Jota has no regrets about how its LeMans24 outing ended as it was the 'king of the world' for an hour with its customer Porsche 963 LMDh.
Jota was able to turn around the car in just 20 minutes, losing four laps to the leaders in the process, before further issues and another crash while da Costa was at the wheel left the #38 crew as the 40th and final classified finisher.
“I think we should be proud of what we showed: our pace, and the fact we came from last to get to the front after four hours,” he said, referring to the fact that the Jota car didn’t set a lap in first qualifying due to a hybrid issue. He told Motorsport.com that he was struggling with visibility issues as he suffered his off on what was his in lap.
Hignett added: “There is a real visibility issue, something that needs work, on the screen. It gets very dirty very easily, more so than the P2 car. At the end of his stint, he just had minimum visibility, which caused him to turn in a bit early.” The Portuguese driver told Motorsport.com: “I’m super-disappointed in myself. I’ve been doing endurance racing now for eight years and I’ve never, ever scratched the car before. So I have to apologise to the whole team for that.
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