There’s a changing of the guard in the backroom (and on the pit perch) at Audi Sport this weekend as Justin Taylor steps up from no.2 race engineer on the #2 R18, under the management and tutelage of Leena Gade, to lead Race Engineer on the #1 R18, the American therefore gets the privilege of managing the final Audi racing effort for Tom Kristensen.

There’s no decision on the 2015 Engineering staff for Audi but it will definitely NOT feature the talents of 2013 Le Mans and World Championship winning Race Engineer Kyle Wilson-Clarke who is not present here in Brazil after confirming to the team that he is joining the Porsche LMP1 effort for 2015.

Nico Hulkenberg meanwhile has now confirmed via Twitter that, as trailed by DSC and Radio Le Mans, the Force India F1 man is to join Porsche in their third 919 Hybrid for the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours and the preceding 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps.