Loic Duval has conceded that Peugeot is “lacking performance” headiꦕng into this week’s Le Mans 24 Hours.

Duval made that comment after a difficult outing for Peugeot in the traditional 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Le Mans test on Sunday, where the two 9X8s finished 19th and 21st amon🐼g 21 cars in the Hypercar class.

More concerningly, both cars were over three seconds slower than the chart-setting #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, which topped the session in the hands of Brendon Har✨tley.

The poor showing continues a disappointing run of form for the French manufacturer⛎ in the 2025 World Endurance Championship, where its factory team has yet to finish higher than ninth acr🧜oss the opening three rounds.

Although Peugeotꦑ will have further opportunities to hone the car in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, Duval gave a bleak outlook about Peugeot’s prospects for the 93rd running of Le Mans.

“The track was q♔uite good from the start, with decent grip,” said Duval, who won Le Mans outright with Audi in 201🐷3.

“We went through our planned test program with different slick tires and various car setups. We also did long runs and completed the number of stints we aimed for on a single s🎀et of tires to prepare for the race.&n𓆉bsp;

“The car hꦕas a good balancꩵe, but we’re still lacking performance. It’s up to us to extract the most from our package.”

Mikkel Jensen, who shares the #93 car with Paul di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne, was more optimistic about Peugeot’s chances, saying “The track has changed slightly compared to last year, especially the entrance to the Porsche Curves which is now le🍷ss bumpy and therefore faster, and the exit of Tertre Rouge which has smoother tarmac.

“We can now run the car a bit lower, which improves its ꧟behavior across the entire cir🌠cuit. The engineers will now analyze the data for Wednesday.”