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Alpine in its rightful place

The French clan's dream of surpassing Toyota for the return of the French brand to the premier category was quickly confronted with the realities of racing. Overwhelmed by the Japanese strength and weighed down by various errors, the A arrowed team had to fall back on a fight against Glickenhaus for the podium.

Published on 25/08/2021 à 10:16

Valentin GLO

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Alpine in its rightful place

Le clan Alpine had a dream before the departure of these 24 Hours of Le Mans : achieve a perfect race to defeat the ogre Toyota. The French brand thus hoped to reconnect with its illustrious past inEndurance and his only victory in the Le Mans classic in 1978, when Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud came to the end, like David against Goliath,

Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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