Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak. Sébastien Loeb. Official Livery

The official livery for nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb’s Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak runner has now been unveiled, just days after footage of his first test in the Peugeot appeared. 

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Anybody who’s read our exclusive interview with Sébastien Loeb will know that the nine-time World Rally Champion isn’t ready to reach for his pipe and slippers just yet. Despite retiring from full-time WRC duties, the Frenchman is competing in the FIA GT Series with his eponymous team, planning a World Touring Car Championship assault with Citroen next year, and taking a Martini liveried Porsche GT3 for a spin during the Barcelona Grand Prix support series. And then there’s that Pikes Peak business.

This June, Loeb will take on the harrowing 20km climb aboard this 208 T16 – the inaugural running of which you can find in the video at the bottom of the page – in an effort to emulate fellow WRC Champion Ari Vatenen as an event winner. Red Bull, always keen to show its support, has now unveiled the Peugeot’s official livery.

We’re almost – I’ll repeat ‘almost’ – disappointed, since the black-clad 208 T16 is one of the most demonic racing brutes we’ve seen so far in 2013. Still, with 875bhp on tap from a 3.2-litre twin turbocharged V6 and 0-100kph nailed in 1.8 seconds, the Champ will be hoping its his driving that grabs the headlines.

Source – Red Bull and PDriveTV

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