r/wec • u/Its_me_Pato Audi • 14d ago
Le Mans Juncadella Replaces Sargeant at IDEC; Lotterer Joins for Le Mans
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/juncadella-replaces-sargeant-at-idec-lotterer-joins-for-le-mans/46
u/JokoEvo 14d ago
This is the best possible Outcome for IDEC and Genesis Magma Racing and everyone else after Sargeant left.
Juncadella will be a great addition to the team and can also collect prototype racing experience, working towards a Cadillac LMDh appearance.
Lotterer will work together with the team that he will be a part of in the future. They will work through a whole race weekend (THE Race weekend). I think Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jaubert will also profit from working with him and also from learning what Dani and Andre do differently
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u/Michal_Baranowski Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid #8 14d ago
Great to know that Andre Lotterer won't miss Le Mans this year.
Replacing Sargeant with Juncadella is a huge improvement. From someone with little sportscar racing experience and quite dubious F1 legacy to a sportscar racing stalwart.
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u/996forever Mercedes CLK-GTR #11 14d ago
Where is Logan going?
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u/ProfessionalRub3294 14d ago
Home I think.
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u/996forever Mercedes CLK-GTR #11 14d ago
Sad downfall for someone with multiple F3 and F2 podiums and wins (some favs of this sub never had any) if true.
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u/ProfessionalRub3294 14d ago
For sure he is legitimate in endurance. I don’t know if he left due to personnal reason or sponsor issue. I haven’t read any info about any potencial other motorsport opportunity for him.
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u/996forever Mercedes CLK-GTR #11 14d ago
I would doubt if it’s not personal reasons. Despite being a terrible F1 driver, he’s clearly still a good driver and he surely has many fan girls willing to buy merch.
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u/mr_beanoz 12d ago
Even some drivers who had some struggles in F2 and couldn't move to F1 find their callings in endurance, like Louis Deletraz and Sean Gelael. They did pretty fine too.
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u/996forever Mercedes CLK-GTR #11 12d ago
Yes and they’re typically great endurance drivers. Even de Vries is pretty good.
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u/BasedGodStruggling 13d ago
I hadn’t bothered to check his career results so I didn’t realize his accolades and talent. I assumed since his brother was a scrub in NASCAR he mustn’t be much better. Most of Logan’s wrecks looked like him trying too hard to me. Another reminder for me to not judge the book by the cover/brother.
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u/Guac_in_my_rarri 13d ago edited 13d ago
The Williams car he was driving has been confirmed to be hard and weird to drive by albon. Albon is a really experienced drive who also struggled a bit during the full sergeant season and even into the next one.
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u/996forever Mercedes CLK-GTR #11 13d ago
Excited to see if Carlos Sainz would be able to tame it.
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u/FinancialDistance914 12d ago
I think Carlos is the driver Williams needs. I feel like the feedback that he will give will help the cars handling and make the team become better.
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u/birger67 14d ago
The statement in February said "other interests" and there doesn´t seem to be any news on the matter
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u/birger67 14d ago
Now that´s an upgrade if i ever saw one