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Kristensen: I admire Alonso's passion for racing
Tom Kristensen, who is fondly known as Mr Le Mans thanks to his nine victories at the legendary 24 hours race, admires Fernando Alonso's plans to race in WEC as well as Formula 1 this year and believes the Spaniard has already adapted quickly to prototype sportscar racing. Speaking in the wake of Alonso confirming his WEC programme and Le Mans foray with Toyota, Kristensen said, 'Fernando is very well informed about Le Mans. I've talked to him a few times about it over the years, not least when he was the special guest starter in 2014.' 'He has always shown great interest in the event, and when he saw the prototypes he found them incredibly fascinating. Now what he can look forward to...
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