Peugeot developed a replacement for the 908, called the 908 Hybrid4. The following season, regulations changed, allowing for hybrid cars to race for victory, and heralding a new era for LMP1 racing that would last until 2020. The Peugeot 908 (also known as the 90X) was slightly slower than Audi’s R18, but more efficient, with the trio of Sébastien Bourdais, Simon Pagenaud and Pedro Lamy so close in the final hour of the race, that the organisers called off the traditional final parade lap and told the teams to keep racing to the bitter end. Peugeot finished second, third and fourth in the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours. The car wasn’t seen in public until the 2018 Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard. Porsche has never given a reason for the cancellation, but it’s pretty safe to assume a mixture of cash being diverted to the development of the Cayenne and not wanting to compete against future VAG stablemates Audi. The 9R3’s chassis was pretty much unaltered to become the LMP2000, with new suspension and engine mounts, and the car began testing to good response. Picking up a V10, that it had designed in 1992 for a Footwork F1 car, Porsche started work on a car for the following season, called the LMP2000.
The car was called the 9R3, and was set to race in 1999.Įventually this car, with a flat-six from the road-going 911, was cancelled, as it was deemed too heavy and had numerous flaws due to the serious cooling needs of an engine not originally designed for racing. But in the background it had been building a replacement car, to the new top class LMP regulations. After Porsche won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1998 it seemed to have quit the sport.
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