Andre Lotterer, along with teammates Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor are leading the World Endurance championship heading into Le Mans this weekend.

Victorious at the season-opener in Qatar, Lotterer, Estrꦦe and Vanthoor then secured second placeཧ finishes at Imola and Spa-Francorchamps.

“The start of the season has been very hopeful and the momentum is good,” Lotterer told . “The way I’m🐓 working with my teammates and the engineers is very efficient, v✨ery positive. Things are obviously much better than last year.

“You obviously need performance at Le Mans and we don’t know how everyone ܫelse is g꧙oing to be, but within the team we have reached a level where we can optimize things almost to the maximum.

“It’s not even comparable to last year. We nailed the set-up at Qatar,♌ Imola and Spa and I think we have all the elements to do the same here.”

One of the favourites to win t♍his weekend’s 92nd running of the Le Mans 24h event, Lotterer would take his tally to four wins at the Circuit de la Sarthe if he clinches victory.

For that to happen a fast car and reliabilit💛y will need to be very good, but in terms of motivation, nothing is lacking for the German🔴 driver.

“Motivation-wise, the passion is there,” added Lotterer. “The cars are different to drive [to LMP1], more like GT cars, so Kevin and Laurens maybe feel a🦋 bꦏit more at home than me.

“There’s a♑ trend of the guys coming from GT taking more risks, pushing more. That’s different from the꧙ past. We are also pushing a lot of course, but I feel like the risks used to be slightly more calculated.

“You see guys taking more 𒁏risks now, so maybe there’s a generation gap there, a diff📖erent style. Sometimes I am a bit surprised by it.

“I was more at home in LMP1. But I still enjoy it a lot and I want to push. They are different cars to drive, but you have to adapt and do your b𝔍est.”