Pike's Peak 2013

Steve · May 9, 2013

If the weather is good there could be quite a battle this year. Here's video on the new one-off Peugeot that will be driven by Sebastian Loeb. Loeb's first test drive on a track in France. Apparently Monster Tajima has an all new car as well. :wink:

Loeb exuberant after first test of his Pikes Peak Peugeot "rocket" (Racer.com)

May 09, 2013

After his first test of the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak with which he will make his debut in the Colorado hill climb next month, Sebastien Loeb expressed amazement at the 875hp car's speed.

The nine-time World Rally Champion drove the car at a test track in northwest France earlier this week, and came away awed by its power. "I've never driven anything that accelerates so fast," exclaimed the Frenchman. "The 208 T16 Pikes Peak is a rocket.

"It's so powerful. The first time you drive it, each gear change practically stuns you. The shifts are brutal and a it takes a little time to anticipate the sudden jarring. You get used to it, but it was quite disorientating to begin with."

Loeb said he was not only impressed by the power but also by the performance of the brakes and aerodynamics.

"Due to its aerodynamic downforce and wide tires, its braking is amazing, too," he said. "The 208 package is a combination of the best of several worlds: it's got the downforce of a Formula 1 car, the wide tires of an endurance racing prototype and a differential, like a WRC car.

"In the lower gears, a Formula 1 car doesn't deliver maximum power. With the Peugeot, though, it's bang, bang, bang as you move up the box from standstill.

"Due to its four-wheel drive transmission and turbocharged engine, its pull-away performance is phenomenal. You find yourself in sixth gear at 150mph in no time at all!" Indeed, with a 0-62mph time of 1.8sec, the Pikes Peak Peugeot would leave any F1 car standingâ€¦

â€œI have driven many types of car in my career, but this is very, very different. Its acceleration performance and stopping power are more like those of a Formula 1 car than a rally car," Loeb added. "Its handling is fantastic as well â€“ there's so much grip, and the all-wheel drive transmission makes it very stable. It's got huge potential.â€

Peugeot's test program for the one-off car will continue on a variety of circuits and open roads at altitude as it prepares for the June 30 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

"I really can't wait to get to drive the 208 T16 Pikes Peak in Colorado," added Loeb. â€œThis [French] track isn't very wide and there isn't any run-off, so I'm taking things one step at a time. I don't know what the car's limits are yet but it was important to do this run on a circuit. Now we have a better idea of where we stand and a better overview of the car's potential. After that, the challenge will be to try to feel totally at one with the car on Pikes Peak itself. That will take some workâ€¦â€
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDcGROY51ZA]208 T16 Pikes Peak : SÃ©bastien Loeb Story - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · May 9, 2013

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0UqkLmxeKY]Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak - DETAILS - YouTube[/ame]

ScottinBend · May 9, 2013

.....and it's all paved this year, right?

Steve · May 9, 2013

Here's Tajima's new car. No one seems to know whether it will show up at Pike's Peak this year though. He's still listed under the Electric division so he may be taking the E-Runner he drove last year.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjzRN2guSE4]MONSTER SPORT TOYOTA Super 86 - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · May 9, 2013

ScottinBend said: ↑

.....and it's all paved this year, right?
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I'm not certain, but I think it was fully paved already for 2012.

mrntd · May 10, 2013

Yes, it's all paved for the first time this year. You'll see some very different cars this year.
I drove it about 6 years ago, at regular speeds. It is a great drive and I highly recommend it.

Steve · May 16, 2013

The Peugeot has a lot more color now and they've moved on to testing on some hills. Apparently Loeb's feedback so far is pointing to fundamental aspects of the car, turn-in too sharp, lower gears too tall, etc.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Dv3lqxH6I]Test 208 T16 Pikes Peak - SÃ©bastien Loeb - Mont Ventoux [HD] - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · May 16, 2013

Day 2 at Mont Ventoux:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKEmE7-wpSM]Test 208 T16 Pikes Peak Day 2 - SÃ©bastien Loeb - Mont Ventoux [HD] - YouTube[/ame]

mrntd · May 17, 2013

I couple of videos defiantly worth the watch.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8nptFx1jug"]Peak Performance! Ford Fiesta RallyCross storms Pikes Peak - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZ5J3GLSYI"]Climb Dance - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · May 28, 2013

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWn5ChRRHq8]Dress Rehearsal - Pikes Peak - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]

Nathan · Jun 6, 2013

208 T16 Pikes Peak | Time Lapse

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xprl8_YYV4]208 T16 Pikes Peak | Time Lapse - YouTube[/ame]

grey poupon · Jun 6, 2013

I've had the privilege of filming this event 2 years ago. Blew my mind! That was the year that Monster Tajima broke the 10 min. mark. I've got some footage around here somewhere of gravel being thrown directly at me. I'll have to dig it up. This year should be quite interesting.

Steve · Jun 10, 2013

SÃ©bastien Loeb: â€œUp there, all you can see is the horizonâ€ (best-of-rallyline.com)

10/06/2013 10:00 am

The last time we spoke, I promised I would talk about the 208 T16 Pikes Peak and my approach to the American hill climb. Now the first practice session is over, itâ€™s time to deliver!

First of all, a short word about last weekend, when my wife SÃ©verine and I contested the Rallye du Chablais which takes place near our home. I know the organiser well, I like the stages and it was a chance to compete with no pressure in a PH Sport-runDS3 WRC. Extremely wet weather(10cm of rain in two days!) madethe conditions fairly complex, including plenty of aquaplaning and a harmless excursion into a field. We ran different types of tyre, including â€˜cutâ€™ slicks towards the end. It was all tremendous fun.

Now, the Peugeot 208â€¦ I first drove it at a circuit, then at Mont Ventoux, in the south of France. What immediately struck me was its crazy acceleration and incredible stopping power, but we needed to make it more controllablefor the 20 or so kilometres and 156 turns that awaited us at Pikes Peak.

My first drive in the car in Colorado was at a small oval,near Pikes Peak, where we laid out five or six corners. That was a useful exercise because access to the course itself isextremely limited, so you need to make the most of every climb! The team had clearly worked hard since our last test in France and they had ticked all the boxes on the job list. We did a useful fine-tuning run which made the carâ€™s handling much more progressive.

To give you an idea of the course, I would say that first part is like a RallyCatalunya stage, only wider, with a good surface. I spent two-and-a-half days doing a thorough recce with Daniel [Elena], although we werenâ€™t permitted to go any faster than 30mph, which is less than 50kph. We tried to evaluate the precise angle of each turn, something that isnâ€™t easy watching a video.

These climbs at a snailâ€™s pace enabled me to commit the course to memory. Listening to Daniel, I was able to put â€˜wordsâ€™ to the corners and learn the notes by heart. My aim was to eliminate or, at least, minimise the risk of getting two turns mixed up. Given the drops, thatâ€™s something I donâ€™t want to do. The upper part of the climb is very barren, and all you can see is the horizon...

The first practice session was this morning (Saturday, June 8), but more tests are scheduled on June 9, 14, 15 and 16! You practice over portions of five or six kilometres at a timeâ€¦ between five and eight oâ€™clock in the morning, and Iâ€™m not someone who likes to get up early!

On Saturday, we covered the first six kilometres and my first run started at around 5:30am. I immediately felt comfortable and confident in the car and, by my second or third run, I managed to find a nice rhythm. I completed five runs and it was a very positive start. With the new gear ratios, the cohesion between the ratios and corner anglesis more like what I am accustomed to, and I didnâ€™t even ask for the set-up to be changed. The run also confirmed that I had memorised the course well because I didnâ€™t have any doubts whatsoever.

We need to see if that first impression is confirmed over the following sections, but I must say I am really pumped up about the event. Itâ€™s a fresh challenge and I will be up against drivers like Jean-Philippe Dayraut, Romain Dumas (who has opted for an ultra-lightweight car), Rhys Millen and Tajima who seems to be really wound up in his videos. Plus the fact that driving my â€˜fighter jet on wheelsâ€™ is so exhilaratingâ€¦

Itâ€™s going to be fun, and Iâ€™ll tell you more about it when I get homeâ€¦
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Loeb fastest at Pikes Peak practice (WRC.com)

10 June 13

Sebastien Loeb has gone fastest in his Peugeot 208 T16 at the first official test sessions for the Pikes Peak hillclimb in Colorado.

The reigning World Rally Champion drove the 20-kilometre mountain road for the first time in anger at the weekend, with the first half tackled on Saturday (8 June) and the second half on Sunday.

â€œI feel very confident with the car,â€ Loeb said after setting the quickest time on both days.

â€œThatâ€™s a reassuring start, if only because of the speeds we get up to here. We are already getting close to the limit in many places. All we need to do now is make some detail changes and we will be ready for the Big Day!â€

On Friday 7 June, Loeb carried out a shakedown test of his 875bhp car at the nearby Colorado Springs Speedway.

He also made a recce of the 4300-metre climb accompanied by his WRC co-driver Daniel Elena. Although Loeb will be alone when he makes the ascent for real on 30 June, the pair made notes for each of the hillâ€™s 156 corners to help him memorise the route.

â€œThe result of the weekend is globally positive,â€ said Peugeot Sportâ€™s Director Bruno Famin.

â€œOur â€˜beastâ€™ seems to suit Sebastien, to the extent that we have hardly made any changes to its set-up. The carâ€™s potential is borne out by the fact that we posted the fastest time on each run. That said, last yearâ€™s winner Rhys Millen, who is something of a benchmark here, it still familiarising himself with his own car and there was very little real opposition.

"The chief lesson, therefore, is that the 208 T16 Pikes Peak is a well-sorted car and that our busy programme in the past four months seems to have taken us in the right direction. We will now need to continue in the same vein.â€

The next free practice session will take place on Friday 14 June, with two more official practice sessions on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June.
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Steve · Jun 10, 2013

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouQ-KFv7jLk]PIKES PEAK -- PEUGEOT 208 T16 Prima sessione di prove part.1 - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Jun 15, 2013

Rhys Millen also has a new ride. I like how he has to climb in through a hatch in the roof :lol: (seen in the video).

An inside look at Rhys Millen's new Pikes Peak Unlimited racer [w/video] (autoblog.com)

Wider, Lower And Decidedly More Sinister

By Michael Harley | Posted Jun 15th 2013 12:58PM

Rhys Millen was sitting on a cooler whittling away at a piece of aluminum when I first arrived at the expansive skidpad at the California Proving Grounds, owned by Hyundai, located in a desolate part of the California desert about a dozen miles east of Mojave. By the time I had walked over to the accomplished driver for introductions, he had picked up a piece of sandpaper and begun to arduously file away at the alloy's rough edges, smoothing them masterfully.

He was focused on the job, but I politely interrupted him and asked what he was making. Ryhs looked up, smiled, and then grabbed a few zip-ties and asked me to come over to the new Hyundai RMR PM580-T, destined for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in just two short weeks, raised on its air jacks just a few yards away.

It was late morning, and the blue, white and orange race car sat naked and exposed, missing most of its outer skin. Unlike last year's vehicle, a 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe race car, which set the course record at 9:46.164, the new car looks wider, lower and decidedly more sinister. My objective was to find out why.

A closer look revealed a carbon fiber monocoque tub, actually a Gen-1 Crawford Performance Engineering Daytona Prototype chassis (manufactured in November 2005), clearly visible through the custom tubing. With the exception of the pushrod suspension with coil-overs, brake ducting for the iron rotors on the outsides of the frame rails and the large aluminum radiator tilted forward to swallow fresh airflow at altitude (the blue hose, mounted just ahead of the radiator, provides a cooling spray of water), there really wasn't much else to the front end.

The rear, however, was all business as the race team had bolted one of Hyundai's Lambda V6 engines in place. While the engine started life as a naturally-aspirated 3.8-liter, it now existed as a 4.1-liter V6 forced to breathe through an absolutely massive Garrett turbocharger. A custom intake, free-flow exhaust, specialized engine management and a diet of racing fuel provide all of the proper ingredients to generate upwards of 800 horsepower. The rear-wheel drive powertrain features a sequential six-speed gearbox, with a clutch for launch. The most striking part of the engine bay was unquestionably the gold foil, its bright surface covering as much as possible in an effort to reflect the immense heat away from critical parts.
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Full article, pics, video here.

BlimeyCabrio · Jun 16, 2013

In the videos, you can hear the car calling to me as it revs in every gear...
Paullllllllllll-Paulllllllllllll-Paulllllllllllllllllll-Paullllllllll-Paullllllllllllllllllllllll

I longs for its master.

Steve · Jun 25, 2013

2013 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Practice Day 1 (autoblog.com)

By Chris Paukert | Posted Jun 25th 2013 7:17PM

For 2013, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has has added a fourth practice day, part of an effort to give each of the competitors extra practice running up the mountain. That day is today, and it saw the cars running on the bottom-half of the course, while the two-wheelers ran up top.

The extra practice day was not without drama. As we mentioned earlier, the Lovefab Enviate Acura NSX of Cody Loveland endured a huge crash due to a faulty part and is likely done for the week. In the Unlimited class, the Forge Motorsports Ford RS200 driven by Pat Doran also had a big off, but his racecar might live to see raceday this weekend.

World Rally Championship maestro SÃ©bastien Loeb showed why he's the master of perilous ascents, tallying today's quickest section time with a 3:30.768 in his Peugeot 208 T16. Loeb's time buried that of current champ Rhys Millen, who rang up 3:54.835 in his Hyundai Genesis Coupe Unlimited racer. Veteran hillclimber Paul Dallenbach chipped in with the quickest Time Attack session at 4:16.113. (For further timing and results information, click here.)

In the burgeoning Electric class, Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima has returned with his Monster Sport E-Runner for a second try after mechanical failure ended his race last year. He's got a ways to go, though, as he only ran the fourth-quickest time in the class, 4:16.562. Top time today for the Electric class went to Dakar rally winner Hiroshi Masuoka in his Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution II.

Wednesday will see more practice sessions and the start of qualifying, which will carry on throughout the week. The run for the record books in Colorado officially gets underway on Sunday at 8:00 am MDT.
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Full article with pics here.

Crashton · Jun 26, 2013

Since they are doing all tarmac this year adding an extra day is a good idea. Plus the fact the speeds will be higher on pavement. Man I wish I could be out there again. Maybe next year.

Steve · Jun 26, 2013

One of the early casualties.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c515YLpOvAc]Pat Doran Pikes Peak Hill Climb Wreck - YouTube[/ame]

Crashton · Jun 26, 2013

Wow that just sucks. Ouch, hope he has lots of spares. Seems like a window net would be a good thing to have.

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