Unless it can find a new chassis, Proton Competition's 88 Porsche is out of the Sebring1000 Miles WEC opener after a big FP2 shunt 💥 Find out what happened 👇
The Proton Competition Porsche is set to be withdrawn from this week’s Sebring 1000 Miles World Endurance Championship season-opener following its crash in free practice.The #88 Porsche 911 RSR entered in GTE Am sustained chassis damage when Ryan Hardwick clashed with the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh during FP2 on Wednesday afternoon and it cannot be repaired at the track.
Any remote hope of Proton continuing with the #88 entry at Sebring hinges on the German-based team being able to borrow a car and get it to Sebring in time for the race on Friday.Photo by: Gary Watkins The damage occurred when Hardwick hit the wall on the run to the Turn 7 hairpin after he was clipped by Westbrook as the Caddy driver moved over to take the racing line for the braking zone into the right-hander.The Ganassi Cadillac has been given a “stop and hold” penalty for causing a collision and will not be able to take to the track in FP3 on Thursday morning until 10 minutes of the session have elapsed.
“On the onboard, Ryan is on the left side and [going] straight – there is nothing he can do – he just gets pushed out.”Photo by: JEP /Ried added that he was “so sorry” for Hardwick, who is racing in the WEC for the first time after moving across from the IMSA SportsCar Championship in which he finished second in the GT Daytona class last year with the Wright Motorsports Porsche squad.
“For Ryan to start the season like this with a new project and new car, it’s not how it should be,” he said.
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