Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn will drive the Ganassi-run #2 Cadillac V-Collection.R LMDh as a duo on this month’s Imola 6 Hours, spherical two of the 2024 WEC.
Remaining affirmation of an association that bucks the pattern of operating three drivers in all races in Hypercar, in addition to in LMP1 earlier than it, got here on Tuesday with the publication of the entry listing for the Italian WEC spherical on 21 April.
Crew founder Chip Ganassi outlined to Autosport on the Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener in January an intent to run simply two drivers within the Cadillac Racing WEC entry within the shorter races.
He acknowledged a need on the a part of the crew to “hold it easy”.
Stephan Mitas, crew principal of the German-based Ganassi WEC operation, subsequently elaborated on the plan.
“Over a six-hour race there are some efficiency advantages available,” he defined. “It’s extra prep time via free apply, after which over the course of the race, two drivers is a efficiency achieve.”
#2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Collection.R: Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Sebastien Bourdais
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Formally, nevertheless, Cadillac had remained non-committal on plans to run simply two drivers within the 5 six-hour races on the WEC schedule.
The Normal Motors model acknowledged on the announcement that Sebastien Bourdais can be becoming a member of Bamber and Lynn for final month’s Qatar 1812Km 10-hour WEC curtain-raiser that the common duo can be “complemented” by the Frenchman and his full-season IMSA team-mate, Renger van der Zande, in addition to “choose Chip Ganassi Racing team-mates” via the season.
It added that the crew would “affirm the third driver forward of sure endurance races”.
Laura Wontrop Klauser, street racing boss at Cadillac’s mum or dad firm Normal Motors, additionally acknowledged that the total driver line-up within the WEC V-Collection.R will solely be confirmed forward of every race.
Cadillac subsequently introduced that IndyCar star Alex Palou will be joining Bamber and Lynn in the vacant seat in the #2 car for the Le Mans 24 Hours WEC spherical in June.
Scott Dixon will crew up with Bourdais and van der Zande within the further Ganassi entry for Le Mans as a part of his persevering with function with the crew for the long-distance IMSA races.
#2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Collection.R: Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Sebastien Bourdais
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Cadillac is heading into the Imola race after its disqualification final week from fourth place in Qatar for homologation irregularities.
This would be the last season of the Cadillac/Ganassi partnership in sportscars.
Ganassi revealed final month {that a} relationship that started in 2021 in IMSA might be ending at the conclusion of the season.
The motive force line-ups in the remainder of the 37-car WEC entry for Imola stays unchanged from Qatar.
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