Max Verstappen became the 28th different F1 champion to participate in a 24-hour endurance race with his outing at the Nurburgring last weekend.
The four-time champion became just the second F1 champion after Niki Lauda in 1973 to take on the fearsome 14.7-mile circuit, but dropped out of contention for the win with a driveshaft failure when his #3 car was leading.
The outing means that just seven of the 35 drivers to be crowned F1 champion have never competed in a 24-hour race in their careers.
On the list, which consists of a total of 22 individual championship titles and a whopping 314 grand prix wins, are included Lewis Hamilton, Ayrton Senna, and Sebastian Vettel - who has dallied with a Porsche outing before its withdrawal from the Hypercar class at Le Mans.
Of the 28 champions to take part in at least one 24-hour race, 22 of them have competed at the Le Mans 24 Hours, seven have taken on Spa and Daytona, respectively, and two - Lauda and Verstappen - have the Nurburgring.
No driver has raced at all four 24-hour races, with 12 of the 28 taking on at least two of the quartet.
Check out the full table below.
F1 world champions' 24 Hour races
| Champion | 24 Hour races |
|---|---|
| Giuseppe Farina | Le Mans 1953, Spa 1936-53 - WINNER in 1953 |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | Le Mans 1950, '51, '53' 55, Spa 1953 |
| Alberto Ascari | Le Mans 1952, '53, Spa 1953 |
| Mike Hawthorn | Le Mans 1953, '55, '56, '57, '58 WINNER in 1955, Spa 1953 WINNER |
| Jack Brabham | Le Mans 1957, '58, '70, Daytona 1970 |
| Phil Hill | Le Mans 1953, 1955-67 - WINNER 1958, '61, '62, Daytona 1962, '64, '66, '67 - WINNER 1964 |
| Graham Hill | Le Mans 1958-66, '72 - WINNER 1972 |
| Jim Clark | Le Mans 1959-62 |
| John Surtees | Le Mans 1963-65, '67 |
| Denny Hulme | Le Mans 1961, '66-67, Daytona 1966-67 |
| Jackie Stewart | Le Mans 1965 |
| Jochen Rindt | Le Mans 1964-67 - WINNER 1965 |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | Daytona 1985 |
| Niki Lauda | Spa 1971, Nurburgring 1973 - WINNER 1973 |
| James Hunt | Spa 1973 |
| Mario Andretti | Le Mans 1966, '67, '82, '83, '88, '95-97, 2000, Daytona 1966-68, '70, '84, '89, '91, '93 |
| Jody Scheckter | Spa 1973 |
| Alan Jones | Le Mans 1984-87 |
| Nelson Piquet | Le Mans 1996-97 |
| Keke Rosberg | Le Mans 1991 |
| Alain Prost | - |
| Ayrton Senna | - |
| Nigel Mansell | Le Mans 2010 |
| Michael Schumacher | Le Mans 1991 |
| Damon Hill | Le Mans 1989 |
| Jacques Villeneuve | Le Mans 2007-08, Spa 2009 |
| Mika Hakkinen | - |
| Fernando Alonso | Le Mans 2018-19 - WINNER 2018-19, Daytona 2018-19, WINNER 2018 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | - |
| Lewis Hamilton | - |
| Jenson Button | Le Mans 2018, 2023-25, Spa 1999 |
| Sebastian Vettel | - |
| Nico Rosberg | - |
| Max Verstappen | Nurburgring 2026 |
| Lando Norris | Daytona 2018 |
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