Over the 24 hour period modern
competitors will complete race distances
well over 5000 kilometres. The present
record is 5410 kilometres, recorded in the
2010 race.[4] It is a distance over six times
longer than the Indianapolis 500, or
approximately 18 times longer than a
Formula One Grand P
The 24 Hours of Le
Mans was the venue
for the first known
instance at a major
race of a winning
driver celebrating by
spraying champagne
instead of drinking it.
W
hen Dan Gurney won
the 1967

The race has over the years inspired
imitating races all over the globe,
popularising the 24 Hour format at places
like Daytona, Nurburgring,
Spa-Francorchamps, Sebring and Mount
Panorama. Presently the American Le
Mans Series and the European based Le
Mans Series of multi-event sports car
championships have been spun off from 24
Hours of Le Mans regulations. Other races
include the Le Mans Classic, a race for
historic Le Mans race cars of years past
held on the Circuit de la Sarthe, a
motorcycle version of the race which is
held on the shortened Bugatti version of
Categorías
(GT1)
 

COMBUSTIBLE
 

CILINDRADA
 
PESO MINIMO

(GT2)

LMP1

LMP2

FLM

GTE PRO

GTE AM

GASOLINA/ 
DIESEL

GASOLINA

GASOLINA

GASOLINA

GASOLINA

 

 

 

 

 

7.0L  
ATMOSFERICO

7.0L 
ATMOSFERICO

3.4L 
ATMOSFERICO, 
5.0L V-8, 
2.0L TURBO, 3.7L  ATMOSFERICO 3.2L 
6.3L 
TURBODIESEL
V-6 TURBO
ATMOSFERICO
 

 

 

 

 

900 KG.

900 KG.

900 KG.

1145 KG.

1145 KG.
1923 Chenard & Walker
92 km/h
2209
Kms.
recorridos
Bentley 1924

Alfa Romeo 8C 1931
Bugatti 1937,
ganador del evento
en el ´37 y ´39
antes del inicio de
la guerra en
Europa
Ferrari 166MM 1949

131 km/h, 3160 Kms
Mercedes Benz 300SLR 1955
Jaguar D-Type 1955

172 km/h 4110 Kms.
1962 se introdujo la clase
prototipos en la que
ganaría Ferrari con su
Testarossa 4 litros

Rover propulsado a
turbina 1963
200 km/h 4815
Kms.

Ford GT-40 1966-
1969 fue
el último
año del
famoso
Inicio Le
Mans
Porsche 917 ´70 - ´71

221 km/h 5304
Kms.
Porsche 936 1976-1981

197 km/h 4742 Kms.
Porsche 956 1982

203 km/h 4871
Jaguar XJS-12 1990

203 km/h 4864 Kms.
Mazda 787b

202 km/h 4894
Peugeot 905 1992

199 km/h 4787 Kms.
Porsche 911 GT1
1998
206 km/h 4938
Kms.
Audi R8 2000-2005

222 km/h 5336 Kms.
Bentley EXP Speed 8
2003

221 km/h 5312 Kms.
Aud i R10 TDI 2006-2008

216 km/h 5193 Kms.
Peugeot 908 HDI 2009

209 km/h 5029
Audi R15 2010 y R15 2011

216 km/h 5206 Kms.
Corvette C-5R

Porsche 911 GT2

Le mans