( Motorsport-Total. com)– It was the 3rd deadly crash in as lots of days at Eau Rouge/Raidillon: Renger van der Zande crashed at 6 Hours of Business 2023 with Cadillac # 3 (Bourdais/van der Zande/Aitken) at complete power in of the tire wall of the curve legend mix.
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The Cadillac V-Series. R cars and truck was terribly harmed in the mishap
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” Something failed in Eau Rouge. We’re still examining what took place, however I’m fortunate that I’m being in a safe Cadillac. It appeared like it remained in a motion picture,” stated the Dutchman after the mishap.
” To come out of this vehicle is a wonder and I’m happy that Cadillac constructs effective cars.” At this time he needs to thank Dallara, who are accountable for the LMDh chassis.
Good news: the brand-new chassis can be conserved, as ‘ Daily Sportscar‘ reported pointing out a within Ganassi source. That will be a substantial relief for the Cadillac factory group.
Two barriers in one weekend
Cadillac had actually currently suffered a problem in Thursday’s training session– just finished in the early morning– which manifested itself, to name a few things, in a fire. Here too, van der Zande was at the helm and put out the fire himself. The group discussed “self-inflicted mistake” as the factor.
Renger van der Zande’s mishap
Mike O’Gara, Chip Ganassi WEC Racing Director: “We came here with a brand name brand-new automobile and we had a number of concerns that the mechanics handled over night.”
” We had a competitive cars and truck and our method worked. Renger did a great task and (race engineer) Danielle (Shepherd) made a great tire option.” Unlike the # 2 sis automobile (Bamber/Lynn/Westbrook), the # 3 Cadillac left to a slippery start and was 2nd when the crash happened.
” We were doing our laps when sadly we had a little issue at the most vital part of the track, where the power is the best. That was completion of our day,” stated O’Gara. The very first suspect for the failure is the power steering, which appears to have actually stopped working. The option is still in development.
The # 2 Cadillac ended up fifth after stopping working due to an early tire modification.
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