.Nico_Lapierre didn't expect Alpine to finish two laps behind Toyota in Fuji WEC, saying he was disappointed with the gap to the Japanese manufacturer.
Alpine’s grandfathered LMP1 car had taken a Balance of Performance hit, which led Negrao to conclude after Friday practice that the team had no hope of challenging Toyota and that third would be a satisfactory result in the circumstances.
“The result we expected, but it wasn’t the gap we expected - we’re a bit disappointed to be so far away,” Lapierre told Motorsport.com. “Two laps is quite a lot for a six-hour race. However, he said the real pace of both the Alpine and the Peugeot 9X8, which was delayed by oil leak issues on both cars, was more impressive than it appeared on paper.
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