Bourdais reflects the sentiments of all the IMSA GTP runners ahead of the Rolex24 at DAYTONA
The new GTP era has seen the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship embrace the LMDh rules, attracting BMW and Porsche to join Cadillac and Acura in the top class of U.S. sportscar racing. However, the introduction of a spec hybrid unit has inevitably caused teething problems for all the OEMs, so debuting the technology in IMSA’s longest race of the season has caused worries over reliability.
Bourdais might have been closer still, but a red flag for a crashed Porsche late in the GTP class qualifying left drivers barely able to warm their tires before their final flying lap. Bourdais, who will share his Caddy with fulltime teammate Renger van der Zande and Ganassi legend Scott Dixon, said:"I think that from the 15 minutes [extra practice preceding qualifying] to the end of qualifying when we did our lap, the grip on the track was up significantly and we've never run that fast and the car felt amazing. Really happy for the Cadillac team and I think it's a strong start.
He said:"I'm pretty happy to be honest. We made a lot of improvements on the car over the last couple of days and I think where we ended up with the balance was really great. I'm very happy and we'll see what next week brings.
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