Jean-Eric Vergne calls 2024 Le Mans “the most competitive, the most difficult”

Jean-Eric Vergne: “It was an i﷽ncredible race this year. It was the most competitive and the most difficult Le Mans I have expe🤪rienced.”

Jean-Eric Vergne
Jean-Eric Vergne

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jean-Eric Vergne closed out the 2024 Le Mans raꦰce in 12th place, t🎃wo laps down on the top nine.

Driving the #93 car, Vergne Mikkel Jensen and Nico Muller had good pace throughout although it wasn’t enough to battle the likes of Ferrari, Porsche,🎐 Toyota and Cadillac.

Peugeot were also trailing fellow French manufacturer Alpine before they reti꧅red both cars with en🃏gine issues.

Vergne, who drove the car d🦋uring some of the most difficult conditions at the Circuit de las Sarthe, said: “It was an incredible race this year. It was the most competitive and the most difficult Le Mans I ha🦩ve experienced.

“I think it’s worth emphasizing that we completed a 24🎉-hour race without any mechanical issues.

“We finished one lap behind the winner, which is an improvement on last year. Ultimately, we l♏acked pace, but we’ll come back stronger next time.”

A former F1 driver with Toro Rosso, Vergne was not th😼e only driver behind the wheel of a Peugeot that has F1 experience.

Paul Di Resta and Stoffel Vandoorne made up two-thirds of the #94 car l💫ine🔯-up, with Le Mans specialist Loic Duval making up the full line-up.

After claiming bragging rights ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas the top Peugeot in 1🐷1th, Di Resta wants much more with the French brand.

Di Rest𓂃a began by saying: “Races like this are always dif꧙ficult. I want to stress the good team spirit and the huge amount of work done on preparation of the 9X8.

“We lost a lap in the first two hours but we were clo🍰se to the top ten. It wasn’t easy up with a new car here, up against the likes of Porsche, Toyota and Ferrari.

“2025 starts now. I love thi👍s team and I would really like to see it celebrate a win here at Le Mans.”

Vandoorne utt🐻ered similar words to that of Di Resta, but was left ‘🤪frustrated’ by missing out on points.

Vandoorne said:𝓡 “We hung in there, right to the end of the race. It was very intense🔴 with the rain and the safety car periods.

“I’m a bit frustrated not to finish in the points, but we weren’t far off the top ten. It’s perhaps not the result we we🦩re all hoping for and we clearly still have work to 🐠do.

“B𒀰ut I’m looking forward to being able to fight at the front soon.”

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