Henri Pescarolo: “A dream day”

If it has a track record that would make more than one opponent pale (two LMS titles and three podiums at Le Mans), Henri Pescarolo's team had not raced on the big Le Mans circuit since 2009, having been put on vacation. forced last year. The performance achieved during the test day last Sunday, where the No. 16 of the Collard-Jousse-Tinseau trio finished first gasoline prototype, is therefore to be welcomed.

“We had a dream day, underlines the boss of Pescarolo Team Autovision. The weather was ideal and Claude Galopin (Technical Director, editor's note), had plenty of time to define an optimum aerodynamic balance to adapt our Pescarolo-Judd to the specificity of the 24 Hours circuit. In addition, we demonstrated the reliability of our car, these 8 hours of testing coming in addition to the 9 hours carried out on the Paul Ricard circuit. »

The fact remains that the Pescarolo Judd in Autovision colors, 8th, is nine seconds behind the best time. For Henri, the equivalence is therefore still not good. “The demonstration is obvious” he concluded.

Next meeting, the 1000 km of Spa on May 7 where the objective will be to defend the leading position in Le Mans Series.

Discover in your AUTOhebdo magazine the column “In the footsteps of Pesca”, included in an 18-page analysis file on the test day of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.