. Cadillac's Laura Wontrop Klauser opens up on the challenges of creating, testing and running an LMDh car ahead of IMSA's new era
Cadillac will have three V-LMDh cars in action at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, two run by Chip Ganassi Racing, the other by Action Express Racing, as IMSA enters a new era of hybrid prototypes.
Like all the OEMs, stockpiling enough spare parts has also proven difficult, and leaves the manufacturer wary of issues that might occur during the Roar Before the 24 test at Daytona, held a week ahead of the actual season-opening race. “Really, just having enough parts to field the cars successfully and working with the supply chain. Of course, Christmas makes things a little tricky, too. Trying to get things this time of year is a challenge, but we have a full team on it and working through it.”
“It’s seeing how we can mesh people with 20-plus years of experience in racing with new people who have more experience in this new software and everything we’re bringing onboard. You can see the mature and the up-and-coming working together and how they are learning from each other.” “It’s the same approach for the teams. If we try to be off on different islands, we would be unable to compete once we got to the Rolex. We had to work together. We had to swap parts back and forth to make sure cars were running. We had to share learning and, I think, necessity can be the best tool that you can have in your toolbox because there really was no other option to get this program done than to collaborate.
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