The 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in 24 numbers
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The 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in 24 numbers

The 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans was exceptional in almost too many ways to count. From the record lap for Kamui Kobayashi and Toyota during qualifying to the winning Porsche's spellbinding climb and the presence of not one but two LMP2s on the overall podium. Here's a quick look back at the 85th edition in 24 numbers…

1 The number of victories in LMGTE Pro for the Aston Martin Vantage, winner this year, since its start in competition. In its final participation, the Vantage finally joined the DBR9, two-time winner in LMGT1 in 2007 and 2008

1 hour and five minutes, the time spent by the winning #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid in its garage to repair a loss of traction on the front axle. In all, the car spent an hour and 38 minutes in its pit whereas the #38 Oreca 07-Gibson, second, stopped for less than 50 minutes

2 The racing number of the Porsche 919 Hybrid driven by Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber and overall winner. It was the 10th time in history the number two emerged the winner since Bugatti in 1937, and the fourth time in five editions

2 The place on the podium for an LMP2 prototype, the first time since the creation of the class in 2004. A "small" prototype had never placed better than fifth overall, in 2010 (HPD of Strakka Racing), 2014 (Zytek of Jota Sport) and 2016 (Alpine of Signatech Alpine)

2 The number of New Zealanders on the podium: Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley, a first since Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren in 1966

3 The number of safety car interventions, for a total of one hour and 23 minutes

3 The number of cars that finished within the same lap in LMGTE Pro: the #97 Aston Martin Vantage, the #67 Ford GT and the #63 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R

3'14.791 The new lap record at the current 13,629 km-circuit at an unheard-of average of 251.882 km/h. Yet it was only the third absolute time clocked in history, behind Jackie Oliver (3'13.60) and Pedro Rodriguez (3'13.90), both with a Porsche 917 in 1971

4 The position of the winning #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid on the starting grid with a time of 3'18.067 clocked by Timo Bernhard

10 The number of overall leader changes during the race

11 The number of official retirements during the race

19 New overall win record for Porsche, the third victory in a row

20 The number of consecutive overall wins for Michelin, starting with the Porsche 911 GT1's victory in 1998

28.4°C The temp at the start of the race on Saturday, June 17th at 3:00 p.m.

30 The number of SLOW zones to allow the marshals to intervene on the track without neutralizing the race, for a total duration of four hours and 51 minutes

34 Total victories for a German manufacturer at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

38 The racing number of Jackie Chan DC Racing's Oreca 07-Gibson, winner in the LMP2 class and second overall. It was already the number sported by the Zytek "Mighty38" (Super 38) of Jota Sport, the team responsible for developing two of Jackie Chan DC Racing's cars for its win in LMP2 in 2014. The #37 sister car was named the FortuneCat37 after the little Japanese cat (maneki-neko) that is supposed to bring good luck

51 The number of leader changes in the LMGTE Pro class with 11 different cars out of 13 at the start

56 The position from which the winning #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid climbed back after its mechanics worked on the car for more than an hour to repair the loss of traction on its front axle

60 The number of competitors at the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the second time after 2016

84 The racing number of JMW Motorsport's Ferrari 488 GTE winner in LMGTE Am, though the team was meant to enter a venerable Ferrari 458 originally

97 The racing number of the winning Aston Martin Vantage in LMGTE Pro. Its predecessor, the DBR9 winner in 2007 and 2008, boasted the number 009

367 The number of laps completed by the winning #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid, 30 laps less than the Audi R15 that beat the record in 2010, with none other than Timo Bernhard at the wheel

258,500 The number of spectators who attended the race and witnessed Porsche's triumph

We can't wait for next year, June 16-17, 2018 for the 86th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans!

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