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Cadillac verifies two-driver Hypercar line-up as Imola WEC entry list revealed

Cadillac verifies two-driver Hypercar line-up as Imola WEC entry list revealed

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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-hou...