Philippe Sinault (Alpine A424) : "We are fortunate to have the support of Viry-Châtillon"

Ten years after Alpine's return to competition, is this the start of a new era?

In 2013, we convinced Alpine to return to racing, and we knew that such a brand only belongs in the premier class. Alpine never denies itself the dreams it aspires to, and neither do we at Signatech. We couldn't imagine what would happen next, but we had high hopes for it, and that ambition is about to become very real.

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Our ten-year adventure has resulted in European and world titles in several disciplines. More than ever, we are genuinely proud and pleased to represent Alpine at the pinnacle of Endurance racing and other collaborations with the A110 Cup, A110 GT4, A110 Rally and soon the A110 Pikes Peak. It has created a positive momentum around our projects and it offers fantastic prospects for the future.

How is Signatech preparing for its important role in the A424 development?

Before entering this new chapter, our mission was to get to grips with our transition season in LMP2 while planning our future in Hypercar. This year, we have changed dimensions because of the tremendously busy programme that awaits us between our racing commitments and the development of the A424 with the Alpine Racing teams beginning this summer.

We have recruited many talented people from different backgrounds, and we are fortunate to have the support of Viry-Châtillon with the wealth of experience of Bruno Famin, Christophe Chapelain and François Champod, to name just a few.

Is combining competition and development going to be a serious challenge?

We are racers first and foremost, and it was unthinkable for us to imagine the 24 Hours of Le Mans centenary edition without Alpine. We absolutely wanted to be competing as racing is in our genes and also the best way to prepare ourselves. Our teams will therefore be on both fronts, but we will be smart to work on the development car.

A massive amount of groundwork, anticipation and commitment from everyone has already been done for nearly a year. The support of Alpine Racing and Oreca will be invaluable in ensuring that we are in the best possible position and make this magnificent prototype further cement Alpine's place to the French and international motorsport zenith.

How do you analyse this centenary edition?

Our start to the week in Le Mans was difficult, but the real satisfaction came from showing our ability to react by being immediately on the pace at the start. We opted for a compromise as rain was likely, as fairly large deltas between the ambient and track temperatures. We did a good job anticipating this while adopting

an excellent strategy to find ourselves quickly with our two crews in the lead.

Neither of our cars escaped issues during the night, but our trios finished fourth and ninth. It shows that we can fight for the podium by remaining calm, composed, concentrated and motivated to seize any opportunity in this race where anything can happen. I'd also like to underline the solidarity between the drivers within the team in our difficulties, like when we all got together on Friday to pull together.

Lastly, it's been a fantastic event, with such a thrilling and indecisive finish that bodes well for the future, and we can't wait to join our future rivals in the premier category.