WEC LMP1 tests for LMP2 leader Bird, GP2 racers Stanaway and Evans

G-Drive Racing LMP2 driver Bird will test with Toyota, Aston Martin Racing regular and GP2 racer Stanaway will try out in an Audi and another GP2 racer, Evans, who finished second in class at the Le Mans 24 Hours with the Jota P2 team, will drive the Porsche at Bahrain.

The trio have been chosen by the WEC promoter, the Automobile Club, to take part in the test on the day after the championship finale at Bahrain on November 21.

They will each get a minimum of 30 laps in a LMP1 car.

ACO president Pierre Fillon said that Bird, Stanaway and Evans had "shown outstanding performances that we considered merited the test drives in Bahrain".

Bird, who leads the WEC P2 points ahead of this weekend's Fuji round, told Autosport: "It's good that what I have done this year has been noticed.

"I'm looking forward to it, and it is definitely a step in the right direction for my career."

Porsche LMP1 team principal Andreas Seidl said: "We believe the choice is good and now we are interested to see what they can do."

The decision on which of the manufacturers each driver would test with was made by the ACO.

The new-for-2015 rookie test was originally conceived for the best drivers competing in LMP2 in the WEC, but the ACO opted to widen its scope to include other classes and other championships running to its rules.

Seidl explained that Porsche, which looks set to have a vacancy in its Le Mans line-up courtesy of Nico Hulkenberg's unavailability, would also likely test other newcomers in addition to Evans.