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Napolis · 14 Jan 2021, 17:32 (Ref:4029063)

One of those guys may be driving for us this year.

**Aysedasi** · 14 Jan 2021, 18:59 (Ref:4029092)

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Originally Posted by Napolis

One of those guys may be driving for us this year.

Interesting! By the way, if he can't make it, I'm only a phone call away.......

Napolis · 14 Jan 2021, 19:26 (Ref:4029098)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Interesting! By the way, if he can't make it, I'm only a phone call away.......

Good to know.

GT6 · 14 Jan 2021, 20:30 (Ref:4029110)

hang on Andrew, my record of driving mid engined sports cars in France is spotless, apart from that slight error of judgement a few years ago

Tique · 17 Jan 2021, 11:45 (Ref:4029596)

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Originally Posted by CTD

No Grosjean and two danish drivers!
Very surprising.
Expect even more danish fans in the future!

Grosjean has driven for Renault in the past. This is might be why is is not on the Peugeot Shortlist.

**Adam43** · 17 Jan 2021, 14:03 (Ref:4029623)

Really!?
That would be awfully petty of them.

gert · 17 Jan 2021, 14:42 (Ref:4029632)

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Originally Posted by Tique

Grosjean has driven for Renault in the past. This is might be why is is not on the Peugeot Shortlist.

That didn't prevent Warwick or Jabouille from driving for Peugeot.
Or Prost (GP) to get Peugeot engines.

deggis · 5 Feb 2021, 16:22 (Ref:4033618)

Some sort of announcement coming next Monday. Must be drivers or renders of more final design. An actual car reveal would be rather surprising.

https://twitter.com/peugeotsport/sta...738054656?s=20

canaglia · 5 Feb 2021, 16:57 (Ref:4033625)

It's almost fun how peugeot picked ligier as technical partner while is actually ligier/onroak the first that needs one (italian hp composites)

canaglia · 8 Feb 2021, 10:17 (Ref:4034030)

Jean-Éric Vergne, Loïc Duval, Kevin Magnussen, Mikkel Jensen, Paul di Resta et Gustavo Menezes confirmed as 2022 Peugeot official drivers + Rossiter as reserve.
First tests expected by late/end of 2021.

deggis · 8 Feb 2021, 10:19 (Ref:4034031)

Presentation video with short skype interviews.

https://youtu.be/qqRdPOclWRQ

S griffin · 8 Feb 2021, 10:21 (Ref:4034033)

Very interesting lineup, I’m sure Vergne and Magnussen will need time to get up to speed, but Duval should be ok. Di Resta will be one to watch. How the others will get on I don’t know, but they should be alrighty. We’ll see if Rossiter will get a chance to race it

Anyway look forward to see how testing goes

deggis · 8 Feb 2021, 10:52 (Ref:4034038)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

Very interesting lineup, I’m sure Vergne and Magnussen will need time to get up to speed, but Duval should be ok. Di Resta will be one to watch. How the others will get on I don’t know, but they should be alrighty. We’ll see if Rossiter will get a chance to race it

Anyway look forward to see how testing goes

Magnussen is getting good practice this season in IMSA.

CTD · 8 Feb 2021, 10:53 (Ref:4034039)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

Very interesting lineup, I’m sure Vergne and Magnussen will need time to get up to speed, but Duval should be ok. Di Resta will be one to watch. How the others will get on I don’t know, but they should be alrighty. We’ll see if Rossiter will get a chance to race it

Anyway look forward to see how testing goes

Do not worry about Magnussen, he just did his first 24h last weekend (Daytona) and have a complete IMSA season here in 2021.
If that is not enough, he have his dad to pull experience from.

Bcarr6 · 8 Feb 2021, 11:19 (Ref:4034046)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

Very interesting lineup, I’m sure Vergne and Magnussen will need time to get up to speed, but Duval should be ok. Di Resta will be one to watch. How the others will get on I don’t know, but they should be alrighty. We’ll see if Rossiter will get a chance to race it

Anyway look forward to see how testing goes

Vergne has had plenty of practice in LMP2 at least. 3 seasons in LMP2 with G Drive including Le Mans runs, and if I remember rightly there was a run at Le Mans with that quirky little Manor P2 entry before that

I'd imagine thats about the same as di Resta, if not maybe a little less

Menezes has plenty of P2 and P1 experience (with Rebellion)

Duval needs no justification

Magnussen is a little low on prototype experience but showed himself pretty solidly in both Daytona races (taking the lead with a pretty solid move at the start of the Roar race)

Jensen is obviously the younger blood here, but has spent the last few years solidly building experience in ACO racing, so he'll be interesting to watch

SnoodyMcFlude · 8 Feb 2021, 11:40 (Ref:4034049)

Interesting, wasn't Menezes also announced as a Glickenhaus driver?

Mike E · 8 Feb 2021, 12:45 (Ref:4034067)

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Originally Posted by SnoodyMcFlude

Interesting, wasn't Menezes also announced as a Glickenhaus driver?

Yes, but presumably only for 2021/22.

**FIRE** · 8 Feb 2021, 15:10 (Ref:4034101)

There is Danish money involved?

WyldStallion · 8 Feb 2021, 15:48 (Ref:4034110)

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Originally Posted by Mike E

Yes, but presumably only for 2021/22.

I guess a guy with the talent and ability of a pro driver but with the money of gentleman driver will be in high demand. Menezes is just that.

canaglia · 8 Feb 2021, 16:17 (Ref:4034122)

Is Menezes a paying driver?
Anyway, Jensen aside who I basically never heard about him, all other drivers but Magnussen so far, are top lmp1/2 drivers and some of them like Vergne and Magnussen used to deal with ERS managment too.
Can't say there is a real superstar there since 2021 Duval isn't exactly the same op driver of 8-10 years ago, but average level is really high which is good considering during 908HDi-908 years peugeot used to have much superior drivers like Pagenaud and Bourdais mixed to not that good and mistake prone ones like Wurz or Minassian.

CTD · 8 Feb 2021, 16:26 (Ref:4034123)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

There is Danish money involved?

Nah we are just that good of a motorsport nation

Hawkwood · 8 Feb 2021, 18:28 (Ref:4034151)

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Originally Posted by canaglia

Jean-Éric Vergne, Loïc Duval, Kevin Magnussen, Mikkel Jensen, Paul di Resta et Gustavo Menezes confirmed as 2022 Peugeot official drivers + Rossiter as reserve.
First tests expected by late/end of 2021.

All have F1 of LMP1 experience, with the exception of Jensen, good line up.
I've not seen a lot of Jensen, but seems odd hiring a guy with only 1 year of LMP2 experience, and that coming after only a couple of years of LPM3 experience.

Was he that rapid in LMP2s last year? I suppose he must have been.

**Aysedasi** · 8 Feb 2021, 18:36 (Ref:4034157)

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Originally Posted by Hawkwood

All have F1 of LMP1 experience, with the exception of Jensen, good line up.
I've not seen a lot of Jensen, but seems odd hiring a guy with only 1 year of LMP2 experience, and that coming afte ronly 1 year of LPM3 experience.

Was he that rapid in LMP2s last year? I suppose he must have been.

Yeah, having watched virtually all of the ELMS last season, it was obvious to me he was going places... This is quite a jump though.

Hawkwood · 8 Feb 2021, 19:57 (Ref:4034169)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Yeah, having watched virtually all of the ELMS last season, it was obvious to me he was going places... This is quite a jump though.

Thanks, I assumed he must have been excellent to get that jump up.

I normally watch the ELMS, but I didn't catch any of it last year, so his quality had passed me by.

Mike E · 8 Feb 2021, 20:40 (Ref:4034175)

And he will probably have another 2 years in LMP2 anyway.

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