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World-renowned tennis champion Rafael Nadal is to be race starter for the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans on Saturday 16 June 2018. The phenomenal sportsman is a fitting ambassador for the iconic race. Make sure you’re watching at 3 p.m. on 16 June!

Nadal often visits France in June, for the French Open at Roland-Garros in Paris, which he won for the tenth time last year. He will be back to defend his title on the clay courts of Paris, with the firm intention of adding another trophy to his cabinet.

This year, he’ll be staying a little longer. The exceptional tennis player’s career is about to pursue a new avenue, as official race starter of the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans.

“If it’s less pressure for me?” Nadal quizzed a reporter.

“I really don’t care. Of course will be much better to have the full pressure because I won all the matches.

“These kind of things… I don’t know if you understand a little bit about the sport in general but you know, after 14 years being in the position that I’ve been fighting for important things. I can lose, I can win, but of course the loss last week is not going to help me for Roland Garros and of course the defeat of last week will not go against my possibilities in Roland Garros.