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A racing vehicle designed by Peugeot, the Peugeot 905 was victorious in the 24 hours of The Mans in both 1992 and 1993. A Sports-prototype racing car, the Peugeot 905 was introduced for Sportscar racing. The 905 was introduced by a team led by Jean Todt in 1988 to compete in the 1991 championship utilizing the new rules which the 1991 season would introduce. The first Peugeot victory was achieved in April in Suzuka (Baldi/Alliot). Additional victories were achieved soon after, the first at Magny-Cours in September and then another in Mexico in October.

Conceived in collaboration with Dassault Aviation, the Peugeot 905 used a frame in Carbon fiber along with a driving V10 engine made out of light alloy very near to what was made in Formula 1 at the present time. The Peugeot 905 was unveiled on July 4th 1990 and was developed throughout 1990 until it made its racing debut in the final two races of the Montreal and Mexico 1990 World Sportscar Championship season. Thogh slower than the contemporary Group C Sports Prototypes, the Peugeot 905 was much quicker than other 3.5 liter Sports-Prototypes that competed in the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season.

The 1991 Peugeot 905 was much quicker than the '90 version, but unfortunately had been heavily penalized during the early part of the season, and as a result now featured some reliability and performance problems. Peugeot introduced the 905B by carrying over the cockpit of the previous vehicle. A two-tier rear wing was added along with an optional full-width front wing and a much more powerful SA35-A2 engine.

In 1992 the 905 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race with the team of Mark Blundell, Derek Warwick and Yannick Dalmas. One year later that win was followed again by the team of Eric Helary, Geoff Brabham and Christophe Bouchut.

The 905 carried out a historical triplet with the 24 hors of Mans in 1993. The Peugeot 905 Evolution 2 was introduced to compete in the 1993 season but will not finally run.

Jessica Donaldson

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