beno\u00eet Tr\u00e9luyer (FRA)<\/td>\nAudi R18 e-tron quattro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nAndre Lotterer (GER) \/ Marcel Fassler (CH) \/ Benoit Treluyer (FRA)<\/td>\nAudi R18 TDI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nMike Rockenfeller (GER)\/Timo Bernhard (GER)\/Romain Dumas (Spain)<\/td>\nAudi R15 TDI plus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nMarc Gene<\/a> (Spain)\/ David Brabham<\/a> (Australia) \/ Alex Wurz<\/a> (Austria)<\/td>\nPeugeot 908 DHi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nRinaldo Capello (Italy) \/ Allan McNish (Scotland) \/ Tom Kristensen
\n(DEN)<\/td>\n		Audi R10 diesel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nFrank Biela (GER) \/ Emanuele Pirro (ITA) \/ Marco Werner (GER)<\/td>\nAudi R10 diesel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nFrank Biela (GER) \/ Emanuele Pirro (ITA) \/ Marco Werner (GER)<\/td>\nAudi R10 diesel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nTom KRISTENSEN (DEN) \/ J.J. LEHTO (FIN) \/ Marco WERNER (GER)<\/td>\nAudi R8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nSeiji ARA (JAP) \/ Rinaldo CAPELLO (ITA) \/ Tom KRISTENSEN (DEN)<\/td>\nAudi R8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nRinaldo CAPELLO (ITA) \/ Tom KRISTENSEN (DEN) \/ Guy SMITH (GBR)<\/td>\nBentley EXP Speed 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nFrank BIELA (GER) \/ Tom KRISTENSEN (DEN) \/ Emanuele PIRRO (ITA)<\/td>\nAudi R8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nFrank BIELA (GER) \/ Tom KRISTENSEN (DEN) \/ Emanuele PIRRO (ITA)<\/td>\nAudi R8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nFrank BIELA (GER) \/ Tom KRISTENSEN (DEN) \/ Emanuele PIRRO (ITA)<\/td>\nAudi R8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nYannick DALMAS (FRA) \/ Pierluigi MARTINI (ITA) \/ Joachim WINKELHOCK (GER)<\/td>\nBMW V12 LMR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nLaurent AIELLO (FRA) \/ Allan McNISH (GBR) \/ Stephane ORTELLI (FRA)<\/td>\nPorsche 911 GT1-98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nMichele ALBORETO (ITA) \/ Stefan JOHANSSON (SWE) \/ Tom KRISTENSEN (DEN)<\/td>\nTWR Porsche WSC95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nDavy JONES (USA) \/ Manuel REUTER (GER) \/ Alex WURZ (AUT)<\/td>\nJoest Porsche WSC95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nYannick DALMAS (FRA) \/ J.J. LEHTO (FIN) \/ Masanori SEKIYA (JAP)<\/td>\nMcLaren F1 GTR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nMauro BALDI (ITA) \/ Yannick DALMAS (FRA) \/ Hurley HAYWOOD (USA)<\/td>\nDauer Porsche 962LM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nChristophe BOUCHUT (FRA) \/ Geoff BRABHAM (AUS) \/ Eric HELARY (FRA)<\/td>\nPeugeot 905B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nMark BLUNDELL (GBR) \/ Yannick DALMAS (FRA) \/ Derek WARWICK (GBR)<\/td>\nPeugeot 905<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nBertrand GACHOT (BEL) \/ Johnny HERBERT (GBR) \/ Volker WEIDLER (GER)<\/td>\nMazda 787B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nMartin BRUNDLE (GBR) \/ Price COBB (USA) \/ John NIELSEN (DEN)<\/td>\nJaguar XJR-12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nStanley DICKENS (SWE) \/ Jochen MASS (GER) \/ Manuel REUTER (GER)<\/td>\nSauber Mercedes C9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nJohnny DUMFRIES (SCO) \/ Jan LAMMERS (HOL) \/ Andy WALLACE (GBR)<\/td>\nJaguar XJR-9LM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nDerek BELL (GBR) \/ Al HOLBERT (USA) \/ Hans-Joachim STUCK (GER)<\/td>\nPorsche 962C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nDerek BELL (GBR) \/ Al HOLBERT (USA) \/ Hans-Joachim STUCK (GER)<\/td>\nPorsche 962C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nPaolo BARILLA (ITA) \/ Klaus LUDWIG (GER) \/ John “WINTER” (GER)<\/td>\nPorsche 956B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nKlaus LUDWIG (GER) \/ Henri PESCAROLO (FRA)<\/td>\nPorsche 956B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\nHurley HAYWOOD (USA) \/ Al HOLBERT (USA) \/ Vern SCHUPPAN (AUS)<\/td>\nPorsche 956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\nDerek BELL (GBR) \/ Jacky ICKX (BEL)<\/td>\nPorsche 956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nDerek BELL (GBR) \/ Jacky ICKX (BEL)<\/td>\nPorsche 936\/81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nJean-Pierre JAUSSAUD (FRA) \/ Jean RONDEAU (FRA)<\/td>\nRondeau 379B – Ford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nDrivers<\/th>\nMake<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nKlaus LUDWIG (GER) \/ Bill WHITTINGTON (USA) \/ Don WHITTINGTON (USA)<\/td>\nPorsche 935-K3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nJean-Pierre JAUSSAUD (FRA) \/ Didier PIRONI (FRA)<\/td>\nAlpine A442B – Renault<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nJurgen BARTH (GER) \/ Hurley HAYWOOD (USA) \/ Jacky ICKX (BEL)<\/td>\nPorsche 936<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\nJacky ICKX (BEL) \/ Gijs van LENNEP (HOL)<\/td>\nPorsche 936<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nDerek BELL (GBR) \/ Jacky ICKX (BEL)<\/td>\nMirage GR8 – Ford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nGerard LARROUSSE (FRA) \/ Henri PESCAROLO (FRA)<\/td>\nMatra-Simca MS670B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nGerard LARROUSSE (FRA) \/ Henri PESCAROLO (FRA)<\/td>\nMatra-Simca MS670B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nGraham HILL (GBR) \/ Henri PESCAROLO (FRA)<\/td>\nMatra-Simca MS670<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nGijs van LENNEP (HOL) \/ Helmut MARKO (AUT)<\/td>\nPorsche 917K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nRichard ATTWOOD (GBR) \/ Hans HERMANN (GER)<\/td>\nPorsche 917K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nJacky ICKX (BEL) \/ Jackie OLIVER (GBR)<\/td>\nFord GT40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nLucien BIANCHI (BEL) \/ Pedro RODRIGUEZ (MEX)<\/td>\nFord GT40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nA.J. FOYT Jr. (USA) \/ Dan GURNEY (USA)<\/td>\nFord GT Mk4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nChris AMON (NZL) \/ Bruce McLAREN (NZL)<\/td>\nFord GT Mk2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nMasten GREGORY (USA) \/ Jochen RINDT (AUT)<\/td>\nFerrari 275LM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nJean GUICHET (FRA) \/ Nino VACCARELLA (ITA)<\/td>\nFerrari 275P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nLorenzo BANDINI (ITA) \/ Ludovico SCARFIOTTI (ITA)<\/td>\nFerrari 250P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/td>\nOlivier GENDEBIEN (BEL) \/ Phil HILL (USA)<\/td>\nFerrari 330LM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nOlivier GENDEBIEN (BEL) \/ Phil HILL (USA)<\/td>\nFerrari 250TR 61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nPaul FRERE (BEL) \/ Olivier GENDEBIEN (BEL)<\/td>\nFerrari 250TR 59\/60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nRoy SALVADORI (GBR) \/ Carroll SHELBY (USA)<\/td>\nAston Martin DBR1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nOlivier GENDEBIEN (BEL) \/ Phil HILL (USA)<\/td>\nFerrari 250TR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\nIvor BUEB (GBR) \/ Ron FLOCKHART (GBR)<\/td>\nJaguar D-type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/td>\nRon FLOCKHART (GBR) \/ Ninian SANDERSON (GBR)<\/td>\nJaguar D-type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1955<\/td>\nIvor BUEB \/ Mike HAWTHORN (GBR)<\/td>\nJaguar D-type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1954<\/td>\nJose Froilan GONZALEZ (ARG) \/ Maurice TRINTIGNANT (FRA)<\/td>\nFerrari 375 Plus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1953<\/td>\nDuncan HAMILTON (GBR) \/ Tony ROLT (GBR)<\/td>\nJaguar C-type XK120C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nHermann LANG (GER) \/ Fritz RIESS (GER)<\/td>\nMercedes-Benz 300SL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/td>\nPeter WALKER (GBR) \/ Peter WHITEHEAD (GBR)<\/td>\nJaguar C-type XK120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nJean-Louis ROSIER (FRA) \/ Louis ROSIER (FRA)<\/td>\nTalbot-Lago T26C-GS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nLuigi CHINETTI (ITA) \/ Lord SELSDON (GBR)<\/td>\nFerrari 166MM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940-48<\/td>\nno races<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1939<\/td>\nPierre VEYRON (FRA) \/ Jean-Pierre WIMILLE (FRA)<\/td>\nBugatti T57C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nEugene CHABOUD (FRA) \/ Jean TREMOULET (FRA)<\/td>\nDelahaye 135 S<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1937<\/td>\nRobert BENOIST (FRA) \/ Jean-Pierre WIMILLE (FRA)<\/td>\nBugatti T57G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1936<\/td>\nno race<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935<\/td>\nLuis FONTES (ARG) \/ John HINDMARSH (GBR)<\/td>\nLagonda M45R Rapide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1934<\/td>\nLuigi CHINETTI (ITA) \/ Philippe ETANCELIN (FRA)<\/td>\nAlfa Romeo 8C-2300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1933<\/td>\nTazio NUVOLARI (ITA) \/ Raymond SOMMER (ITA)<\/td>\nAlfa Romeo 8C-2300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1932<\/td>\nLuigi CHINETTI (ITA) \/ Raymond SOMMER (FRA)<\/td>\nAlfa Romeo 8C-2300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1931<\/td>\nTim BIRKIN (GBR) \/ Earl HOWE (GBR)<\/td>\nAlfa Romeo 8C-2300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1930<\/td>\nWoolf BARNATO (GBR) \/ Glen KIDSTON (GBR)<\/td>\nBentley Speed 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1929<\/td>\nWoolf BARNATO (GBR) \/ Tim BIRKIN (GBR)<\/td>\nBentley Speed 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1928<\/td>\nWoolf BARNATO (GBR) \/ Bernard RUBIN (GBR)<\/td>\nBentley 4.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1927<\/td>\nJohn BENJAFIELD (GBR) \/ Sammy DAVIS (GBR)<\/td>\nBentley 3-litre Sport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1926<\/td>\nRobert BLOCH (FRA) \/ Andre ROSSIGNOL (FRA)<\/td>\nLa Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1925<\/td>\nGerard de COURCELLES (FRA) \/ Andre ROSSIGNOL (FRA)<\/td>\nLa Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1924<\/td>\nFrank CLEMENT (GBR) \/ John DUFF (GBR)<\/td>\nBentley 3-litre Sport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nAndre LAGACHE (FRA) \/ Rene LEONARD (FRA)<\/td>\nChenard & Walcker Sport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n