Engines. At 24 Hours of Le Mans the Lacorte accident is very expensive Sernagiotto’s team is now third in the World Cup standings
after the race
If eight hours seems short to you, think about what it can be like to retire from Le Mans after just seven hours of racing. This happened to Cetilar racing: Giorgio Sernagiotto’s fifth 24 Hours was over before it went live. The dream died out after the start had raised the hopes of the fans: despite an unfortunate rear-end collision immediately before the start, the # 47 Ferrari had also led the Gt Am classification. Now Cetilar is no longer driving the World Championship. “It was a strong disappointment difficult to swallow, sure. But not only this », Serna said yesterday, when the retirement had already arrived:« this 24 Hours of Le Mans also leaves the further awareness of being in a top team in a difficult class like the LMGT-AM. We are there, with the best. In tussle for the top step of the podium. It can go well, like in Spa and Portimao, and it can go wrong, like here at Le Mans. The important thing is to be there. And believe it all the way. All time”.
The retirement came after an off-road exit at Tertre Rouge when Lacorte was driving, who until then had been out of trouble except for a spin at the first chicane of the Hunaudières: the rain, which had begun to beat earlier. of departure, it was resumed and had transformed the track into a soap dish. Lacorte, in an attempt to keep the Porsche # 72 that competed in the Gt Pro behind, accused a contact. That made him go out of line, on the still wet asphalt. At that moment he could no longer keep his Ferrari 488 Gte evo under control, which ended up with the rear on the barriers. Lacorte tried to leave, but the damage was too much. The retirement hurts more thinking about how it all started, that is with the incredible double stint of Fuoco that had brought the Ferrari # 47 at the head of the Gt Am. The wheel was then passed to Lacorte, then back to Fuoco and then to Serna. The three had remained on the podium for a long time, until just before the accident. Things are now getting complicated also with regard to the World Championship, which no longer sees Cetilar’s Ferrari in the lead. After the 24 Hours the team is third in the Gt Am standings. The last two races will be held in Bahrain: October 30 will start with the 6 Hours, November 7 is the turn of the 8 Hours. –
Niccolò Budoia