Audi Sport intends to bring the prestigious Le Mans trophy back to Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. Not only the technology of the Audi R15 TDI is being subjected to further development but the drivers’ line-up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been modified as well.
Audi has signed three new drivers for Le Mans, the Swiss Marcel Fässler, German André Lotterer and Frenchman Benoît Treluyer, who will be sharing the wheel of one of three Audi R15 TDIs next June.
The new Audi drivers already have experience at the wheel of diesel racing sports cars. Fässler successfully contested two races in the American Le Mans Series for Audi in 2008.
Lotterer impressed at Le Mans last year at the wheel of an Audi R10 TDI of the private Audi customer team Kolles.
Treluyer competed in the 24-hour classic in a Peugeot in 2009.
Fässler, Lotterer and Treluyer have already visited Audi Sport in Ingolstadt for seat-fittings and will soon be testing the Audi R15 TDI.
The new Audi driver trio is planned to compete in their first race on May 9, in the 1000-kilometer race at Spa-Francorchamps, which will serve as a dress rehearsal for the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Audi Sport Team Joest.
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Audi has signed three new drivers for Le Mans, the Swiss Marcel Fässler, German André Lotterer and Frenchman Benoît Treluyer, who will be sharing the wheel of one of three Audi R15 TDIs next June.
The new Audi drivers already have experience at the wheel of diesel racing sports cars. Fässler successfully contested two races in the American Le Mans Series for Audi in 2008.
Lotterer impressed at Le Mans last year at the wheel of an Audi R10 TDI of the private Audi customer team Kolles.
Treluyer competed in the 24-hour classic in a Peugeot in 2009.
Fässler, Lotterer and Treluyer have already visited Audi Sport in Ingolstadt for seat-fittings and will soon be testing the Audi R15 TDI.
The new Audi driver trio is planned to compete in their first race on May 9, in the 1000-kilometer race at Spa-Francorchamps, which will serve as a dress rehearsal for the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Audi Sport Team Joest.
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