Five-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb - nicknamed the "Michael Schumacher of Rallying" - will soon drive a Red Bull-Renault Formula 1 car, and then taste the diesel power of the Peugeot 908 Le Mans car.
The most stunning fact behind this news is that in today's motorsport world governed by marketing ideas, Loeb would have driven in just 12 months cars from the three main French manufacturers: Citroën, Peugeot et Renault!
This is what the official press release had to say:
Peugeot Sport, Citroën Sport and Total, which partners both operations, have taken the joint initiative of organising a special event that will see star drivers Sébastien Loeb and Stéphane Sarrazin share their respective experience and cars for a day.
On November 27, Groupe PSA Peugeot Citroën's two sporting departments will travel to the HTTT Paul Ricard facilities at Le Castellet, in the south of France, for an unprecedented gathering of two outstanding drivers and two equally exceptional cars.
The morning will see Stéphane Sarrazin, the spearhead of Peugeot Sport's endurance programme, sample the Citroën C4 WRC usually driven by Sébastien Loeb who recently claimed his fifth World Rally Championship Drivers' title. Following this session, which will take in gravel tracks in the immediate vicinity of the French circuit, it will be the Citroën Sport driver's turn to get behind the wheel of the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in the course of the afternoon.
Sébastien and Stéphane, who have respectively visited the headquarters of Peugeot Sport and Citroën Sport to have their seats made, admit that they are very much looking forward to trying the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP and the Citroën C4 WRC, which are both unique machines.
photo:Peugeot
The most stunning fact behind this news is that in today's motorsport world governed by marketing ideas, Loeb would have driven in just 12 months cars from the three main French manufacturers: Citroën, Peugeot et Renault!
This is what the official press release had to say:
Peugeot Sport, Citroën Sport and Total, which partners both operations, have taken the joint initiative of organising a special event that will see star drivers Sébastien Loeb and Stéphane Sarrazin share their respective experience and cars for a day.
On November 27, Groupe PSA Peugeot Citroën's two sporting departments will travel to the HTTT Paul Ricard facilities at Le Castellet, in the south of France, for an unprecedented gathering of two outstanding drivers and two equally exceptional cars.
The morning will see Stéphane Sarrazin, the spearhead of Peugeot Sport's endurance programme, sample the Citroën C4 WRC usually driven by Sébastien Loeb who recently claimed his fifth World Rally Championship Drivers' title. Following this session, which will take in gravel tracks in the immediate vicinity of the French circuit, it will be the Citroën Sport driver's turn to get behind the wheel of the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in the course of the afternoon.
Sébastien and Stéphane, who have respectively visited the headquarters of Peugeot Sport and Citroën Sport to have their seats made, admit that they are very much looking forward to trying the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP and the Citroën C4 WRC, which are both unique machines.
photo:Peugeot