Peugeot sharpens its claws

The French manufacturer did not follow the same path as the other teams to reach Japanese soil. While most of those involved in WEC put the cars in a container the same evening of the 6 Hours of Monza (July 10) to head for the land of the Rising Sun after a detour via Antwerp (Belgium), the two examples of the 9X8 headed to the workshops of Versailles Satory (Yvelines). “In fact, we have part of our material that was sent by sea freight directly after Monza, explains Olivier Jansonnie, technical director of the WEC program. This year, we have chosen to send the cars by air freight. We are not the only ones doing this, but it