Peugeot PX8: Pre Monza Debut
Peugeot is set to make its debut in the World Endurance Championship at Monza this July with its new 9X8. One of the major talking points of the 9X8 is its aerodynamics. The French car will run without a rear wing and still be competitive in the various temperature ranges, track conditions and even car conditions found in the WEC. Peugeot says it finalised the design of its car with non-downforce generating rear winglets to help trim the car for the different states. The surprise is that these winglets are fixed, and Peugeot has decided to have its single adjustable aero device at the front of the car.
According to the technical team, that combination opens up a wider window of adjustment for the car. ‘The classic way of doing it is that you can adjust your rear downforce, but the way we do it, you balance the front and the rear together,’ says Technical director Olivier Jansonnie. ‘This device’s purpose is to change the aero balance because you must adapt to different drivers, tracks and conditions. The idea is to increase the front and reduce the rear simultaneously, or vice versa.’ Peugeot cancelled its previous Le Mans 908 diesel programme in January 2012 due to financial constraints on the company. So it never competed in the World Endurance Championship round, which started that year. It, therefore, missed the experience of running the very high downforce hybrid cars, and this, says Jansonnie, is a loss to the team.
‘We had...
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