IDEC SPORT will start from fourth position with the #18 car and seventh with the #28.
In the European Le Mans Series, Saturday means qualifying. Paul-Loup Chatin (#28) was behind the wheel for the 15-minute LMP2 session, while the young Mathys Jaubert took charge of the #18.
Since IDEC SPORT is located at the end of the pit lane, the engineers decided to wait for the other competitors to go out before releasing their two cars.
Running in second place for a long time, Mathys Jaubert eventually slipped to fourth — a result that satisfies the 20-year-old rookie :
Mathys Jaubert, IDEC SPORT driver #18 :
“Fourth place. I’m happy with this result. It puts us on the second row for the start, which is great. This is a tricky circuit with three very different sectors. The car is really well set up and I’ve got a good feeling. Jamie (Chadwick) will start, Dani (Juncadella) will take the second stint and I’ll finish, just like in Barcelona. We worked hard on race pace during practice. We might get a bit of rain tomorrow but either way, it’s going to be an exciting race.”
Paul-Loup Chatin, driver #28 :
“I think seventh on the grid doesn’t reflect our potential. There was room to push a bit more on the clock but I’m not worried about tomorrow. We’re in the game and the race is long. Paul knows how to handle traffic at the start and I know Job is very fast here. I’ll take over in the middle stint and try to give him the car in the best position possible. In any case, the team has done a fantastic job preparing the car. We’ll give it everything tomorrow.”
Nicolas Minassian, IDEC SPORT Team Principal:
“We can be satisfied with this qualifying session. The drivers gave good feedback on the cars. We’re starting fourth and seventh — of course, we always want more but we’re close to the fastest times. This is an extremely competitive championship. Everything comes down to small details. Maybe today we didn’t extract the maximum performance from the car, but we weren’t far off. The most important thing is to have a well-balanced car that suits all the drivers for the race. And that’s exactly what we have. I’m confident for tomorrow’s race.”
The 4 Hours of Le Castellet will start on Sunday, May 4 at noon. You can follow the race live and in full on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/live/UHyQLyiDnck?si=BY1OX6xPZ-qqMWej
