The Peugeot Sport department is following to the letter the market chart it set for itself at the end of 2019 after announcing the brand's return to endurance racing.
The manufacturer has announced that it will unveil its hybrid car on July 6 at 2:00 p.m. during an online presentation.
An expected date for French motorsport since the Lion had left the discipline precipitously in January 2012 due to poor financial results.
Ten years later, things have changed a lot for the French brand, which has recovered dramatically under the management of Carlos Tavares.
A great fan of motorsports and endurance in particular, the boss of Peugeot has bet on a return to a discipline that sees a new golden age with the announced returns of Porsche, Audi, BMW and Ferrari in the premier class. , in addition to Toyota, and perhaps Alpine if the firm from Dieppe continues the adventure.
"She's hot, that will make a difference"
Peugeot, which already has its seven titular drivers for its program (Paul Di Resta, Loïc Duval, Mikkel Jensen, Kevin Magnussen, Gustavo Menezes, Jean-Éric Vergne and James Rossiter as reserve driver) is on schedule to regain the competition during the year 2022.
In recent months, the manufacturer has already unveiled some images of its Hypercar to make its Peugeot fans wait.
After completing the assembly of the thermal engine block (V6 gasoline twin-turbo) which roared for the first time last April, Peugeot Sport will get to the heart of the matter with the first images of the car whose design could mark "
a a break with what we have seen in recent years in endurance,
”assures Olivier Jansonnie, the technical director of the endurance project.
“
We should be able to really identify a Peugeot, but the challenge is very interesting,
” continued the engineer.
"
She is hot, it will make a difference
", simply whispered a close friend of the team, very enthusiastic, without wanting to say more.
