Renger van der Zande was No in the last few minutes of the race. 01 Cadillac has driven the battle against Oliver Jarvis of Meyer Shank Racing.
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BOWMANVILLE — Ranger van der Zande navigates wrapped traffic Gated and created a winning pass Chip Ganassi Racing's IMSA sports car race at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on Sunday has 10 minutes left.
This is Ganassi's fourth victory of the season in the Daytona Prototype class, and with a two-year pandemic suspension, IMSA's first weekend race in Canada since 2019. did.
Despite power steering issues, Van der Zande drove the No. 01 Cadillac into the fight against Meyer Shank Racing's Oliver Jarvis in the last few minutes of the 2 hour 40 minute race. Acura's Jarvis slowed down with lapped traffic shortly after the final restart of the race, and Van der Zande slipped Cadillac into the race lead between the two cars.
"I knew it was time to go after the first few laps, so I was screaming on the radio to increase the traffic," said Van der Zande. "It took traffic to get through. To be honest, it's the biggest attack and the complete risk. That's what you do when you're lagging behind the championship."
Van der Zande won his 18th IMSA victory by 3.509 seconds and 10th place in co-driver Sebastien Baude. The duo also won in Long Beach and Detroit, with teammates Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn taking second place in Sebring.
"There was a big problem with power steering," Bourdais said. "Honestly, I was barely hanging. It was just terrible, so to me how he put it there and put things in and out to fight the outsiders. I don't know. It's super difficult. It's almost dangerous to drive. It's all him. "
Jarvis and co-driver Tom Blomqvist are second in five consecutive races this season. Finished with. However, they were 56 points ahead of Wayne Taylor Racing's Filipe Albuquerk and Ricky Taylor, taking the lead in the DPi ranking.
Wayne Taylor's entry dropped out of the competition 34 minutes later in a collision between Taylor and the No. 02 Cadillac driven by Bamber, eventually finishing in 6th place.
No.54 CORE Autosport Rige JSP320 with drivers John Bennett and Colin Brown wins LMP3 class, No.9 Fuff Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3R with drivers Matthew Jaminet and Matt Campbell wins GTD PRO I got it. No.27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and drivers Roman De Angelis and Maxime Martin won the GT Daytona class.
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