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The staggering numbers that sum up the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019

21.06.2019

The 24 hours of Le Mans are a mind-boggling race. There is no real way to wrap your head around it how much it actually takes to get this race up and running... To give you a better idea of how massive the event really is, we’d though we share the following numbers with you, delivered by our proud partners Gibson Technology and the ACO.

The staggering numbers that sum up the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019

A massive crowd of spectators, a quarter million people!

  • 61 cars took the start, 183 drivers took turns at the wheel 
  • 252,500 spectators attended the event
  • 10,486 laps were completed which makes a total of 142,900 kilometers
  • 916 pitstops were executed
A massive crowd of spectators, a quarter million people!

3 times around the world in 24 hours!

  • There were 18,309 passes, 853 to move up a place
  • 3:17.197 is the new record for the fastest lap in the race, set by Mike Conway in the #07 Toyota TS050 Hybrid
  • Gibson LMP2 engines covered 139,481 kilometers during the entire race week and the test day
3 times around the world in 24 hours!

A dazzling top speed of 350 km/h!

  • 73% of the race was ran at full throttle
  • 39% of the grid was powered by Gibson engines
  • The top speed of an LMP1 car was 350 km/h
  • The top speed of an LMP2 car was 337 km/h

Official 24h Le Mans Instagram account

A dazzling top speed of 350 km/h!