The Ras-le-Bop ofAlpine at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

This disappointing race is only the sad epilogue of a series which began on the Test Day (Sunday June 5) where theAlpine A480 was found to suffer from a glaring top speed deficit compared to Toyota and Glickenhaus. The first free practice sessions confirmed this with a gap greater than 2” over the other cars in the Hypercar category despite a good balance – aero and mechanical – confirmed by the best time in the third sector, the slowest and most technical on the circuit. The French team then considered it legitimate to put together a file in order to ask the legislators of the FIA ​​and the ACO for a readjustment of the BoP (Balance of Performance). Besides the argument of an equivalence of chances between the cars, the safety aspect