The addition of the Nurburgring to the 2015 FIA WEC calendar replacing Interlagos adds a 10th circuit to the WEC history books since 2012.
It’s also a circuit that most of the current WEC teams have very little data for so the opportunity to test there is something that many are grateful for.
Step forward Toyota who have a two day test scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday and have invited the rest of the WEC grid to share the track.
That opportunity has been snapped up by a number of teams with 20 cars due to take part and all classes represented on a provisional (and unofficial) entry list.
Better still there will be the opportunity for the public to attend (though the paddock will be closed).
In LMP1 Toyota are expected to run a single TS040 for Anthony Davidson, Sebastien Buemi and Alex Wurz.
They’ll be joined by single car attendees from both Porsche (Messrs Bernhard, Lieb, Hartley and Dumas) and Audi (Lotterer and Treluyer on Monday, di Grassi and Duval on Tuesday).
Nissan meanwhile are testing in the USA on the same days.
Rebellion Racing are not slated to attend but ByKolles are due to run with their CLM P1/01, drivers to be advised.
In LMP2 there’s healthy 6 car showing with only Signatech and Oak Racing from the full season entry not due to run (Oak Racing will not race their #35 Ligier at the Nurburgring).
G-Drive will bring one of their pair of Ligier Nissans to run, Sam Bird will run on the Monday, Roman Rusinov on both days.
ESM are set to put miles on both of their Ligier Hondas with all six full season drivers due to run on both days, the cars now back in their regular Tequila Patron livery.
The Nurburgring test will be the first opportunity for the public and media to get a glimpse of Strakka Racing’s ex Greaves Motorsport Gibson 015S in the Silverstone based team’s hands. Unsurprisingly all three of the team drivers are keen to get seat time on their new steed.
Team SARD Morand are to to run in their #43 Morgan Evo but with drivers as yet unconfirmed.
Finally in P2 come KCMG, the 2015 Le Mans class winners bring their full Britpack to test with Richard Bradley, Matt Howson and, on Tuesday only, Porsche’s 2015 Le Mans winner Nick Tandy.
In GTE AF Corse bring both of their GTE Pro Ferraris, each with their regular full season driver pairings.
Porsche have both their Pro cars listed too but with only one driver apiece named, Richard Lietz for #91, Michael Christensen for #92.
Aston Martin Racing bring a single Pro car but are due to run Nicki Thiim, Christoffer Nygaard, Marco Sorensen from the #95 squad and Fernando Rees and Richie Stanaway from the #99.
Finally GTE Am should see five cars running.
SMP Racing are due to attend with their Le Mans winning #72 Ferrari.
AF Corse are set to run with their full season #83 car and line-up
Proton Competition too will attend with both of their cars, the #77 Dempsey Proton 911 RSR and its sister #88 Abu Dhabi Proton Racing Porsche, all six full season men are named as attending.
Aston Martin are set to bring an Am car too, the #98 car of Paul Dalla Lana, Mathias Lauda and for the test, Jonny Adam who is set to race alongside Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke in the #97 Pro car in August.
