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Peugeot: WEC podium target still “difficult” despite Le Mans progress

Last month’s double-points round of the WEC at Le Mans was described as “a turning point” for the Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar programme by its technical director Olivier Jansonnie straight after the race.

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Peugeot: WEC podium target still “difficult”

Last month’s double-points round of the WEC at Le Mans was described as “a turning point” for the Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar programme by its technical director, Olivier Jansonnie, straight after the race.

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Portland’s extreme pack racing divides Formula E driver opinion

Portland’s atypical track layout, featuring mostly fast corners and few heavy braking zones, meant drivers faced tight energy-saving requirements, effectively forcing them to circulate far off their real pace in the first two-thirds of the race before upping the pace.

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Peugeot's Le Mans performance a "turning point" for 9X8 programme

Olivier Jansonnie, technical director at Peugeot Sport, made the claim after the best of its 9X8s led the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on four separate occasions and was running among the frontrunners until the 12th hour of the race.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Ferrari leads Toyota, disaster for Peugeot at halfway

Ferrari’s James Calado led Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi by 4s at the 12-hour mark, as the race enjoyed its most settled phase since the wild opening and jaw-dropping drama of the subsequent hours.

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Le Mans 24h, H12: Ferrari leads Toyota, disaster for Peugeot

Ferrari’s James Calado led Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi by 4s at the 12-hour mark, as the race enjoyed its most settled phase since the wild opening and jaw-dropping drama of the subsequent hours.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Peugeot leads, Ferrari spins, #7 Toyota out in hour 9

Nico Muller led the race at the nine-hour mark in the #94 Peugeot 9X8, ahead of Ryo Hirakawa in the #8 Toyota GR010, Alex Lynn’s Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R and the Ferraris of polewinner Antonio Fuoco and Alessandro Pier Guidi.

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Le Mans 24h, H9: Peugeot leads, Ferrari spins, #7 Toyota out

Nico Muller led the race at the nine-hour mark in the #94 Peugeot 9X8, ahead of Ryo Hirakawa in the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID, Alex Lynn’s Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R and the Ferrari 499Ps of polewinner Antonio Fuoco and Alessandro Pier Guidi.

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Ferrari's Pier Guidi spins out of Le Mans 24 Hours lead, #7 Toyota taken out

The #51 Ferrari 499P was holding a comfortable lead of some 47 seconds at the head of the field over the Peugeot of Nico Muller when Pier Guidi lost control heading into the first chicane on the Mulsanne straight.

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Ferrari spins out of Le Mans lead as Toyota loses a car

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Peugeot sign Jakobsen to WEC Le Mans Hypercar roster

The 19-year-old Dane has been brought into the French manufacturer’s line-up after a try-out in one of the Peugeot 9X8s at last year’s official WEC rookie test in Bahrain.

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Peugeot signs rising star Jakobsen as WEC junior driver

The 19-year-old Dane has been brought into the French manufacturer’s line-up after a try-out in one of the Peugeot 9X8s at last year’s official WEC rookie test in Bahrain.

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How Abt was given new hope after its shock Formula E Berlin qualifying result

The unpredictability of sport is what keeps fans coming back for more. And while the race results from the recent Formula E double-header in Berlin followed a somewhat familiar pattern, with New Zealanders Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy taking the spoils for Jaguar and Envision Racing respectively, qualifying saw what…

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New WEC procedures to prevent long repairs for sensor failures

They were agreed between rule makers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, and the manufacturers on Wednesday afternoon ahead of the start of practice on Thursday for this weekend’s Spa round of the championship.

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New procedures to prevent Hypercar crews losing time repairing WEC sensor failures

They were agreed between rule makers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and the manufacturers on Wednesday afternoon ahead of the start of practice on Thursday for this weekend’s Spa round of the championship.

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Muller: Ninth in Berlin race the maximum after qualifying shock

The Abt Cupra squad has endured a difficult start to the season with the new-for-2023 Gen`3 machines having decided relatively late to return to the championship after a year away.

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Muller: Ninth in Formula E Berlin race the maximum after qualifying shock

The Abt Cupra squad has endured a difficult start to the season with the new-for-2023 Gen`3 machines having decided relatively late to return to the championship after a year away.

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Berlin E-Prix: Abt takes shock front-row lockout as Frijns grabs pole

Both drivers have yet to score points this season but sensationally reached the final part of qualifying for the team’s home event in wet but gradually improving conditions.

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Berlin E-Prix: Evans sets the pace in damp FP3

The Jaguar driver, who won yesterday’s race at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit to make it back-to-back Formula E victories, moved to the top of the times with his final effort.

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Peugeot reveals special livery for Le Mans 24 Hours

The French firm revealed the bold colour scheme that will adorn both of its entries for the World Endurance Championship centrepiece on Monday at the Milan Design Week event.

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Mahindra explains suspension issues which caused Cape Town Formula E withdrawal

The Indian manufacturer was forced to withdraw Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Rowland in South Africa, as well as the customer Abt cars of Nico Muller and Kelvin van der Linde due to the issue.

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Frijns makes Formula E comeback with Abt after breaking wrist

The two-time FE race winner broke his left wrist after clouting the back of Norman Nato's Nissan on the opening lap of the season-opening Mexico City E-Prix and was replaced by Abt reserve driver Kelvin van der Linde for the Diriyah double-header and Hyderabad round.

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Frijns makes Formula E comeback with Abt after Sebring race return

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How Toyota's new WEC challengers are shaping up

Toyota is set to face its sternest test in the World Endurance Championship this year since the Hypercar class replaced LMP1 in 2021.

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Team Rosberg withdraws from DTM ahead of 2023 season

Three-time DTM title-winning squad Team Rosberg will not enter the series this year after it was unable to gain sufficient financial backing to be competitive by the registration deadline.

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