Lola-Audi for Swiss Spirit.

The Swiss Spirit team has announced that it will switch to a new car for the 2007 Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hours in the shape of a Lola B07/10 powered by an Audi engine.

The team, which fielded a Courage Judd last season, was purchased by JN Investissements earlier this month after team chief Serge Saulnier was given the job of leading Peugeot into its return to sportscar racing with the diesel powered 908 - with the new owners confirming straight away that sportscars would continue to be its target.

Now the outfit has become the second in as many weeks to place an order for the new Lola with the addition of the proven Audi engine that carried the R8 to five victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Swiss pair Marcel Fassler, who drove for the team last season, and Jean Denis Deletraz will share driving duties in the car, with the entry being overseen by long-time Audi customer Fred Stalder - who ran Audi cars in touring car competition during the 1980's and 1990's.

"This is a great opportunity to work with a fellow major player in International sportscar racing," Lola Cars International managing director, Rupert Manwaring said. "The LMP1 has undergone a major update for the 2007 season. With these developments combined to the huge promise the design showed last season, it is another ringing endorsement of the trust that top teams and manufacturers have in Lola products."

The team has yet to confirm when the car will run for the first time.