The 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 the༒re will be 19 ex-F1 drivers o🧔n the grid overall.

Over the years, a number of forme🎶r F1 drivers have won the legendary race.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso famously won the Le Mans 24 Hours iꦅn 2018 and 2019 with Toyota.

Current Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg was victorious in 2015, taking part in Le Mans🍷 during the middle of the F1 s🦋eason.

Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Kဣamui Kobayashi and Antonio Giovinazzi have all won the Le 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 between 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 Hy𝓀brid. 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.

Nyck De Vries

Nyck De Vries is teammates with Kobayashi at Toyota. T🍒he Dutchman made 10 F1 starts for AlphaTauri in 2023 before being replaced 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 replaced𒈔 for 2012. B🅠uemi has remained part of the Red Bull set-up as a simulator driver.

Brendon Hartley

Like Buemi,ꦗ Brendon H🐎artley was part of the Red Bull junior programme. He got his long-awaited F1 chance in 2018 at Toro Rosso.

Will Stevens

Will ✤Stevens spearheads Cadillac’s Hypercar charge in 2025. Stevens’ sole F1 campaign came in 2015, driving for backmarkers Manor.

Kevin Magnussen

Kevin Magnussen🧸’s F1 career came to an end in 2024. The Dane spent nine years in F1, racing for McLaren, Renault and Haas. Magnussen will drive for BMW a♍t Le Mans.

Mick Schumacher

After leaving his role as Mer✨cedes’ test and reserve driver, Mick Schumacher is pa😼rt of the Alpine Endurance Team. Mick, the son of seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher, enjoyed two years at Haas in 2021 and 2022.

Sebastien Bourdais

Sebastian Bourdais’ impressive motorsport CV didn’t translate into F1. He was dropped by Toro Rosso mꦗidway through 2009. Bourdais is driving for Cadillac alongside Jenson But🦩ton.

Jenson Button

Jenson Button makes his𝓰 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 Brawn GP.

Antonio Giovinazzi

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

Robert Kubica

Widely regardedꦜ 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 ﷽Williams 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 Rꦫed Bull had to decide between the pair when choosing Mark Webber’s replacement for 2014.

Stoffel Vandoorne

Many feel that Stoffel Vandoorne didn’t get a fair crack at F1. He scored his poi🐻nts on his debut for McLaren, 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 George 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. Ait🧔ken will be behind the wheel of the Cadillac V-Series.R.

Andre Lotterer

Andre Lotterer’s sole F1 appearance caꦜme at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix. He out-qualified Marcus Ericsson in his only F1 outing, 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 drive for United Autosports. Fittipaldi has two F1 race starts to his name after replacing th𝕴e injured Romain Grosjean at the end of 2020.