Ferrari drivers remain in the fight despite “very tough Hyperpole”

Although it wasn’t the Hyperpole session Ferrari wanted🌸, they remai🎶n in the fight at Le Mans after securing fourth and fifth.

Antonio Fuoco Le Mans
Antonio Fuoco Le Mans

Ferrari had an up-and-down Hyperpꦗole session at Le Mans as red flags caus🐬ed them a shot at pole position.

Antonio F♒uoco, Ferrari’s most prolific qualifier, was set to go onto provisional pole with under ten minutes to go.

However, red flags 🐷were brought out before he could finish his lap when the #15 BMW of Dries Vanthoor hit the barrier at Indianapolis.

With the best🙈 of his tyres gone, Fuoco t💃ried one more push lap but abandoned that attempt at turn two and three when he went wide.

“I🍬t was a very tough Hyperpole,” said Fuoco who finished P5 in the #50 Ferrari. “We did our best as a teamཧ to exploit the potential of our 499Ps.

“It appears that some competitors are overall stronger than us, but we know that the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a long race where various factors will play a crucial r🐟ole, including the experience we drivers and the entire team hav🍃e gained over the past few months.”

On the other side of the garage Alessandro Pier Guidi qualified fourth in the #51 Ferra🦩ri, but was also unable to match the likes ꦚof Cadillac and the #6 Porsche which secured pole in the hands of Kevin Estre.

🦋Guidi ♓said: “We knew we might struggle in Hyperpole in terms of performance compared to some competitors.

“We weren’t very lucky with the red flag, which affected our tyre preparation as we trie𓃲d to improve in the final phase. 

“Howeve🅺r, I think our goal was to qualify in the first two rows, to lower the risks at the start, and we achieved that.

“The race? I’m confid﷽ent and believe we can perform well, particularly as we can drꦯaw on the experience gained in 2023.

“I believe we have what it takes to perform﷽ ꦆwell in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.”

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