Le Mans: Kevin Estre admits pole lap nearly didn’t happen: “The car was almost out of fuel”

Kevinꦕ Estre: “It’s an indescribable feeling to be on pole at Le Mans. The team put a mega car on the♔ track for me”.

Kevin Estre Le Mans
Kevin Estre Le Mans

Kevin Estre was the star of the show during Hyperpole qualifying at Le Mans, putting his #6 Porsche on🦩 top in the dy꧃ing seconds.

The championship leader, along with Andre Lott🦂erer and Laurens Vanthoor, was outsid𓆏e the first two rows for much of the session.

Instead, it was Cadillac who was proving to be the car to beat in the hands of Sebastiꦐen Bourdais.

The home favourite was on provisional pole following the opening stint, and when Ferrari failed to out-perform the Cadillac driver, pole appeared to b𒁃e🍨 his.

However, Alex Lynn in the second Cadillac shocked Bourdais with a stunning♓ final seꦓctor, gaining over half a second to move onto provisional pole.

But the Brit was soon pushed down to second as Estre also delivered a bri🌳lli𒆙ant final sector to take over top spot.

“It’s an indescribable feeling to be on pole at Le Mans,” said Estre. “The team put a mega car on the tℱrack for me. Things got really stressful at the end.

♐“There was only just enough time on the﷽ clock for two hot laps and the car was almost out of fuel.

“But it was a lot of fu🔯n to drive the Porsche 963 with the tyres in the ideal operating window. I simply stayed on the gas and pulled off the lap.

“I’m so proud – of the pole and the amazing work from th♏e entire team over the past few months.

“Now, we get to st🦄art the biggest race in the world from the very front!”

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