A programme that would have allowed the winner of 13 Le Mans 24 Hours crowns to compete in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship appears to have been cancelled, Motorsport.com understands.
But a spokesman for Audi Sport has only admitted that development of the hybrid prototype, which shares its chassis and full running gear with the sister marque Porsche LMDh, has been paused.
“We are now taking a break of two or three months on the project,” he told Motorsport.com.
“The capacities are being used differently and more sensibly at the moment.”
The admission from Audi follows a period of silence about the programme from the German manufacturer, at a time when fellow Volkswagen Group brand Porsche has been making play of the early testing exploits of the car developed in conjunction with Multimatic Motorsports.
Little has communicated about the Audi LMDh since rumours resurfaced late last year that Audi could be about to sign…
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