Alexander Sims was unfazed by Corvette Racing’s lack of recent IMSA wins after crediting consistency to their GTD Pro championship title lead.
“There’s only one (GTD Pro) winner in every race,” he told the media ahead of his 50th start in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, co-driving the #3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R with quad GTLM champion Antonio Garcia.
“We came third in the championship last year and we’re leading now, so it’s not like we’ve been uncompetitive.
“Consistent podiums are a great way to build a championship.
“Race wins help too, obviously, and we hope to get back to that. But I’d take a second or third as well.”
“I wasn’t actually aware of it being my 50th start, but that’s cool. I’m just looking forward to getting back to Mosport, to be honest. It’s one of my favorite tracks.
“Although it’s a short lap, there’s a lot of high-speed commitment with good undulation.
“A couple of really technical corners while having some ballsy ones as well.
“The Corvette works pretty well around there as we found last year.
“But nothing’s ever a given – we’ll be on our A-game to hopefully repeat, but it’s going to be tough.”
Sims and Garcia’s winless streak in nine races takes them back to their win last year at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP).
One year on from the Z06 GT3.R’s first IMSA win, Sims is aware of the challenge ahead at the twisty CTMP circuit.
“To race, there aren’t so many clear overtaking opportunities, so you have to rely on traffic creating opportunities… “
“I really like the fact that it’s fairly old school. It’s not been repaved very much. It’s still got character.”
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