Le Mans24: Peugeot-90X-birth: it's a diesel!

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Contrary to some rumors sent the new Peugeot diesel engine with 90X again on the long haul - Henri Pescarolo has already experienced the new
, the 908 obviously is also a diesel powered car 90X

(Motorsport-Total.com) 2011 will be the first year of the great upheaval in Le Mans. The new rules allow hybrid technology, limits the aerodynamics and to ensure more equal opportunity. Some people said that therefore the days of whispering, but fast and diesel are over - but which is nevertheless not be so. ""I know, for example, ensure that tests the new Peugeot car with the new diesel engine already," Le Mans legend Henri Pescarolo said in an interview with 'Motor-Total.com'.

The 68-year-old has already seen the new 90X - and one in particular. " "With Peugeot I am sure that they make in the coming year a diesel. At Audi, I would be very surprised if they did not do it. The current classifications are simply too attractive for diesel engines," said Pescarolo.The small gasoline turbos are to follow until 2013 or 2014th.

The hopes of the Le Mans record participant be on the new regulations and its implementation by the incisive ACO. "In the new regulations is that there should be a performance difference of more than two percent between diesel and petrol engines, a new alignment before the race at Le Mans," said Pescarolo.

The Frenchman has after the bankruptcy of his Pescarolo Sport team now has a chance to restart. How does he like to take this opportunity and what emotions are associated with it, Henri Pescarolo revealed in an interview with 'Motor-Total.com', published on Thursday morning in full.

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First shot of sportscar racing's future



Peugeot has begun testing developments for its new 2011 LMP1 prototype contender, including the new mandatory rear fin, AUTOSPORT can reveal.

This world exclusive spy shot shows a Peugeot 908 HDi test hack at Monza, where the French manufacturer has been testing in secret for the past three days as it evaluates the changes required by the 2011 Le Mans regulations.

This is the first glimpse of a top-flight prototype carrying the fin that will be mandatory under the 2011 rules. The new section is designed to increase safety by increasing the cars' stability, in the hope of preventing the cars becoming aerial in high-speed accidents.

Though the car running at Monza is not the complete new Peugeot, it features several significant changes to the 908 HDi FAP that has competed at Le Mans since 2007.

Its revised rear end includes an Audi-style rear wing support, lower slung bodywork and a raised light cluster, as well as an airbox on the car's roof. Peugeot has also moved the exhausts so that they exit through the rear of the bodywork, under the rear wing.

It is not known whether the car was running the new-for-2011 hybrid engine, but the engine cowling is lower than that of a regular 908 HDi.

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Comparison of old 908 vs 90X

Peugeot 90X breaks cover

In parallel to its 2010 race programme with the 908 HDi FAP, Peugeot Sport has been busy designing and developing the prototype that will defend its colours in 2011.

Peugeot Sport’s principal mission accomplished

Having been kept secret in Peugeot Sport’s factory in Vélizy, near Paris, the team’s new endurance challenger – known under the codename 90X – has been out for its first track test. “Our intention was to take it out onto a track before the end of the year,” says Peugeot Sport Director Olivier Quesnel. “I am pleased to report that we have now done that. Even so, there is still a long way to go and a considerable amount of work to be done as we prepare for 2011.”

The 90X’s technical characteristics

The 90X complies with the ACO’s 2011 regulations, and notably incorporates a shark fin appendix on the engine cover. This new feature is designed to prevent the car from going airborne in the case of a high-speed spin. As it did for the 908 HDi FAP, Peugeot Sport has opted for a closed cockpit, while the car meets the mandatory 900kg weight requirement.
“We are still exploring several options with regard to the engine and technology we will use,” points out Bruno Famin, the Technical Director of Peugeot Sport. “Work on the engine’s development is ongoing. Endurance racing is a proving ground that provides us with an opportunity to showcase all the brand’s technologies.”

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Peugeot pleased with 90X's debut

Peugeot said it was on target with its new Le Mans challenger - codenamed the 90X - after the first track test of the car, which was exclusively revealed by AUTOSPORT on Friday.

AUTOSPORT understands that the test hack ran for three days at Monza this week. The car is not the definitive 2011 machine, but does feature the now-mandatory fin on the rear end, among other changes.

Peugeot's motorsport chief Olivier Quesnel said an important milestone had been reached this week.

"Our intention was to take it out onto a track before the end of the year," he said. "I am pleased to report that we have now done that.

"Even so, there is still a long way to go and a considerable amount of work to be done as we prepare for 2011."

The 90X was not running with its final engine configuration during the test. Peugeot is expected to use a hybrid power unit, and the team's technical director Bruno Famin said no definite decision on the engine type had been made so far.

"We are still exploring several options with regard to the engine and technology we will use," he said. "Work on the engine's development is ongoing.

"Endurance racing is a proving ground that provides us with an opportunity to showcase all the brand's technologies."

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