Who are the 19 ex-F1 drivers racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans?

19 ex-F1 drivers are competi꧅ng at the iconic 24 Hours⛎ of Le Mans this weekend

Jenson Button
Jenson Button

Thꦡe 24 Hours of Le Mans takes place this weekend, with eight manufacturers competing in the premier Hypercar class.

Seventeen ex-F1 drivers will be racing in the Hypercar division, while there will be 19𒉰 ex-F1 drivers on the grid overall.

Over the years, a number of former F1 driv💎ers have won the legendary race.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso famousl🐈y won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2018 and 2019 with Toyota.

Current Sauber driver N🌞ico Hulkenberg was victorious in 2015, taking part in Le Mans during the middle of the F1 season.

Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Kamui Kobayashi and Antonio Giovinazzi haꦛve all won the L♐e Mans 24 Hours, having previously raced in F1.  

Felipe Nasr

Felipe Nasr will be behind the wheel of the #4 Porsche 963 at Le Mans. The Brazilian raced in F1 b𝐆etween 2015 and♔ 2016 for Sauber.

Pascal Wehrlein

Pascal Wehrlein is Nasr’s teammate in the #4 Porsche 963. Wehrlein impressed for Manor in 2016 and spent a season at Sauber in 2017. Part of the Mercedes junior programme, the German 🧸looked destined for a lengthy F1 stint. However, he could♛ not secure a seat for 2018 and moved to Formula E and sportscars.

Kamui Kobayashi

The popular Japanese driver will be racing for Toyota at🅠 Le Mans. He will pilot the Toyota GR010 Hybrid. Kamui Kobayashi made a name for himself in F1 during the back-end of the 2009 season, stepping in for the injured Timo Glock. His impressive stand-in performances earned him a full-time drive with Sauber, where he remained until the end of 2012. Kobayashi returned to the grid with backmarkers Caterham in 2014 before leaving the sport.

Kamui Kobayashi
Kamui Kobayashi

Nyck De Vries

Nyck De Vries is teammates with Kobayashi at Toyota. The Dutchman made 10 F1 starts for AlphaTauri in 2023 before being rep💮laced by Daniel Riccardo.

Sebastien Buemi

Sebastian Buemi will drive the second Toyota GR010 Hybrid. The♕ Swiss made his F1 debut in 2009 with Toro Rosso. Unable to impress Red Bull bosses enough to earn a promotion to Red Bull, he was replaced for 2012. Buemi has remained part of the Red Bull set-up as a simulator driver.

Brendon Hartley

Like𝔉 Buemi, Brendon Hartley was part of the Red Bull junior programme. He got his long-awaited𒁃 F1 chance in 2018 at Toro Rosso.

Will Stevens

Will Stevens spearheaജds Cadillac’s Hypercar charge in 2025. Stevens’ sole F1 campaign came in 2015, driving for backmarkers M🌟anor.

Kevin Magnussen

Kevin Magnussen’s F1 career came to an end in 2024. The Dane spent nine years in F1, raci𒁏ng for McLaren, Renault and Haas. Magnussen will dr📖ive for BMW at Le Mans.

Mick Schumacher

After leaving his role as Mercedes’ test and🌜 reserve driver, Mick Schumacher is part of the Alpine Endurance Team. Mick, the son o𒉰f seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher, enjoyed two years at Haas in 2021 and 2022.

Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher

Sebastien Bourdais

Sebastian Bourdais’ impressive motorsport CV didn’t tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚranslate into F1. He was dropped by Toro Rosso midway through 2009. Bourdais is driving for Cadillac alongside Jenson Button.

Jenson Button

Jenson Button makes his fourth Le Mans appearance this year. Button’s F1 career spanned 16 years, calling time on it at the end of 2016. He won the 2009 world championship with Braw🅠n GP.

Antonio Giovinazzi

Antonio Giovinazzi is driving for Ferrari AF Corse at Le Mans this weekend. His F1 career was ꦐmostly uninspiring, spending three years at Sauber. The Italian has already enjoyed success in the World Endurance Championship, winning Le Mans in 2023.

Robert Kubica

Widely regarded as one of F1’s most talented drivers in the last 20 years, Robert Kubica will drive the Ferrari 499P this weekend. The Pole took his maiden F1 victory for BMW-Sauber at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix. Had it not been for his rally accident in 2011, Kubica would🐠 likely have moved to Ferrari.

Paul di Resta

Paul di Resta spent 🔯three seasons at Force India between 2011 and 2013. He also made a one-off return for Willia🅰ms at the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix. Di Resta will represent Peugeot at Le Mans.

Jean-Eric Vergne

Jean-Eric Vergne spent three years in F1. He lost out to Ricciardo when Red Bull had to decide between the pair when choosing Mark Webber’s r♐eplacement for 2014.

Jean Eric Vergne
Jean Eric Vergne

Stoffel Vandoorne

Maꦍny feel that Stoffel Vandoorne didn’t get a fair crack at F1. He scored his points on his debut for McLaren,𒉰 standing in for Fernando Alonso at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix. After two difficult years with the Woking-based outfit, Vandoorne was ultimately replaced for the 2019 season.

Jack Aitken

Jack Aitken has just one F1 start to his name, replacing G𝓀eorge Russell at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix. Russell was given the call-up to Mercedes after Lewis Hamilton was ruled out of the race in Bahrain due to COVID-19. Aitken will be behind the wheel of the Cadillac V-Series.R.

Andre Lotterer

Andre Lotterer’s sole F1 appearance came at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix. He out-qualified Marcus Ericsson in his only F1 o🐎uting, which ended on the first lap. Lotterer is competing in the LMP2 class for IDEC Sport.

Pietro Fittipaldi

Also competing in LMP2 is Pietro Fittipaldi. He will drꦆive for United Autosports. Fittipaldi has two F1 race starts to his name after replacing the injured Romain Grosjean at the end of 2020. 

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