Peugeot to run 12 Hours of Sebring with diesel-powered 908 HDi
When the American Le Mans Series held their winter test session at Sebring a couple of weeks ago, Peugeot dropped by with their diesel-powered 908 coupe. For their first visit they did pretty well, beating the more experienced Audi R10s by eight-tenths of a second. In the hands of Stéphane Sarrazin the Peugeot also beat the previous lap record - set by the Audi during qualifying for last year's race - by more than two seconds.
Peugeot announced on Friday that they will return to Sebring March 12-15 for this year's running of the 12 Hour race. The ALMS season opener will kick off the tenth season for the series. The addition of the Peugeot will mean three diesel-powered LMP1 cars at Sebring. With their ultimate goal being victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans at this time, it's unknown if Peugeot will run any other races in North America this year. Hopefully they will decide to stick around for a full season of fun, or at least turn up for the Detroit Grand Prix on Labor Day weekend.
[Source: American Le Mans Series]
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ale 10:22PM (2/17/2008)
Even though, the Detroit Grand Prix would be nice for them to come, why would Peugeot participate near Detroit? They haven't sold a car here for years, unfortunately...:[
But Amen to diesel! [Although I will stay true to my Audi team]
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