"It was pretty giant, the car is incredible."
Installed last Saturday in one of the many empty boxes - Covid-19 requires - overlooking the straight line of the Circuit de la Sarthe pits, Carlos Tavares has shining eyes.
The CEO of the PSA group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS and Opel), passionate about motor racing, completed, a few hours earlier, a lap on the 24 Hours of Le Mans route at the wheel of the Peugeot 908 which had triumphed in the legendary endurance race in 2009. While the 59 cars, the future winner Toyota in the lead, have just started their double clock, the one who brilliantly recovered the French manufacturer evokes for
Le Figaro
the reasons for Peugeot's return to endurance from 2022.
LE FIGARO.
- Why did Peugeot decide to return to endurance racing a decade after leaving it?
Carlos TAVARES.
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I came here to Le Mans a few years ago to explain to the FIA (International Automobile Federation) and to the ACO (Automobile
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