Alex Lynn reckons the “sky is the restrict” for Cadillac and the Jota workforce after the US producer sealed a maiden World Endurance Championship victory at Interlagos on Sunday.
Lynn described the win notched up along with Will Stevens and Norman Nato within the #12 Cadillac V-Collection.R LMDh as “only the start”.
“We will obtain every little thing we dream of with this programme and I’m so excited,” mentioned Lynn after the Sao Paulo 6 Hours. “I believe the sky is the restrict for this automotive and this partnership.”
Lynn paid testomony to the British Jota squad, which took over the manufacturing facility Cadillac programme in WEC from Chip Ganassi Racing for this season.
“Having pushed this automotive for fairly a number of years now [since testing began in 2022], Jota has made plenty of enhancements,” he added.
“It’s shocking me what number of steps we’re making so rapidly as a workforce. Each time I bounce within the automotive, I believe, bloody hell, I like this.”
Lynn confirmed that he was speaking a couple of Le Mans 24 Hours victory when he referenced his and the workforce’s desires.
“Le Mans is the one and is a race the place the automotive is normally at its greatest,” defined Lynn, who was labeled fourth along with Stevens and Nato within the blue riband WEC spherical in June this season.
#12 Cadillac Hertz Staff Jota Cadillac V-Collection.R: Alex Lynn, Norman Nato, Will Stevens
Photograph by: FIAWEC – DPPI
“We had race, however not a Ferrari-type race this yr, however feeling what I really feel within the cockpit, I don’t see why we shouldn’t be preventing for the win.”
Jota workforce founder Sam Hignett defined that the squad “acquired a monkey off our backs” by sustaining its document of successful in school or total yearly in WEC for 11 seasons.
It joined the WEC full time in LMP2 2016 underneath the G-Drive Racing banner, however had received the category at Le Mans in 2014 and the Spa spherical in ’15 when it took half within the race as preparation for the French enduro.
“The expectation is all the time to win within the first yr and go for the championship in years two and three,” he mentioned.
He rated Sunday’s Interlagos 1-2 forward of its first total triumph with a buyer Porsche 963 LMDh pushed by Stevens and Callum Ilott at Spa final yr.
“The Spa victory is particular as a result of it was our first win,” he defined. “We had an enormous dose of luck, which enabled the win at Spa [after the race was restarted after a red flag].
“This, we genuinely received on tempo: to not solely win it, however end second as nicely, it was improbable.”
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