Two of the WEC's underdog LMP2 squads were left celebrating their best finishes of the season last weekend at Monza: Vectorsport1 IE_Competition
Vector trio Sebastien Bourdais, Nico Muller and Ryan Cullen were in the lead group throughout the six-hour race, helped by silver-rated Cullen quickly climbing from seventh on the grid to third and astute fuel and tyre management.
Although Vector’s cause was helped by some more fancied runners, including JOTA’s #28 car and United Autosports’ #22 entry, hitting trouble, team boss Gary Holland feels the result was an important statement for his outfit to make. “I am very pleased that we could take the fight to the teams who have been doing this with these cars for 10 years or so.”Bourdais, who is combining WEC with his Chip Ganassi Racing commitments in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship this year, added: “I’m really happy for the guys and it’s a huge reward after a lot of hard work since the beginning of the year for that little group at Vector Sport.
Prior to Monza, the best result achieved by the #34 Inter Europol Oreca of ex-Formula 1 racer Esteban Gutierrez, Alex Brundle and Jakub Smiechowski this year had been 13th in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
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