By Johan Laubscher
Round two of the FIA
World Endurance Championship will be at Spa this weekend. A lot is expected
from this event, as it will be the first joint appearance of Audi and Toyota’s 2013
specification race cars.
Audi will be fielding three Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars in the event which has become their annual dress rehearsal for Le Mans. The #1 and #2 Audis will be in the normal 2013 sprint specification and car #3 will be in the new Le Mans bodywork specification, aptly named the “long-tail” version. The long-tail was seen testing at Monza last week and Audi Sport officially revealed the car in a pre-Spa event press release, which can be read HERE.
Toyota will also be fielding
a new cars this weekend. Their two-car team will consist of one new 2013 car
(car #7) and one of the older cars which competed at Silverstone. This should
offer an initial comparison between Audi and Toyota ahead of the Le Mans 24 hours next
month.
The Audi team has already arrived at Spa and are set up and preparing for the six hour event this weekend. These great photos come from Mr Dirk Theisges, who was on site whilst the Audis were being unloaded. They offer the first glimpse of the new long-tail at Spa.
The Six Hours of Spa should be another great event, and another showdown between Audi and
Toyota.
Photo credit: Mr Dirk Theisges
