Jochen Rindt (1942-1970) – Driver and team owner in Formula 2 and driver in Formula 1, Rindt has seven participations at the 24 Hours of Le Mans to his credit. He passed under the checkered flag only once in La Sarthe…but as the winner. In 1965, after trouble in the beginning of the race, with his American teammate Masten Gregory he launched into an offensive that brought them all the way to second position, then in the lead when the race leader Ferrari 250 LM was delayed with a flat tyre. Gregory-Rindt's Ferrari was entered by the NART team of Luigi Chinetti, American Ferrari importer. It remains to this day Ferrari's last victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Jochen Rindt passed away on September 5, 1970 in a Lotus-Ford during the practice session for the Grand Prix of Italy. That year, he became the only driver in the history of Formula 1 crowned World Champion posthumously.

Helmut Marko (71) – He was the "road companion" for Jochen Rindt for the night car races around Graz. Marko claimed a podium finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as of his first participation in 1970 with the third place he shared with Rudi Lins (Porsche 908). The following year he was at the wheel of a 917 K of Martini Racing. The duo of which he was a part with the Dutch, Gijs van Lennep won and established a distance record that would not be beaten until 2010. His third participation in 1972 in an Alfa Romeo was his last, sadly. Three weeks later, his promising career as a driver came to an end brutally at the F1 Grand Prix of France: a stone projected by Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus deprived him the use of an eye. Today, Helmut Marko is a consultant for Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull owner, for all of the energy drink's motorsports endeavors.

Alex Wurz (40) – While Wurz was racing in Formula 3, he was noticed by Reinhold Joest who invited him to drive the Joest-Porsche TWR at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans. Along with Manuel Reuter and Davy Jones in a strange chassis that had previously run under the name Jaguar then Mazda, the Austrian won the race as of his first participation and became at 22 years old  the youngest winner in La Sarthe! After a long career in Formula 1, he made his return at the 24 Hours in 2008 with Peugeot, then won a second victory the next year with David Brabham and Marc Gené. Having become a spearhead for Toyota in 2012, today he is still on a quest for a third victory at Le Mans. In 2014, the Toyota TS040 Hybrid that he shared with Kazuki Nakajima and Stéphane Sarrazin, started from the pole position, lead at length before being forced to retire. An eccentric, Wurz often wears his driver's suit with different coloured buttons (one red, the other blue) and was even BMX World Champion (all-terrain bike) at 12 years of age before moving to motorsports!