Cadillac takes home the first point of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season at the end of a very difficult 6h of Imola.
While overseas the V-Series.R of Chip Ganassi Racing and Action Express Racing took home the double in the IMSA Long Beach Sprint race, on the banks of the Santerno the weekend of Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber with their LMDh #2 it went much less smoothly.
The couple struggled a lot in finding the right setup, despite the fact that the track had already been discovered in a test during the winter, but in general since the first free practices the blue Cadillac has never been brilliant and the 7th place of the In the end, qualifying was the only hope to at least get into the points.
At the start, in the 'Tamburello' funnel, a contact damaged the wing and the rear bodywork of the car driven by Lynn, who then suffered a puncture during the second stint and picked up a piece of debris.
#2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R: Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn
Photo by: Paolo Belletti
The rain shuffled the cards and in CGR they didn't do anything wrong from a strategy point of view, but by then there was a lot of time lost and when it was Bamber's turn to relieve his colleague, the others had already run away for a long time.
In the end, despite an average pace of about half a second slower than the Ferrari, the General Motors car managed to recover very well and gain the points zone, which it had lost in Qatar due to the disqualification due to a technical infringement found after the race. finding several positive ideas in an event that was definitely not among the best.
“The first corner of the race was quite challenging and unfortunately we were hit from behind, suffering some damage. Other than that, the pace seemed really strong, but we also got a puncture on the right rear, which was a real shame,” regrets Lynn.
“But I think today was by far our best day from a racing point of view, so I'm pleased with how we turned our weekend around. I'm looking forward to going to Spa.”
Bamber adds: “We had good pace and getting a point is a sort of start to the championship after Qatar. The car was fantastic in the wet and we made the most of it.”
“It's always a gamble to switch from rain tires to slicks when the forecast is uncertain and only certain sections of the track are wet, so all the teams had to decide which strategy to use.”
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