Jakobsen Promoted to Peugeot Race Seat for 2025

Malthe Jakobsen will step up to a race role with Peugeot’s Hypercar squad in the FIA World Endurance Championship next year, the French manufacturer has announced.

The 20-year-old Danish racer first joined Peugeot as a junior driver last year and was subsequently appointed as reserve driver for the 2024 campaign, although he has yet to make a race start in the 9X8 LMH car.

In addition to his Peugeot commitments, Jakobsen competes with Cool Racing in the European Le Mans Series LMP2 class, where he won the season opener in Barcelona.

“I’m delighted to join Team Peugeot TotalEnergies’ as official driver in next season’s FIA World Endurance Championship,” Jakobsen said.

“I’m very proud to have been part of this team for the last two years, first as junior driver and then this year as reserve driver. Thanks to all the team for giving me this great opportunity.”

The announcement of Jakobsen’s promotion follows shortly after the confirmation that Nico Mueller, who has raced with Peugeot in WEC since late 2022, will be departing the team following the conclusion of the 2024 campaign.

“We are very pleased to offer Malthe a seat in our WEC team for the 2025 season,” Jean-Marc Finot, Senior Vice President of Stellantis Motorsport, said.

“As part of Stellantis Motorsport’s strategy for promoting talented young drivers, Malthe has shown constant progress and a lot of maturity.

“His promotion is the next logical step in his career and we are convinced that he will be an asset to the team in the Peugeot 9X8.”