Le Mans 24 Hours: Runners and riders
This year's Le Mans 24 Hours is set to offer a genuine multi-car battle for honours in each of the four classes. Gary Watkins runs through the entrants for what promises to be a classic year
LMP1
Peugeot Sport - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
#1 Anthony Davidson (GB), Alexander Wurz (A), Marc Gene (E)
#2 Stephane Sarrazin (F), Franck Montagny (F), Nicolas Minassian (F)
#3 Sebastien Bourdais (F), Simon Pagenaud (F), Pedro Lamy (P)
Peugeot is an incumbent Le Mans champion returning with a proven car, and for that reason alone the French manufacturer has to be favourite.
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Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.
Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.
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