Henri Pescarolo admits it was a pleasant surprise to be given the chance🉐 to run a Peugeot 908 HDi 𝕴in the 2009 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Thursday's announcement of the lucky 55 entrants for this summers race revealed that the French privateer squad had agreed a deal that will see it run a🍸 single Peugeot 90༺8 HDi alongside its own Judd-powered Pescarolo.

The 💟deal itself came as something of a surprise with Pescarolo having been outspoken in his views on the diesel cars in recent seasons but he said ဣhe was delighted to have been given the chance to run the car in the biggest sportscar event of them all.

"Sometime ago, just before the closing date for the applications to the 24 Hours, I had the surprise to be offered the possibility to enter a Peugeot 908 under the name of Pescarolo Sport by💎 Oliver Quesnel, the new principal of Peugeot Sport," he said. "For the team, it will be a new and fascinating experience to have one of these very high performance 908 HDi FAP at our disposal.

"I take this opportunity to thank the ACO for inviting u♋s with two different carဣs."

With development work carried out to the Pescarolo-Judd during the off-season, the team will also ho💫pe to fight for honours in the unofficial 'LMP1-petrol' class at La Sarthe.

Drivers for t🐎he programme are expected to be a🍷nnounced shortly.