The car was due for the start of the World Endurance Championship season dubbed as the T129. But, due to the new 2 litre twin-turbo V6 produced by AER (Advanced Engine Research) that forced a substantial redesign of the rear end of the car, including the monocoque. After the original plan was to use a Neil Brown Engineering planned to developed out of the four-litre V8 Audi DTM engine, but could not deliver the engine on time.
The car will begin testing in "the coming days", according to Lotus LMP head of operations Boris Bermes. And will likely to race in the forth round of the WEC in September at Austin.
The solo P1/01, will be driven in testing and the five WEC races after Le Mans by a pool of five drivers consisting of Christijan Albers, Christophe Bouchut, James Rossiter, Pierre Kaffer and Thomas Holzer.
The team did not rule out a move to one of the four hybrid sub-classes for 2015 and the sale of cars to customers.
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