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IndyCar champion Palou to make IMSA debut with Ganassi at Daytona

Ganassi’s IndyCar aces join Cadillac line-up for Rolex 24

The 24-year-old Spaniard, who won his maiden IndyCar title in his first season with Ganassi in 2021, will be added to Ganassi’s roster along with fellow Ganassi IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Marcus Ericsson.

Palou and three-time Daytona outright winner Dixon will drive the team’s #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R alongside full-time drivers Renger van der Zande and Sebastian Bourdais, the latter re-joining the team he last raced for during its spell running the Ford GT programme after winning the Sebring 12 Hours in JDC Miller’s Cadillac last year.

Former Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen will also return to drive the team’s new-for-2022 second entry, the #02 machine, at Daytona ahead of his switch to joining Peugeot’s new Le Mans Hypercar programme in the World Endurance Championship.

Magnussen was a full-timer alongside van der Zande in 2021, the pair scoring a single victory at Detroit and finishing fourth in the final standings.

The Dane will join team newcomers Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn,…

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