🗣️'We basically gave up with about 30 minutes to go because we had to hit a stupid number to make it. But we did!' A first FIAWEC win for CorvetteRacing since 2015 was achieved at Monza on Sunday after meeting an 'impossible' fuel mileage number ⬇️
Tandy’s C8.R was sitting second, just four seconds behind the #52 Ferrari 488 of Antonio Fuoco/Miguel Molina, with 40 minutes to go when he backed off to try and reach the checkered flag.allowing Corvette to score its first WEC triumph since conquering the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours by 19.
“We could see early on in the race that a podium was possible. But based on the pace of the Ferraris and them going a lap longer than us on at least one occasion while we were trying to save fuel… it looked like during the last run that second place was really going to be it.” “We had no idea really what cars could make it. I think there were four of the five cars that pitted under a safety car with basically three hours left, so it was going to be a stretch for all those cars to make it on two more stops. From then on it became a fuel mileage race.
“The good thing is that at the end, the track came to us and the tyres were definitely working really nicely toward the end of the race. The car had good pace and we could take a bit of margin down the straight and keep the speed in the corners to put the pressure on the Ferrari.
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