Pierre Sancinéna: “Quite quickly, my F1 dreams became dreams of the 24 Hours of Le Mans”

Not a bad car! Few people are lucky enough to have a Alpine, and even less with their name written on the bodywork!

This car brings back a very good memory. It will have been five years since I received it, since it was at the end of 2018, after the seasonAlpine Elf Europa Cup. It was the first year of the championship, and therefore of the return ofAlpine in customer competition. At the time I was racing GT3 and GT4 in different cuts. And when Alpine presented itself, I didn't hesitate for a single second, because the brand is close to my heart. My family comes from Dieppe, so I always heard about Jean Rédélé from my grandmother. In addition to that, I had been interning at Renault Sport three years ago, and was hired by Alpine as an aerodynamic engineer to work on the A110 and its derivatives (A110 R and A110S. Editor's note). I signed up as a private on theAlpine Cup, with the support of my partners, but with this emotional attachment on a personal and professional level. I immediately felt good in the car. The A110 Cup has the genes of the production car, but is nonetheless a real racing car. I had the impression of finding a car. I won the first races and took the first poles. I took a little lead, but finished the season champion with a small point lead. The competition was fierce with Nicolas Milan, Vincent Beltoise and Sylvain Noël. It was close, so there was a lot of emotion when it came time to win the championship. We knew that the winner's reward was an A110. It was great to be able to receive her. This same