Peugeot: fourth 908 for Oreca

Peugeot has chosen Oreca to run the fourth Peugeot 24 HDi FAP during the next 908 Hours of Le Mans, while several teams were candidates.

Published on 17/12/2009 à 11:20

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La Peugeot 908 HDI FAP “private” will be entrusted to Oreca for next season, AUTOhebdo.fr can announce exclusively this Thursday morning. Several teams had applied to inherit Peugeot?s fourth car, including the Var team Oreca.

If Henri Pescarolo was a priority in the minds of Olivier Quesnel and the Peugeot Sport team a few weeks ago, the recent takeover of Pescarolo Sport by Oak Racing and the complicated situation of the Le Mans team did not help the project in any way. to come to fruition.

In recent weeks, Oreca was one of the favorites to inherit the fourth 908 HDi FAP. Confirming this thesis, driver Olivier Panis notably declared that he would continue in endurance in 2010 on the sole condition that the Var team inherits the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP.

Peugeot Sport has therefore chosen a guarantee of seriousness by opting for Oreca, a team which has demonstrated its know-how in the different disciplines of motorsport. Oreca's Peugeot 908 HDi FAP will be, like the petrol prototype, in Mondrian colors.