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Written by Stephen Dobie
You most likely recall Volkswagen slicing 17 seconds from Peugeot"s Pikes Peak hillclimb record in 2018. Well, it left Peugeot Sport boss Bruno Famin rather disappointed, but perhaps not for the reason you"re expecting. "I was very disappointed by the Volkswagen as they could have done much better, for sure," he told Top Gear of the I.D. R"s 7m57s, recorded on the 12.42-mile course last June. "There"s at least 10 to 15 seconds more to be taken from the record." While the electric I.D .R (driven by Romain Dumas) made a better fist of high-altitude driving than the petrol-powered 208 T16 (which Sebastien Loeb drove), Famin assures us that"s not the key difference between the two.
Date written: 8 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15095
You most likely recall Volkswagen slicing 17 seconds from Peugeot"s Pikes Peak hillclimb record in 2018. Well, it left Peugeot Sport boss Bruno Famin rather disappointed, but perhaps not for the reason you"re expecting. "I was very disappointed by the Volkswagen as they could have done much better, for sure," he told Top Gear of the I.D. R"s 7m57s, recorded on the 12.42-mile course last June. "There"s at least 10 to 15 seconds more to be taken from the record." While the electric I.D .R (driven by Romain Dumas) made a better fist of high-altitude driving than the petrol-powered 208 T16 (which Sebastien Loeb drove), Famin assures us that"s not the key difference between the two.
Date written: 8 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15095
