After months of anticipation, Sébastien Loeb has shattered
the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record with a breath-taking time of
8m13.878s in the 208 T16 Pikes Peak. The Frenchman negotiated the 20 kilometres
and 156 corners of the mountain at an average speed of 145 kph.
As it was, Loeb blasted his 208 T16 Pikes Peak through the
clouds in a time that was even quicker than Peugeot Sport’s computer had
thought was possible. The ideal theoretical time – calculated using data from
Loeb’s practice runs up the Colorado mountain – was 8m15s. The nine-time world
rally champion somehow managed to shave two seconds off that.
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