Sabon Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar alama ce ta dawowar alamar Faransa zuwa gasa juriya, shekaru 10 bayan fitowarta ta ƙarshe a cikin Ƙarfafa Duniya (WEC).
Koyaya, abubuwa da yawa sun canza. Injin diesel ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya ce mai nisa, LMP1 sun ɓace kuma wutar lantarki ta sami shahara. Babban canje-canje - wanda Peugeot bai yi watsi da shi ba - amma hakan bai canza mahimmanci ba: sha'awar alamar Faransa ta komawa ga nasara.
Razão Automóvel ya tafi Faransa, zuwa wuraren Stellantis Motorsport, don sanin kusancin ƙungiyar da samfurin da ya sami wannan sha'awar.
Sabbin lokuta da Hypercar Peugeot 9X8
A cikin wannan komawa ga gasa, alamar Faransa za ta yi layi tare da wani nau'i na musamman na Peugeot 908 HDI FAP da 908 HYbrid4 waɗanda suka fafata a lokutan 2011/12.
A karkashin tsarin sabbin ka'idojin "hypercars", wanda ya fara aiki a wannan kakar na WEC, an haifi sabon Peugeot 9X8 a harabar Stellantis Motorsport.
Ba kamar samfuran irin su Porsche, Audi da Acura ba - waɗanda suka zaɓi LMdH, waɗanda suka fi dacewa kuma suna amfani da dandamali na haɗin gwiwa - Peugeot Sport ya bi hanyar Toyota Gazoo Racing kuma ya haɓaka LMH daga karce. A takaice dai, wani samfuri tare da chassis, injin konewa da kayan lantarki gabaɗaya ta alamar Faransa.
Shawarar da aka yi la'akari da ita sosai - saboda babban jari - amma wanda, a ra'ayin waɗanda ke da alhakin Stellantis Motorsport, ya cancanta. "Tare da LMH kawai zai yiwu a ba da wannan kallon ga Peugeot 9X8. Muna son kawo samfurin mu kusa da samfuran samarwa. Yana da matukar muhimmanci a gare mu cewa jama'a nan da nan sun gane 9X8 a matsayin samfurin alamar", ya gaya mana Michaël Trouvé, wanda ke da alhakin ƙirar wannan samfurin.
Peugeot 9X8. Daga gasar zuwa samarwa
Damuwa da ƙira ba shine kawai dalilin da waɗanda ke da alhakin alamar Faransa suka gabatar ba don zaɓar Hypercars a cikin nau'in LMH. Olivier Jansonnie, shugaban injiniya a Stellantis Motorsport, ya gaya wa Razão Automóvel mahimmancin aikin 9X8 don samfuran samarwa.
Olivier Jansonnie, Stellantis Motorsport Engineering SashenSashen aikin injiniyanmu ba shi da ƙarfi. Ba da daɗewa ba, yawancin sabbin abubuwan da aka haɓaka don 9X8 za su kasance ga abokan cinikinmu. Wannan shine ɗayan manyan dalilan da muka zaɓi LMH Hypercar.
Koyaya, ba kawai shirin Peugeot 9X8 ne ke amfana da sauran sassan wannan alamar ba. Darussan da aka koya a cikin Formula E, ta hanyar DS Automobiles, suma suna taimakawa Peugeot wajen haɓaka 9X8. Olivier Jansonnie ya ce "Manyan software da muke amfani da su don sarrafa injin lantarki da sabunta tsarin lantarki a ƙarƙashin birki yana kama da abin da muke amfani da shi a cikin shirinmu na Formula E," in ji Olivier Jansonnie.
Duk (ko da duka!) Sakamakon farko
Daga baya, bayan ɗaga labulen da ya ɓoye siffofin Peugeot 9X8, mun yi magana da Jean-Marc Finot, babban darektan Stellantis Motorsport, wanda ya raka mu a lokacin manyan lokutan ziyarar mu zuwa "helkwatarsa".
Yayin ziyararmu zuwa Stellantis Motorsport, mun san na'urar kwaikwayo inda ƙungiyar direbobi ke yin horo da kuma shirya motar don lokacin 2022 na WEC.
Mun yiwa wannan jami'in Faransa tambayoyi game da kalubalen shugabancinsa. Bayan haka, Jean-Marc Finot yayi rahoton kai tsaye ga Carlos Tavares, Shugaba na Rukunin Stellantis. Kuma kamar yadda muka sani, Carlos Tavares mai sha'awar wasannin motsa jiki ne.
Jean-Marc Finot, Manajan Daraktan Stellantis MotorsportSamun sha'awar motsa jiki da ke jagorantar Stellantis bai sauƙaƙa aikin ba. Carlos Tavares, kamar sauran ƙungiyar Stellantis Motorsport, suna yin gangami don samun sakamako. Ko da yake dukanmu muna sha'awar wannan wasanni, a ƙarshen rana, abin da ya fi dacewa shine sakamakon: a kan da kuma kashe hanya.
Tun daga rana ta ɗaya, aikin 9X8 koyaushe yana goyan bayan tsinkaya da sakamakon da ƙungiyar ke fatan cimmawa. Shi ya sa, a cikin Stellantis Motorsport, aka yi kira ga kowa da kowa ya ba da gudummawarsa. Daga injiniyoyin da ke da hannu a cikin Formula E, zuwa injiniyoyi a cikin shirin gangamin. Jean-Marc Finot har ma ya ba mu labarin cewa ko da ƙarfin kubik na injin bi-turbo V6 wanda zai yi amfani da 9X8 ya rinjayi Citroen C3 WRC.
Mun zabi injin V6 mai nauyin lita 2.6 domin da wannan gine-ginen za mu iya cin gajiyar “sanin yadda” muka kirkiro don shirin gangamin. Daga yanayin zafi zuwa inganci a sarrafa man fetur; daga aminci zuwa aikin injin.
Shirya don yin nasara?
Sabanin abin da za mu iya tunani, Peugeot bai bar wannan sabon babi a cikin WEC a cikin "blank". Sashe da ya danganci zurfin ilimin Stellantis Motorsport na fannoni daban-daban, tun daga Formula E zuwa Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, ba tare da manta da “sanin” shekaru da yawa na shiga cikin tseren juriya ba.
Ko da yake akwai waɗanda har yanzu suna nadama a ƙarshen LMP1, 'yan shekaru masu zuwa suna da ban sha'awa sosai a cikin WEC. Komawar Peugeot zuwa wasanni alama ce ta wannan hanya. Alamar da aka yi sa'a ana maimaita ta ta wasu samfuran.