The Rake

THE HUNDRED CLUB

s the final minutes ticked down, I found my excitement for the winners building. The gruelling 24 Hours of Le Mans was coming to a conclusion, and the three-driver team of the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari 499P were about to have their names — Antonio Giovinazzi, Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado — immortalised by the racing gods. But forget lifting the trophy in front of the 235,000 spectators who descend upon this otherwise sleepy part of France, or the bragging rights

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