How Jota helped transform Cadillac’s factory WEC programme in 2025
Cadillac had big ambitions when it entered the World Endurance Championship for the first time in 2023 with the V-Series.R. Returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours was a major moment for the General Motors brand, which was eager to write a new chapter at the sharp end of endurance racing following its disastrous stint […]
Jack Aitken replaces Jenson Button in Cadillac’s 2026 WEC line-up
One-time Formula 1 starter Jack Aitken will join Cadillac’s World Endurance Championship line-up next year, replacing the retired Jenson Button at the factory Jota team. Aitken, who has been representing the GM marque in the IMSA SportsCar Championship since 2023, will share the #38 Cadillac V-Series.R with incumbents Earl Bamber and Sebastien Bourdais. This will […]
Sebastien Bourdais rages about Jenson Button’s penalty in Bahrain: “I’m tired of it”
Cadillac driver Sebastien Bourdais has lashed out at the stewards’ decision to penalise his team-mate Jenson Button in the World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain. One-time Formula 1 world champion Button, competing in his final professional race, was slapped with a 30-second stop/go penalty for causing a collision with the #54 Ferrari 296 GT3 of […]
Is Cadillac walking into a trap of its own making while chasing victory at Le Mans?
With four LMDh prototypes on the grid, Cadillac will be the most represented manufacturer in the Hypercar class at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans. Porsche also has four 963s entered, but one of them is fielded by the customer team Proton, while the American force is operating as a unified front at the […]
Jota-Cadillac announces Button’s co-drivers for 2025 WEC
Jenson Button will race alongside Earl Bamber and Sebastien Bourdais in this year’s World Endurance Championship at the Jota Cadillac squad. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion was named in the #38 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh along with Bamber and Bourdais on Tuesday when Jota revealed how the six drivers it announced in November would line […]
Cadillac, Jota unveil 2025 WEC livery
Cadillac and Jota have taken the wraps off the livery in which the two factory V-Series.R LMDhs will race in the World Endurance Championship this season. The Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entries will hit the track in the same ‘Hertz Racing Gold’ colours as the British team’s customer Porsche 963s of 2023-24. The livery was […]
Jota set to skip Bahrain WEC test as focus switches to factory Cadillac programme
Jota is not expected to take part in the World Endurance Championship’s post-season test in Bahrain as it switches focus to its factory programme with Cadillac. Team principal Dieter Gass revealed that Jota is “not very likely” to participate in the official one-day test at the Bahrain International Circuit on 3 November, which follows the […]
Jota announces Cadillac switch for 2025 WEC
Jota will take over Cadillac’s expanded factory campaign in the World Endurance Championship next season. The British squad will field a pair of Cadillac V-Series.R LMDhs in the Hypercar class in 2025 when new rules demand that manufacturer teams run two cars. It takes over the factory programme from Chip Ganassi Racing, which has entered […]
Jota completes Le Mans airfield shakedown of rebuilt Porsche
The #12 Jota entry was put through its paces on the Le Mans-Arnage Airport adjacent to the track on Friday evening by Callum Ilott, who crashed the car in second free practice for the centrepiece World Endurance Championship round on Wednesday night. It followed a record-breaking build of a 963 by the British Jota squad: […]