Congratulations to Motorsport Total for getting any kind of information out of the remarkably difficult to access Kodewa/ Lotus LMP outfit.

A story a couple of weeks ago revealed that the team was preparing to reveal plans for a single car LMP1 entry for the 2014 FIA WEC, the upgraded version of their Addess-designed chassis to be equipped with the new for 2014 AER turbo six and dubbed the T129, the campaign anticipated to be in the LMP1 privateer bracket for non-hybrid powered machines.

There is no news yet though of sales of the LMP2 chassis, this the original plan to provide a funding stream for any LMP1 programme.

Now the story has progressed to confirmation that ex F1, Audi factory and Kolles Audi driver Christijan Albers has signed to drive the new LMP1. Albers made a one off appearance in the team’s Lola Judd LMP2 machine in the first year of the WEC at Silverstone (below)

Albers also campaigned the Audi R10 TDI both for the factory Audi team in the USA (seen below at Laguna Seca in 2008) and later for the Kolles team in the Le Mans Series.

A senior WEC source meanwhile told DSC that whilst they were unable to confirm yet that there was an entry posted for the team “there is no shortage of interest in LMP1 for 2014 and beyond”.