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Tom Kristensen: Royal Automobile Talk Show
Le Mans News
- Last updated: September 19th 2019
The first Royal Automobile Club Talk Show of 2017 saw Tom Kristensen join us to talk sports cars, BTCC, Japan and of course Le Mans.
Kristensen was at the Club’s Pall Mall venue for its Annual Motoring Dinner, with an Audi R15 sat greeting guests in the lobby.
Listen to the hour-long podcast below.
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