“If we don’t have any technical issues and we don’t make any mistakes then a top-five is realistic.' 🗣️ Former F1 driver Jean-Eric Vergne believes a top-five finish for Peugeot in the LeMans24 would “feel like a win” ⬇️
A top-five finish for the Peugeot 9X8 on its Le Mans 24 Hours debut would “feel like a win”, according to ex-Formula 1 driver Jean-Eric Vergne.The former Toro Rosso driver insisted that a finish in the top five in the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship is a realistic target for the French manufacturer, even though it ended up slowest in qualifying of the five major car makers racing in the Hypercar class at Le Mans.
“If that happens it will feel like a win - but it is a big if. We have to make a strong race with no mistakes and pray a little bit that things go our way. Vergne, who shares the #93 9X8 with Paul di Resta and Mikkel Jensen, believes that Peugeot will be closer to the pace in the race than its qualifying performance suggests. “The car feels good on a long run. Against the other cars we are not as far off as it looks.”Vergne expressed surprise that Peugeot’s rivals were able to make much bigger gains between free practice and qualifying than the French manufacturer.
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