Peugeot says it's been disappointed by its LeMans24 speed after becoming the only major manufacturer to miss Hyperpole: WEC
Peugeot has admitted to disappointment with the rate of progress in the development of its 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar after failing to make it through to Hyperpole qualifying.Jean-Marc Finot, the French manufacturer’s motorsport boss, said that the in-house Peugeot Sport team was “improving but not by enough” after Mikkel Jensen and Loic Duval ended up outside the top eight cars that have gone through to final qualifying.
Jensen ended up tenth in Wednesday evening's qualifying session with a 3m27.546s, which was 2.3s off the pace of Antonio Fuoco’s Ferrari 499P at the top of the timesheets. Finot insisted that represented an improvement on Peugeot’s performance last time out in the WEC at Spa at the end of April. Jensen expressed happiness with his lap to make the top 10 because it was set on tyres that were past their best.
“On my best lap, I was impeded by a GT car at the Ford Chicane and a red flag came on my second best lap when I was one second from the finish line.
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