One hundred years on and the challenge of the Le Mans 24 Hours remains as captivating as it was when the clock began its first countdown in 1923. As the greatest sports-car race in the world celebrates its centenary this weekend, one of its little-known but most trailblazing innovations, not of technology or engineering, is pertinent now perhaps more than ever.
Swiss driver Rahel Frey knows change is coming in motor racing and while it has been torturously slow she is enthusiastic to be at the vanguard of promoting it at the vingt-quatre with the all-female Iron Dames team. She is proud of anything that can be done to encourage greater female participation in the sport, even if it is something of a cliche. Sometimes making a point, is the point.
