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2024 features the winningest overall marque Porsche (19), 3rd-most wins Ferrari (10), 6th-most wins Toyota (5), 7th-most wins Ford (4), 8th-most wins Peugeot (3), plus one-time winners Aston Martin, Alpine, McLaren and BMW.

๐Ÿ“ธ: /DPPI

#LeMans24 2024 features the winningest overall marque Porsche (19), 3rd-most wins Ferrari (10), 6th-most wins Toyota (5), 7th-most wins Ford (4), 8th-most wins Peugeot (3), plus one-time winners Aston Martin, Alpine, McLaren and BMW. ๐Ÿ“ธ: #WEC/DPPI
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Michael Schumacher recorded the fastest lap at in his first appearance at La Sarthe in 1991, with the Sauber Mercedes C11. Mick Schumacher could repeat his dad's achievement in 2024 with the Alpine Endurance Team (๐Ÿ“ธ) A424.

Michael Schumacher recorded the fastest lap at #LeMans24 in his first appearance at La Sarthe in 1991, with the Sauber Mercedes C11. @SchumacherMick could repeat his dad's achievement in 2024 with the @SignatechAlpine (๐Ÿ“ธ) A424.
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.Alex Palou Montalbo is the first Spanish driver to make their debut in the top class since Fernando Alonso in 2018, who won the race.

Palou's Chip Ganassi Racing teammate for 2024 @EarlBamber also won overall on his top-class debut at La Sarthe in 2015.

๐Ÿ“ธ: IMSA

.@AlexPalou is the first Spanish driver to make their #LeMans24 debut in the top #WEC class since @alo_oficial in 2018, who won the race. Palou's @CGRTeams teammate for 2024 @EarlBamber also won overall on his top-class debut at La Sarthe in 2015. ๐Ÿ“ธ: @IMSA
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For the 10th time in the era, France is the most represented nationality at home in , with 28 drivers set to compete ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024.

๐Ÿ“ธ: Focus Pack Media

For the 10th time in the #WEC era, France is the most represented nationality at home in #LeMans24, with 28 drivers set to compete ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024. ๐Ÿ“ธ: @FocusPackMedia
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Toyota #7 in Imola (33.7%) & Jota #12 in Spa 2024 (29.1%) marks the first time since Toyota #8 in Le Mans (47.2%) & Rebellion #3 at Silverstone 2018 (0%) that consecutive races have been won outright by the car which did not lead the most laps. Fightback.

๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI

Toyota #7 in Imola (33.7%) & Jota #12 in Spa 2024 (29.1%) marks the first time since Toyota #8 in Le Mans (47.2%) & Rebellion #3 at Silverstone 2018 (0%) that consecutive #WEC races have been won outright by the car which did not lead the most laps. Fightback. ๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI
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.Ferrari Hypercar's Antonio Fuoco recorded the fastest lap at 2023 - 3:27.218, becoming the first Italian driver to achieve this distinction since Alessandro Nannini in 1984, in a Ferrari-powered Lancia LC2.

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Victory at Spa 2024 by Will Stevens & Callum Ilott takes the United Kingdom to 38 outright wins, tied with both France and Japan for second-most by drivers in the series. All three of these nations sit one win behind Switzerland's 39.

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2024 is the first time two different Porsches have won a race overall within the first three rounds of a season - Porsche Penske #6 in Qatar and Hertz Team Jota #12 in Spa.

The #2 919 Hybrid won two of the first three races in 2016, which included .

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๐Ÿฅณ In the teamโ€™s 65th race, Jota Sport claimed its first Hypercar win at Spa 2024, and its 20th win across all classes and team names.

8๏ธโƒฃ wins as Jackie Chan DC Racing
7๏ธโƒฃ wins as Jota Sport/JOTA
3๏ธโƒฃ wins as G-Drive Racing
2๏ธโƒฃ wins as Hertz Team Jota

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Spa 2024 marks the first time three different teams have won in a row since Porsche at Shanghai 2016, Audi in Bahrain 2016 and Toyota at Silverstone 2017. This is only the second time three teams have won consecutively in a season, as Toyota won Fuji 2016.

๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI

Spa 2024 marks the first time three different teams have won in a row since Porsche at Shanghai 2016, Audi in Bahrain 2016 and Toyota at Silverstone 2017. This is only the second time three teams have won consecutively in a #WEC season, as Toyota won Fuji 2016. ๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง A first win in Imola for Darren Leung saw him become the 35th British driver to win in the , matching Franceโ€™s total for the most by any nation. At Spa, Callum Ilott claimed his first victory, taking the UK's total to 36 winners, and the series' new most.

๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง A first win in Imola for Darren Leung saw him become the 35th British driver to win in the #WEC, matching Franceโ€™s total for the most by any nation. At Spa, @callum_ilott claimed his first victory, taking the UK's total to 36 winners, and the series' new most. ๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI
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Before Spa 2024, P5 was the lowest position an LMGT3 car had started from, to then finish on the podium.

At Spa, Manthey PureRxcing #92 started P9, and finished P2, whilst Iron Lynx #60 made up an incredible 14 positions to finish P3 from a start of P17.

๐Ÿ“ธ: /DPPI

Before Spa 2024, P5 was the lowest position an LMGT3 car had started from, to then finish on the podium. At Spa, @manthey_racing PureRxcing #92 started P9, and finished P2, whilst @IronLynx_ #60 made up an incredible 14 positions to finish P3 from a start of P17. ๐Ÿ“ธ: #WEC/DPPI
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To-date, all 11 overall world champions claimed the title having achieved their first podium of the season at either round 1 or 2, never after this. A good omen for the current top 4 - Porsche Penske #6, Hertz Team Jota #12, Toyota #7 and Porsche Penske #5.

๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI

To-date, all 11 overall #WEC world champions claimed the title having achieved their first podium of the season at either round 1 or 2, never after this. A good omen for the current top 4 - Porsche Penske #6, Hertz Team Jota #12, Toyota #7 and Porsche Penske #5. ๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI
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Spa 2024 produced the 35th victory by a duo or trio of drivers representing just one nation, across all five major classes.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Driver crews from Denmark - 13 wins
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK - 9
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France - 5
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy - 5
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA - 1
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia - 1
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands - 1

๐Ÿ“ธ: Adrenal Media, DPPI

Spa 2024 produced the 35th #WEC victory by a duo or trio of drivers representing just one nation, across all five major classes. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Driver crews from Denmark - 13 wins ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK - 9 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France - 5 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy - 5 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA - 1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia - 1 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands - 1 ๐Ÿ“ธ: @AdrenalMedia, DPPI
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Stevens is the third current or former F1 driver from the UK to win a race outright, after McNish/Davidson. This is the new most by a nation, ahead of Germany (Lotterer/Hulkenberg), Japan (Nakajima/Kobayashi), Spain (Gene/Alonso) & Brazil (di Grassi/Senna).

๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI

Stevens is the third current or former F1 driver from the UK to win a #WEC race outright, after McNish/Davidson. This is the new most by a nation, ahead of Germany (Lotterer/Hulkenberg), Japan (Nakajima/Kobayashi), Spain (Gene/Alonso) & Brazil (di Grassi/Senna). ๐Ÿ“ธ: FIAWEC/DPPI
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Leading at the red flag ๐Ÿšฉ and leading at the chequered flag ๐Ÿ It was definitely a nail biting end!

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๐Ÿ“‰ Jota Sport #12 (41) and emamotorsportau #91 (22) combined to lead just 63 of the 271 laps the two winners completed at Spa, or 23.2%. 63 laps led by the winners is only the second double-digits total in , after 55 led from 64 raced at Fuji 2013.

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.Ferrari Hypercar's (๐Ÿ“ธ) #50 crew of Nielsen/Fuoco/Molina is the 6th to achieve five overall podiums in Hypercar, after Buemi/Hartley/Nakajima, Lapierre/Negrao/Vaxiviere, Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez, Buemi/Hartley/Hirakawa & Lotterer/Estre/Vanthoor, but the only one yet to win a race.

.@FerrariHypercar's (๐Ÿ“ธ) #50 crew of Nielsen/Fuoco/Molina is the 6th to achieve five overall podiums in Hypercar, after Buemi/Hartley/Nakajima, Lapierre/Negrao/Vaxiviere, Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez, Buemi/Hartley/Hirakawa & Lotterer/Estre/Vanthoor, but the only one yet to win a race.
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20 - Spa 2024 staged the 20th time a two-driver crew representing the same nation has won in a major class, with Italian, French, British and Danish duos achieving the feat in GTE Pro, and British driver duos winning in LMP2, GTE Am and overall.

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After Spa 2024, seven victories in a prototype class have been achieved by a crew of drivers representing just one nation. Four of these have been by Jota Sport-run (๐Ÿ“ธ) cars.

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Dolan/Hancock
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Dolan/Tincknell/Turvey
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Jaafar/Tan/Jeffri
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Ilott/Stevens

After Spa 2024, seven #WEC victories in a prototype class have been achieved by a crew of drivers representing just one nation. Four of these have been by @JotaSport-run (๐Ÿ“ธ) cars. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Dolan/Hancock ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Dolan/Tincknell/Turvey ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Jaafar/Tan/Jeffri ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Ilott/Stevens
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