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ALMS: Peugeot Confirms Two Cars for Petit Le Mans
Written by: SPEED Staff
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08/15/2008
Charlotte, NC
 
It's another classic battle of the fastest sportscar team in the world (Peugeot) versus the best team in the world (Audi) at Petit Le Mans this October. (Photo: Marshall Pruett) ยป More Photos


Peugeot Sport announced a two-car, six-driver lineup for the penultimate American Le Mans round, the ten hour Petit Le Mans held October 1st-4th. Team Director Michel Barge relished the challenge of taking on Audi in America for the second time in 2008. The two LMP1 titans went head-to-head at Sebring, with both teams suffering mechanical woes, handing the overall win to Porsche.

""Like any top sportsman who senses he or she has the ability, we are obviously disappointed to have so narrowly missed out on victory in June. Even so, we played a leading role in what proved to be a thrilling race and we can be proud of the tremendous, exemplary work our team has put in since the beginning of this project. Thanks to everyone's untiring efforts, we went to Le Mans this year with three cars which all had the necessary legs and reliability to contest what turned out to be a 24-hour sprint at full song. The performance potential of the 908 HDi FAP meant we were able to play several joker cards, but we ended up needing one too many! This year's winner emerged after a fierce battle between the two main players who both deserve respect for their efforts and encouragement for the future. We now have every intention of keeping up our effort in order to be in a position to top the podium in 2009."

The expense and effort to travel across
the Atlantic is being undertaken to get an early start on Peugeot's 2009 Le Mans bid. The team will utilize their strongest drivers from June's 24-hour race, with the #7 piloted by Marc Gene, Christian Klien, and Nicolas Minassian, and the #8 by Pedro Lamy, Stéphane Sarrazin, and Alexander Wurz.

Team Manager Serge Saulnier shared the team's method for selecting their Petit Le Mans lineup. "We have called on our core driver line-up for this race, but Marc, Christian, Pedro and Stéphane will be joined by Alexander and Christian. There are two reasons behind this decision: to begin with they are both available, while at the same time this race will give them a chance to gain extra experience of endurance racing."

"Nothing can replace actual competition," added Technical Director Bruno Famin. "As last June's Le Mans showed, it takes experience to take on a competitor that has the benefit of 10 years of this race behind it and which stays match fit by contesting 12 more races during the season compared with Peugeot, namely the ALMS in which it faces opponents like Porsche and Acura. Petit Le Mans is about traffic, safety car interventions and strategy, but it is above all 1,000 miles – or up to 10 hours – of fierce racing, which is sufficient to enable us to collect some very valuable data and information."
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