World Endurance Championship 2015

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bdr529
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FIA WEC rookie testing
Juan Pablo Montoya tested the Porsche 919 Hybrid, setting a 1m43.174s lap in his first outing in the car and finished the day with a 1m40.861s. testing the #17 Porsche along with Montoya was Mitch Evans who set a time of 1m42.946s
“First impression is that the car is amazing,” said Montoya. “It’s a helluva toy – that’s the best way to describe it.

"I understood in the simulator everything that I had to do with the hybrid system, and it’s OK. I was shocking when they gave me a 30-page manual on how to drive the car!
Also at the test was Aston Martin GTE Pro driver Richie Stanaway who tested the #8 Audi 1m42.134s
and newly crowned LMP2 champion Sam Bird who had a go in the #1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid setting a time of 1m45.318s.

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bdr529 wrote:FIA WEC rookie testing
Juan Pablo Montoya tested the Porsche 919 Hybrid, setting a 1m43.174s lap in his first outing in the car and finished the day with a 1m40.861s. testing the #17 Porsche along with Montoya was Mitch Evans who set a time of 1m42.946s
“First impression is that the car is amazing,” said Montoya. “It’s a helluva toy – that’s the best way to describe it.

"I understood in the simulator everything that I had to do with the hybrid system, and it’s OK. I was shocking when they gave me a 30-page manual on how to drive the car!
Also at the test was Aston Martin GTE Pro driver Richie Stanaway who tested the #8 Audi 1m42.134s
and newly crowned LMP2 champion Sam Bird who had a go in the #1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid setting a time of 1m45.318s.
Magnussen tested the Porsche few weeks ago http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121734

I assume they are looking for a stand-in for Hulkenberg at Le Man, but afaiu Montoya isn't available for Le Man

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The car will be more refined come the first lap of the season. This is how the car looked a month ago.

Hopefully they will be able to match the Porsche in acceleration as they had better vmax than the Porsche.