Top 10 Le Mans cars to NEVER win overall!

Take a look at the top 10 cars that never were able to achieve overall victory during the 24 hours of Le Mans. This list is defined by cars that proved they had the ability to win on track at Le Mans and other endurance races but were either forced to yield the victory through an on track battle, mechanical retirement, crash, and so on. This list also doesn't include cars that are still racing at Le Mans but haven't won yet. Hope you all enjoy the video!

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[jobecabrera]

To be honest, most of the cars on this list are regarded as some of the best cars to grace Le Mans. But despite all of the changes that took place, problems arise and other factors ruined their shots at winning the classic endurance event. They definitely had what it takes, and Le Mans is a tough race, and these manufacturers deserved their rightful places in the history books of motorsport and beyond

[heylo_]

LeMans, the race where it's
Driver vs Their Machine vs The inevitably of time

[toygamer]

The fact that toyota also lost their third/last race with their gt-one on the last lap at the fuji 1000km circuit, beaten by the nissan r391, is another story.

[flashrocket]

How about 10 Le Mans Turkeys. While some of the cars on this list may have had potential, these cars never had a chance in hell. Some of these include the Nissan GTR LM Nismo, and the Aston Martin AMR-One.

[andsoitwas]

it's actually insane the Toyota GT One never won - such a gorgeous car.

[redmrna]

The 330 P4 didn't replace the 250 P. It replaced the 330 p3. The P3 was the car that lost to ford in 66.

[jimhunter]

I'm not a NASCAR fan, but I was impressed by the Garage 56 entry last year on several levels; and will miss it this year.

[GlooSb]

Mercedes CLK LM should be on this list. It won every race it entered except Le Mans.

[ernestogasulla]

The failure of the Toyota GT-One was a great example of cosmic justice. The GT-1 cars were supposed to be modified road legal cars, but all manufacturers (Porsche and Mercedes) cheated by designing and building prototypes with a few features shared with road cars: but Toyota took it to extremes. When FIA objected that the car did not have a luggage space (which all road legal cars must have) Toyota claimed the gas tank could be used to store luggage... any half decent inspector would have laughed at this, but somehow the GT-One was homologated.

[skynet]

It was borderline a comedy act that the 2005 Pescarolo managed to not win that year... The R8 was much heavier because of ballast, and the intake restrictions they got for Le Mans, put them 110HP down on the Pescarolo!

The R8s struggled so much on the straights, that even the DBR9 GT cars could not only keep up, but even pass them on the straights, only being soundly beaten under braking and cornering...

[purwantiallan]

Sauber C11 and Maki Nishikino's Toyota GT ONE 1999 and Shizuku Osaka's 2005 Pescarolo Courage Hybride Judd C60 are some of the best LMP cars that, as of 2024, still never won a 24 hours of Le Mans I ever used Shizuku-chan's 2005 Pescarolo on 24hrs of LeMans A Spec in GT5!

[ExodiaNecross]

Toyota GT-One did finally get a win last year at lemans so they break the 90s jinx.

[nathanstroud]

Another Mercedes that won literally every race it entered except for Le Mans was the CLK LM.

[Pte]

Regardless of success or lack of it. That Toyota TS020 is one of the prettiest cars ever to compete at LM.

[funnytfbruhsoundeffects]

Great video!

Also I think the Jaguar XJR-8 (if you count it as a seperate car from the XJR-9) would've been a good contender to place near the top of the list, the XJR-8 won all but 2 rounds of the 1987 WSC and it probably could've won Le Mans that year too had the cars not been set back by mechanical failures and bad luck.

[TheMrFishnDucks]

Very nice video. Keep up the good work.

[naturalborndylla]

I'd throw in the Nissan R390 GT1 (Came 3rd in 1998 Le-mans) when other cars dropped out due to reliability issues all 4 of those Nissans finished in the top 10.

[Edelweiss]

The Sauber C11s got pretty much screwed by the very dodgy rules of 1991. Bernie Ecclestone and then FIA president Balestre wanted to have standardized engine regulations for F1 and WSC, hence the whole 2.5 L naturally aspirated regulations. Sauber and other manufacturers tried to develop a car for these new rules, but they ultimately used their Group C regulation cars due to the new ones being unreliable. They had to start under C1 regulations and take 200 kg of extra ballast, which obviously took its toll on cars that were developed to be 10-15% lighter. Madza successfully convinced The FIA to start under C2 rules, so they only had to take in 30 kg of extra ballast and were ultimately more reliable.

The Madza victory in 1991 is rightfully iconic, but it was definitely an at the right place at the right time moment. The C11s were pretty much the ultimate Group C cars, had the rules not changed, they likely would have won a couple of more races.

[ltwracing]

Toyota’s fate was always so heartbreaking 💔 I don’t care what anyone says Toyota deserved to win Le Mans when they did. They always lost it in dramatic fashion. Flat tire. Powertrain failure. Audi & Porsche would then capitalize on those travesties continuing their dominance when we were so close to the upset! I’m proud to see Toyota win these cars have been in my life forever. I probably would never own a car that isn’t a Toyota product.

[cschnauz]

1970-71 Ferrari 512s and m. Kept the 917’s honest