Facts & Figures

MICHELIN is the only tire manufacturer to enjoy such an enviable record of success in the major championships sanctioned by the FIA (Fédération Internationale Automobile) and FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme).

FIM MOTOGP (1973 TO 2023):

• 34 Riders’ world titles
• More than 500 race wins
• First win in 1973 (Jack Findley, Suzuki)
• First title in 1976 (Barry Sheene, Suzuki)

LE MANS 24 HOURS:

• First win in 1923 (inaugural race)
• 32 wins (including 26 straight wins since 1998)
• 13 wins with Audi
• 8 wins with avec Tom Kristensen

FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (WRC):

• First Manufacturers’ title with Alpine in 1973 (first year of the championship)
• 58 world titles (28 Drivers’ titles and 30 Manufacturers’ titles)
• First win in the 1973 Rallye Monte-Carlo (Andruet/Biche, Alpine-Renault)
• 347 individual event wins

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (WEC):

•  11 world titles since the championship’s creation in 2012

DAKAR:

• Cars: 19 victories between 1981 and 2001, and since 2013
• Bikes: 38 victories between 1983 and 2023
• Trucks: 33 victories between 1981 and 2017

FORMULA 1 (1977 TO 1984, AND 2001 TO 2006):

• 215 Grands Prix
• 111 pole positions
• 102 victories
• 5 Drivers’ titles
• 4 Constructors’ titles

FIM ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (EWC) (1983 TO 2014):

• 15 world titles
• 24 Heures Moto: 13 victories
• Bol d’Or: 13 victories
• 8 Hours of Suzuka: 16 victories

OFF ROAD:

Trial World Championship

• 42 Trial Outdoor world titles from 1981 to 2023
• 23 Trial Indoor world titles from 2002 to 2023

Enduro World Championship

• more than 40 world titles since 2000

Motocross

• 7 world titles since 2002

FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP (WSBK) (1998 TO 2003):

• 12 world titles