By Johan Laubshcer
Many people had doubted the potential performance of the new Toyota
Racing TS030 before Le Mans. After the testing accident and subsequent withdrawal
from Spa, few had high hopes for a good showing at the Le Mans debut. But
Toyota surprised everyone at Le Mans with very competitive pace and even
pressurising the Audi team during the first quarter of the Le Mans 24 Hours
race.
The new duel of Audi versus Toyota is set to continue for the rest of
the year. Both manufactures are committed to the rest of the 2012 FIA World
Endurance Championship. The top three cars of the WEC series will be spread over
three different models. One Audi R18 e-tron quattro, one Audi R18 ultra and one
Toyota TS030 will do battle in the remainder of the season.
Audi announced the names of its driver squads a day ahead of the
provisional entry list being published by the FIA. It is a healthy thirty-seven
car field that will race at Silverstone on August 26 with two Audis amongst the
list.
Audi driver line up:
#1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro - Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer, Benoît
Treluyer
#2 Audi R18 ultra - Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish
WEC Silverstone entry list:
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