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Serge Saulnier, de pas aangestelde Peugeot Sport manager, reageert ook op de reglementswijziging.
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Serge Saulnier reacted to the 2007 ACO regulations in Le Maine Libre, Friday's issue : "10 % of the fuel tank less, it's huge. It makes
two laps at Le Mans and one more stop in the LMS races. They have gone too far ! The rule is changed before the beginning. Honestly, it's very annoying. We must compare what is similar and the diesel doesn't come down to an advantage of torque and power. For me who has lived the 2006 season with a petrol powered prototype, I can tell you that the diesel has also some handicaps and some other problems to solve : the thermal exchanges for example, the weight phenomena on mass distribution because all is concentrated on the rear. On the aerodynamics side too, it's also needed to have 25 % bigger radiators… The tyres? Their use is more narrow with a diesel engine."
So Le Maine Libre comments that Peugeot's 2007 programme could be reduced to one car only in Le Mans Series. "I don't know yet, but I'm reserved", added Serge Saulnier. He will now announce the names of the drivers in December instead of this month and they will be seven instead of six. Three of the six to be named drivers will be french. The seventh driver is Eric Hélary, who will be in charge of the development and test driver.
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Mijn gok voor de piloten: Olivier Panis, Nicolas Minassian,
Sebastian Bourdais (enkel voor Le Mans), Emanuelle Pirro/Dindo Capello, Jamie Davies. De 6de piloot kan iedereen zijn.