Dozens of kilometers around, the rumble of the engines takes to the guts, strong, powerful, intoxicating. The heart is racing, already, the senses are panicking. A foretaste of what awaits the spectator of the 24 Hours of Le Mans around the Sarthe circuit. For this edition of the centenary, played to sold-out crowds, they will be nearly 300,000 absolute fans to enjoy, and set the mood, of this extraordinary event, this Saturday and Sunday. Attracted by legend, speed, drivers, records of all kinds (peak at 405 km/h for Roger Dorchy's WR Peugeot in 1988, distance of 5410.713 km swallowed by the Audi R15+ TDI in 2019, nineteen successes for Porsche between 1970 and 2017, thirteen for Audi, nine for Ferrari...).
Eleven years ago, the news surprised the uninitiated who had never set foot in Le Mans. For the renowned company National Geographic, the 24 Hours of Le Mans was the number one sporting competition in the world that every sports fan had to attend...
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