Peugeot “not going to Monza to be spectators” on 9X8’s WEC debut

Listen to this article The maiden WEC outing for the new car on July 10 will be much more than an “extra test”, according to Olivier Jansonnie, technical director of the 9X8 programme at Peugeot Sport. “We are not going to Monza to be spectators,” said Jansonnie on last week’s launch of the car in Portimao, at which the 9X8’s Monza debut was confirmed. “Whatever happens, we will play hard to try to win; probably we will not but at least we will have tried. “We will try as hard as we can to race, and racing means being competitive. For how long in the race, we don’t know, but we will try for sure.” Jansonnie stressed that Peugeot will be making its debut in Italy with “humility” when it goes up against Toyota, Glickenhaus and Alpine for the first time. “Clearly we are really modest, but we will push as hard as we can …

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