Eighty-six year old Paul Fr\u00e9re drove his first 24-Hours of Le Mans in 1953, won the long distance classic in 1960 co-driving a Ferrari TR 60 with Olivier Gendebien, and since then, as journalist and commentator, has not missed a single year of the Le Sarthe classic. In short, Paul Fr\u00e8re is an institution at Le Mans.<\/p>\n
As a way of honoring both the 80th anniversary of the 24-Hours of Le Mans and the 50th anniversary of Fr\u00e8re\u2019s participation and association with this event, Audi AG extended the rare offer to allow Fr\u00e9re to test drive one of their winning R8 prototypes on May 4th. Despite his age, Fr\u00e8re showed impressive pace, clocking a speed of 280 kph on the famous Hunaudi\u00e8res straight, in just three laps. After stepping out of the car, Fr\u00e9re declared, \u201cThat was an unforgettable experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eighty-six year old Paul Fr\u00e9re drove his first 24-Hours of Le Mans in 1953, won the long distance classic in 1960 co-driving a Ferrari TR 60 with Olivier Gendebien, and since then, as journalist and commentator, has not missed a single year of the Le Sarthe classic. In short, Paul Fr\u00e8re is an institution at Le Mans. As a way of honoring both the 80th anniversary of the 24-Hours of Le Mans and the 50th anniversary of Fr\u00e8re\u2019s participation and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":817862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[603,429],"class_list":["post-459985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anniversary","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"\n