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Bourdais added to Ganassi Cadillac roster for WEC Qatar
After Richard Westbrook left to join JDC-Miller Motorsport Porsche team in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, it was announced in January that Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber would have a different partner for each race in their V-Series.R LMDh. Lynn and Bamber will race together in the regular six-hour races, but a third driver from the GM sportscar family will join them for the longer races in Qatar, Le Mans, and Bahrain. Cadillac has now revealed that Sebastien Bourdais, a driver from Ganassi’s IMSA program, will join Lynn and Bamber for the Qatar race on March 2. The statement also mentioned that Bourdais and other CGR teammates, including IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Alex Palou, will join the WEC roster this year. The team aims to strengthen the bond between the IMSA and WEC teams, and prepare for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2024. Both Dixon and Palou will be able to participate at Le Mans after an IndyCar test that was rescheduled to allow them to travel to France overnight. Cadillac may also enter Bourdais and van der Zande in the Spa and Le Mans WEC rounds this year.
