Alpine’s Oreca-built A480 is the last LMP1 design still racing in the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship against new-generation Le Mans Hypercars from Toyota, Glickenhaus and from next month’s Monza round, Peugeot.
Technical issues early in the race meant the car shared by Nicolas Lapierre, Andre Negrao and Matthieu Vaxiviere finished fifth and last among the five Hypercar entries at Le Mans, but it was clear from the outset the team lacked the performance to compete in any case.
