Okusha IPeugeot 9X8 Hypercar iphawula ukubuya komkhiqizo waseFrance emiqhudelwaneni yokukhuthazela, eminyakeni eyi-10 ngemuva kokuvela kwayo kokugcina ku-World Endurance (WEC).
Nokho, kuningi okushintshile. Izinjini zikadizili ziyinkumbulo ekude, i-LMP1 yayishabalele futhi ukufakwa kukagesi kwaba nokugqama. Izinguquko ezinkulu - iPeugeot engazishayi indiva - kodwa lokho akuguquli okubalulekile: isifiso somkhiqizo waseFrance sokubuyela ekunqobeni.
U-Razão Automóvel waya e-France, ezikhungweni ze-Stellantis Motorsport, ukuze azi eduze neqembu kanye nomfanekiso owafeza leso sifiso.
Izikhathi ezintsha kanye nePeugeot 9X8 Hypercar
Kulo mdlalo wokubuyela emqhudelwaneni, uhlobo lwesi-French luzohambisana ne-prototype ehluke ngokujulile ye-Peugeot 908 HDI FAP kanye ne-908 HYbrid4 eqhudelane kumasizini ka-2011/12.
Ngaphansi komqondo wemithetho emisha “ye-hypercars”, eqale ukusebenza kule sizini ye-WEC, i-Peugeot 9X8 entsha yazalwa emagcekeni eStellantis Motorsport.
Ngokungafani nemikhiqizo efana ne-Porsche, i-Audi ne-Acura - ekhethe i-LMdH, efinyeleleka kalula futhi isebenzisa izinkundla ezihlanganyelwayo - I-Peugeot Sport ilandele indlela ye-Toyota Gazoo Racing futhi yakha i-LMH kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngamanye amazwi, i-prototype ene-chassis, injini yomlilo kanye nengxenye kagesi ethuthukiswe ngokuphelele uhlobo lwesiFulentshi.
Isinqumo esacatshangelwa kakhulu - ngenxa yokutshalwa kwezimali okuphezulu - kodwa lokho, ngokubona kwalabo abaphethe i-Stellantis Motorsport, sinesizathu esigcwele. “Nge-LMH kuphela engingakwazi ukubukeka ngayo kwiPeugeot 9X8. Sifuna ukusondeza isibonelo sethu kumamodeli okukhiqiza. Kubaluleke kakhulu kithina ukuthi umphakathi uqaphele ngokushesha i-9X8 njengemodeli yomkhiqizo”, usitshele u-Michaël Trouvé, obhekele ukuklanywa kwalesi sibonelo.
IPeugeot 9X8. Ukusuka emncintiswaneni kuya ekukhiqizeni
Ukukhathazeka ngomklamo kwakungesona isizathu kuphela esabekwa yilabo ababhekele uhlobo lwesiFulentshi ukuthi bakhethe ama-Hypercars esigabeni se-LMH. U-Olivier Jansonnie, inhloko yobunjiniyela eStellantis Motorsport, utshele i-Razão Automóvel ukubaluleka kwephrojekthi ye-9X8 yamamodeli okukhiqiza.
U-Olivier Jansonnie, uMnyango Wobunjiniyela be-Stellantis MotorsportUmnyango wethu wobunjiniyela awuqinile. Maduze, izinto ezintsha eziningi ezenzelwe i-9X8 zizotholakala kumakhasimende ethu. Lesi ngesinye sezizathu eziyinhloko sakhetha i-LMH Hypercar.
Nokho, akulona nje uhlelo lwePeugeot 9X8 oluhlomulisa eminye iminyango yomkhiqizo. Izifundo ezifundwe ku-Formula E, nge-DS Automobiles, zisiza nabakwaPeugeot ukuthi bathuthukise i-9X8. "I-software esiyisebenzisayo ukulawula injini kagesi kanye nokuvuselelwa kabusha kwesistimu kagesi ngaphansi kwe-braking ifana kakhulu naleyo esiyisebenzisa ohlelweni lwethu lwe-Formula E," kwembula u-Olivier Jansonnie.
Konke (ngisho konke!) kuholela kuqala
Kamuva, ngemva kokuphakamisa ikhethini elifihle izimo zePeugeot 9X8, sakhuluma noJean-Marc Finot, umqondisi jikelele weStellantis Motorsport, owahamba nathi phakathi nezikhathi eziyinhloko zokuvakashela kwethu «indlunkulu» yakhe.
Ngesikhathi sivakashele iStellantis Motorsport, sazi isifanisi lapho iqembu labashayeli liqeqesha khona futhi lilungiselela imoto isizini ka-2022 ye-WEC.
Sibuze lesi sikhulu saseFrance ngezinselelo zobuholi baso. Phela, uJean-Marc Finot ubika ngokuqondile kuCarlos Tavares, oyi-CEO ye-Stellantis Group. Futhi njengoba sazi, uCarlos Tavares ungumthandi wezemidlalo yezimoto.
UJean-Marc Finot, uMqondisi Ophethe weStellantis MotorsportUkuba ne-motorsport aficionado ehola i-Stellantis akuzange kwenze umsebenzi ube lula. UCarlos Tavares, njengabo bonke abanye beqembu leStellantis Motorsport, bagqugquzela imiphumela. Yize sonke siwuthanda lo mdlalo, ekupheleni kosuku, okubalulekile yimiphumela: ngaphandle naphakathi kwethrekhi.
Kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, iphrojekthi ye-9X8 ibihlale isekelwa ukuqagela kanye nemiphumela iqembu elithemba ukuyifinyelela. Kungakho, ngaphakathi kweStellantis Motorsport, wonke umuntu wacelwa ukuba enze umnikelo wakhe. Kusukela konjiniyela ababambe iqhaza kuFormula E, kuya konjiniyela abasohlelweni lwe-rally. UJean-Marc Finot waze wasitshela ukuthi ngisho namandla e-cubic enjini ye-bi-turbo V6 ezophatha i-9X8 athonywe yiCitroen C3 WRC.
Sikhethe injini engu-2.6 litre V6 ngoba ngalo mdwebo singasebenzisa “ulwazi” esilusungule ohlelweni lwerally. Kusukela ekuziphatheni okushisayo kuya ekusebenzeni kahle ekuphathweni kukaphethiloli; kusukela ekuthembekeni kuya ekusebenzeni kwenjini.
Usulungele ukuwina?
Ngokuphambene nalokho esingakucabanga, iPeugeot ayizange ishiye lesi sahluko esisha ku-WEC "ingenalutho". Ingxenye esekelwe olwazini olujulile lwe-Stellantis Motorsport lwemikhakha eyahlukene, kusukela ku-Formula E kuya ku-World Rally Championship, ngaphandle kokukhohlwa «ukwazi kanjani» kwamashumi eminyaka yokuzibandakanya emjahweni wokukhuthazela.
Yize kukhona labo abasazisola ngokuphela kwe-LMP1, iminyaka embalwa ezayo ibukeka inentshisekelo enkulu ku-WEC. Ukubuya kwePeugeot kwezemidlalo kuwuphawu olubheke lapho. Uphawu oluphindwa ngenhlanhla ngamanye amabhrendi.