A very happy birthday to sports car legend Henri Pescarolo. He's a record-breaking flyer and rally driver, but after 33 drives there he is 'Mr Le Mans' – though his role as team boss has brought a fresh sort of battle, as today's Great Read explains
I'm sitting outside a bistro in the warm Paris sunshine, enjoying a pre-lunch aperitif with Henri Pescarolo. Not for nothing is this man known as Monsieur Le Mans. He has competed in the 24 Hours 44 times, 33 as a driver and 11 as an entrant. Behind the wheel, he scored four outright victories.
More recently he's watched his own cars, built and run on a tiny fraction of the big manufacturers' multi-million budgets, finish on the podium three years running. In France he's known everywhere as a hero and a patriot. Passers-by in this busy street stop to shake his hand and say, "Bonne chance, Henri, pour les vingtquatre heures..."
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