Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

A Peugeot 908 in the 2010 1000 km of Spa with Anthony Davidson on board the #1 car
Category	Le Mans Prototype LMP1
Constructor	Peugeot
Designer(s)	Paolo Catone (head of design) Claude Guillois (engine) Jean-Marc Schmidt (chassis) Guillaume Cattelani (aerodynamics)[1]
Predecessor	Peugeot 905
Successor	Peugeot 908
Technical specifications[2]
Chassis	Carbon fibre monocoque
Axle track	2,000 mm (78.7 in)
Wheelbase	2,950 mm (116.1 in)
Engine	Peugeot HDi 5.5 litre V12 twin-turbo, mid-engined, longitudinally mounted
Transmission	6-speed sequential manual
Weight	Appr. 930 kg (2,050.3 lb)
Fuel	Total Diesel
Tyres	Michelin
Competition history
Notable entrants	Peugeot Sport Pescarolo Sport Team Oreca
Notable drivers	Nicolas Minassian Jacques Villeneuve Marc Gené Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Sébastien Bourdais Alexander Wurz Ricardo Zonta Christian Klien Franck Montagny Simon Pagenaud Anthony Davidson David Brabham
Debut	2007 1000 km of Monza
First win	2007 1000 km of Monza
Last win	2011 12 Hours of Sebring
Last event	2011 Petit Le Mans
Races Wins Poles F/Laps 30 20 23 20
Teams' Championships	3 (2007 Le Mans Series, 2010 Le Mans Series, 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup)
Constructors' Championships	3 (Le Mans Series 2007, 2010 Le Mans Series, 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup)
Drivers' Championships	2 (Le Mans Series 2007, 2010 Le Mans Series)

The Peugeot 908 HDi FAP is a sports prototype racing car built by the French automobile manufacturer Peugeot to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, starting in 2007^[3] and eventually winning in 2009. This effort, in development since 2005, was publicly unveiled on 15 June 2006. It first competed against the Audi R10 TDI, becoming the second diesel engined sports car from a major manufacturer, and then against the Audi R15 TDI. This was Peugeot Sport's first Le Mans effort since the end of the Peugeot 905 project in 1993. It won 19 from the 28 races in which it raced between 2007 and 2011.

"908 HDi FAP" reads as follows: 908 deals with the 90x series for racing cars at Peugeot; HDi is the acronym for [English] "High Pressure Direct Injection" (French: Injection directe à haute pression) and FAP is the acronym for [French] "Filtre à particules" (English: particulate filter"). The 908 name is also shared with a Peugeot concept saloon/sedan, named the 908RC, which shares the diesel V12 engine from the 908 sportscar and with the successor sports prototype racing car of Peugeot for 2011 season, simply named "908". The Peugeot 908 is not to be confused with another sportscar of the same number that successfully raced from 1968 to 1981, the Porsche 908.

At the 2008 1000 km of Silverstone, Peugeot Sport unveiled the 908 HY, a hybrid electric variant of the diesel 908,^[4][5] with KERS. Peugeot planned to campaign the car in the 2009 Le Mans Series season, even though it would not be capable of scoring championship points, but gave up the idea to concentrate on preparation for the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[6]