Friday, March 7, 2014

FIA WEC: Two Audi R18 e-tron quattro at the Paul Ricard official test days


By Tarek Ramchani

The FIA WEC teams will have a two-day test at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, March 28th and 29th. Audi Sport Team Joest will be there with two factory Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars.

Six LMP1 cars will take part in the event, all of them from factory teams. The Paul Ricard tests will be the first time for Audi, Porsche and Toyota together on the same track preparing their 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season and the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro will be in the hands of Lucas Di Grassi, Loïc Duval and Tom Kristensen. The sister #2 Audi will be shared by Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoit Tréluyer.

The FIA WEC Paul Ricard tests entry list can be seen HERE.

Photo credit: Audi Media