Corvette wants a tenth victory at Le Mans

The tenth. An objective that many athletes set for themselves. In some disciplines, reaching it seems impossible. Yet, a few great ones. The greatest even have achieved it. Ask Rafael Nadal. Ask Marc Marquez… So why not Corvette?

The American manufacturer has very often shone in Le Mans. The classic Mancelle is successful for yellow cars, even if on several occasions, they made mistakes. In 2022, for example, the two C8s entered in GTE had to retire. One due to mechanical issues. The other because of an accident.

But achieving ten wins at Le Mans looks difficult for the American manufacturer. Already because TF Sport’s machines did not have good results in the first three rounds of the season (10th in Qatar by ten laps, 7th in Imola by two laps and 12th in Spa by one lap).

But Le Mans is the unavoidable event of the World Endurance Championship season. And some teams only focus on this deadline. Le Mans is the big event. It’s a very important race for us and for everyone. It’s the first time the Z06 GT3.R will race on the tracks of Le Mans. What’s good is that Rui, Tom, and I have already participated in the race. So I hope we will be performing well from the start in order to have more time to understand what this car needs,” analyzes Charlie Eastwood.

» It is the first time that we will face a low downforce track with long straight lines. We conducted numerous simulations and worked on the simulator to prepare good basic configurations for us, which will play a big role in helping us gain speed. We have to make the most of every minute spent on the track to obtain as much data as possible. We need to achieve a good result. We had some misfortunes in the last few races, so we are all very determined not to make any mistakes in order to finish the 24 Hours.