Le Mans.

I’ve been a spectator at Le Mans twice, once when I was with a team running a Group C car in the warm up race on the Saturday morning and once when our car blew its engine after 6 hours, so it was close the doors and head for the bar, which is far better than going out after 20 hours, that’s just a kick in the teeth having worked through the night.

As a spectator the race does have a special atmosphere, but working there you find the garages are too small and too old for modern racing cars and all the kit that goes with them and out the back doing tyres, you seem a bit detached from the racing, I couldn’t see the track or any monitors. However being in a team that finishes the race is a sense of achievement and winning your class is a bigger deal than I ever imagined.