Driver Robert Shwartzman will drive the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar within the FIA World Endurance Championship within the 2027 season. It’s a return to the championship for Shwartzman after two season, he beforehand raced with Ferrari within the 499P Hypercar as part of the yellow #83 crew.
Staff Peugeot TotalEnergies strengthens its driver line-up for the following 2027 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship by saying he signing of Robert Shwartzman to drive one of many two Peugeot 9X8 automobiles. A confirmed WEC race winner returns to the grid after a two 12 months absence.
Born in 1999, Robert Shwartzman started karting on the age of 5 earlier than persevering with his profession in single-seaters. He grew to become FIA F3 champion in 2019, and FIA F2 runner-up in 2021 after two wins and eight podium finishes. After a distinguished profession in single-seaters and a task as a reserve driver in Components 1, Robert turned to endurance racing in 2023, initially within the GT class. That very same 12 months, he set the quickest time within the FIA WEC Rookie Check in Bahrain, earlier than profitable the FIA WEC 6 Hours of Austin on the Circuit of the Americas in 2024, driving a Hypercar.
In 2025, Robert Shwartzman moved to the USA and the IndyCar Sequence, the place he precipitated a sensation by changing into the primary rookie since 1983 to safe pole place on the legendary Indianapolis 500. In 2026, he accomplished a number of take a look at classes within the Peugeot 9X8 earlier than becoming a member of the Staff Peugeot lineup for the 2027 season. Peugeot has but to announce who Shwartzman can be reaplacing, as no official departurers from the staff have been confirmed.
“I’m extraordinarily completely happy to be again within the FIA WEC after my time in the US. I’ve missed endurance racing so much these previous two seasons and I’m very excited to be becoming a member of Staff Peugeot TotalEnergies.
From my first interactions with the staff, I felt welcomed and included in a really skilled and impressive atmosphere. The 2027 mission is especially stimulating and I can’t wait to contribute to this new journey and write the following chapters of this story collectively,” mentioned Shwartzman.
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