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When two tribes go to war, one is all you can score.............................. Well they finally did it, Peugeot won the Big One. The 2009 24 Heures du Mans. The Lion has roared. The number 9 Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP driven by Alexander Wurz, Marc Gene and David Brabham covered 382 laps of the 13.629 kilometre circuit, 5206 kliks in total or 3,235 miles
We'd like to congratulate the four class winners from the 2009 12 hours of Sebring, no doubt one of the most grueling motorsports challenges on the planet. First in the P1-class went to the number 2 Audi driven by the all-star cast of McNish, Kristensen and Capello, in what must be a dream debut for the R15. The lone surviving P2 finisher was the
The ACO released the provisional entry list for the 2009 24 Heures du Mans this morning. The ACO choose which entries to accept, based, mainly upon performances in the previous 24 Hour races, European and American Le Mans. 82 entries were received for 55 places. The full list is available here , but I’ll just highlight a few of the cars to look
What does the expression Hybrid conjour up when applied to cars...........politically correct, save the whales, eat Muesli etc. etc. Well with typical French style or elan as they would say Peugeot have blown that cliche wide open At Silverstone last evening they unveiled their take on "le concept Hybrid".........combining the stunning 908
Yum yum yum. Took a trip out to my local car book/model/collectables shop Wilkensen's Automobilia to drop off some Speedhunters flyers and look what I came home with... mmm mmm mmmm.... It spoke to me. Told me that I must bring it home. This is a 1/18 scale model of the 1993 Le Mans winning Peugueot 905 as driven by Christophe Bouchut, Eric Helary
The 76th Le Mans 24 Hours came to a dramatic finish, with a victory by Audi with Allan McNish, Rinaldo Capello and Tom Kristensen from the Peugeot of Marc Gene, Nicolas Minassian and Jacques Villeneuve. It marks the eighth wn (yes, EIGHT!!!) for Tom and the second win for Allan. I'm so pleased for Allan, one of the nicest guys around and he's
You will know from the numerous posts on Speedhunters, Le Mans is currently taking place. The race started at 3pm local time with Peugeot leading from the pole. As we enter the 14th hour, it starts raining earlier than planned. Jacques Villenueve (7) leads with the No2 Audi in second. Its not been plain sailing for the Peugeot though. Around the 2 hour
Thursday Thursday night was eventful at La Sarthe. Red flags and an extended session made the first part of final qualifying exciting. As mid-night approached, most of the teams went for race set ups, but it gave the opportunity for the Charouz Lola Aston Martin move up the grid while the big boys were not watching. Peuegot lock the front of the grid
As its Le Mans week on Speedhunters, we will be bringing you a daily update until after the race, filled with photos from our man at the track, John Brooks. Night qualifying Wednesday night saw two qualifying sessions in the evening. The top three places in LMP1 were filled by Peugeot, followed by three Audis. Pescarolo was next followed by the Dome
The Le Mans 24 hours takes place this weekend in central France. In the first of three posts, we will go through the different cars of Le Mans, with the aid of the excellent photography of John Brooks. There are two styles of car at Le Mans, each with two classes. At the front of the grid are Le Mans Prototypes (LMP), followed by GT's which are