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Road to Le Mans: Nine Facts and Figures

The 2022 Road to Le Mans will be the 7^th edition of the event that began in 2016, when a single 55-minute race was run in the first season of the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup. It was the first and only time that LMP3 and GT3 would run together in the same race in 2016, but in 2017 LMP3 teams were invited to enter for the full season of the Michelin Le Mans Cup.

Here are some facts and figures about the previous Road to Le Mans races –

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1. There have been 11 Road to Le Mans races, one in 2016 and two in each event from 2017 to 2021.

2. The current lap records are –

LMP3 - Laurents HORR – 3m46.374 (216.7kph) – Duqueine M30-D08-Nissan - 19/8/2021
GT3 – David Perel – 3m55.132 (208.6kph) – Ferrari 488 GT3 – 19/9/2020

3. French drivers have taken the most wins, with nine (six LMP3 and three GT3), the UK is second with six (four LMP3 and 2 GT3), with Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and USA on three each.

4. Other nationalities that have won the Road to Le Mans are -

Spain (1 win)
Finland (1 win)
Japan (1 win)
Monaco (2 wins)
Netherlands (1 win)
Oman (2 wins)
Russia (2 wins)

5. Only two drivers have won the Road to Le Mans twice in different years. Jean Glorieux won in 2017 and again in 2020.Laurents Hörr won in 2019 and again in 2020 with Jean Glorieux. Glorieux and Hörr took their wins with DKR Engineering.

6. Four drivers have won two Road to Le Mans races at the same event.

Ahmad Al Harthy and Tom Jackson won both GT3 races in 2017 with TF Sport in an Aston Martin Vantage.
Andrea Caldarelli and Hiroshi Hamaguchi won both GT3 races in 2020 with FFF Racing Team by ACM in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3.

7. In LMP3 Ligier has secured the most podium finishes with 18 podiums (5 x 1^st/ 7 x 2^nd/ 6 x 3^rd). Norma has secured 10 podiums (3 x 1st /2 x 2nd /5 x 3rd) and Duqueine 4 podiums (2 x 1st/ 2 x 2nd)

8. Ferrari has won more times than another manufacturer in GT3 with six wins (18 podiums in total), Aston Martin and Lamborghini have taken two each (four podiums each in total) and Porsche win 1 win (2 podium finishes in total). McLaren and Mercedes have two podium finishes each.

9. There will be six former winners taking part in the 2022 Road to Le Mans

Laurents Hörr (no3 DKR Engineering)
Nicolas Schatz (no6 ANS Motorsport)
Tony Wells (no7 Nielsen Racing)
Colin Noble (no7 Nielsen Racing)
Michael Benham (no25 Cool Racing)
Duncan Tappy (no25 Cool Racing)

The 2022 Road To Le Mans will feature two 55-minute races on the full 13.6km La Sarthe Circuit with a full grid of 50 cars entered in this year’s event.Race one will be held on Thursday 9^thJune, with the second on Saturday 11^thJune just before the start of the 90^thedition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Road To Le Mans