Milesi “Gutted” to Miss Out on Win After Alpine’s “Strong Pace”
Photo: Charly López/DPPI Alpine driver Charles Milesi said he was “gutted” to miss out on Lone Star Le Mans glory, revealing a “big chunk of marbles” got stuck under the car and cost him when battling the victorious Ferrari. The No. 35 Alpine A424 Milesi shared with Ferdinand Habsburg and Antonio Felix da Costa was a frontrunner throughout the FIA World Endurance Championship contest at the Circuit of The Americas but ultimately had to settle for third place . Milesi had been running second behind the No. 7 Toyota TR010 Hybrid — which retired from the race in the final minutes with hydraulics woes — when the race resumed after a safety car period with 45 minutes remaining. But he lost the place to the No. 50 Ferrari 499P of Nicklas Nielsen at Turn 8 in the closing stages when contending with both the discarded tire rubber and LMGT3 traffic. A five-second penalty for an unsafe release from its pit box then meant the Alpine trio slipped behind the No. 38 Her...