P1racenews AI automatic summary:
What the drivers and teams said after WEC’s pre-season testing, the Prologue, concluded.
“All of us working together for the first time generally has worked really well so far. I think we had a positive start to the week. We rolled off the truck with a good racecar and I feel quite comfortable with everything we have at the moment. The six of us are giving similar feedback and that’s a positive point that we’re going to push in the same direction. I’m happy. You always wish there was more testing, but there is still quite a lot more before the race. I’ve watched the Cadillac racing the last couple of years, whether it’s in IMSA or WEC, and loved the way the car looks in high-speed corners, the way it rides curbs, the sound of it. It’s awesome. I think the car suits my style a little bit more than what I was driving last year.”
“I’m enjoying the process and obviously it’s a big learning for the team to be working with the Cadillac. But I think everyone has worked so well together – all the engineers from Cadillac and JOTA. We’ll have moments, some stumbling blocks along the way, but I feel the atmosphere is really good and everyone is gelling. We tried to get the best out of these two days to prepare ourselves well for the race week.”
“Generally, we had no problems through the two days and managed to complete a lot of laps on both cars. Obviously in terms of pace we seem to be lacking a bit at the moment. But we will work on that in the next few days and try to find more performance. I’m happy to be back in Qatar, although this is not an easy track for us.”
“We had two long days of running but, like last year, we seem to be struggling a little. We have a few days before free practice so we will work hard with the data that we gathered here and the experience of last year. This has been an absolute dream the last couple of days, to be able to drive around with the Aston Martin Valkyrie, such a spectacular track like Qatar where you get a fair share of high-speed corners where you can really test the extra downforces that we get to experience with the Valkyrie in the Hypercar class, it’s just incredible.”
