How Cadilac suspected to claim a shock in 6 hours in WeC Sao Paulo

Alex lin Just took the position of the pole and yet Sau Paulo was not sure to change the top position in qualifying in a 6 -hour win.

“A podium would be a good result,” he said. What can be explained as pessimism. At the end of Sunday race, Britain and Jota Cadilac team companions Stevens will be And Norman NATO Were Celebration of the first world endurance championship victory for American market on 1-2 heads,

What changed in 24 hours either by qualifying to the middle point of the race, when it became clear that Cadilac V-Series.R LMDH was the major car around the Interlagos?

First, Caddy was even better in the race position than Lynn and his team’s companions were expecting. Secondly, Porsche 963 LMDH, the car he was expecting a lead was not at the point.

Caddy took care of her tires, the moderate Michelin which was the major compound used during the Brazilian race, which was better than Porsche. Especially the #12 car winning #12 car had a clear advantage on the last 10 or 15 laps double stents.

Such a good winner caddy was that its driver was able to return from the first hour penalty, when Lynn led the race at the beginning of three hours when jumped. Jenson button #38 shared with jota caddy Earl Bumber And Sebastian Bordis. By the end of that hour, he had a hand on the trophy of winners in Brazil. Simply put, #12 was in one of its own classes.

“Being completely honest, I don’t think we hope to be as good as we were,” Lynn said. “The car was sensational. We knew it was better than practice, but it was good? No. Even when Norman jumped out, he said,” Man, I did not change anything on the settings because it was great. “

The drivers of Jota Caddy, who were in second place, did not feel about their V-series in the weekend in the same way. They struggled to nail balance through practice, swap for a set-up of sister car for third-free practice without any profit and then return to their original path for merit. They ended with a very soft car than their teammates on the other side of the garage.

#38 Boradis was quite good to qualify the other, although he finished third after a penalty for on-track infrastation, and to keep the final winners honest, for at least the first four hours of the race. But Bordai struggled on the last couple of the stints. A difference that stood over 20, before it was checked until the 57s.

“Was it because we were soft and stopped activating the tires correctly? I am not sure. Surely traffic was not good for me when I came out of the pits and I really kept getting traffic in bad places, but the car did not feel good” Sebastian Burdis

His struggles were that he came under pressure from the best of the factory Porske Porsche at the end of a race. Julian endelar The difference below a second was found below, but was not able to take a serious look at the cadilac and followed it at the line 1.8S in the outstanding amount.

Bourdais was not completely certain whether it went wrong. “Was it because we were soft and stopped activating the tires correctly? I am not sure,” he said. “Surely traffic was not good for me when I came out of the pits and I really kept getting traffic in bad places, but the car did not feel good at all. I just tried to catch the fort.”

Porsche, which Andlaur shared Michael CrustensonUndoubtedly moved at the end. The temperature of the cooler is initially similar to those when Endelaur set the way ahead of Caddis, certainly a role in pressure, which came under the end under Bordice.

Nevertheless, Porsche admitted that there was nothing for cadilac throughout the period of the race. “Our tires were diving,” said Porsche LMDH Program Manager Urs Kuratal. “You can see in the middle of the race.”

Jota had to think on his feet with his tire strategy. The initial punishment for Stevens, a drive-through, was called as the rear tires were under minimal mandatory pressure. He participated in second place after 30 laps and returned to an initial first service. Jota had not really an option, but to bring back Stevens.

The team’s boss Sam Hignet said, “We were back under pressure tires and we did not know that we could get another punishment before.” Stevens had to take four new tires instead of planned two, so when Lynn took over shortly before the end of the hour, he only got fresh rubber towards hard-use.

His stop six laps came before the bumbar, which took the lead from the Endear after the arrival of Stevens, and handed over to the button. Lynn received undercut on the 2009 Formula 1 World Champion, which was given four new tires. The button with a whole set of new michelins was able to reduce a deficit that stood at the age of 15 to 10, before Lynn excluded it back after her turn to get four fresh tires and buttons two.

There was no one else in the game of 2.68-Meal Interlagos Circuit. Second Porsche Penscay drive Laurence venathur And Kevin Estre In fourth place, a lap down on the leader. All this #6 went wrong for the crew when Estre, so often the king of qualifying for Porsche, could only place his car in seventh position on the grid. It took about three hours to clean two Peugeot 9×8 Le Mans Hypercars, it became difficult to pass them at a unique speed of French machines.

And that was that in the context of cars, or could, there was a chance to leave Brazil with some silver pot. Peugeot looked at the course for double top-Six finish until #20 BMW M Hybrid V8 was shared by Hybrid V8 Sheldon van Der LindeRene Rest and Marco Witman He overhell both of them in the last hour to finish fifth. It jumped #93 car Paul de resta And Mikel gensen In pits before van der linde Loek daval Sister shared on track in car Malte jacobsen With nine lap to go.

FerrariPrior to the South American leg this year, unbeaten in WEC, and Toyota, which dominated the Interlagos in 2024, was nowhere. The 2025 system of balance of performance (which may now be two rather than the three in the beginning of the season) is hurt). Ferrari 499P LMH around a track on which it did not perform last yearIt was a kind of double vaimi: bad bop, bad track.

Toyota’s GR010 Hybrid LMH gained weight and lost power from last year – 9 kg but more significantly 28bhp – and abrasive interlagos track surfaces that played a role in its domination were the past. The circuit was resumed before last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix in November.

Once the BOP table for Brazil was published on Monday before the race, the results were estimated. He said, no one could say that Cadilac was going to dominate that way. Jota and not its driver

Ferrari went home with the best finish of eighth for the crew winning 24 hours Robert KubikaPhil Hanson and Yiffy in Satellite AF Chorus Entry. Factory car of Nickels Nielsen, Antonio Fuko And Miguel molina Revented 12th position behind team colleagues Alesandro Pier Gudi, James Calado And Antonio giovinazi But it should have been more. Ferrari stated that it could end between the puezots, but for a clash with a LMGT3 Chevrolet Carvet that damages the rear bodywork. Race Control demanded a pit for repair, resulting in an additional stop and no way back.

Toyotas stuck at the 14th and 15th house, Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway And NYCK DE VRIES Topic Brendon Hartley And Rio HirkawaBoth of them were three laps down on the checker flag, not Toyota Gazu Racing Europe’s Technical Director David Flourie was particularly surprised.

He said that the results were once predicted, when the BOP table for Brazil was published before the race on Monday. He said, no one could say that Cadilac was going to dominate that way. Jota and not its driver.