The last person still working at Peugeot Sport who formed part of the 1987-’89 Pikes Peak campaigns actually retired only a few months ago, but for the French marque it was still a case of history repeating itself. Just like Ari Vatanen 25 years ago, Sebastien Loeb pulverized the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb course record. And one of the people to watch him do it was Robby Unser, the last person to win Pikes Peak in a Peugeot in 1989.
“It seems incredible that so much time has passed,” said Unser, “Because … More
Sebastien Loeb dominated the qualifying run for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, where he was almost five seconds per mile quicker than the nearest competitor.
Loeb completed the 5.1-mile qualifying run in 3m26.728s, 23 seconds ahead of Romain Dumas, who was driving a Norma prototype in the unlimited class, which includes 13 cars this year.
Qualifying quickest allows Loeb to … More
Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima returns to the 90th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, assembling a new electric vehicle in hopes of breaking the world record time he set in 2011 while raising ‘climate change’ awareness.