AUTO – Hypercar: Lilo and Edox passed a good entry-level test in Bahrain

The day after the end of the endurance season, Amiens driver Lilo Wadaux easily transitioned from an LMP2 to a Toyota hypercar. For the Novice test, at the same Sakhir circuit, in Bahrain.

I jumped, so to speak, from one pool to another! It was just right for Lilo and Edox night rest Between the arrival of 8 Hours Bahrain Saturday evening, the final event of the endurance season completed by Richard Mille Racing’s team car. 8th place in LMP2and the rookie testto whom Amiens was invited on Sunday morning.

So she was invited to switch her usual steering wheel to sit at the car’s control buttonsToyota Hypercar #8 This season, he entrusted Swiss Sebastien Buemi, New Zealander Brendon Hartley, Japan’s Ryo Hirakawa and Who ranked second the day before in 8 hours Bahrain. This first, which it took Lilo and Doe to set up by having a special seat formed a few weeks ago, allowed her to gauge the difference in speed with Richard Mille Racing’s Team Oreca.

Lilo and Doux, second junior

as shown AutoTraderthe Samaritan covered 33 laps and completed the fastest in the 1’50 953, nearly 4 seconds better than his best lap in the race by day (1’54″ 599). Very close to the one signed by the same Toyota Hybrid #8 In racing conditions on Saturday (1’50″ 846). Lilou Wadoux set the fourth fastest time in the morning session of the Rookie Test, and sixth overall for the day.

The fastest was the regularsHypercar drivers, indeed: the Argentine Jose Maria Lopezon Toyota wheel #7, at 1’48″ 812. He was ahead of Swiss Nico Muller (Peugeot) and France’s Mathieu Vaccivière (Alpine).

In other words, among the true novices who discovered the first class of stamina, Lilo and Do got the second best performancebehind the 19-year-old Dane Malthe Jakobsenwas crowned this year’s LMP3 Champion and the author of an amazing time from 1’50″ 222 On the wheel of a Peugeot #94.

The comparison is not correct but one year after his first successful LMP2 rookie test, which was Followed by his signature with Richard Mill Racingthe 21-year-old from Picardie, has shown that she is still in progress.

Vincent Delorme
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