
World Endurance Championship competitors aren’t normally allowed to talk about the Balance of Performance, which aims at creating a level playing field, but ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Peugeot Hypercar squad is having a hard time thinking of anything else.
“It's got your hands tied, and you're handcuffed” is the way Paul di Resta sees things after his team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne qualified the #93 Peugeot in 18th for the French classic, out of 20 Hypercar entrants – right behind the sister #94 car, and more than two-seconds-and-a-half away from the fastest time.