There aren't too many 97-year olds that retain a capacity for constant reinvention to keep up with the times. But the Le Mans 24 Hours is a great exception to that norm and organising body the Automobile Club de l'Ouest has proven time and again over the years that it is not afraid to embrace change, with last weekend's Virtual edition of the race the latest example.
From the controversial moving back of the walls at the Porsche Curves in 2018, to the flattening of the Mulsanne hump in 2001 and the new pit complex for 1991, its facilities and the circuit itself have modernised to ensure its first-class institution remains just so. Even now, the gravel trap at Mulsanne Corner has been extended ahead of the delayed 2020 edition in September.
