After the Peugeot 208 WRX’s victory in Istanbul, Team Peugeot Hansen’s two cars head for Italy, host of Round 12 of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, which could settle the 2015 Teams’ title chase. The Franco-Swedish outfit tops the standings ahead of the trip to Franciacorta where its sights will be set on the supreme prize.
For Team Peugeot Hansen, Franciacorta brings back fond memories of its maiden WRX victory, in 2014. Since that landmark win, the team has added five more successes and 12 world class podium finishes to its score. Even so, it knows full well that the trip to Italy will be no Dolce Vita weekend once competitive action begins. The last two clashes indicate that its rivals have upped their game and the Peugeot 208 WRX’s first place in Turkey only came after an extremely close fight.