Alpine relishes a 'very important' win for its WEC title hopes against Toyota, as it expects to struggle on the Japanese manufacturer's home soil next time out:
Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Andre Negrao’s second win of the WEC season, following their victory in the Sebring season-opener, means they now lead the way by 10 points with just two rounds left this season at Fuji and Bahrain.It followed a disastrous Le Mans 24 Hours for the Signatech-run Alpine team, as its A480-Gibson grandfathered LMP1 car struggled for performance following a series of Balance of Performance changes and suffered reliability issues.
“It’s Toyota’s home soil so we will have to fight hard there. But the car is working well and the team is performing a great level and it’s a great challenge for us.”Alpine came through for the win at Monza after some tough battles with both Toyota crews, taking the lead following a penultimate-hour clash with the #7 GR010 Hybrid of Kamui Kobayashi.
“Luckily we still finished well and we didn’t have a problem with the car. It’s part of racing. At the end we like fair battles. That was a bit too far, but I still enjoy racing Toyota.”Despite another BoP adjustment in the lead-up to Monza that gave the Alpine an additional 11kW , the Gibson-engined car still struggled to match the heavier, more powerful Toyota LMHs on the straights at Monza.
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