Porsche won the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright 19 times between 1970 and 2017, according to its own museum. Those Porsche Le Mans victories came from nine different models, from the 917 KH to the 919 Hybrid. Two of them, the Dauer 962 and the TWR-Porsche WSC Spyder, came from outside partners, but Porsche counts both in its official table.

Here they are in order of their first win. The drivers and teams come from Porsche’s museum list, and each item carries its own source.

1. 1970–1971 Porsche 917 KH

The short-tail 917 gave Porsche its first overall win on June 14, 1970. Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood shared the car. According to Porsche, it used a 4.5-liter 12-cylinder engine that drove the rear wheels, and the car weighed about 800 kilograms.

Then the 917 KH won again in 1971, this time with Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep. Porsche’s newsroom story on its six winners covers the 1970 car in detail. Porsche also says the 1970 winner finished five laps ahead of another 917.

2. 1976, 1977 and 1981 Porsche 936

The open-cockpit 936 won three times, in 1976, 1977 and 1981. Jacky Ickx drove in all three wins. His co-drivers were Gijs van Lennep in 1976, Jürgen Barth and Hurley Haywood in 1977, and Derek Bell in 1981.

Porsche calls the 936 its “first Porsche race car model to win the race three times.” In its feature on eight Le Mans cars, Porsche adds that the 1977 car finished 11 laps clear of its closest rivals. Meanwhile, the museum lists each winner by its version: 936/76, 936/77 and 936/81.

3. 1979 Porsche 935 K3

The 1979 winner came from a customer team rather than the factory. Porsche Kremer Racing entered the 935 K3, and Klaus Ludwig shared it with Don and Bill Whittington. Porsche’s newsroom says the win “marks the first victory for a customer team.”

The car also broke the mold in another way. Porsche says the 935 was “the first rear-engine race car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans.” According to Porsche’s Christophorus profile, it produces around 800 PS. That 2023 story also names collector Bruce Meyer as the car’s custodian.

4. 1982–1985 Porsche 956 LH

The 956 won four years in a row, from 1982 through 1985. In 1982, Porsche says, the car scored “an unprecedented 1-2-3,” with Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell taking the win. Then Al Holbert, Hurley Haywood and Vernon Schuppan won for the works team in 1983.

After that, Joest Racing took over the winning role. Henri Pescarolo and Klaus Ludwig won in 1984. Klaus Ludwig then won again in 1985, along with Paolo Barilla and John Winter, according to the Porsche Museum’s overall winners list.

5. 1986–1987 Porsche 962 C LH

The 962 C followed the 956 and kept the streak going. Derek Bell, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Al Holbert won in both 1986 and 1987. As a result, Porsche’s Group C cars won every year from 1982 to 1987.

Porsche’s Le Mans history page puts it simply: the 956 and its 962 C successor won “from 1982 to 1987 without interruption.” Porsche’s Le Mans feature also notes that the 962C used a 2.6-liter flat-six.

6. 1994 Porsche 962 Dauer Le Mans GT

Seven years later, a 962 won again in a new form. The Dauer team entered it, and Mauro Baldi, Yannick Dalmas and Hurley Haywood drove it to the win. Porsche’s history page says it won “with a modified version of the 962.”

Porsche’s eight-car feature describes it as a “3.0-litre 962 derivative, the Dauer 962 Le Mans.” Haywood’s win also gave him his third overall victory in a Porsche, after 1977 and 1983, as the museum list shows.

7. 1996–1997 TWR-Porsche WSC Spyder

Joest Racing won back-to-back with an open prototype that the museum lists as the TWR-Porsche WSC Spyder. Manuel Reuter, Alexander Wurz and Davy Jones won in 1996. Then Michele Alboreto, Stefan Johansson and Tom Kristensen won in 1997.

Porsche’s history page says “the Joest TWR-Porsche WSC Spyder snatches first in 1996 and 1997.” Similarly, Porsche’s 2024 Le Mans preview lists the same two wins under the name TWR Porsche WSC-95.

8. 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 ’98

The factory returned to the top step in 1998. Allan McNish, Stéphane Ortelli and Laurent Aïello won in the 911 GT1 ’98. Porsche counts it as its 16th overall victory.

According to Porsche’s eight-car feature, the GT1 used a 3.2-liter six-cylinder boxer engine with 558 PS (550 hp). It also had a carbon-fiber monocoque and carbon-fiber brake discs.

9. 2015–2017 Porsche 919 Hybrid

The 919 Hybrid won three straight years. Nico Hülkenberg, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy won in 2015. Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb followed in 2016, and then Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley won in 2017.

For power, Porsche says the 2017 car paired a 2.0-liter V4 turbo with 368 kW at the rear and an electric motor with 294 kW at the front axle. That win brought Porsche to 19. In fact, its 2024 preview put the total at “19 overall victories and 110 class wins.”

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