Peugeot slips in Bahrain

The French manufacturer took a first row in qualifying, then showed a promising pace at the start of the race... before being caught up by recurring reliability concerns.

Published on 16/11/2022 à 18:00

Valentin GLO

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Peugeot slips in Bahrain

Reliability after performance © Joao Filipe / DPPI

The Lion Peugeot don't roar yet. He coughs. In the Kingdom of the Two Seas, the two 9X8s once again demonstrated their limits in terms of reliability, the No. 93 of Paul di Resta, Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Éric Vergne capitulating just over two hours from the checkered flag due to of a gearbox problem. The weekend had started well for the Sochaux firm, conquering on Thursday with the best times in the first two Free Practice sessions. Peugeot even scored a double during the first driving session where Vergne was the fastest. Enough to allow the old pilot Toro Rosso to regain confidence after a very complicated stint in Fuji (Japan). “I didn't sleep well afterwards! It was the worst stint of my life, all categories combined, the worst hour and a half of my life, nous avouait le Français je

Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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