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Kristensen picks his greatest races

Nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen talks to GARY WATKINS about the finest races of his incredible career - from karting against Mika Hakkinen to the sportscar highlights

After nine Le Mans 24 Hours victories and a host of sportscar titles - including the 2013 World Endurance Championship - Tom Kristensen called time on his professional racing career at the end of last season.

He talks AUTOSPORT's sportscar guru GARY WATKINS through the races he rates as the best of his life, from karting against Mika Hakkinen via Formula 3 and touring cars to shaping sportscar history.

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Author Gary Watkins

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.