List of winners of Triple Crown of Motorsport races

The Triple Crown of Motorsport is an unofficial achievement for motor racing drivers that is generally regarded as winning motorsport's three most prestigious races.[a][3][4] These annual events are the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race at the Circuit de la Sarthe, the Indianapolis 500 for American open-wheel racing cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the Monaco Grand Prix for Formula One cars at the Circuit de Monaco. The Indianapolis 500 was introduced in 1911, followed by the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1923 and the Monaco Grand Prix in 1929.[3][5] All of the races are held between the months of May and June.[6] As the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix are both traditionally held on the last weekend of May, it is impossible for modern drivers to enter all three Triple Crown events in the same year.[7] No trophy is awarded to the driver who completes the Triple Crown.[3]

A black and white photograph of Graham Hill in 1971
Graham Hill is the only driver to have achieved the Triple Crown of Motorsport.

As of 2024, 261 drivers from 23 different countries have won a Triple Crown race and only Graham Hill has completed the Triple Crown.[3] Tom Kristensen has won the most Triple Crown races with nine victories, all at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is a record for the most victories at the event; Hill claimed two fewer in total, including five victories at Monaco. Ayrton Senna won six Triple Crown events, all at the Monaco Grand Prix, placing him alongside Jacky Ickx in joint-third overall and breaking Hill's record for the most race wins at Monaco.[8][9][10] With four victories each, Hélio Castroneves, A. J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser hold the joint record for the most Indianapolis 500 wins.[9]

There have been 19 drivers who have partaken in all three Triple Crown races and have achieved victory in at least one of them.[11] No one has won all three Triple Crown races during the course of a calendar year.[3] Fernando Alonso, Foyt, Bruce McLaren, Juan Pablo Montoya, Tazio Nuvolari, Jochen Rindt and Maurice Trintignant are the seven drivers to have won two of the three Triple Crown events.[12] Of those seven, only Montoya has won both the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix, while only Foyt has won both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indianapolis 500. The remaining five won both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix.[12][13]

Winners

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* Driver has completed the Triple Crown of Motorsport
Triple Crown of Motorsport race winners[8][9][10]
Year Indianapolis 500 Monaco Grand Prix 24 Hours of Le Mans
Nat Driver Nat Driver Nat Driver
1911   United States Ray Harroun[b] Not yet founded Not yet founded
1912   United States Joe Dawson[b]
1913   France Jules Goux
1914   France René Thomas
1915   United States Ralph DePalma
1916   United Kingdom Dario Resta
1917 Not held due to World War I[16]
1918
1919   United States Howdy Wilcox
1920   United States Gaston Chevrolet
1921   United States Tommy Milton
1922   United States Jimmy Murphy
1923   United States Tommy Milton[b]   France André Lagache
  France René Léonard
1924   United States Lora L. Corum   United Kingdom Frank Clement
  United States Joe Boyer   Canada John Duff
1925   United States Pete DePaolo[b]   France Gérard de Courcelles
  France André Rossignol
1926   United States Frank Lockhart   France Robert Bloch
  France André Rossignol
1927   United States George Souders   United Kingdom Dudley Benjafield
  United Kingdom Sammy Davis
1928   United States Louis Meyer   United Kingdom Woolf Barnato
  Australia Bernard Rubin
1929   United States Ray Keech   United Kingdom William Grover-Williams   United Kingdom Woolf Barnato
  United Kingdom Henry Birkin
1930   United States Billy Arnold   France René Dreyfus   United Kingdom Woolf Barnato
  United Kingdom Glen Kidston
1931   United States Louis Schneider   Monaco Louis Chiron   United Kingdom Henry Birkin
  United Kingdom Earl Howe
1932   United States Fred Frame   Italy Tazio Nuvolari   Italy Luigi Chinetti
  France Raymond Sommer
1933   United States Louis Meyer   Italy Achille Varzi   Italy Tazio Nuvolari
  France Raymond Sommer
1934   United States Bill Cummings   France Guy Moll   Italy Luigi Chinetti
  France Philippe Étancelin
1935   United States Kelly Petillo   Italy Luigi Fagioli   United Kingdom Johnny Hindmarsh
  United Kingdom Luis Fontés
1936   United States Louis Meyer   Germany Rudolf Caracciola Not held due to worker strikes[17]
1937   United States Wilbur Shaw   Germany Manfred von Brauchitsch   France Robert Benoist
  France Jean-Pierre Wimille
1938   United States Floyd Roberts Not held[18]   France Eugène Chaboud
  France Jean Trémoulet
1939   United States Wilbur Shaw   France Pierre Veyron
  France Jean-Pierre Wimille
1940   United States Wilbur Shaw Not held due to World War II[18] Not held due to World War II[17]
1941   United States Floyd Davis
  United States Mauri Rose
1942 Not held due to World War II[16]
1943
1944
1945
1946   United States George Robson
1947   United States Mauri Rose
1948   United States Mauri Rose   Italy Giuseppe Farina
1949   United States Bill Holland Not held[18]   United States Luigi Chinetti
  United Kingdom Peter Mitchell-Thomson
1950   United States Johnnie Parsons   Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio   France Jean-Louis Rosier
  France Louis Rosier
1951   United States Lee Wallard Not held[18]   United Kingdom Peter Walker
  United Kingdom Peter Whitehead
1952   United States Troy Ruttman   Italy Vittorio Marzotto   Germany Hermann Lang
  Germany Fritz Riess
1953   United States Bill Vukovich Not held[18]   United Kingdom Duncan Hamilton
  United Kingdom Tony Rolt
1954   United States Bill Vukovich   Argentina José Froilán González
  France Maurice Trintignant
1955   United States Bob Sweikert   France Maurice Trintignant   United Kingdom Ivor Bueb
  United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
1956   United States Pat Flaherty   United Kingdom Stirling Moss   United Kingdom Ron Flockhart
  United Kingdom Ninian Sanderson
1957   United States Sam Hanks   Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio   United Kingdom Ivor Bueb
  United Kingdom Ron Flockhart
1958   United States Jimmy Bryan   France Maurice Trintignant   Belgium Olivier Gendebien
  United States Phil Hill
1959   United States Rodger Ward   Australia Jack Brabham   United States Roy Salvadori
  United States Carroll Shelby
1960   United States Jim Rathmann   United Kingdom Stirling Moss   France Paul Frère
  Belgium Olivier Gendebien
1961   United States A. J. Foyt   United Kingdom Stirling Moss   Belgium Olivier Gendebien
  United States Phil Hill
1962   United States Rodger Ward   New Zealand Bruce McLaren   Belgium Olivier Gendebien
  United States Phil Hill
1963   United States Parnelli Jones   United Kingdom Graham Hill*   Italy Lorenzo Bandini
  Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti
1964   United States A. J. Foyt   United Kingdom Graham Hill*   France Jean Guichet
  Italy Nino Vaccarella
1965   United Kingdom Jim Clark   United Kingdom Graham Hill*   United States Masten Gregory[c]
  Austria Jochen Rindt[c]
1966   United Kingdom Graham Hill*   United Kingdom Jackie Stewart   New Zealand Chris Amon[d]
  New Zealand Bruce McLaren[d]
1967   United States A. J. Foyt   New Zealand Denny Hulme   United States A. J. Foyt
  United States Dan Gurney
1968   United States Bobby Unser   United Kingdom Graham Hill*   Belgium Lucien Bianchi
  Mexico Pedro Rodríguez
1969   United States Mario Andretti   United Kingdom Graham Hill*   Belgium Jacky Ickx
  United Kingdom Jackie Oliver
1970   United States Al Unser   Austria Jochen Rindt   United Kingdom Richard Attwood
  Germany Hans Herrmann
1971   United States Al Unser   United Kingdom Jackie Stewart   Austria Helmut Marko
  Netherlands Gijs van Lennep
1972   United States Mark Donohue   France Jean-Pierre Beltoise   United Kingdom Graham Hill*
  France Henri Pescarolo
1973   United States Gordon Johncock   United Kingdom Jackie Stewart   France Gérard Larrousse
  France Henri Pescarolo
1974   United States Johnny Rutherford   Sweden Ronnie Peterson   France Gérard Larrousse
  France Henri Pescarolo
1975   United States Bobby Unser   Austria Niki Lauda   United Kingdom Derek Bell
  Belgium Jacky Ickx
1976   United States Johnny Rutherford   Austria Niki Lauda   Belgium Jacky Ickx
  Netherlands Gijs van Lennep
1977   United States A. J. Foyt   South Africa Jody Scheckter   Germany Jürgen Barth
  United States Hurley Haywood
  Belgium Jacky Ickx
1978   United States Al Unser   France Patrick Depailler   France Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
  France Didier Pironi
1979   United States Rick Mears   South Africa Jody Scheckter   Germany Klaus Ludwig
  United States Bill Whittington
  United States Don Whittington
1980   United States Johnny Rutherford   Argentina Carlos Reutemann   France Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
  France Jean Rondeau
1981   United States Bobby Unser   Canada Gilles Villeneuve   United Kingdom Derek Bell
  Belgium Jacky Ickx
1982   United States Gordon Johncock   Italy Riccardo Patrese   United Kingdom Derek Bell
  Belgium Jacky Ickx
1983   United States Tom Sneva   Finland Keke Rosberg   United States Hurley Haywood
  United States Al Holbert
  Australia Vern Schuppan
1984   United States Rick Mears   France Alain Prost   Germany Klaus Ludwig
  France Henri Pescarolo
1985   United States Danny Sullivan   France Alain Prost   Italy Paolo Barilla
  Germany Klaus Ludwig
  Germany "John Winter"[e]
1986   United States Bobby Rahal   France Alain Prost   United Kingdom Derek Bell
  United States Al Holbert
  Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
1987   United States Al Unser   Brazil Ayrton Senna   United Kingdom Derek Bell
  United States Al Holbert
  Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
1988   United States Rick Mears   France Alain Prost   United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
  Netherlands Jan Lammers
  United Kingdom Andy Wallace
1989   Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi   Brazil Ayrton Senna   Sweden Stanley Dickens
  Germany Jochen Mass
  Germany Manuel Reuter
1990   Netherlands Arie Luyendyk   Brazil Ayrton Senna   United Kingdom Martin Brundle
  United States Price Cobb
  Denmark John Nielsen
1991   United States Rick Mears   Brazil Ayrton Senna   Belgium Bertrand Gachot
  United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
  Germany Volker Weidler
1992   United States Al Unser Jr.   Brazil Ayrton Senna   United Kingdom Mark Blundell
  France Yannick Dalmas
  United Kingdom Derek Warwick
1993   Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi   Brazil Ayrton Senna   France Christophe Bouchut
  Australia Geoff Brabham
  France Éric Hélary
1994   United States Al Unser Jr.   Germany Michael Schumacher   Italy Mauro Baldi
  France Yannick Dalmas
  United States Hurley Haywood
1995   Canada Jacques Villeneuve   Germany Michael Schumacher   France Yannick Dalmas
  Finland JJ Lehto
  Japan Masanori Sekiya
1996   United States Buddy Lazier   France Olivier Panis   United States Davy Jones
  Germany Manuel Reuter
  Austria Alexander Wurz
1997   Netherlands Arie Luyendyk   Germany Michael Schumacher   Italy Michele Alboreto
  Sweden Stefan Johansson
  Denmark Tom Kristensen
1998   United States Eddie Cheever   Finland Mika Häkkinen   France Laurent Aïello
  United Kingdom Allan McNish
  Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
1999   Sweden Kenny Bräck   Germany Michael Schumacher   France Yannick Dalmas
  Italy Pierluigi Martini
  Germany Joachim Winkelhock
2000   Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya   United Kingdom David Coulthard   Germany Frank Biela
  Denmark Tom Kristensen
  Italy Emanuele Pirro
2001   Brazil Hélio Castroneves   Germany Michael Schumacher   Germany Frank Biela
  Denmark Tom Kristensen
  Italy Emanuele Pirro
2002   Brazil Hélio Castroneves   United Kingdom David Coulthard   Germany Frank Biela
  Denmark Tom Kristensen
  Italy Emanuele Pirro
2003   Brazil Gil de Ferran   Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya   Italy Rinaldo Capello
  Denmark Tom Kristensen
  United Kingdom Guy Smith
2004   United States Buddy Rice   Italy Jarno Trulli   Japan Seiji Ara
  Italy Rinaldo Capello
  Denmark Tom Kristensen
2005   United Kingdom Dan Wheldon   Finland Kimi Räikkönen   Denmark Tom Kristensen
  Finland JJ Lehto
  Germany Marco Werner
2006   United States Sam Hornish Jr.   Spain Fernando Alonso   Germany Frank Biela
  Italy Emanuele Pirro
  Germany Marco Werner
2007   United Kingdom Dario Franchitti   Spain Fernando Alonso   Germany Frank Biela
  Italy Emanuele Pirro
  Germany Marco Werner
2008   New Zealand Scott Dixon   United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton   Italy Rinaldo Capello
  Denmark Tom Kristensen
  United Kingdom Allan McNish
2009   Brazil Hélio Castroneves   United Kingdom Jenson Button   Australia David Brabham
  Spain Marc Gené
  Austria Alexander Wurz
2010   United Kingdom Dario Franchitti   Australia Mark Webber   Germany Timo Bernhard
  France Romain Dumas
  Germany Mike Rockenfeller
2011   United Kingdom Dan Wheldon   Germany Sebastian Vettel    Switzerland Marcel Fässler
  Germany André Lotterer
  France Benoît Tréluyer
2012   United Kingdom Dario Franchitti   Australia Mark Webber    Switzerland Marcel Fässler
  Germany André Lotterer
  France Benoît Tréluyer
2013   Brazil Tony Kanaan   Germany Nico Rosberg   France Loïc Duval
  Denmark Tom Kristensen
  United Kingdom Allan McNish
2014   United States Ryan Hunter-Reay   Germany Nico Rosberg    Switzerland Marcel Fässler
  Germany André Lotterer
  France Benoît Tréluyer
2015   Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya   Germany Nico Rosberg   New Zealand Earl Bamber
  Germany Nico Hülkenberg
  United Kingdom Nick Tandy
2016   United States Alexander Rossi   United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton   France Romain Dumas
   Switzerland Neel Jani
  Germany Marc Lieb
2017   Japan Takuma Sato   Germany Sebastian Vettel   New Zealand Earl Bamber
  Germany Timo Bernhard
  New Zealand Brendon Hartley
2018   Australia Will Power   Australia Daniel Ricciardo   Spain Fernando Alonso
   Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
  Japan Kazuki Nakajima
2019   France Simon Pagenaud   United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton   Spain Fernando Alonso
   Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
  Japan Kazuki Nakajima
2020   Japan Takuma Sato Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic[22]    Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
  New Zealand Brendon Hartley
  Japan Kazuki Nakajima
2021   Brazil Hélio Castroneves   Netherlands Max Verstappen   United Kingdom Mike Conway
  Argentina José María López
  Japan Kamui Kobayashi
2022   Sweden Marcus Ericsson   Mexico Sergio Pérez    Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
  New Zealand Brendon Hartley
  Japan Ryō Hirakawa
2023   United States Josef Newgarden   Netherlands Max Verstappen   United Kingdom James Calado
  Italy Antonio Giovinazzi
  Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
2024   United States Josef Newgarden   Monaco Charles Leclerc   Italy Antonio Fuoco
  Spain Miguel Molina
  Denmark Nicklas Nielsen

Notes

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  1. ^ An alternative definition of the Triple Crown is victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Formula One World Drivers' Championship and the Indianapolis 500.[1] Graham Hill is the only driver to have completed the Triple Crown under either definition.[2]
  2. ^ a b c d Cyrus Patschke, Don Herr, Howdy Wilcox and Norman Batten all temporarily took over driving duties from Harroun (1911), Dawson (1912), Milton (1923) and DePaolo (1925) respectively. All four relief drivers have not been officially recognised as winners of the Indianapolis 500.[14][15]
  3. ^ a b Official records do not list Ed Hugus, an NART reserve driver, as an official winner of the 1965 race. Accounts differ as to whether he relieved Masten Gregory and drove a short stint early on 20 June.[19]
  4. ^ a b Although Ford decided to stage a photo finish, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest declared Amon and McLaren the 1966 winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans since they started 20 metres (66 ft) away from their teammates Denny Hulme and Ken Miles.[20]
  5. ^ John Winter was the pseudonym of gentleman driver Louis Krages.[21]

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