![]() The races are set to come thick and fast for a team that has been increasingly bolstered in recent months, with every single member of Team Peugeot TotalEnergies eager to either discover or rediscover the adrenaline of competition. It is now time for the testing and simulation work to make way for the real thing. Now, they are ready to see how they stack up in a competitive environment, up against other prototypes and other teams boasting more experience in the discipline. In the space of barely a year-and-a-half, a new car – the PEUGEOT 9X8 – and race team have been assembled at the same time as an exacting programme of preparation and rehearsals both at race tracks and in the workshop. While the ultimate objective remains the same – victory – this sporting programme is like none ever tackled before as it draws upon the most innovative working practices and tools in the brand’s history, representing a significant technological challenge and underscoring PEUGEOT’s commitment to energy transition. ![]() Peugeot Sport is ready to write a new chapter in its illustrious endurance racing story, following the previous successes of the 905 and 908. The #94, meanwhile, brings together James Rossiter, Gustavo Menezes and Loïc Duval, with Brice Gaillardon fulfilling the role of race engineer. Paul Di Resta, Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Eric Vergne will team up in the #93 entry, engineered by Gauthier Bouteiller. In the course of this test, an intensive 36-hour endurance run was completed, putting the team’s two race crews (drivers, engineers and mechanics) through their paces while fixing the race processes firmly in the minds of the women and men responsible for managing the two PEUGEOT 9X8s which will compete with the numbers #93 and #94. This was followed by one final physical track test at MotorLand Aragón in Spain, where the 9X8 clocked up its 15,000th kilometre of running, thereby achieving Team Peugeot TotalEnergies’ pre-Monza target. This has been split into two core phases: the first took the form of simulator sessions at PEUGEOT’s Satory base, near Paris, enabling the team to evaluate and finalise its energy-management mapping for Monza as the drivers got to grips – virtually – with the circuit’s unique characteristics and demands. In recent weeks, the team has been meticulously refining its road map. Over the past six months, Team Peugeot TotalEnergies has conducted an intense programme of tests at a variety of circuits across Europe in preparation for this first competitive appearance. A decade-and-a-half on, the iconic track will similarly provide the backdrop to the PEUGEOT 9X8’s racing bow, in the Le Mans Hypercar class of the 6 Hours of Monza on July 10, 2022. Italy’s famous Temple of Speed is where it all began for the PEUGEOT 908 back in April 2007, with a victorious debut in the headlining LMP1 category at the 1,000km of Monza. ![]() The whole team is looking forward to learning as much as possible from this first competitive outing.Ī LEGENDARY CIRCUIT TO MARK THE START OF A NEW CHAPTER Building upon the success of its previous programmes with the 905 (1990>1993, powered by a V10 petrol engine) and 908 (2007>2011, powered by an HDI FAP diesel V12), PEUGEOT is making its grand return to endurance racing with a hybrid-powered car that embodies its electrification strategy. On July 10, 2022, Team Peugeot TotalEnergies’ two PEUGEOT 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar prototypes will make their official racing debut at Monza, Italy, in the fourth round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC).
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