Tom Kristensen: The ultimate benchmark
As the only driver to win Le Mans seven times, Tom Kristensen has a special relationship with the classic endurance event. Steven English talked through the Dane's many visits to La Sarthe with the man himself
1997: A sensational debut
At the beginning of 1997, the 29-year-old Dane, who was in danger of becoming a journeyman and had raced a little bit of everything in the last few years, missed out on a drive with the newly-formed (and soon to be ill-fated) Lola Formula One team.
By the beginning of June he was leading the F3000 championship, where he'd found refuge, and little did he know that just two weeks later he would be a Le Mans 24 Hours winner.
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