There are no plans to follow the lead set by Porsche in selling cars to independent teams in either series, stated Laura Wontrop Klauser, sportscar racing programme boss at Cadillac parent company General Motors.
“It doesn’t make sense to go down that path at this point,” she said.
“Customer cars are not happening as of now, but you never use the word definitely in this sport.”
The concentration on its Ganassi-run Cadillac Racing and Action Express Racing factory teams in the WEC and IMSA represents a departure from Cadillac’s previous strategy with the DPi-V.R Daytona Prototype international of 2017-22.
Customer cars were raced in IMSA by the Spirit of Daytona/Flis Motorsports, JDC-Miller and Juncos squads alongside what can be described as the semi-works entries from Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express.
Only after WTR’s departure to Acura for 2021 did Cadillac mount a fully-funded factory campaign with Ganassi.
Asked for the reasons for the change in philosophy, Klauser said: “Different car, different programme.”
No decision has been made on whether Ganassi will expand from one to two cars in the WEC next year, according to Klauser.
“We will figure out 2025 when it makes sense, but we are not there yet,” she said.
Source: Autosport