In a testing session for the upcoming FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, Austrian driver Ferdinand Habsburg was putting the new Alpine A424 LMDh through its paces when disaster struck. The incident occurred during the final hour of the test, as a mechanical failure on the front axle sent the car hurtling straight into the wall at Turn 7, dealing a significant blow to Habsburg’s hopes for the year ahead.
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The Alpine LMDh team is expecting good news this week regarding Ferdinand Habsburg’s return to the #35 car for the upcoming Spa 6 Hours round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on May 11th. The 25-year-old Austrian driver is still awaiting final sign-off from his doctors to return to racing after fracturing two lumbar vertebrae in a testing incident at MotorLand Aragon in late March.