Alpine expects fuel mileage disadvantage for full WEC season

The French manufacturer claimed pole position for Sunday’s Portimao 8 Hours WEC round with its Alpine A480-Gibson grandfathered LMP1 car, but is facing the prospect of having to make at least one extra pitstop in the race. 
Signatech boss Philippe Sinault, whose team runs the Alpine WEC programme, had argued after the Spa series opener in May for a change to the Balance of Performance to …Keep reading