| I went to Toyota and joined my friend André de Cortanze with whom I had already worked at Peugeot and with whom I would collaborate at Pescarolo Sport. Once again, Toyota had no luck! My teammates and I were in a good position, in the lead up until Martin Brundle had an incident and 'cut' the car in two in front of the pits. So all hope went to the #29 driver line-up (Thierry Boutsen, Ralf Kelleners and Geoff Lees, Ed.), but though their were in the lead a few hours from the finish, the car was forced to retire (broken gearbox, Ed.). It was tragic, like 2016! There are two marques who have really been unlucky at Le Mans: Mercedes (en 1999, Ed.) and Toyota. Last year, I was truly disappointed for them, for Oreca, the mechanics and Hugues (De Chaunac, Ed.) especially. Things like that just can't happen in the last lap. |
