List of winners of Triple Crown of Motorsport races

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

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] 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.[6] No trophy is awarded to the driver who completes the Triple Crown.[3]

As of 2023, 257 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.[7][8][9] With four victories each, Hélio Castroneves, A. J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser hold the joint record for the most Indianapolis 500 wins.[8]

There have been 19 drivers who have partaken in all three Triple Crown races and have achieved victory in at least one of them.[10] 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.[11] 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.[11][12]

Winners

Key
* Driver has completed the Triple Crown of Motorsport
Triple Crown of Motorsport race winners[7][8][9]
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[15]
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[c] 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[15]
1943
1944
1945
1946  United States George Robson[d]
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[e]
 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[f]
 Austria Jochen Rindt[f]
1966  United Kingdom Graham Hill*  United Kingdom Jackie Stewart  New Zealand Chris Amon[g]
 New Zealand Bruce McLaren[g]
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[h]  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"[i]
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[j]
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[26]   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

Notes

  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.[13][14]
  3. ^ Although Canada became an independent nation in 1867, Canadians were deemed British subjects until 1947.[16]
  4. ^ Robson was a British-born racer who became an American citizen.[19]
  5. ^ Chinetti became an American citizen in 1946.[20]
  6. ^ 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.[21]
  7. ^ 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.[22]
  8. ^ Andretti was born in Italy and became a naturalized American citizen.[23]
  9. ^ John Winter was the pseudonym of gentleman driver Louis Krages.[24]
  10. ^ Ortelli is a Monégasque citizen who was born in France.[25]

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