In honor of the 20th anniversary of the first of Tom Kristensen's nine victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Festival of Speed will pay tribute to the Danish driver. Audi has confirmed the presence of several LMP1 prototypes, including the R8, as has Bentley with the Speed 8 in which he won in 2003, and BMW with the 1999 V12 LMR (retirement). To celebrate this anniversary, Tom "Monsieur Le Mans" Kristensen will reunite with several of his former teammates, such as Emanuele Pirro and Allan McNish.

As he does every year, four-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell will be in attendance and is set to race several different cars, namely a Surtees T70 for the tribute to recently deceased John Surtees, the only driver to become World Champion in F1 and in moto.

Three of the drivers expected at the Festival of Speed have won at the 24 Hours of Le Mans just once: Marc Gené in 2009 with Peugeot, Jochen Mass in 1989 with Sauber Mercedes and Martin Brundle in 1990 with Jaguar.

Many drivers who participated in this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans will attend Goodwood, like Jonny Adam and Darren Turner, set to bring their Aston Martin Vantage with which they won the LMGTE Pro class, Le Mans class win record-holder Olivier Beretta, Sam Bird, James Calado and Davide Rigon for Ferrari, 2017 second with Ford Andy Priaulx and Billy Johnson for the American marque. Karun Chandhok, Sergey Sirotkin and Oliver Webb complete the (long) list, still subject to change.

This year, the theme of the Festival of Speed, slated for June 29th through July 2nd, is "Peaks of Performance - Motorsport's Game-Changers." Tribute will therefore be paid to machines whose speed, power, cost or complexity have led lawmakers to change the rules of the game.

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PHOTO: Tom Kristensen at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.