The pilots of the two official Ferrari 499p explained the difficulties in the dry lap and showed themselves confident in view of the race
There Complicated qualification of Ferrari 499p A Le Mans was not an absolute surprise for the team: the official pilots of the hypercar of the rampant horse confirmed that The dry lap was not the strong point of the car On the track of the Sarthe, but who expect great balance in the race and many manufacturers capable of winning. “Here in Le Mans does not count too much from where you start,” explained Antonio Giovinazzi, who could not climb the wheel of the car number 51 because of the elimination in the first phase of the hyperpole. “It’s true, we didn’t expect to start so back, but the race step is competitive, even if maybe not the best, so we are ready to fight also for the victory,” he added.
Balance in the race
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The pilots of the two cars of Maranello expect Great balance in the racewith many close -up cars in terms of the race pace and the possibility of assisting again to a final aimed as last year, where nine cars concluded in the same lap. “We have Fast cars in the last sector, like Cadillacothers that are faster than us on the right, so it is about not making mistakes and exploiting the strategic opportunities that will present themselves, “continued Giovinazzi.” The temperatures will be critical, we have seen so far a great heat that could prevent the use of soft covers at nightand this is an important theme: they should keep themselves like this, the new medium tires could be too few “. The heat is one of the conditions that could put in difficulty the 499p, in the words of the drivers, but the temperatures in the race under lower expectations, while the risk of reviewing the rain that has considerably conditioned the last two editions seems more remote.
The maximum in qualifying
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Alessandro Pier Guidiauthor of the eleventh time in the first Hyperpole session with the car number 51, explained the reason for the not exceptional result: “The lap was discreetnot the best of my career but still good. Maybe there was a margin of one or two tenths, but not much more. We have lost something with the absence of a trail, but in general the maximum performance of the car was that “. Starting in the center of the group could be a problem, so it will be necessary to carefully face the first curve:” It is not the ideal situation, but it is the one in which we are. We will have to stay out of the problems, because to win a race you have to first conclude it. ” Antonio Fuocoauthor of the seventh time On car number 50, he reiterated the concept explained by his teammate: “I think it was a good qualification tour, not enough to fight for the pole but I think we got the best we could from the car”.
Think about the championship
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The pilots reiterated the need to reason even in the perspective of the world championship, where the two crews occupy the first and second position. Although the victory is obviously the main objective, it is however important to complete the race in a good position and collect the important points that the Mans offers, doubled compared to a six -hour race. The only member of the team absent from the meeting was Nicklas Nielsen, stopped by an indisposition In the last few days that has also forced him to skip the qualifying session, yielding the steering wheel to Miguel Molina. Just the Spaniard told how he hadn’t worked on the dry lap for some time: “It was since 2023 that I hadn’t tried a set of new tires with qualifying setups, I had to make some procedures that I had not been trying for some time but I managed to qualify in the top ten and this made me very happy”.
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