Good news for the Peugeot WEC squad ahead of Bahrain... 👇
The minimum weight of the Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar has been reduced by 12kg for the Bahrain 8 Hours on 12 November, at the same time as the maximum power allowed to the rival Toyota GR010 HYBRID has come down by four kilowatts or 5.4bhp.
The revisions for Bahrain represent the first changes to the balance between the Peugeot and the Toyota LMHs since the arrival in the WEC of the French car at the Monza round in July. Revisions are made under the LMH BoP system according to data accrued over two championship rounds, which the 9X8 has now contested in Italy and then Fuji in Japan in September.
The weight of the Peugeot has come down from 1061 to 1049kg, while the peak power for the 9X8 remains at 515kW or 690bhp.The changes for Fuji - when both the 9X8 and the GR010 ran minimum weights down by 18kg on Monza - were made in relation to the Alpine-Gibson A480, which lies outside the LMH BoP process as a grandfathered LMP1 design.The maximum power of the car’s Gibson V8 has been increased by 4kW to 407kW, while the minimum weight remains unchanged at 952kg.
The new power figure for the A480 follows a 26kW reduction for Fuji in the wake of its victory at Monza, which gave Alpine drivers
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