After confirming last year that the Pescarolo Sport team, now owned by French entrepreneur Jocelyn Pedrono, was in discussions about fielding a Hypercar team in the 2024 FIA WEC, the company has now confirmed that they have signed an agreement with Peugeot Sport to become the first privateer entrant with a 9X8 Hypercar.
That programme is set to debut next season, subject to the required funding being in place.
Those are the key details confirmed both by the team and by Peugeot Sport ahead of the long haul to raise the significant sum, understood at present to be in the 8 figure range in Euros, to obtain the car and campaign it in a full FIA WEC season.
“Pescarolo Sport has selected Peugeot Sport as manufacturer for its 2024 WEC Hypercar programme, reads the press release, and has entered into important negotiations with major partners with a view to financing the season. »
“Pescarolo Sport contacted us a few months ago now,” confirmed a spokesperson at Peugeot Sport.
“After some discussion, Pescarolo Sport has decided to set up an FIA WEC programme with a Peugeot 9X8.
“We are very proud that Pescarolo Sport chose our Hypercar. The project is evolving quickly with carefully selected partners and an experienced team.
“We will be ready to provide them with a 9X8 and the technical support necessary in hopes that their programme will take shape for 2024.”
Pescarolo Sport, which no longer has any involvement from its founder Henri Pescarolo, is currently engaged with the establishment of the commercial package required to deliver the programme, racer ,and more recently French Top Gear TV presenter, Bruce Jouanny having been engaged to help deliver the programme. Jouanny was a driver for Peugeot Sport in the 2009 Le Mans Series season and at the Le Mans 24 Hours that same year.
Pescarolo Sport fielded a customer Peugeot 908 HDI FAP at Le Mans in 2009 for Simon Pagenaud, Jean Christophe Bouillon and Benoit Tréluyer. The car failed to finish the race in a campaign that played a significant financial part in the team’s decline.
