The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is central to the motor racing story of Thierry Tassin. It is where his love affair with the sport started, where he scored the biggest successes of his career with a quartet of victories in the Spa 24 Hours and where he is this weekend in his capacity as one of the sporting directors of the crack WRT Audi team for its assault on the race in which he made his name.
“I have so many great souvenirs from Spa,” says Tassin, now 63. “My father raced sportscars all over with Ecurie Nationale Belge, but Spa is really where I started watching races.
