Peugeot 908 Le Mans Hdi
Peugeot Hires F1 Drivers for Le Mans
Aiming to Beat Audi
Peugeot announced today that it is adding a third car to its Le Mans 24 Hour programme with new drivers from F1, hoping to dart a closer hit to its archenemy Audi this time around. The new drivers in the team are Christian Klien (new BMW Sauber test driver and former F1 racer), Alex Wurz (Honda’s test driver), Frank Montagny (Toyota’s former tester), Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta. Christian Klien in particular is apparently the youngest in this ten-man team, and is thrilled in helping his ‘new’ team to achieve its goals.
Peugeot hopes this progress will help to form a more powerful endurance team, together with its existing great drivers like Marc Gene, Nicolas Minassian, Pedro Lamy, Stephane Sarrazin, and many more. The announcement comes today after three days of testing the car at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France. This news indeed has added zing to this year’s Le Mans Series, likely with some hot head-to-head competitions.
Peugeot hopes this progress will help to form a more powerful endurance team, together with its existing great drivers like Marc Gene, Nicolas Minassian, Pedro Lamy, Stephane Sarrazin, and many more. The announcement comes today after three days of testing the car at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France. This news indeed has added zing to this year’s Le Mans Series, likely with some hot head-to-head competitions.
Source: F1-Live.com
mymom1234
February 18, 2008 6:12:30 AM
whats the point for peugeot anyway? its not like they have any fast cars to begin with, and advertising for family hatchbacks with le mans wins is stupid.
Lenro9
February 18, 2008 9:22:55 AM
You dont now what you are talking about, they have the car and the engine to beat audi, they only short a good driver, it is going to be their year.
mymom1234
February 18, 2008 2:27:10 PM
you dont understand what i meant, audi has the r8 and they are advertising it with the wins at Le mans. Whats the point for Peugeot at winning? "hey look we won at le mans! Now buy our hatchbacks becuase of that!" oO
electra
February 18, 2008 8:30:54 AM
Peugeot should come back to WRC. Bring the glory era of Peugeot 206 back...
if they don't do the job hire me .