Riding Shotgun with Paul Di Resta for His Slowest Le Mans Lap Ever

Riding shotgun with Paul di Resta for his slowest Le Mans lap ever

Di Resta has contested the 24 hours of Le Mans five times Peugeot’s WEC ace has only ever driven the Circuit de la Sarthe under race conditions – until now Having contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times, Paul di Resta has completed numerous laps of the Circuit de la Sarthe – but none quite like this. That’s apparent when he steers his Peugeot onto the 8.47-mile track’s long Mulsanne Straight and is confronted by an intimidating line of traf…

Di Resta Concedes Peugeot “Nowhere Near The Fight”

Photo: Fabrizio Boldoni/DPPI Paul di Resta has conceded that Peugeot is “nowhere near the fight” in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans following a disappointing first qualifying session for the French brand in which both of its 9X8s missed the cut for Hyperpole. Peugeot was the only manufacturer to fail to get at least one car in the top 15 in Wednesday’s first session, with Stoffel Vandoorne and Jean-Eric Vergne ending up 17th and 18th in the No. …