Lapierre: “We are in our place”

The qualifying session was shortened following the accident of Matthieu Lahaye on his No. 15 Oak Pescarolo Judd. Nevertheless, Nicolas lapierre had time to set the 4th fastest time in qualifying, allowing the Lapierre-Duval-Panis to start just behind the three Audi R18s.

« In terms of times, I think we are in our place » explains Nicolas Lapierre. “ I had a little traffic on my first lap; the second was rather satisfactory. We have made good progress in terms of development, even if we know that our margin is less since we are starting from a known base »

Nicolas Lapierre hopes to be able to achieve a good result tomorrow. “ We have a car that suits us, well balanced, and I think we can set a good pace in the race. We see, from the tests, that it will be necessary above all to avoid pitfalls. We will also have to be perfect in strategy, a pit stop here being very long »