Peugeot has signed rising star Malthe Jakobsen as a junior driver ahead of next month's Le Mans 24 Hours. Full story: WEC
Rising prototype star Malthe Jakobsen has been signed by Peugeot as a junior driver for its World Endurance Championship Le Mans Hypercar squad.The 19-year-old Dane has been brought into the French manufacturer’s line-up after a try-out in one of the Peugeot 9X8s at last year’s official WEC rookie test in Bahrain.
The test followed Jakobsen sealing the European Le Mans Series LMP3 class title in 2022 with the Cool Racing squad with which he has subsequently graduated to LMP2 in the Asian and the European Le Mans Series this year. Jakobsen will join Peugeot for its test programme over the remainder of the year and drive its simulator while continuing to race for Cool in the pro/am P2 sub-class, the manufacturer said in statement. She explained that she was enthusiastic whenboss Jean-Marc Finot and 9X8 technical director Olivier Jansonnie told her that Jakobsen would be taking part in the rookie test at the wheel of a Peugeot.
“Peugeot is forward-looking and identifying young drivers and rising stars has always been a priority for us for many years,” she said. Malt? Jakobsen, Peugeot Totalenergies Peugeot 9X8Jakobsen described himself as “super-happy and proud to be able to be part of the Peugeot family”. “I hope that we will be able to build something really strong together and have a good relationship in the future,” he continued. Jakobsen joins the six-strong line-up of race drivers in the two Peugeot 9X8s:
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