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In Bahrain, scene of the final round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, PEUGEOT produced a video featuring Team Peugeot TotalEnergies driver Gustavo Menezes, using a stunt to present its new slogan, ‘Allure Born to Race’. High above Bahrain International Circuit, the American parachuted out of a Bahrain Ministry of Interior Police Aviation helicopter before landing on the track and driving away in PEUGEOT’s 9X8 Hypercar.

The 8 Hours of Bahrain was the last race of Team Peugeot TotalEnergies’ three-round 2022 programme ahead of its full assault on the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2023. Saturday’s race saw the #94 Peugeot 9X8 secure fourth place, while the #93 sister car posted the fastest race lap after earning a front-row start in qualifying! These encouraging results enabled the team to continue its apprenticeship of the series and collect valuable information that the drivers and technical squad plan to put to good use as they prepare for their next tests, beginning with Sunday’s FIA WEC Rookie Test. This annual session will see youngsters Maximilian Günther, Malthe Jakobsen and Yann Ehrlacher team up with regular drivers Mikkel Jensen and Nico Müller.

In addition to being the sixth and final round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 8 Hours of Bahrain in Sakhir is Team Peugeot TotalEnergies’ third official outing as its apprenticeship of the series continues. After topping free practice on Thursday, the #93 Peugeot 9X8 secured a front-row start in qualifying in the hands of Paul Di Resta, while Gustavo Menezes put the #94 sister car on the grid’s second row for Saturday’s race which kicks off at 2pm local time. The official Peugeot Sport YouTube channel will broadcast live coverage of the clash from onboard cameras fitted to the two 9X8s.

After Monza (Italy) in July and Fuji (Japan) in September, a mid-November trip to Sakhir in Bahrain is next on the agenda for Team Peugeot TotalEnergies. The race will be the French outfit’s third as it prepares for a full assault on the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023 – with a particular focus on the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 10-11. The objective for Saturday, November 12 is clear: a podium finish to conclude the 2022 FIA WEC.

Team Peugeot TotalEnergies has invited four drivers to try its PEUGEOT 9X8 during the FIA World Endurance Championship Rookie Test at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir on November 13, the day after the series’ 8 Hours of Bahrain season finale. The line-up is composed of a blend of youth and experience, with Germany’s Maximilian Günther (25 years old), Dane Malthe Jakobsen (19), Frenchman Yann Ehrlacher (26) and Stoffel Vandoorne from Belgium (30) all set to get behind the wheel of the brand’s pioneering hybrid Hypercar.

Nico Müller has been recruited by Team Peugeot TotalEnergies to work on the PEUGEOT 9X8’s test and development programme for the remainder of the year, before contesting the entire FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) in 2023, including next June’s centenary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Round 5 of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign in Japan saw Team Peugeot TotalEnergies achieve a double finish with its two 9X8 Hybrid Hypercars. The six-hour race marked another vital stage in the car’s development and confirmed the substantial progress the team has made since its maiden appearance at Monza two months ago.

Team Peugeot TotalEnergies is continuing its journey in the FIA World Endurance Championship during this weekend’s fifth round of the 2022 series at Fuji, Japan (September 10-11). In only their second competitive appearance, the two PEUGEOT 9X8 Hypercars enjoyed a positive and productive run through free practice and qualifying, with Jean-Éric Vergne and Loïc Duval respectively securing fourth and fifth positions on the grid for tomorrow’s six-hour race for the #93 and #94 cars.

After making its competitive debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship with the new PEUGEOT 9X8 on July 10 at Monza, Italy, the French outfit travels to Japan and the famous Fuji Speedway for a second six-hour showdown on September 11, with the #93 and #94 crews eager to continue their learning curve in racing conditions.

Peugeot Sport and renowned Italian racewear brand Sparco have renewed a partnership that stretches back for more than 30 years, thanks to PEUGEOT’s latest campaign on the World Endurance Championship, including the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours.

Team PEUGEOT TotalEnergies made its maiden appearance in the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) at today’s 6 Hours of Monza. The trip to Italy enabled it to harvest a significant amount of information as the team got to see how the PEUGEOT 9X8 performed in traffic and the afternoon’s extreme conditions. The steep learning curve will now continue with further private testing ahead of the next FIA WEC round, in Fuji, Japan, in September.

Team Peugeot TotalEnergies has joined the FIA World Endurance Championship this weekend at Italy’s famous Monza circuit – motorsport’s legendary ‘Temple of Speed’ – for the 6 Hours of Monza, Round 4 of the series’ 2022 campaign. The newly-formed Satory-based team has officially begun its racing programme with its two hybrid Hypercars – the #93 and #94 PEUGEOT 9X8s – and right on schedule.

Representing Team Peugeot TotalEnergies’ first appearance at this uniquely demanding circuit, this first direct comparison with its competitors and first experience of the championship, is nothing if not intense. Today’s qualifying session – a test of out-and-out raw speed – offered the first indication of how the PEUGEOT 9X8 shapes up against its rivals. Eagerly anticipated by all those involved in the pioneering project, this maiden on-track showdown marked an emotional moment for the entire team.

On July 10, 2022, Team Peugeot TotalEnergies’ two PEUGEOT 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar prototypes will make their official racing debut at Monza, Italy, in the fourth round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC). Building upon the success of its previous programmes with the 905 (1990>1993, powered by a V10 petrol engine) and 908 (2007>2011, powered by an HDI FAP diesel V12), PEUGEOT is making its grand return to endurance racing with a hybrid-powered car that embodies its electrification strategy. The whole team is looking forward to learning as much as possible from this first competitive outing.

The electrification of PEUGEOT’s model line-up is a core feature of its strategy as it bids to deliver carbon-free mobility within the shortest timeframe possible. But what connection does this have with the PEUGEOT 9X8’s upcoming race debut at the 6 Hours of Monza, Italy, on July 10? Simple: the brand’s involvement in the headlining Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) class of the FIA World Endurance Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours with its new, hybrid-powered Hypercar is making a real contribution to the acceleration of PEUGEOT’s progress in the realm of electrification technology. The introduction of the LMH class was central to the make’s decision to return to endurance racing.

• Team confirms Peugeot 9X8 crews for the car’s maiden WEC appearance at Monza, Italy
• A welcoming and entertaining fan experience at the 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours
• PEUGEOT takes centre stage at Le Mans’ Musée des 24 Heures museum during race week

Less than a year on from the presentation that publicly launched the concept behind the PEUGEOT 9X8, and just five months after the car’s maiden track test, Team Peugeot TotalEnergies today unveiled its exciting new endurance racing challenger at Portimão, in southern Portugal. The pioneering four wheel-drive, hybrid-electric Hypercar is poised to make its competitive debut in July at Round 4 of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) at Monza, Italy. For PEUGEOT, the countdown is well and truly on.

Peugeot Sport has signed a multi-year partnership with Marelli, a leading global automotive supplier with a long-standing and extensive expertise in the field of motorsports and high-performance technologies. This crucial technological partnership is based on the development of the most efficient electric solution to match the extreme performance requirements of the PEUGEOT 9X8 Hypercar hybrid powertrain system, that will compete from 2022 in the World Endurance Championship (WEC).

• Peugeot’s new Hypercar is the product of state-of-the-art software programs
• A disruptive concept validated and fine-tuned in the digital domain
• Overall performance simulated well before the car’s first laps on-track
• Ground-breaking approach saved vital time and optimised use of resources

Peugeot Sport has signed a multi-year partnership with the global leader in digital transformation Capgemini to provide the PEUGEOT 9X8’s FIA World Endurance Championship programme team with advanced digital tools. Peugeot Sport is poised to make its return to topflight endurance racing this summer and will capitalise on Capgemini’s data and AI applications expertise to take the performance of its revolutionary hybrid Hypercar forward, both in the simulator and on the racetrack. This new partnership also embodies the commitment of both companies to the energy transition.

Team PEUGEOT TotalEnergies’ PEUGEOT 9X8 Hybrid Hypercar will make its official racing debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) this summer, with two cars sporting race numbers 93 and 94. The end of winter and this spring have been dedicated to development work, with the team, drivers and car conducting simulations and tests ahead of the 9X8’s final homologation by the FIA, which will freeze its technical characteristics until 2025.