Renger van der Zande goes for victory in Long Beach with Cadillac Racing: “I feel very good about it”

After two races totaling 36 hours, 100 minutes IMSA The WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race in Long Beach, California, feels like a Renger van der Zande race. Cadillac has gotten three pillars there since 2017 and five other front lines are starting in Long Beach.

Following a second place finish at No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R and no. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R after taking the entire front row in this season’s Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) race, the team and drivers are ready. take the top step in the Victory Circle.

Sébastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande won in 2022 and Bourdais is a four-time winner on the road circuit. They teamed with Scott Dixon to start and finish second at Sebring International Raceway on March 16.

Renger van der Zande: “Long Beach is special. It has a traditional feel with the presence of Formula 1, IndyCar history and great sports car racing. Cadillac has been strong there. If you look at the position of the song, it is very important. It’s usually not easy to pass on street circuits, but Sébastien (Bourdais, ed.) has proven the opposite in 2022. He gave me the car for the lead and from then on I was able to win. And a year before we were second,” the Ziggo F1 journalist looked back at the IMSA race. “What’s really important is strategy. Because cold tires are not easy in this class, we have to consider that. I think the team has been at a high level since last year at Petit Le Mans and I think we have a strong package to fight for victory this season. I think you have to take it step by step, you have to focus on the process in every race. “I feel really good about it and I’ll see what we can do in Long Beach.”

RaceXpress visited Renger van der Zande in the pit box at Cadillac in 2023: