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2009 Peugeot Winners Hit Goodwood Review

June 2009
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The awesome 5.5-litre V12 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 2009 Le Mans winning car is to be on show in the paddock and also campaigned up the famous 1.16 mile Goodwood Hill at this years Festival of Speed. Just weeks after its victory at Le Mans, the No.9 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, which covered 3,234.85 miles in 24 hours, is being re-united with its three drivers " Marc Gené, David Brabham and Alex Wurz. Also, local resident to Goodwood, Nicolas Minassian, who achieved an average 149mph with the fastest lap at Le Mans, will also attend the Festival of Speed over the weekend.

Another successful Peugeot car at the Festival of Speed includes the IRC championship-leading 207 S2000 (the winner in Brazil, the Azores and the Belgian Ypres IRC rally) will be on both the Goodwood Hill and rally section with Peugeot UK sponsored Kris Meeke supporting the Richard Burns Foundation.

Also, the only surviving Peugeot 601 Eclipse " the fourth of eight in a lineage pioneering metal folding roof designs that includes the current 207 CC and new 308 CC " is being displayed in the Cartier Style et Luxe which illustrates the history of exceptional automobile design, and is situated on the private lawns of Goodwood House in the company of the worlds finest road cars.

Admission to the Goodwood Festival of Speed (3rd"5th July) is by advance ticket only (Goodwood ticket Hotline +44 (0)1243 755055 or email booking@goodwood.co.uk).

The Le Mans 24 hour race is likened to the F1 season completed in one weekend
Success at Le Mans with the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP is a clear demonstration of Peugeots advanced technology, product quality and endurance
3,234 miles covered at an average speed of 135 miles per hour

In a clear demonstration of determination, advanced technology, product quality and endurance, the team at Peugeot Sport took on all competitors at Le Mans and after 3,234 miles won in convincing style.

Driven over the 24 hours by Marc Gené, David Brabham and Alex Wurz, the awesome 5.5-litre V12 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP circumnavigated the 8.46 mile circuit for 382 laps.

2009 saw the 77th running of the classic Le Mans 24 Hour race with a convincing third win for Peugeot (with the 905 in 1992 and 1993), after two second place finishes with the 908 HDi FAP in previous years.

Having again secured pole position in each of the last three Le Mans 24 Hour races, Peugeot led the race in convincing style with a fine demonstration of endurance quality with all three Peugeot Sport 908 HDi FAP cars finishing. The victory saw the V12 diesel powered cars finish in 1st, 2nd and 6th position in this French classic endurance event.

It was a hugely popular win for the 230,000-strong crowd, many of them highly partisan home fans. For Peugeot's winning drivers Marc Gené, Alexander Wurz and David Brabham, it was an especially emotional victory.

Gené, who brought the No.9 car home to the race finish, confessed that he shed tears of joy as he guided his Peugeot 908 HDi FAP towards victory. "I'm not an emotional person, but I have to admit that I cried on the last lap," said the first-ever Spanish winner. "When the three Peugeots were in formation I understood just how big this event is. It's easily the greatest thing I've ever experienced."

It was Alex Wurzs second Le Mans victory, while for David Brabham the win came on the 50th anniversary year of his father's first Formula 1 championship, and 16 years after his elder brother's Le Mans triumph " also with Peugeot. "Being part of this great team with Peugeot was amazing. We had a fantastic car, we did great pit stops and the strategy was perfect, said Brabham.

Peugeots No.8 car " driven by Franck Montagny, Stéphane Sarrazin and F1s Sebastien Bourdais " lost its early lead after a long pit stop but recovered to come home in second. The third 908, No.7 piloted by Nicolas Minassian, Pedro Lamy and Christian Klien, was involved quite early on with a pit stop collision that resulted in considerable repairs taking 25 minutes. A determined drive to sixth place saw Nicolas set the fastest 8.46-mile lap in 3.24 minutes at an average speed of 149mph.

"It was a tough race," said Peugeot Sports director Olivier Quesnel. “There was great expectation from the public, and from Peugeot, after missing out last year.

Peugeot is now in its third year of competition with the 908 HDi FAP and victory at Le Mans has been the sole aim of Peugeot Sport since it was first unveiled in 2007. The win is testimony to the strength, power and reliability of Peugeots HDi FAP diesel technology " the very same technology that powers Peugeots award-winning road cars.

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