Another poor weekend for Team Peugeot TotalEnergies

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Sep 9

Another poor weekend for Team Peugeot TotalEnergies at Lone Star Le Mans with only one car ending twelve behind privateer teams! The Peugeot Sport endurance team ambitions are now to get into the top ten and then set their sights on the top five.

No Peugeot 9X8 qualified for Hyperpole

Mikkel Jensen qualified eleventh with #93 Peugeot 9X8 while teammate Paul di Resta ended the qualifying session in P15 with sister car #94. No Peugeot 9X8 qualified for Hyperpole!

One Peugeot 9X8 ending P12

Despite to the race by Nico Müller with #93 PEUGEOT 9X8 made a brilliant start moving up five places in the early stages and then remained in the top ten during his double stint. His teammates Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Eric Vergne lost ground bue to a lack of pace ending 12th after six hours of racing.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Lone Star Le Mans. Nico Müller, Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Eric Vergne with #93 PEUGEOT 9X8.

Nico Müller (#93 PEUGEOT 9X8): “It was a difficult race for us in terms of outright pace, especially when it was very hot. We were a bit better in the closing stages, but we lacked performance.” Source: Peugeot Sport.

Peugeot 9X8 DNF

Team Peugeot TotalEnergies spent most of the race with just one car, since the #94 fell out of contention very quickly after a collision at the start and a puncture on the rear left-hand tyre, before being handed a drive-through penalty midway through the race. The hybrid system then packed up with two hours to go, resulting in the first retirement of a 2024 version PEUGEOT 9X8 this season.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Lone Star Le Mans. Stoffel Vandoorne, Paul di Resta and Loïc Duval with #94 Peugeot 9X8.

Stoffel Vandoorne (#94 PEUGEOT 9X8): “We had a tough start with a collision on the first lap and then a puncture on the rear left-hand tyre. We made a few mistakes on tyre choice for my first stint. It was better on my second stint but we were a long way back by then. It was a disappointing weekend; we were never really in the fight.” Source: Peugeot Sport.