This weekend, Tom Kristensen and Audi will face Toyota at their home race at Fuji, Japan. But who remembers that the Danish driver made ​​his debut in endurance racing 20 years ago here... driving a Toyota?

500 km of Mine, 1st November 1992 – Who would have guessed that the Toyota TS010 No.7 had on board one of the most famous teams in the history of endurance racing? Three young hopefuls destined to become heroes in their sport:

• Jacques Villeneuve, At that point, 21 years old, with a famous father. In 3 years, he would win the Indianapolis 500 and open the door to F1, where he would become World Champion in 1997. Ten years on, he returned to endurance racing and finished 2nd at the '24 Heures du Mans' 2008.

• Eddie Irvine Already 27 years old. In exactly 12 months, Eddie Jordan would give him his break in F1 the the Suzuka GP.He showed is form by mounting an astonishing resistance to Ayrton Senna and finished sixth. Later, he would drive for Scuderia Ferrari and got close to the F1 title in 1999.

• Tom Kristensen, At 25 he was a rising star. The following year he won the Japanese F3000 title but will never repeat that performance in Europe. He passed close to a F1 career as test driver for Tyrrell and Michelin, but he eventually found his vocation in endurance racing where he was to gain the status of 'living legend'. To date, he has 8 wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Tom Kristensen remembers his first experience :
"I shared the wheel of a Toyota TS010 with two young expatriates who were none other than Jacques Villeneuve and Eddie Irvine! I remember being very impressed by the down-force of the car, and I wonder what I would think if I tried it today. The normally aspirated V10 was a real Formula 1 engine. We had a good run until fifth gear gave up and caused us to fall to fourth position. After the race, I took the wheel of the car in testing for the development of a traction control system."