Sebastien Bourdais joins Ganassi Ford GT Daytona 24 Hours line-up
Former Daytona 24 Hours winner Sebastien Bourdais will complete the driver line-up in Chip Ganassi Racing's pair of Ford GTs for this year's edition of the race
The IndyCar race winner, who triumphed in the US enduro outright with the Action Express Coyote-Chevrolet squad in 2014, will contest the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship on January 30/31 in the GT Le Mans class Ford shared with Dirk Muller and Joey Hand.
The sister car of Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe will be co-driven by Stefan Mucke, who was today confirmed as part of Ganassi's World Endurance Championship line-up.
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The deal raises the prospect of Bourdais returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time since 2012 to race with Ganassi with either its WEC squad or, presuming they receive entries, its IMSA cars.
Le Mans-born Bourdais, who will continue for the KV squad in IndyCar, has always stressed his intention to return to his home race and the US schedule would allow for it, although he would be unable to take part in the official pre-race test two weeks before the 24 Hours.
Bourdais will sample the Ford, built to the new-for-2016 GTE regulations, at this week's Daytona test.
A total of 54 cars are entered for the test, starting on Friday, including 13 cars in the Prototype class and 11 in GTLM.
The biggest entry is in the GT Daytona division for GT3 machinery, which includes a full-factory car for Aston Martin Racing, among the 22 cars.
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