When one considers the win record-holder at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Tom Kristensen, is Danish and that he drew as many as 10,000 spectators from a country of less than six million inhabitants to Le Mans, it's difficult to realize no other Dane competed in the 24 Hours before 1983 (Jens Winther, retirement)! Thereafter, two Danish drivers, Tom Kristensen nine times between 1997 and 2013, and John Nielsen in 1990, claimed the top step on the podium. Christina Nielsen (sixth in LM GTE Am) became the first woman from her country to take the start at Le Mans, 12 years after the first participation by her father, Lars Erik Nielsen, who crossed the finish line five times in GT between 2004 and 2008.
Photo: Christina Nielsen gets ready to take the wheel of Formula Racing's #60 Ferrari 458 Italia at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.