The French manufacturer has released photographs of the Le Mans Hypercar testing at the Aragon circuit in Spain in an aerodynamic configuration similar to the show car unveiled last summer.
That means it does away with the a conventional rear wing and exploits the freedoms in the LMH rulebook to produce the necessary downforce from its underbody.
The release of the shots from Aragon, which is understood to be the first circuit test of the 9X8, follow a teaser picture on Twitter put out by Peugeot late last month in which the rear of the car was obscured.
Olivier Jansonnie, technical director of the WEC programme at Peugeot Sport, said: “This configuration is permitted by the LMH regulations.
“Our calculations and wind tunnel work have confirmed the pertinence of our decision to run without a rear wing.
“We expect it to be validated as we test at different circuits with differing characteristics.”
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