Peugeot feels it is now 'much more in the mix' following a more competitive outing in the WEC finale in Bahrain.
Olivier Jansonnie, technical director of the programme, believes that the pace in the opening stages of the eight-hour race before both cars hit problems proves the 9X8 was much more of a competitive proposition on its latest outing in the WEC.
"We were much more in the mix here in Bahrain, as we demonstrated during the early part of the race," he said following the third race start for the car after Monza in July and Fuji in September. "We were quite satisfied at the beginning. After two stints when we started having issues, so the pace doesn't say a lot anymore. But the first two stints were quite good in that respect."
The improvement for Peugeot last weekend followed a 12kg reduction in the minimum weight of the car under the Balance of Performance as well as a small power reduction for Toyota."It is probably something we need to work on, engineering-wise," he said.converted his front-row starting position into second position at the start in the #93 Peugeot and was never more than five seconds behind race leader Sebastien Buemi's Toyota GR010 HYBRID prior to the first round of pitstops.
He dropped to third position behind the second Toyota during the stops and was just over 20s in arrears of Buemi when the car stopped out on track with a gearshift issue shortly before the end of the second hour.Photo by: JEP /
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