Ferrari overcame wretched weather and tenacious rivals to claim back-to-back editions of the Le Mans 24 Hours race on Sunday.This year's Le Mans set an invidious record of over six hours-racing neutralised by safety cars.
French football great Zinedine Zidane acted as starter to get the mythic Le Mans 24 Hour race on its way at 1400GMT on Saturday.Zidane was wearing winter gear as he waved the ceremonial starter's flag - a French Tricolor with '24' embossed in gold on it - handed to him by French soldiers who had abseiled down with it from a hovering helicopter.
Coming into motorsports from the worlds of business head-hunting and even dog grooming, women will make their presence felt at the iconic Le Mans 24 Hour Race which gets underway on Saturday.Then, tired of office life, she started a dog grooming business.Â