The #2 Chip Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R shared by Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Sebastien Bourdais has lost its fifth place result at the Losail International Circuit after post-race checks revealed that the bodywork of the car didn’t comply with the homologated model.
In a report published on Friday, it was noted that "the result from the 3D scan and further investigation show that this rear diffuser strakes fitted on the left side and on the right side are higher (in Z axis) and misaligned (in Y axis) than the nominal value from the official bodywork CAD including the allowed tolerances".
The stewards received two technical reports in the early hours of 3 March, the night that followed the Qatar round, revealing that the #2 Caddy was in breach of article 3.11.2 of technical regulations.
Team manager Stephen Mitas was subsequently summoned by the stewards on 16 March, where Mitas confirmed that the measurements made by the scrutineering team was correct.
Source: Autosport