19 Facts About Peugeot Sport

Peugeot Sport is the department of French carmaker Peugeot responsible for motorsport activities.

Peugeot Sport was formed in 1981 under the name of Peugeot Talbot Sport, after Jean Todt, a World Rally Championship co-driver for Talbot driver Guy Frequelin, was asked by Peugeot to create a sporting department for the PSA Peugeot Citroen group.

Peugeot Sport switched to Formula One for 1994, using a similar 3.

Peugeot Sport engines were bought by an Asian consortium led by former F1 designer Enrique Scalabroni called Asiatech and used for two further years .

Peugeot Sport entered the British Touring Car Championship in 1992, preparing 405's for former champion Robb Gravett.

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Unfortunately Peugeot Sport UK did not share any technical data with its European contemporaries, and the BTCC programme suffered.

In 2001, Peugeot Sport entered three 406 Coupes into the British Touring Car Championship to compete with the dominant Vauxhall Astra Coupes.

In 2013, the Peugeot Sport 208GTi won a one-two-three at the 24 Hours Nurburgring endurance race.

In 1999, Peugeot Sport returned to the World Rally Championship with the Peugeot 206 WRC, under the guidance of director Corrado Provera.

Peugeot Sport were able to take a third consecutive Manufacturers' title.

Peugeot Sport was replaced for the event and the 2004 season by Belgian Freddy Loix.

Peugeot Sport introduced a new car for the 2004 season, the 307 WRC, which was based upon the coupe cabriolet version of the 307 road car.

Peugeot Sport took the team's only victory of the season in Finland, and he finished fifth in the standings at the end of the season.

Peugeot Sport created the Peugeot 207 S2000, a rally car built to Super 2000 regulations.

Peugeot Sport enter the cars, run by Kronos Racing, in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge .

Under the guidance of new director Michel Barge, Peugeot Sport returned to sportscar racing for 2007, taking on the dominant Audi with the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP.

At the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, Peugeot Sport saw itself in a position to win after two of the Audi R18s crashed; only a strong effort from Audi kept Peugeot Sport from winning the race.

On 18 January 2012 Peugeot Sport announced its withdrawal from sportscar racing, citing lowering car sales and the economic downturn as reasons.

On 13 November 2019 Peugeot announced that they will take part in the 2022 WEC season in the newly created "Hypercar" class, which makes the brand's return to the sports car racing landscape after an 11-year absence.