After Richard Westbrook's departure to join the JDC-Miller Motorsport Porsche team in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, it was revealed in January that returning duo Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber would have a different driving partner aboard their V-Series.R LMDh on a race-by-race basis.
Confirmation followed that Lynn and Bamber would contest the regular six-hour races as a pair, with a third driver from the GM sportscar family joining for the Qatar, Le Mans and Bahrain rounds that are 10, 24 and eight hours in duration respectively.
Cadillac has now announced that Bourdais, a stalwart of Ganassi's IMSA programme since 2022, will join Lynn and Bamber for the Qatar 1812km race on 2 March.
A statement said that Bourdais, his full-season IMSA team-mate Renger van der Zande, "and select CGR team-mates" would join the WEC roster during this year.
This is a reference to IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Alex Palou, who were part of the Ganassi line-up at last month's Daytona 24 Hours.
"When a team is fortunate enough to have such a strong stable of drivers to pull from, it just makes sense to utilise the talent when you have the opportunity," said CGR director of operations Mike O'Gara.
Source: Autosport