disqualification from 1812 KM of Qatar 2024

It seems there is no peace in the Cadillac house. The General Motors brand, after announcing its separation from Chip Ganassi’s team in the management of the V-Series.R, sees the only car (#2) present in Qatar at 1812 KM that opened the WEC 2024 without qualifying But for what reason?

The World Endurance Championships, as we know, are held often and voluntarilycharacterized by a very long period not only of the race, but also of the subsequent and correct technical inspection aimed at ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements for all vehicles. A technical inspection was also carried out Cadillac #2clean from – all things considered – a good 1812 KM in Qatar, tied for 4th after a good comeback, but which the results were canceled by the commissioners about a month after the checkered flag was flown a Losail.

Reasons for exclusion from Qatar race for #2 Cadillacmanaged by Chip Ganassi Racing and driven by Earl Bamber/Alex Lynn/Sebastién Bourdais, live A technical error was discovered from a 3D scan performed on the body of the American LMDh.; scanning is done following an authentication request received by administrators at 1:15 am on 03/03/2024 (i.e. the day after the race). The results, in fact, showed how the backplates of the loudspeakers mounted on both the left and right sides were higher (on the Z axis) and misaligned (on the Y axis) than the official CAD rating. on jobs available to the Federation, also considering endurance is allowed by the regulations.

Stephen Mitas, Cadillac Team Managerso he was called by the management through a video conference, in a meeting which couldn’t help but confirm the results from the 3D scan it happened in his car #2. To explain the reason – we read from the official press release – a document was presented report, prepared by Dallara (manufacturer of chassis and bodywork for the V-Series.R)which explained that two pieces (rear diffuser pieces) were delivered to the Cadillac WEC team still without final quality control.. Assuming that such disobedience was also ordered by strict deadlines to get pieces for the team in the period of various equipment problems and major delays, and even without discovering the intention in the violationunqualified commissioners have it removed Cadillac #2 from Qatar’s 1812 KMas it is a clear violation of technical regulations.

And it is precisely above endurance that Cadillac’s fate was sealed in Qatar: in fact, failure to focus‘art. 3.11.2 of the technical regulations set for LMDh (with the general requirements indicated in points 2.4 and 26. the same) includes a good rip for the General Motors brand, which thus leaving room for AF Corse’s Ferrari #83 in 4th place in the standings (before LMHs), with the 499P of Kubica/Ye/Shwartzmann followed by Toyota #7 (Conway/Kobayashi/De Vries) and Ferrari #50 (Fuoco/Molina/Nielsen).

Everything needs to be redone, therefore, for Cadillac; in addition to being able to rely on only one model on the track (and a third “round” driver), the American team gathers in Qatar zero in levels from the wrong BoP really heavy which forces, from the 6 hours of Imola, to increase each result.