New Porsche signings Felipe Nasr and Dane Cameron were among the drivers to get behind the wheel of the car that will take the German manufacturer back to top-flight sportscar racing in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship from next year.
The distance covered in Spain more than doubled the number of kilometres that have now been put on the LMDh hybrid, which began running at Porsche’s Weissach test facility last month.
Porsche has not stated which other drivers joined Nasr and Cameron, who were signed last year to lead development of the LMDh, at the multi-day Barcelona test.
Two-time overall IMSA champion Cameron, who also drove the car at Weissach, explained that the Porsche made “consistent progress” through the Barcelona test.
“Each day we managed to cover more mileage and the performance improved noticeably,” he said.
“Of course, at this early development stage, it’s not about pushing to the very limit — our approach is very conservative.
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