Peugeot wins Le Mans Cup for the second year

Peugeot wins Le Mans Cup for the second year

Peugeot finished off the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 2011 season on a winning note, with a one-two finish at the six-hours of Zhuhai race in China last weekend securing a sixth race win – and a fourth one-two – in seven races for the automaker. It had earlier secured the ILMC manufacturer and team titles at the Petit Le Mans race in the United States in October.

At Zhuhai, Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Bourdais, in the number 7 Peugeot 908, claimed victory ahead of teammates Franck Montagny and Stéphane Sarrazin, who were in the number 8 Peugeot 908, after a close race in which the Peugeot 908s once again combined performance, reliability and endurance.

After making its competitive debut this season, the Peugeot 908 celebrated its fifth win in seven races, and the car has displayed exemplary reliability, with only one DNF this year, low fuel consumption and low tyre wear on its way to victory.

The 2011 ILMC season has also seen five pole positions, 13 podium finishes and seven fastest race laps for Peugeot on its way to bagging the championship, which had the 12-Hours of Sebring, 1,000 km of Spa-Francorchamps, 6-Hours of Imola, 6-Hours of Silverstone, 24-Hours of Le Mans, Petit Le Mans in Atlanta and the 6-Hours of Zhuhai as the races.

The manufacturer’s title was secured with 211 points, with Audi a distant second on 119, while for the team title, Team Peugeot Total finished with 113 points, ahead of Audi Sport Team Joest on 85 points.

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Comments

  • limaunipis on Nov 15, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    Bravo Peugeot!

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  • Alan Wong on Nov 15, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    Proud of Peugeot…. !! Proud to be driving one too….

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    • looking-good on Nov 15, 2011 at 4:24 pm

      how do u solve ur turbo lost, and gearbox jerking problem, alan?

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      • Jerk What Jerk? on Nov 15, 2011 at 6:29 pm

        Simple, learn how to drive.

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      • Alan Wong on Nov 18, 2011 at 3:10 pm

        Firstly, I don’t have any jerking problem on my car. I don’t know what jerking problem you are mentioning….

        As for the turbo lost, it does not happen all the time. It happens once a blue moon if you tekan too much. Nasim has acknowledge this issue and for every car that goes in for servicing, they will check for the Depollution Sensor error and if they find a certain code that they are looking for, they will change the solenoid valve….

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  • ah ben on Nov 15, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    what else 2 say? they (renault) already prove in F1..now again in Le mans..

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  • Not bad for a french company. Peugeot is a good and reliable car. They have further improved and this is proof that French cars are not bad and hopefully its value will go up. Only in Malaysia because they had problems with the previous dealer MBf. A decade ago conti rule malaysian road but taken over by Japs marque namely H & T. Now Conti cars are making a come back in a big way…….

    Peace

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  • diablo on Nov 15, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    Congratulations Peugeot. The 908 is a strong package. Everyone knows that but they need to win the one race that really matters, the Le Mans 24 Hours. Looking forward to the clash of the titans(Audi vs Peugeot) again in June next year. Bring it on!

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  • 1malaysia2020 on Nov 15, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    Just to add, Mika Hakkinen return to competitive racing by entering this race under Team AMG China after leaving DTM in 2007. I think there is an interview between him and and his former McLaren team mate David somewhere during the race preparation.

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  • Leonardo on Nov 16, 2011 at 8:59 am

    Where is the full results in the other categories? I noticed that team “Proton Competition” and team “Lotus Jetalliance” both won in their respective categories. Lotus have 2 Evoras in the race. Not sure what type of car “Proton Competition” was using, or it actually was a Proton in the first place.
    There are many look alikes and sound alikes over there.

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    • diablo on Nov 16, 2011 at 10:01 am

      “Proton Competition” that you mentioned has nothing to do with Proton of Malaysia. Just namesake. Yes full results would be nice.

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