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From press release
Takuma Sato will make his sports prototype debut with OAK Racing at the FIA World Endurance Championship rounds in Asia this October when the team returns to the LMP1 class following its switch to Honda Performance Development engines.
And the 35-year-old former Formula 1 driver has now been lined up to contest the WEC's final two rounds at Fuji (13/14 October) and Shanghai (27/28) aboard the Onroak Automotive designed and built No. 15 OAK/Pescarolo LMP1, which is now powered by HPD's proven AR6-LMV8 powerplant.
The team's regular LMP1 drivers Bertrand Baguette and Dominik Kraihamer will also return to the car's cockpit alongside Sato in Asia.
Sato drove the car during a shakedown at Magny-Cours circuit in France Thursday where the new HPD engine and OAK LMP1 chassis were tested together for the first time.
A further full day of running is scheduled for Friday when Sato will have more time to familiarise himself with the car.
Takuma Sato will make his sports prototype debut with OAK Racing at the FIA World Endurance Championship rounds in Asia this October when the team returns to the LMP1 class following its switch to Honda Performance Development engines.
And the 35-year-old former Formula 1 driver has now been lined up to contest the WEC's final two rounds at Fuji (13/14 October) and Shanghai (27/28) aboard the Onroak Automotive designed and built No. 15 OAK/Pescarolo LMP1, which is now powered by HPD's proven AR6-LMV8 powerplant.
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| Photo: OAK Racing |
The team's regular LMP1 drivers Bertrand Baguette and Dominik Kraihamer will also return to the car's cockpit alongside Sato in Asia.
Sato drove the car during a shakedown at Magny-Cours circuit in France Thursday where the new HPD engine and OAK LMP1 chassis were tested together for the first time.
A further full day of running is scheduled for Friday when Sato will have more time to familiarise himself with the car.