The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host the FIA World Endurance Championship’s pre-season ‘Prologue’ take a look at working in 2019, happening simply over a month after the top of the earlier season.
WEC historically levels its two-day Prologue at a circuit in Europe, with current venues together with Paul Ricard and Monza, however will head to Spain for the primary time in 2019 to finish testing on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which historically hosts Formulation 1’s pre-season working.
The 2019 Prologue might be held on July 24-25 subsequent yr, which is precisely midway between the top of the 2018-19 season, on the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, and the beginning of the brand new 2019-20 marketing campaign at Silverstone on September 1.
The WEC additionally confirmed its annual ‘rookie take a look at’ will return for ’19-20 after one season away, giving up-and-coming sports activities automotive drivers and first timers a possibility to finish take a look at working.
This might be staged on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit on December 15 2019, sooner or later after the 8 Hours of Bahrain race.