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Kicking up a storm

THE STORY OF JEAN RONDEAU, the last garagista to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, is a tale of grit, determination and against-the-odds endeavour that propelled the Frenchman from near-obscurity to national fame in the space of a few short years. Like Jim Glickenhaus today, he was a driven man with a big ambition – to conquer the world’s greatest endurance race.

But this son of Le Mans, who first visited his home race as a small child, didn’t

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