Albuquerque: “The pressure is on Alpine »

Do you still believe in the title, despite the 30 points lead that Alpine in the Championship?

We will give everything. We were very unlucky at Le Mans. We didn't have the pace to win, but without any problems, we could have finished 3rd or 4th. This poor result was detrimental to us in the Championship... It's good to get back to winning ways here. The pressure is on Alpine, they must finish all the races or risk seeing their lead greatly reduced.

How did you react when Audi announced that it would not enter a third car in the 24 Hours of Le Mans ?

Obviously, it wasn't easy to swallow, especially since I had already started testing with the new car. Afterwards, two solutions present themselves to you. Either you decide to languish, or you study the options for the following months…

After your performance at Le Mans last year, you must still be hungry...

You need to be in the right place at the right time. In LMP2 and LMP1, I haven't been very lucky so far. In 2014, for my first participation at Le Mans, we were 2nd... and I didn't even get behind the wheel...

Discover the full interview with Filipe Albuquerque and the analysis of the 6 Hours of Mexico carried out by our special correspondent in issue 2079 of AUTOhebdo, available now in digital version on all platforms and on kiosks.