Peugeot returns to the WEC from 2022, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023

Many times announced, the return of an official sports program Peugeot en Endurance was made official on Wednesday November 13 at the beginning of the afternoon. The Lion brand will find the WEC, a category that she had hastily left a few days before the start of the 2012 season for budgetary reasons.

Proud to announce our participation in the world’s first endurance racing championship WEC from 2022 with a Hybrid Power Hypercar. Stay tuned, more to come at the beginning of 2020! @peugeotsport pic.twitter.com/u3KqDkKA0G

— Peugeot (@Peugeot) November 13, 2019

Since then, water has flowed under the bridges and the Executive Committee of the PSA Group has given the agreement to PSA Motorsport to relaunch the Endurance program from 2022. Peugeot Sport will therefore participate as soon as possible in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023, the WEC season now begins in summer.

More information concerning in particular the on-board technology and the structure of the commitment will be given from the beginning of 2020. It is already certain that the French prototype will follow the Hypercar regulations, and will recall the stylistic codes of production vehicles.

“I am very enthusiastic about the idea of ​​mobilizing the talents of my teams who are passionate about motorsport and I am convinced that they will once again be able to demonstrate their rage to win with this new challenge., indicates Jean-Marc Finot, Director of PSA Motorsport. 

The experts of our organization, enriched by their experiences in the FIA ​​championships, will continue to give the best of themselves to help the teams financed by the brands of our Group win. »

Jean Philippe Imparato, Director of the Peugeot brand, declares that « the Peugeot brand has always placed the passion for motorsport at the heart of its action with numerous victories in legendary championships. 

The evolution of the WEC today corresponds to the transition we are experiencing with the electrification of our range and the marketing of high-performance electrified products, prefigured by the Concept 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered and developed by PSA Motorsport. More than ever, the signature of the Peugeot brand -Motion and E-motion- resonates with these initiatives. »

Peugeot Sport has three successes in the Sarthe classic, acquired with two models: the 905 V10 in 1992 (Mark Blundell, Yannick Dalmas and Derek Warwick) and in 1993 (Christophe Bouchut, Geoff Brabham and Eric Hélary), then the 908 HDI in 2009 with David Brabham, Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz.