Audi’s 2014 LMP1 challenger, still to be known as the R18 e-tron quattro, will begin testing this week under the Florida sun at Sebring.
Full details of the upgraded car will be revealed by the end of this month, but it is promised to be a fundamentally new prototype that conforms to the 2014 technical regs.
“We’ve reached a crucial stage in this project,” said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. “After building the first prototype, testing on various race tracks is now taking centre-stage. The tests are mainly focused on achieving high mileage, coordinating the highly complex hybrid drive systems and working out an efficiency-optimized total package that has never before been as complex as this one.”
DSC believes that only around 20% of the components of the 2013 car are carried over to the new car
