Mr. Le Mans eyes the race's next 100 years.
Consider that few athletes have become so legendary, they've earned the moniker of their sport's most-hallowed event. There is no Mr. Super Bowl, no Mr. World Cup, nor a Mrs. Wimbledon. But this August, we sat down at a table with Mr. Le Mans, the undisputed king of road racing's biggest stage.
At this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Kristensen debuted as the Le Mans centenary celebration's Grand Marshall, a role he'll serve for the year leading up to big race in 2023. As his first act, Mr. Le Mans unveiled the Le Mans Centenary trophy, the one which will be awarded at the race's 100th anniversary next year.
Kristensen has the same rare memory for years, dates, events, and granular moments that all great athletes share. He recalls early Le Mans efforts, the reasons his cars failed, the minute details that separated him from yet another victory. Most of us might recall a few detailed highlights from our wedding day, but most of our greatest highs and lows tend to blur into an abstraction, our once-sharp memories smeared into broad strokes like wet paint on canvas.
"[In those early years as a driver] you were there to impress. You were there not to make mistakes. The mentality was very different going into the first race, and I was only signed four days before the event, which means I had probably a different kind of preparation if you like. But at the end of the day, we won that race and I had a lap record. I had never been there before," he said."[After my first win], then the mentality changed.
Kristensen sloughed off the disappointment of those years and the success kept coming. He matured into a serial winner with more raw speed than most, defined by an intelligence and tactical nous of a racer with far more experience.
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