🗣️'We have to accept it and start from now working for next year.' It simply wasn't to be for followWRT at this year's LeMans24 ⬇️
WRT boss Vincent Vosse admitted he was"disappointed" with second in LMP2 at the Le Mans 24 Hours, having 'dreamed' of remedying Robert Kubica and Louis Deletraz's 2021 near miss.Kubica, Deletraz and Yi Yifei led onto the final lap in WRT's maiden attempt at the race two years ago, only to be foiled by a freak throttle sensor failure that caused their engine to shut down and meant they were not classified.
Vosse, whose WRT outfit will run BMW's World Endurance Championship programme next year, told Autosport that his disappointment at missing out on the victory was heightened by the previous misfortune suffered by Kubica and Deletraz. Podium LMP2: second place #41 Team WRT Oreca 07 - Gibson of Rui Andrade, Louis Deletraz, Robert Kubica"We have seen in Spa that they have been very strong in the last part of the race and it has also been the case here in Le Mans," he told Autosport."From one side of course being second I’m disappointed but it’s an important day for Polish motorsport as a Polish team and Polish driver won Le Mans so congratulations to them, they have been better, more clever than the others.
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