🗣️'Peugeot is forward-looking and identifying young drivers and rising stars has always been a priority for us for many years.' A signing with an eye to the future ⬇️
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.
“Peugeot is forward-looking and identifying young drivers and rising stars has always been a priority for us for many years,” she said. Jakobsen described himself as “super-happy and proud to be able to be part of the Peugeot family”. James Rossiter was listed as reserve, test and simulator driver, before being promoted to a race seat when Kevin Magnussen opted to return to Formula 1 with Haas in March last year.
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