THE MOUSE THAT ROARED
“As I came into the final chicane, the helicopter was up in front of me and I thought we must be close to the leader,” remembers Martin Short of his greatest moment in a racing car – although he didn’t realise it at the time. “On the Mulsanne, I could see an Audi chomping at the bit in my mirrors, so I made it easy for him. Into the second chicane I let Stephane Ortelli through, but little did I know I’d been in the lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The ORECA Audi had pitted and was on its out-lap. Either the radio didn’t work or the guys didn’t tell me in case I did something stupid, but I had no idea. At the end of my stint I came into the pitlane and all I could see was a whole phalanx of cameras and film crews. What’s going on? You’ve only just bloody led Le Mans! It was just phenomenal.”
Not bad for a bloke who
