Doriane Pin is ready to take an vital step towards a possible future position with Peugeot Sport when she assessments the group’s 9X8 Hypercar at Circuit Paul Ricard in the beginning of December. The check shall be Pin’s first expertise in a Hypercar and comes as Peugeot strikes nearer to finalising its plans for the 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship season.
Pin was named to a growth position with Peugeot Sport in March, however the deliberate alternative to guage her on the Bahrain Rookie Check was misplaced after the occasion was cancelled amid the scenario within the Center East. The Paul Ricard check will as an alternative give the 2025 F1 Academy champion the prospect to drive the current-specification 2026 9X8.
The check will not be supposed to right away assess Pin for a race seat, however relatively to find out whether or not she is suited to a growth and testing position, with a possible reserve-driver place additionally a risk. Peugeot is taking an analogous method to that used with Malthe Jakobsen and Alex Quinn, each of whom impressed throughout earlier rookie assessments.
Pin arrives with sturdy LMP2 kind in 2026, however the Hypercar represents a considerably totally different problem. The present 9X8 has been a demanding automobile to extract most efficiency from, whereas Pin’s weight, a bonus in some points of her LMP2 programme, is affected otherwise by Hypercar rules. Peugeot Sport group principal Emmanuel Esnault stated the check shall be carried out underneath consultant ballast and weight circumstances to permit the group to make a correct evaluation of her efficiency.
If Pin takes the wheel as deliberate, she is going to develop into the third feminine driver to check a Hypercar, following Jamie Chadwick and Lilou Wadoux. Chadwick has pushed Genesis Magma Racing’s GMR-001, together with in the course of the Le Mans Check Day, whereas Wadoux has examined Ferrari’s 499P throughout two Bahrain Rookie Assessments. Their progress displays a rising pathway for feminine drivers towards manufacturing unit endurance-racing programmes, with Chadwick linked to Genesis’ Trajectory Programme and Pin being evaluated via Peugeot Sport’s growth construction.