Beaten on the timing screens by rivals Audi, Peugeot Sport were still satisfied with progress made at the test day for the '24 Heures du Mans'.

Pas d’inquiétude dans le camp français, la Peugeot n°8 de Montagny-Sarrazin-Davidson réalise le troisième temps de la journée à seulement 0"189 de la meilleure Audi R18.

The consolation prize was the #8 Peugeot of Montagny-Sarrazin-Davidson taking third time of the day and splitting the 3 Audis only 0.189 off the best Audi R18.

Olivier Quesnel, Competition Director : "We have all the data required to make sure we come back to Le Mans with optimised race cars. Spa-Francorchamps will give us another opportunity to prepare for Le Mans. We have seen today that this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans really is going to be very hotly contested.”

Bruno Famin, Technical Director :"We pretty much completed our full work programme. The number 7 car completed the endurance programme started at Aragon. We have significantly exceeded the race distance for the 24 Hours of Le Mans with this car. We have worked well on the set-up for the two other cars, in spite of an engine alert on the no. 9. Until we know more, we preferred to change it. Overall, it was a highly productive day of work, the three cars are intact and the drivers stuck perfectly to the scheduled programme.”

Stéphane Sarrazin, Peugeot 908 n°8 : “We followed our development programme to the letter. This is a new car, so we made changes to the set-up throughout the day. We managed a good result, with an efficient car that is also very enjoyable to drive.”

Anthony Davidson, Peugeot 908 n°8 : "The car is comfortable to drive, we had made a few minor adjustments to the set-up but overall we are all very happy with the balance of the Peugeot 908 on this track. It was very positive.”

Nicolas Minassian, Peugeot 908 n°7 : “We successfully completed our programme. We have now spent a lot of time on the track and everything has gone as planned, which is perfect for recording the data we need for the race. Without particularly adjusting the set-up, we had a very efficient car, which bodes well.”

Julien Hergault – From Peugeot Sport press release.

Photo : LE MANS, CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES DU MANS, TEST DAY, 24 APRIL 2011. In total the Peugeots covered 3 400 km during the day.