We didn’t really know what to expect. Valkyries deployed? Hypercars battling for points? Or a lack of reliability? In the end, none of that.<\/p>\n
Even though the Aston Martins remain among the slowest cars on the grid, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, they were perfect. Under regular conditions, the #009 was close to making it to the hyperpole. With the penalty for the Porsche #6, it was able to advance to the second part of qualifying.<\/p>\n
In the race, the pace wasn’t too present at the beginning. Just enough time to find their bearings since the two cars ran at very interesting times for a first in Sarthe. \u00ab You can really see the car progress since the start of the season \u00bb, noted Harry Tincknell before the race. He was right.<\/p>\n
Even in terms of reliability, the V12s performed perfectly. The full-scale tests as well as the 24 Hours of Daytona at the beginning of the year likely helped achieve such a result.<\/p>\n
The big positive side is that both cars were not dropped. They finished at a reasonable distance from the Ferrari #83: four laps for the #009 and six for the #007. Although one lap from the points zone, the two green cars produced an impressive result.<\/p>\n
Traditionally, the 24 Hours of Le Mans cause a lot of damage among the competitors. But this year, mechanical problems were rare, except for Cadillac. So for Aston Martin, delivering such a performance in another edition could work in their favor.<\/p>\n
With this performance, it’s a safe bet that the Valkyries could enter the top 10 by Bahrain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Both cars finished the race with a solid pace. They didn’t finish that far from the points zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":46139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1751,4],"tags":[20,70],"class_list":["post-32013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-wec","category-wec","tag-24h-du-mans","tag-aston-martin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n