Le Mans: Kevin Estre: #6 Porsche “ran like a dream from the first lap” of test

Kevin Estre put his factory Porsche 963 c༒ar top of the stan🉐dings during the test at Le Mans.

Kevin Estre
Kevin Estre

After Ferrari’s brilliant victory in 2023, Porsche are looking to wrestle back top spot at Le Mans following a very impressive start to 2🍎024.

That impressive start continued during Sunday’s second day of testing ahead of this weekend, as Estre lai🐟d down a time of 03:🌼26.907s.

Only one other car got within half a second of Estre’s time and🧔 that was the #4 Porsche of Mathieu Jaminet, Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy.

Speaking after the test, Estre said: “Our car ran like a dream from the very first lap and I immed꧑iately had a great feeling.

“During the 🍨test day we made further progress as part 💛of the normal setup work.

“At the start of the second session, I got two clear laps in without slowe🐻r traffic and my lap times reflected this.

“We’re definitely in a better position compared to last yꦆear.”

Setting the #4 car’s fastest time was Jaminet, who finished two tenths down on Estre’s ti🌊me.

Jaminet said: “I only drove a few laps today, but it’s a great feeling to be back in Le Mans. We tried 🤪out many different vehicle setups and our lap times looked impressive.

“We made it into the top fo༒ur with all three cars. Let’s hope that we can be that far🔯 ahead in all of next week’s sessions.”

Making it ♏three factory Porsche’s in𓄧side the top four was the #5 car of Matt Campbell, Michael Christensen and Frederic Makowiecki.

While it was a busy test in 🐻t꧂erms of things to try, Christensen said everything they planned went smoothly.

“It feels great to be back driving on this very special Le Mans 🥂circuit at last,” said Christensen.

“The conditions were super todꦰay. Our car hand🐻led beautifully, and we managed to tick off almost everything on our test list.

“However, we still need to try out a few more things ꩲin the practice sessions at the start of the race week. The test day is always critical – for us drivers and the whole team.”

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