Cadillac and divorce with Ganassi, the first interesting rumors about the future spouse

The first rumors about new partner Cadillac in the WEC world championship are interesting after the expected divorce from Chip Ganassi Racing.

In the next WEC season one of the new features will be the absence of the Chip Ganassi Racing team on the starting grid after an early divorce (also in IMSA) with Cadillac. On the other hand, the historic American brand is looking for a a new European team to better manage the WEC program.

As reported by Sport365among the favorites of to take over from Ganassi appears to be exactly one team: JOTA Sport, competed in the WEC as a Porsche customer team with two 963 LMDhs. However a decision from Cadillac will not come soon but we’ll have to wait at least until June, given that he’s in open talks with other teams.

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The key role of sponsor Hertz and the Porsche issue

In 2025 Hypercar sports rules, if the developer vote was goodshould have it at the beginning two cars per manufacturer; this would force Cadillac and Lamborghini to increase their commitment to the WEC to stay in the series.

Possible cooperation with JOTA, thanks to the funding of the American giant Hertzwould allow Cadillac to manage two V-Series entries.R. In fact, this year too, Cadillac has focused on only one car due to budget problems.

However, if an agreement occurs between the English team and the American manufacturer, rThe role of Porsche remains to be resolved; JOTA, in fact, was the first Porsche customer team in the WEC to make its debut last year in the 6 Hours of Business This year the team started the season with 1812 kilometers of Qatar to get a podium with Callum Ilott, Norman Nato. and Will Stevens.

Another important aspect concerns funding: the Knighthead Capital Management and Thomas Wagnerwhich controls the Singer, Hertz and BRADY (American football player) brands, has invested heavily in the British team, and is associated with Porsche and the Singer restomod brand.

However, the team led by Dieter Gass doesn’t seem too worried about the future, focusing first and foremost on the present.

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