Peugeot confirms Le Mans Hypercar driver line-up

Peugeot has recruited a trio of former grand prix racers to lead its return to Le Mans from 2022, with ex-Haas man Kevin Magnussen, former Force India driver Paul di Resta and ex-Red Bull protégé Jean-Éric Vergne joining.

Loïc Duval – a Le Mans winner and World Endurance champion in 2013 with Audi – Gustavo Menezes and Mikkel Jensen complete the six-driver line-up.

Peugeot’s forthcoming LM Hypercar entry will be powered by a twin-turbo V6, which the company hopes to have up and running on its dyno by April, with the car undergoing its first tests before the end of the year.

After losing his F1 seat, Magnussen raced in the Daytona 24 Hours with Chip Ganassi Racing, and said he was excited to continue his career in endurance racing with Peugeot.

“Le Mans is the biggest endurance race in the world,” he said. “It’s the race that everyone wants to win. It has a lot of history and Peugeot is a big part of it, and I hope to enter that history. I gained a lot of experience from seven years in F1, working with very complex and advanced race cars, but also being a highpressure environment. It will be like that when we go back to Le Mans and the WEC.

“I have high ambitions. Looking at the past, Peugeot have always been very successful in every motor sport programme they’ve joined.

“I can’t wait to hopefully have that success and I’m looking forward to getting started.”