Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn will drive the Ganassi-run # 2 Cadillac V-Series. R LMDh as a duo in this month’s Imola 6 Hours, round 2 of the 2024 WEC.
Last verification of a plan that bucks the pattern of running 3 chauffeurs in all races in Hypercar, in addition to in LMP1 before it, began Tuesday with the publication of the entry list for the Italian WEC round on 21 April.
Group creator Chip Ganassi described to Motorsport.com at the Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener in January an intent to run simply 2 chauffeurs in the Cadillac Racing WEC entry in the much shorter races.
He specified a desire on the part of the group to “keep it easy”.
Stephan Mitas, group principal of the German-based Ganassi WEC operation, consequently elaborated on the strategy.
“Over a six-hour race there are some efficiency advantages to be had,” he described. “It’s more preparation time through complimentary practice, and after that throughout the race, 2 chauffeurs is an efficiency gain.”
Formally, nevertheless, Cadillac had actually stayed non-committal on strategies to run simply 2 chauffeurs in the 5 six-hour races on the WEC schedule.
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The General Motors brand name specified on the statement that Sebastien Bourdais would be signing up with Bamber and Lynn for last month’s Qatar 1812Km 10-hour WEC curtain-raiser that the routine duo would be” matched “by the Frenchman and his full-season IMSA team-mate Renger van der Zande, along with “choose Chip Ganassi Racing team-mates” through the season.
It included that the group would “verify the 3rd chauffeur ahead of particular endurance races”.
Laura Wontrop Klauser, roadway racing employer at Cadillac’s moms and dad business General Motors, likewise specified that the complete chauffeur line-up in the WEC V-Series. R will just be verified ahead of each race.
Cadillac consequently revealed that IndyCar star Alex Palou will be signing up with Bamber and Lynn in the uninhabited seat in the # 2 vehicle for the Le Mans 24 Hours WEC round in June.
Scott Dixon will coordinate with Bourdais and van der Zande in the extra Ganassi entry for Le Mans as part of his continuing function with the group for the long-distance IMSA races.
Cadillac is heading into the Imola race after its disqualification recently from 4th location in Qatar for homologation abnormalities.
This will be the last season of the Cadillac/Ganassi collaboration in sportscars.
Ganassi exposed last month that a relationship that started in 2021 in IMSA will be ending at the conclusion of the season.
The chauffeur line-ups in the remainder of the 37-car WEC entry for Imola stays the same from Qatar.
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