The former Toro Rosso driver insisted that a finish in the top five in the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship is a realistic target for the French manufacturer, even though it ended up slowest in qualifying of the five major car makers racing in the Hypercar class at Le Mans.
“If we don’t have any technical issues and we don’t make any mistakes then a top-five is realistic,” he said.
“If that happens it will feel like a win - but it is a big if. We have to make a strong race with no mistakes and pray a little bit that things go our way.
“The most important thing is to finish and spend as little time as possible in the garage. We know that so much can happen in this race.”
Vergne, who shares the #93 9X8 with Paul di Resta and Mikkel Jensen, believes that Peugeot will be closer to the pace in the race than its qualifying performance suggests.
“From what we have seen our race pace looks much stronger than our qualifying pace,” he explained.
“The car feels good on a long run. Against the other cars we are not as far off as it looks.”
Source: Autosport