The life of Jonkheer Gijsbert “Gijs” van Lennep is by no means short of special moments. In 1971, he won the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche 917, repeating the feat in 1976 in the Porsche 936. He drove in Formula 1 and won the sports car class in the 1,000-kilometre race at the Nürburgring. And yet 13th of May towers above all the other victories. It was the last race of its kind. And Gijs won it. Even though, at the start, nobody would have bet even one lira on him winning.
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