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Timmy Hansen conquers the high jump!

While the latest round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship takes place this weekend in Austin, Texas, Timmy Hansen looks back at his earlier success in the United States – only last weekend – when he claimed the gold medal at the Nitro World Games RX competition in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most top-class athletes […]
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in World RX

Racing & rodeo in the United States of America for Team PEUGEOT TOTAL & the PEUGEOT 208WRX

Team PEUGEOT Total makes its 2nd trip across the Atlantic Ocean this season (after Canada) for a new racing adventure at the 2nd brand-new venue of the 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship season (after Silverstone). Hosting the 10th round of the series is the famous Circuit of the Americas in Austin, known for being the […]
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in 2018 / Kevin Hansen / Sébastien Loeb / Timmy Hansen / World RX

Sebastien Loeb scores another podium for PEUGEOT at RX Latvia

The 9th round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Latvia was extremely closely-fought: to the extent that the winning margin in one of the Qualifying races (Q1) was just 0.009 seconds – or 23 centimetres on track! In the end, it was another podium for Team PEUGEOT Total, with Sebastien Loeb taking 3rd position, […]
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in 2018 / Kevin Hansen / Sébastien Loeb / Timmy Hansen / World RX

Sebastien Loeb on the Riga RX track

Sébastien Loeb does not hide the fact that he is still learning in rallycross: a very specific discipline that’s halfway between rallying and circuit racing. Yet he still managed to win a round in only his 1st full season of WRX, back in 2016, and the venue was none other than Riga, in Latvia: where this weekend’s 9th round of the 2018 championship is taking place. Let’s revisit the career of the Team PEUGEOT Total WRX driver…
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in 2018 / Sébastien Loeb / World RX

Sebastien Loeb & the PEUGEOT 208 WRX return to winning territory in Latvia

Less than 2 weeks after Team PEUGEOT Total’s home round in France, the squad heads to the Baltics, in Latvia, hoping for history to repeat itself next weekend at round 9 of the FIA World RX Championship. Specifically, the Riga circuit is where Sebastien Loeb won his 1st rallycross round 2 years ago. Timmy Hansen is also looking to make the next move up to the top step of the podium – after he has been on the final podium twice already this season – in order to confirm the performance of the PEUGEOT 208 WRX Evo and to reward the relentless efforts of the PEUGEOT Sport technical team.
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in 2018 / Kevin Hansen / Sébastien Loeb / Timmy Hansen / World RX

An exciting and challenging home outing for Team PEUGEOT TOTAL in France

5th and 6th places for Timmy Hansen and Sébastien Loeb respectively in the final at Loheac wasn’t the result that Team PEUGEOT Total wanted on home territory in front of 80,000 enthusiastic fans, but nonetheless all 3 drivers showed considerable fighting spirit and pace through the weekend. Only a series of circumstances and racing incidents […]
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in 2018 / Kevin Hansen / Sébastien Loeb / Timmy Hansen / World RX

Two PEUGEOT 208 WRX EVO cars on the podium, convincing result in only its 2nd event

Team PEUGEOT Total scored 2nd and 3rd at the Canadian round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (#7/12) with Timmy Hansen and Sébastien Loeb respectively. It’s a positive result that provides a useful boost of both driver and team points, especially considering that this is just the 2nd competitive outing for the latest PEUGEOT 208 […]
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in 2018 / Kevin Hansen / Sébastien Loeb / Timmy Hansen / World RX

FIA World RX: The science of speed

There’s one thing that the Trois-Rivieres rallycross track in Canada is well-known for – and that’s raw speed. It contains the longest straight on the entire calendar, and also the highest average speed of the year, thanks to a relatively low number of corners and a circuit layout that’s all about conservation of momentum. As […]
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in 2018 / World RX

The PEUGEOT 208 WRX EVO crosses the Atlantic, with the same big ambitions for World RX in Canada!

The recently-evolved PEUGEOT 208 WRX, which made its debut in Sweden nearly a month ago, heads across the Atlantic for the 7th race of the 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship this week-end (August 4th & 5th), the 1st round that takes place outside of Europe. The location is Trois-Rivieres in Quebec, Canada, a well-known venue […]
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in 2018 / Kevin Hansen / Sébastien Loeb / Timmy Hansen / World RX