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This weekend, the latest edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans was held. Once again, up to 90 drivers in a total of four categories battled for a full day for glory, prestige and respect.

All the eyes were focused on the top-notch prototypes who battled for the overall win throughout the whole race. All the eyes were focused on Ford, returning their GT to celebrate 50 years of their first win. But a car slipped through the shadows onto the finish line without much people noticing.

Everybody has heard of the many past F1 drivers on the grid in the three fully professional categories (Mark Webber, Kamui Kobayashi, Giancarlo Fisichella...). Everybody has heard of the three IndyCar series drivers that Chip Ganassi brought to race for Ford (Scott Dixon, Sebastien Bourdais and Will Power). But nobody has heard about a certain super man going by the name of Fréderic Sausset. Until today.

The Le Mans race has held for many years a special entry, named Box 56 or Car #0 by the fans, which is exempt of any mechanical rules in exchange of suggesting innovative technologies. Many entries played with strange yet advanced aerodynamics, some even tried non-combustion engines, but this year the challenge was real.

Fréderic Sausset is a man struck by disgrace. He lost both his legs below his ankles due to an infection, and also lost his arms, the left one above the elbow. Still, he liked Le Mans (like the good Frenchman he is), and vowed to one day compete there with a friend of his. A wish that was made possible thanks to the Box 56.

Sausset sent his idea to the organizers, and they liked it. A man like him driving any kind of race car was an incredible feat, and they wanted to witness such feat. Sausset spent 2 years trying to get his car done (it had to be not only adapted to him, but also able to be driven by non-handicapped people so the car could compete for the full race), and eventually the car was built and tested on track, in time for this year's edition of the mother of all races.

The end result was a total success. The car not only finished the race in a meritory 38th position, Sausset was able to drive for more than 6 hours (not straight, as the rules don't allow it) and, the most impressive, was able to drive in rather competitive times. In qualifying, he almost broke the 4 minute mark, 16 seconds behind his co-drivers' fastest lap. In a track like Le Mans, which is 8.5 miles long, such difference is actually very low.

This video shows a lap around Le Mans from inside a car of the same category as the car adapted to Sausset. The lap time is still 13 seconds faster than Sausset's fastest lap, but then again, gauge for yourselves what are 13 seconds in such a track and with Sausset's handicap.

To further emphasize how incredible the race and Sausset's feat are, this video will give you a glimpse of how does the track look during the night. Being a 24 hour race that starts at 3 PM, calculate how many hours is the track in dark conditions, and apply to this video the pace of the above one to imagine how hard it is to race during those hours.

Finally, I think it's worth showing how this man drives, as well as his car. This video shows first how his right arm fits directly into the steering wheel, and nearing its end, you can see the #84 car he used to race at Le Mans, as well as the procedures to fit him into the car, which is an incredibly emotional moment.

This super man was the true winner of Le Mans. The simple fact of competing at the level he did is impressive. All my respect to the hero of Le Mans, setting a feat extremely hard to surpass for further Box 56 entries.
This weekend, the latest edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans was held. Once again, up to 90 drivers in a total of four categories battled for a full day for glory, prestige and respect.

All the eyes were focused on the top-notch prototypes who battled for the overall win throughout the whole race. All the eyes were focused on Ford, returning their GT to celebrate 50 years of their first win. But a car slipped through the shadows onto the finish line without much people noticing.

Everybody has heard of the many past F1 drivers on the grid in the three fully professional categories (Mark Webber, Kamui Kobayashi, Giancarlo Fisichella...). Everybody has heard of the three IndyCar series drivers that Chip Ganassi brought to race for Ford (Scott Dixon, Sebastien Bourdais and Will Power). But nobody has heard about a certain super man going by the name of Fréderic Sausset. Until today.

The Le Mans race has held for many years a special entry, named Box 56 or Car #0 by the fans, which is exempt of any mechanical rules in exchange of suggesting innovative technologies. Many entries played with strange yet advanced aerodynamics, some even tried non-combustion engines, but this year the challenge was real.

Fréderic Sausset is a man struck by disgrace. He lost both his legs below his ankles due to an infection, and also lost his arms, the left one above the elbow. Still, he liked Le Mans (like the good Frenchman he is), and vowed to one day compete there with a friend of his. A wish that was made possible thanks to the Box 56.

Sausset sent his idea to the organizers, and they liked it. A man like him driving any kind of race car was an incredible feat, and they wanted to witness such feat. Sausset spent 2 years trying to get his car done (it had to be not only adapted to him, but also able to be driven by non-handicapped people so the car could compete for the full race), and eventually the car was built and tested on track, in time for this year's edition of the mother of all races.

The end result was a total success. The car not only finished the race in a meritory 38th position, Sausset was able to drive for more than 6 hours (not straight, as the rules don't allow it) and, the most impressive, was able to drive in rather competitive times. In qualifying, he almost broke the 4 minute mark, 16 seconds behind his co-drivers' fastest lap. In a track like Le Mans, which is 8.5 miles long, such difference is actually very low.

This video shows a lap around Le Mans from inside a car of the same category as the car adapted to Sausset. The lap time is still 13 seconds faster than Sausset's fastest lap, but then again, gauge for yourselves what are 13 seconds in such a track and with Sausset's handicap.

To further emphasize how incredible the race and Sausset's feat are, this video will give you a glimpse of how does the track look during the night. Being a 24 hour race that starts at 3 PM, calculate how many hours is the track in dark conditions, and apply to this video the pace of the above one to imagine how hard it is to race during those hours.

Finally, I think it's worth showing how this man drives, as well as his car. This video shows first how his right arm fits directly into the steering wheel, and nearing its end, you can see the #84 car he used to race at Le Mans, as well as the procedures to fit him into the car, which is an incredibly emotional moment.

This super man was the true winner of Le Mans. The simple fact of competing at the level he did is impressive. All my respect to the hero of Le Mans, setting a feat extremely hard to surpass for further Box 56 entries.
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