Mr Le Mans: Tom KristensenOverview WINNER: Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year (Below 50) 2021 WINNER: Publication of the Year, Historic Motoring Awards 2021 By Tom Kristensen with Dan Philipsen Foreword by Dr Wolfgang Ullrich Between 1997 and 2014, Tom Kristensen won the worlds toughest motor race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, a record nine times and finished on the podium on five more occasions. Every time his car made it to the finish, in fact, he was in the top three.

“Gordon Jones illuminates the genesis and each individual year in detail

By Neill Bruce

456 GT 2+2 and 348 Spider

Early days: growing up on a farm

Al and Bobby Unser

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In August 2017 he averaged 275mph during a test run prior to challenging the 301mph UK land-speed record

A stellar combination

where he witnessed his first motor race at the age of 12 after winning tickets in a local newspaper competition

there is much here to engage the mind and the imagination

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the team with its larger-than-life proprietor was always universally respected in the world’s Formula 1 paddocks