{"id":2009879,"date":"2013-09-16T16:33:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T14:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2013\/09\/16\/patrick-dempseys-preparation-for-the-24-hours-of-le-mans\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:36:49","slug":"patrick-dempseys-preparation-for-the-24-hours-of-le-mans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2013\/09\/16\/patrick-dempseys-preparation-for-the-24-hours-of-le-mans\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Dempsey&#8217;s preparation for the 24 Hours of Le Mans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC3376.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79094 lazyload\" alt=\"_DSC3376\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC3376-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC3376-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC3376-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC3376-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC3376-75x50.jpg 75w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/433;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"fr\"><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"fr\"><span title=\"\"I think, for me, the Le Mans challenge mentally is the biggest.\"><em>For me, taking part in the Le Mans 24 Hours is the greatest challenge of all. You have to stay focused, not worry about what&#8217;s going on around you, and concentrate solely on the task in hand. Once you&#8217;re in the car, that&#8217;s the easiest thing to do. In the end, I&#8217;m more relaxed when I&#8217;m in the car than before I got in.   <\/em>.&#8221; Patrick Dempsey<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We know Patrick Dempsey in his white coat, charmingly portraying Doctor &#8220;Mamour&#8221; in the American series Grey&#8217;s Anatony, but here we find him again for Porsche and the 24h of Le Mans in an amusing, ironic and slightly offbeat video clip. The German automaker pokes fun at its driver&#8217;s heavy preparation for the legendary 24-hour race at Le Mans. The video also reveals the challenge and passion that drive this very special driver.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"gv-iframe\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; visibility: visible; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" data-src=\"http:\/\/sp-work.gv-pilot.com\/templates\/custom.html?ahide=false&amp;bgCol=ffffff&amp;cw=1516606&amp;videoId=15224&amp;sapMode=1&amp;fall=html&amp;pvid=9904446913784813301516606&amp;txtCol=333333&amp;skin=light&amp;wmode=window&amp;deliveryMethod=30&amp;deliveryMethodVersionSP=1.0.0&amp;deliveryMethodVersionSAP=2.0.0&amp;psid=0&amp;poR=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.www.luxsure.fr&amp;poS=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.www.luxsure.fr\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A great year 2014 for Porsche, <span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"fr\"><br \/>\n  <span title=\"\"It's a great year for Porsche, with the 50th Anniversary of the 911, the 991 project in GTE-Pro and, of course, the Dempsey Del Piero Racing effort here at Le Mans.\"\">with the 50th anniversary of the 911, the 991 GTE-Pro project and, of course, the Le Mans 24-hour race with Patrick Dempsey next June.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/videos.aolnetworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sponsored by Be On<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30407,30094],"tags":[63049,56768,63927,63926,63925],"class_list":["post-2009879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-of-living","category-culture-en","tag-les-24h-du-mans","tag-patrick-dempsey","tag-patrick-dempsey-24h-du-mans","tag-patrick-dempsey-porsche","tag-porsche"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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