Cadillac confirms two-driver Hypercar line-up as Imola WEC entry checklist announced
Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn will power the Ganassi-plod #2 Cadillac V-Assortment.R LMDh as a duo on this month’s Imola 6 Hours, round two of the 2024 WEC.
Last affirmation of an draw that bucks the building of working three drivers in all races in Hypercar, as well to in LMP1 sooner than it, came on Tuesday with the newsletter of the entry checklist for the Italian WEC round on 21 April.
Team founder Chip Ganassi outlined to Motorsport.com at the Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener in January an intent to plod staunch two drivers within the Cadillac Racing WEC entry within the shorter races.
He said a desire on the a part of the crew to “preserve it clear-reduce”.
Stephan Mitas, crew main of the German-primarily based mostly Ganassi WEC operation, subsequently elaborated on the realizing.
“Over a six-hour bustle there are some efficiency advantages to be had,” he outlined. “It’s more prep time through free note, after which over the course of the bustle, two drivers is a efficiency obtain.”
Officially, on the opposite hand, Cadillac had remained non-committal on plans to plod staunch two drivers within the 5 six-hour races on the WEC schedule.
#2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Assortment.R: Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Sebastien Bourdais
Represent by: Shameem Fahath
The Overall Motors trace said on the announcement that Sebastien Bourdais would be joining Bamber and Lynn for final month’s Qatar 1812Km 10-hour WEC curtain-raiser that the stylish-or-backyard duo would be “complemented” by the Frenchman and his fleshy-season IMSA crew-mate Renger van der Zande, as well to “purchase Chip Ganassi Racing crew-mates” through the season.
It added that the crew would “ascertain the third driver before obvious endurance races”.
Laura Wontrop Klauser, highway racing boss at Cadillac’s guardian firm Overall Motors, also said that the fleshy driver line-up within the WEC V-Assortment.R will easiest be confirmed before every bustle.
Cadillac subsequently announced that IndyCar star Alex Palou will more than likely be joining Bamber and Lynn within the vacant seat within the #2 automobile for the Le Mans 24 Hours WEC round in June.
Scott Dixon will crew up with Bourdais and van der Zande within the extra Ganassi entry for Le Mans as a part of his continuing role with the crew for the lengthy-distance IMSA races.
Cadillac is heading into the Imola bustle after its disqualification final week from fourth map in Qatar for homologation irregularities.
This would possibly per chance per chance per chance also be the final season of the Cadillac/Ganassi partnership in sportscars.
Ganassi published final month that a relationship that began in 2021 in IMSA will more than likely be ending at the conclusion of the season.
The motive force line-united statesin the relaxation of the 37-automobile WEC entry for Imola stays unchanged from Qatar.
