The French agency revealed the daring color scheme that may adorn each of its entries for the World Endurance Championship centrepiece on Monday on the Milan Design Week occasion.
Spanish artist J.Demsky produced the design, which attracts inspiration from the double Le Mans-winning Peugeot 905 of the early Nineties with its selection of colors.
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Peugeot design director Matthias Hossann commented: “The Peugeot 905 is an icon of the 90s whose vitality and creativity we wished to have a good time. J. Demsky shares this ardour and this inspiration.
“The graphic energy of his artwork, referenced however ultra-modern, transports the Peugeot 9X8 right into a universe that mixes avenue artwork and expertise.
“It is a veritable creative efficiency to have a good time each automotive design and the a hundredth anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.”
Peugeot 9×8 24h Le Mans livery
Picture by: Peugeot Sport
The particular livery will substitute the usual, predominantly gray design utilized by Peugeot for the common WEC marketing campaign.
Paul di Resta, Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Eric Vergne will pilot the #93 9X8 for the marque’s first assault on La Sarthe since 2011, whereas Loic Duval, Gustavo Menezes and Nico Muller share the sister #94 machine.
Peugeot has endured a troublesome begin to its first full WEC season following a partial season entry final yr. After gearbox issues induced lengthy delays for each vehicles at Sebring, Duval, Menezes and Muller picked up the crew’s greatest results of fifth in final weekend’s second spherical at Portimao.
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Their #94 machine suffered a failure of one of many FIA sensors within the closing phases of the race, which meant it needed to cut back energy and subsequently tempo to remain throughout the prescribed torque curve laid down within the Steadiness of Efficiency.
The #93 crew was delayed by a hydraulic leak found simply earlier than the inexperienced flag which pressured a change of energy steering, and restricted it to ending seventh.
Peugeot sits fifth within the Hypercar producers’ standings, solely forward of minnows Vanwall and Glickenhaus.