Porsche And Cadillac Announce Three-Car Efforts For 100th Running Of 24 Of Le Mans | Carscoops carscoops
Porsche today announced that it will field three factory-backed cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race this year, with a fourth 963 being entered by privateer squad, Hertz Team JOTA. Cadillac, meanwhile, announced that the three cars it raced at the Daytona 24 are headed for Europe this summer.it decided to run three factory-backed cars at the endurance race, because winning in France was always the main focus of the 963 program.
“While the choice to commit to Le Mans with three cars increases our chances, it also presents us with enormous challenges,” said Urs Kuratle, Porsche’s director ofLMDh. “We have to put together an additional crew and ship one of the IMSA cars to France and back again. On top of that, due to ongoing supply bottlenecks for certain assemblies, the parts supply might not be perfect.”Fortunately, the IMSA calendar has been designed to accommodate this kind of exchange program.
Both teams recently competed at the Daytona 24-hour race in January. Although the Porsche 963 looked fast, and was competing for the lead early in the race, reliability issues ultimately led to a disappointing finish for the team. The Cadillac V-Series.R, meanwhile, finished in third,The Porsche and the Cadillac will be back in competition at Le Mans, against a variety of other competitors, which will run from June 10 to 11.
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