Lynn bought right down to a time aboard the #2 Cadillac V-Collection.R that left him solely three tenths behind the second-placed #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID certified by Brendon Hartley throughout the 15-minute Hypercar qualifying period on Saturday afternoon.
That represented a significant step ahead on the Caddy’s efficiency throughout free apply: it might do no higher than eighth within the Hypercar classification over the course of the three periods.
Cadillac discovered greater than two seconds over its earlier finest lap of the weekend with Lynn’s 1m28.770s qualifying mark.
Richard Westbrook, who shares Cadillac’s solo full-season WEC entry with Lynn and Earl Bamber, believes that the automobile is now able to problem for an additional podium end within the Fuji 6 Hours on Sunday.
“I really feel that we’re again within the combine, a minimum of to be better of the remainder once more behind the Toyotas,” Westbrook advised Autosport.
“I really feel like we’ve made an enormous step after struggling out of the field, which might clearly occur when it’s your first time at observe.
“The set-up was not the place it ought to have been; that a lot was apparent from the instances.”
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Lynn backed up Westbrook’s feedback in regards to the probabilities of Cadillac getting again on the rostrum for the primary time because the Le Mans 24 Hours in June.
#2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Collection.R: Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Richard Westbrook
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“We have proven in earlier races that beginning fifth in not a detriment, so we’ll proceed to work on the automobile and hopefully be in place on the finish for an additional podium,” he stated.
Laura Wontrop Klauser, who’s sportscar programme supervisor for Cadillac father or mother firm Basic Motors, praised the Ganassi-run manufacturing unit crew for its work forward of qualifying.
“Clearly we’ve made an enormous stride and we’re very pleased with that step,” she advised Autosport.
“We’ve solely bought one automobile for all of the testing by means of apply, however the crew has been very sensible about the way in which it’s gone about it.”
The Fuji 6 Hours, the penultimate spherical of the 2023 WEC, begins at 11:00 native time on Sunday.