Triple Crown of Motorsport

The Triple Crown of Motorsport is alternatively defined as winning either:

• the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix^[1][2], or
• the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Formula One World Championship.^[3][4][5]

Under either definition, Graham Hill is the only driver to have completed the Triple Crown, as he won the Monaco Grand Prix in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968 and 1969; the Formula One World Championship in 1962 and 1968; the Indianapolis 500 in 1966; and finally the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1972.

Background

From 1950–1960, the Indianapolis 500 counted toward the World Drivers' Championship (now known as the Formula One World Championship), and Le Mans was a weekend race that did not conflict with the rest of the Championship.

Since then, the Triple Crown has been more difficult to win, as each race is subject to a different governing body. Since 1960, the Indy 500 has been sanctioned by United States governing bodies separate from the World Championship, being part of CART since 1979 and the United States Automobile Club/Indy Racing League after 1995. The practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix overlaps with that for the Indianapolis 500, and the races themselves sometimes clash. As the two races take place on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean and form part of different championships, it is difficult for one driver to compete effectively in both during his career.^[6] Currently neither the Formula One nor IndyCar series has any driver in its field who has won either of the other two legs of the Triple Crown. As of 2008, the only active drivers who have won two legs of the Crown are Juan Pablo Montoya (currently racing in NASCAR) and Jacques Villeneuve. Villeneuve competed in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans where he finished in second place. A victory would have allowed him to complete the Triple Crown (under the latter definition).^[7]

Winners of two or more of the Triple Crown events

Driver	Indianapolis winner	Le Mans winner	Monaco Grand Prix winner	F1 World Champion
Tazio Nuvolari	—	1933	1932	—
Maurice Trintignant	—	1954	1955, 1958	—
Phil Hill	—	1958, 1961, 1962	—	1961
Jim Clark	1965	—	—	1963, 1965
A.J. Foyt	1961, 1964, 1967, 1977	1967	—	—
Bruce McLaren	—	1966	1962	—
Graham Hill	1966	1972	1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969	1962, 1968
Jochen Rindt	—	1965	1970	1970
Mario Andretti	1969	—	—	1978
Emerson Fittipaldi	1989, 1993	—	—	1972, 1974
Jacques Villeneuve	1995	—	—	1997
Juan Pablo Montoya	2000	—	2003	—

Alternate Definitions

Others have suggested substituting either the Daytona 500 or the 24 Hours of Daytona in place of the Monaco GP or Le Mans, which would have made A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti Triple Crown winners, respectively. [1].^[8][9][10]

See also

• Triple Crown

References

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