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. 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. All of the races are held between the months of May and June. 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. No trophy is awarded to the driver who completes the Triple Crown.
, 269 drivers from 25 different countries have won a Triple Crown race and only Graham Hill has completed the Triple Crown. 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. With four victories each, Hélio Castroneves, A. J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser hold the joint record for the most Indianapolis 500 wins.
There have been 19 drivers who have partaken in all three Triple Crown races and have achieved victory in at least one of them. No one has won all three Triple Crown races during the course of a calendar year. 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. 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. Foyt in 1967 is the only driver to have won two of the races in the same year: Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Winners + KeyDriver has completed the Triple Crown of Motorsport
+Triple Crown of Motorsport race winners Year Indianapolis 500 Monaco Grand Prix 24 Hours of Le Mans Nationality Driver Nationality Driver Nationality Driver 1911 rowspan="24" colspan="2" rowspan="12" colspan="2" 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917rowspan="2" colspan="2" 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 colspan="2" 1937 1938 colspan="2" rowspan="4" 1939 1940 colspan="2" rowspan="9" colspan="2" rowspan="10" 1941 1942 colspan="2" rowspan="4" 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 colspan="2" rowspan="2" 1950 1951 colspan="2" rowspan="2" 1952 1953 colspan="2" rowspan="4" 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967 1968 * 1969 * 1970 1971 1972 * 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 colspan="2" rowspan=3 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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