To prepare for the second part of the FIA World Endurance Championship all three of the LMP1-H teams have been testing in different parts of Europe - Toyota Racing at Magny Cours in France, Audi Sport Team Joest at Misano in Italy, and the Porsche team at the Lausitzring in Germany.
The Porsche 919 Hybrid was on the Eurospeedway Lausitz near Dresden for three days with Porsche works drivers Neel Jani (Switzerland), Romain Dumas (France) and Mark Webber (Australia) covering 2,031 kilometres in total. The other three LMP1 works drivers, Timo Bernhard (Germany), Brendon Hartley (New Zealand) and Marc Lieb (Germany) tested in July in Paul Ricard, South of France, where they did 2,167 kilometres.
Team Principal Andreas Seidl drew a positive conclusion to the test: “The target is to systematically improve the 919 Hybrid’s performance. That wasn’t possible before the Le Mans 24-Hours as we had to focus on reliability and had to freeze the car specification. Nevertheless we saw the car’s potential and learnt a lot during the first three championship events.
"Now we are working our way through the job list. We have successfully tested here with improvements in all areas of the car. The introduction of our new aero update was important. It provides a higher downforce level and should help to improve the 919 Hybrid’s race performance for the remaining rounds of the championship. The team did an excellent job in preparing and conducting the test. Thanks to this we were able to complete our programme in its entirety and are really pleased with these three days.“
Early in September the Porsche 919 Hybrid will undergo another test before the 6 Hours of Circuit of The Americas, the fourth round of the FIA WEC at Austin, Texas.
Fiona Miller (quote from Porsche)
Photo: (From Porsche) THE PORSCHE 919 HYBRID TESTING AT EUROSPEEDWAY LAUSITZ IN AUGUST 2014.
