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Friday, 2nd May 2008

We may only race the car once a year, Englishman admits, but we have every intention of winning that race.

“I don't think there's a driver out there who hasn't watched Steve McQueen in ‘Le Mans', but as a kid you'd never expect to be driving a car with that sort of sponsorship. It's very special for all six of us that we're involved with it, and hopefully we can get the same success that we had last year.

“It's a beautiful car – very striking – and one thing when you speak to the guys who go down there and watch the race is that they appreciate the noise of the car, the screaming V12. If you're out by the circuit and listening to it coming down through the woods towards Indianapolis and Arnage, it's a great noise, and it's a great-looking car.

“It's always such a special race for me, but with the Gulf Oil livery on the car, you can't get two more iconic Le Mans brands. To have them together is going to make it a pretty unique event. It's a privilege for me and I think for the other guys too to be racing that car, because in 20 or 30 years time I think it will be a classic car from a classic racing era.”

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