Typical. The two things I and every other self-respecting fan of endurance racing had been waiting for came along almost at once in the decade just past, just like long-anticipated buses.
The return of a proper world championship and Porsche back at the pinnacle of the discipline made the 2010s historically significant for this branch of the sport. They were two buses that I thought would never come.
That makes it churlish to complain that they kind of arrived together.
Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 29th as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 70 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 Autoweek, Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.
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