After completing more than 10,000km of testing since December 2021, the Peugeot 9X8 made its official public and racing debut during the recent 6 Hours of Monza, fourth round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship. This is for sure a pretty clever move by Peugeot, since at first the car was due to debut at the start of the 2023 season. Having three round of ''competitive'' testing will sure help them to gain experience with their new weapon and be ready to fight as soon as the upcoming season will kick off.
The 9X8 has been designed under the new LMH (Le Mans Hypercar) rules, which consist in prototypes designed from the ground-up with optional hybrid power. Together with the LMDh (Le Mans Daytona h) cars, prototypes based on a shared structure with mandatory hybrid power, both will be raced for the victory starting from the next Le Mans 24h in a single ''Hypercar'' class.
Thanks to the greater freedom allowed by the LMH regulations and with an upper limit of downforce permitted by the regulations, Peugeot developed an unique and futuristic car without the typical rear wing opting for underfloor generation of downforce. Peugeot specifies that actually the upper and lower body work together to generate the required forces. The body is also characterized by the presence of a 'shark' fin mounted on the centreline of the engine cover plus some winglets and other vertical fins on the upper part of the rear wheel arches to achieve yaw stability.
The 9X8 is four-wheel drive, with a 2.6-litre twin-turbo 90° V6 powering the rear wheels and a bespoke, high performance electric motor on the fronts. The V6 can produce more than 680 hp (500kW) while the electric unit has a power of 200 kW (270 hp). As required by the regulation (but adjusted from race to race by the Balance of Performance), the maximum power cannot exceed 680 hp/500 kW in total, so the on-board electronics manage the power level in all circumstances, using the hybrid "boost" starting from a regulated speed (which was set at 150 km/h during Monza's round).
Although over time I have become less and less excited about racing weekends, this time I couldn't miss the opportunity to record this new race car. Don't get me wrong: I'm always a huge fan of seeing cars racing in person. My criticism is related to the fact that I generally don't attend racing weekends to have fun and relax but I'm there to bring home some good footage to share with you. And these events aren't ideal for the kind of shooting that I love to do. In fact the track is generally very packed and 'noisy' so it's quite challenging to record my typical scenes with only the sound of the car I actually want to record. Anyway with a bit of patience I managed to put together a pretty decent result. Hope you like it!
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Event: WEC 6 Hours of Monza 2022
Where: Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy
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10 июл 2022
