The New Zealander revealed that he vowed to himself that he wasn’t going to lose victory in round two of the IMSA series together with Alex Lynn and Neel Jani after dropping back as the result of a drive-through with just over an hour to go.
“After the drive-through, I said to myself there was no way I was going to lose the win,” Bamber told Autosport.
“I caught the #5 [JDC-Miller] Cadillac, got back in the lead, and three corners later I had the incident with the Ferrari and spun around.
“I did some of my best driving and some of my worst driving in the space of two stints today.
“I made a meal of it to be honest, because we should have won by 30 or 35s – I made life difficult for myself.”
Bamber stormed into a clear lead in the #02 Cadillac DPi-V.R during the ninth hour of the race after taking the car over from Jani, who came in as a late replacement for Kevin Magnussen after the Dane’s return to Formula 1 with Haas.
Lynn handed the #02 Caddy back to Bamber…
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