The entry, ready by Chip Ganassi Racing, was a power in IMSA’s once-around-the-clock endurance basic with Bourdais, Renger van der Zande and Scott Dixon on the wheel.
Victory gave the impression to be inside attain through the last stint as Bourdais emerged because the frontrunner for almost all of the ultimate hour. Nevertheless, the Frenchman was caught and handed by Louis Deletraz with lower than six minutes to go, before guiding the #40 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06 to the win.
Throughout the post-race press convention, Bourdais admitted the group, which earned its third podium at Sebring in six years, confronted some electrical points through the contest.
“Yeah, I believe the entire Cadillac and Ganassi group did an ideal job,” Bourdais stated.
“It was possibly not as easy as we’d have appreciated. We had some electronics sooner or later. You noticed the automotive slowing down. I used to be actually apprehensive this was going to occur once more and possibly that is it.
“It was a bit of extra easy than that. All people did a very good job. I believe the second the place the #40 seemingly misplaced the race, due to the soiled wind stream behind the #10, they needed to pit early and out of sync. They proved to be too sturdy for us. Hats off to these guys.
“It was an excellent day, good factors day, however it’s at all times disappointing to lose the race like that within the closing laps.”
#01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Sequence.R: Renger van der Zande, Sebastien Bourdais, Scott Dixon
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When making an attempt to pinpoint at what level of the race the issues occurred, Bourdais then additional defined a number of the particulars the group have been enduring and compelled to beat.
“We sort of had an EBS [electronic braking system] failure time and time once more,” Bourdais stated. “We tried to do some defaults and each time it got here again. We cleared it, then the motor stopped popping out of (Flip) 7. That is the place we misplaced the three spots to the 2 Acuras and the BMW.
“We acquired going once more. We by no means heard of it anymore. That was sort of bizarre. I actually do not actually bear in mind when it was. It was my second time within the automotive throughout my second stint. The rear brakes began to catch on hearth, the rear tyre pressures took off. It did not look fairly for a minute.
“However the guys did an ideal job. They debugged the issue and located an answer; we acquired going and are there in the long run. That is all you possibly can ask for.”
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