Bourdais: Repaved Laguna Seca “to be at least a couple of seconds faster”

Key Facts

• “When the cornering speeds increase, traffic tends to have a bigger influence on pace because you’re getting checked up and losing more time in the corners,” Bourdais said.
• Laguna still tends to be much of a one-lane track, and it gets dirty on the outside.
• “The multi-class racing tends to help widen the line, but as the track grips up and rubbers up on line it tends to get dirtier and it’s a bit less encouraging you to go around the outside of people and pull an optimistic move.”
• R: Renger van der Zande, Sebastien Bourdais Photo by: Michael L. Levitt / Motorsport Images Considering how much quicker the pace could be per lap this year, he was asked if that will play a role in energy deployment and pit strategy: “It will be higher because you need more energy to go faster,” Bourdais replied.

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