Why Cadillac can make amends for its previous Le Mans failures
The American marque has taken a long and winding road to return to Le Mans with its new LMDh racer. But its recent success in domestic endurance racing suggests means that it should not be judged by its unfulfilled promise in France two decades ago
Cadillac is back at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2023 after an absence of 21 years. It arrives on a wave of success in North American sportscar racing that began on its return to the prototype ranks in 2017 and is continuing into the new era with its latest V-Series.R LMDh. Comparisons with the Northstar LMP campaigns of 2000-02 somehow look fatuous.
The Northstar programme was disjointed and yielded merely a ninth-place finish at Le Mans and a handful of podiums in the American Le Mans Series. The current endeavour, by contrast, is built on stability and has been successful since the get-go.
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