Van Dalen: Peugeot 207 can be a winner next year

31st August 2010

By Charlie Contadeli

Kronos Racing team principal Marc van Dalen believes the Peugeot 207 S2000 will be competitive from the start of next season.

The Peugeot has struggled to keep pace with the Skoda Fabia S2000 through the middle of this year, but van Dalen is sure the planned development for the 207 will bring the car back online for January’s Monte Carlo Rally.

“I can’t say the 207 is going to be competitive for years to come, who can say that about their car?” said van Dalen. “We had some development this year, but it was late coming, but now we will be ready [for next year]. And you can be sure that we will be back and ready to fight with our customers.”

Van Dalen admitted he had no news on Kronos Racing’s programme for next season, but he hoped to retain the Peugeot UK and Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg teams.

“We start to talk now,” he said. “This is the good time to make the decisions. We have had the best driver with Kris Meeke and we have won titles and this is what we want again. But the good news is that we are working towards the future.”