35 cars confirmed for WEC Paul Ricard Prologue

The FIA World Endurance Championship has confirmed a 35-car entry lis♕t for next month's pre-season 'Prologu😼e' test at Paul Ricard in France ahead of the new 'super season' campaign.

The new-look WEC featuring a bolstered privateer contingent in LMP1 following Porsche's exit will begin its 13-month season with the 6 Ho♎urs of Spa-Francorchamps at the start of May, with the Prologue acting as the only collectiv🍨e pre-season running on April 6-7.

35 cars confirmed for WEC Paul Ricard Prologue

The FIA World Endu🤡rance Championship has confirmed a 35-car entry list for next month's pre-season 'Prologue' test at Paul Ricard in France aꦓhead of the new 'super season' campaign.

The new-look WEC featuring a bolstered privateer contingent in LMP1 following Porsche's exit will begin its 13-month season with the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps at the start of May,ܫ with the Prologue acting as the only collective pre-season running on April 6-7.

Thirteen cars have been confirmed for the 30-hour endurance test at Paul Ricard, allowing them to run throughout the night as preparation for the 24 Hours♏ of Le Mans in June.

Toyota will enterꦕ both its full-season TS050 Hybrid cars to the Prologue, but regular drivers Fernando Alonso, Kazuki Nakajima and Kamui Kobayashi will not feature due to clashing commitments.

The clashes offer Alexander Wurz a chance to return to the cockpit, with the Austrian remaining part of Toyota's setup through an ambassadorial role since retiring at the end of the 2015 season. Formula 1 reserve driver Robert Kubica is understood to be in contention to feature in the test with the Manor team, but the team i♌s yet to confirm any of its four vacant seats.

"We have🎐 such an incredible line up of cars and drivers for this unique, transitional Super Season, and – like all our competitors – we can’t wait for the action to start," WEC CEO Gerard Ne🌜veu said.

"We are very happy to be returning to Circuit Paul Ricard for the Prologue, our traditional pre-season collective test, which comes just a week before the first round⛦ of the European Le Mans Series, 🦩also at Le Castellet.

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