Alongside last year’s winners, Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer, in car number “7,” Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Oliver Jarvis (BR/F/GB) are competing in car number “8” for Audi Sport Team Joest. For Oliver Jarvis, Silverstone is a home round – he lives in Burwell, 130 kilometers away from the race track.
Audi has a special relationship with the United Kingdom and the UK automobile market. Within the space of a decade, the brand more than doubled its deliveries there and in 2015 added another five percent. In 2015, Audi delivered 166,817 units in the UK, more than ever before.
The first of nine FIA WEC rounds will start on Sunday, April 17, at 12:00 (13:00 CEST). Eurosport will start to air 130 minutes of live coverage of the race decision at 17:00 CEST. In addition, Audi will be offering accompanying reportage on Facebook (AudiSport), Twitter (@Audi__Sport) and the Audi Sport App.