Stephane Sarrazin: Mastering all trades
Stephane Sarrazin is the only man to have competed against the best in Formula One and rallying, and is one of the leaders of Peugeot's Le Mans 24 Hours project. Simon Strang investigates one of motorsport's best all-rounders
It's just after six am in the restaurant of the Hotel Novotel Monte Carlo and there are perhaps half a dozen people tucking in to the breakfast buffet with its curiously-sugared scrambled eggs. One of them is Stephane Sarrazin, he's wide-eyed and alert, despite the lack of a dawning sun, and he's clearly too excited to eat properly.
For the 33-year-old Frenchman, it's an hour prior to the start of the Monte Carlo Rally, and the chance to realise another childhood dream.
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