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Peugeot at Le Mans, any drivers known ?

A very strong rumour says that Sebastien Bourdais is one of the driver. He will drive the 908 at the Le Mans 24 Hours race.

The announcement of all the drivers will be made in December (or maybe at the beginning of January).

Some other rumours : Dindo Capello, Jean Alesi, Olivier Panis, Nic Minassian, Guy Smith, Sarrazin, Oliver Gavin, Pedro De la Rosa and some others.

The rumour about Dindo Capello is almost as strong as the rumour about Bourdais. As for the others, it's quite speculation yet.
 
About Guy Smith nothing new.
But something new today: according to Dailysportscar, Panis won't be with Peugeot.

I don't know why but I have the feeling that we are very close to the official announcement (I hope!).
 
That doesn't surprise me if Olivier won't run with the 908 next year :rolleyes:


But if I learn Sebastien(Bourdais)won't be part of the team neither, I'll be more than shocked(heart attack) :eek: :s
 
New rumour today from someone posting on the Endurance-info forum (but I don't know how reliable he is). The drivers will be announced after January the 20th according to what he heard.
If it 's true, maybe we could have some surprises.
 
Yes long time to wait !
Seems strange to me. Something is happening with the drivers.
Maybe they try to sign one of them and it's more difficult than expected I don't know.
Anyway this issue is important and comlicated. So we can understand it takes time.
On the other hand, maybe everything is already decided and signed and they just don't want to reveal the names before the end of January from a marketing point of view.
 
Could be a good idea to go with one or two out of Alesi/Panis/De la Rosa, bit of experience there to help nurture the new car and other drivers.
 
viper_man said:
Could be a good idea to go with one or two out of Alesi/Panis/De la Rosa, bit of experience there to help nurture the new car and other drivers.
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Makes sense indeed. Maybe De la Rosa then because it's quite obvious now that Alesi and Panis won't drive the 908 next year.
The huge experience of the Spanish as test driver in a top team as Mc Laren maybe helpful.
 
Regarding De La Rosa, it will depend on Mc Laren decision.
Will the F1 team allow him to sign with Peugeot too?
He has already signed a new contract with Mc Laren as test driver for 2007.
 
We will have to wait until January the 10th or January the 11th to see the first shakedown of the car.
It's a longer time to wait than I expected and not a good news. They initialy wanted the car on track on December the 10th.
That confirms that 2007 will be a tough time for them: the unescapable learning time.

This news is quite important I think. That could mean that Audi is one step closer to an another win in June.

Sorry it's in French :
http://www.lemans.maville.com/actu/re/actudet/actu_spo-355779_.html

By the way there is a big mistake in this article: they speak about ALMS but we have to read LMS.
 
alleskids said:
Does anyoi=one know when will Peugeot Sport announce their drivers for the LMS and ofcours Le Mans ?
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Apparently Peugeot will announce their lineup in mid January. What's sure is that Eric Hélary, 1993 Le Mans winner, has been confirmed as a test driver.

cheers,
 
According to someone posting on the Endurance-info forum, all Peugeot drivers will drive exclusively with Peugeot in 2007: no other programmes for them in a major championship.
If he tells the truth (I am not 100 % sure about that) that would unfortunetly mean : no Bourdais at Peugeot !!! :(
Pity if it's true because Bourdais wanted to drive the 908. I don't know what happened.

Otherwise, according to L'Equipe newspaper, Peugeot will reveal their line-up on January the 10th or the 11th (at the time of the first shakedown of the car).
 
1LM1 said:
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Otherwise, according to L'Equipe newspaper, Peugeot will reveal their line-up on January the 10th or the 11th (at the time of the first shakedown of the car).
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It's still better than after 20th january ;)
 
eloyf1 said:
I think the drivers would be taken from Pescarolo: Comas, Ayari, Collard...
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As far as I know, it won't happen.

Collard continues with Porsche (and Pescarolo). I think Peugeot was seriously considering him as an option but now it's over.
As for the others, Peugeot said that they will choose their drivers according to 3 criteria: the speed, the reliability and the team spirit. Moreover, they want young drivers.

Ayari continues with Oreca I think and Peugeot consider that other drivers meet the 3 criteria better than him.
As for Comas, it's more or less the same and he is not anymore the younger driver on the market.


My guess is that Peugeot want Nic Minassian.
 
1LM1 said:
As far as I know, it won't happen.

Collard continues with Porsche (and Pescarolo). I think Peugeot was seriously considering him as an option but now it's over.
As for the others, Peugeot said that they will choose their drivers according to 3 criteria: the speed, the reliability and the team spirit. Moreover, they want young drivers.

Ayari continues with Oreca I think and Peugeot consider that other drivers meet the 3 criteria better than him.
As for Comas, it's more or less the same and he is not anymore the younger driver on the market.


My guess is that Peugeot want Nic Minassian.
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Collard not, but the others, I'm sure...
 
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