A tribute to LMP1 – in numbers! Part 3
Next week’s 8 Hours of Bahrain will mark the final time that LMP1 will form the FIA WEC’s premier class before the introduction of the Hypercars for WEC Season 9.
There have been numerous memorable moments in LMP1 over the years and with the help of @WECData, we have gathered some of our favourite LMP1 facts and figures since the championship’s inception back in 2012.
Here’s our final instalment highlighting some of LMP1’s greatest achievements.
Closest-ever finishes under green flag conditions:
• Closest-ever finish between teammates – 0.276 seconds between Porsche No. 2 and Porsche No. 1 at COTA back in 2017
• Closest-ever finish between rival teams – 1.439 seconds between Toyota No. 6 and Audi No. 8 at Fuji in 2016
Top speeds:
• Hybrid – 345.6 km/h by Lucas di Grassi – Audi R18 e-tron quattro, Le Mans 2015
• Non-Hybrid – 350.1 km/h by Stoffel Vandoorne – BR Engineering BR1, Le Mans 2019
Winning drivers:
• 34 different drivers have won in LMP1, representing 14 different nationalities
• 12 of those 34 have also won in another WEC class too
• 7 French drivers have won a race outright, the most of any nation – Treluyer, Lapierre, Duval, Dumas, Sarrazin, Nato, Laurent
• Sebastien Buemi is joint second most successfuly driver in WEC history, scoring his 17th series victory last time out at Le Mans
• 7 drivers who have raced in LMP1 have (before, or after) won a WEC title in a different class – Baguette, Hall (2013), Lapierre, Menezes, Collard (2016), Senna (2017), Albuquerque (2019/20)
