Alpine is gearing up to return to the top class of the World Endurance Championship next year and has put together an extensive testing programme for its new LMDh challenger.
put the A424 through its paces for three consecutive days at the former French Grand Prix venue, accumulating over 1000km of data.
“At the end it was okay and we are really happy about the job done in the first days. It was just like a big shakedown. The few niggles it encountered over the course of the test were not limited to components it designed and built on its own, but also the spec hybrid system sourced from Bosch, Xtrac and Williams Advanced Engineering.
Alpine has to plan its testing programme around the homologation window, with the French manufacturer only having until December to send its car to the Sauber wind tunnel to get the necessary regulatory approvals to race in the WEC.
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