The Cadillac brand of General Motors Co. in Detroit will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June with four Cadillac V-Series.R racecars supported by experienced and championship-winning teams and drivers.
“We’re thrilled to have Cadillac Racing return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with four cars competing for the overall win in the Hypercar class,” says John Roth, vice president of global Cadillac. “After scoring our first podium finish at this iconic endurance race in 2023 and securing a top 10 finish last year, we look to build on that success and showcase the Cadillac V-Series.R’s technology, performance, and innovation with our 2025 entries.”
Cadillac Racing’s roster features drivers who have earned overall and class victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, plus FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship titles among other motorsports accolades.
The Nos. 12 and 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.Rs received automatic invitations from Automobile Club de l’Quest based on full-season participation in the WEC. JOTA Sport is in its first year of WEC Hypercar competition as a works team. Jenson Button, Earl Bamber, Sebastien Bourdais, Alex Lynn, Norman Nato, and Will Stevens will be the drivers.
The No. 101 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R, a full-season IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship entrant in the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class, will compete at Le Mans for the first time. Ricky Taylor is listed as the primary driver with the remainder of the lineup to be announced later.
The No. 311 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R is a full-season IMSA GTP entry campaigned by Action Express Racing that will return to Le Mans for the third consecutive year. Jack Aitken is listed as the primary driver with the rest of the lineup to be announced later.
In its first season of WEC Hypercar competition in 2023, Cadillac Racing entries finished third and fourth. In 2024, Cadillac Hypercars qualified second and third and registered a best finish of seventh. The Nos. 12 and 38 Hertz Team JOTA entries placed eighth and ninth, respectively, with another manufacturer.
Before entering Hypercar competition as a privateer in 2023, JOTA Sport earned podiums at Le Mans 10 times in LMP2, including second- and third-place finishes in 2017.
The Cadillac V-Series.R features a purpose-built Cadillac 5.5L DOHC V-8 engine developed by GM’s Performance and Racing Propulsion team based in Pontiac. The racecar, co-developed by Cadillac Design, Cadillac Racing, and chassis constructor Dallara, was informed by the Project GTP Hypercar that was unveiled in June 2022. It incorporates distinctive Cadillac design elements, such as vertical lighting and floating blades.
The first Cadillacs that raced at Le Mans were entered by Briggs Cunningham and Miles and Sam Collier in 1950. Both Series 61 coupes were powered by the Cadillac 5.4-liter OHV V-8 engine.
The Collier brothers drove the No. 3 “Petit Pataud” to a 10th-place finish. Cunningham shared the wheel of the No. 2 “Le Monstre” with Phil Walters and finished 11th. That same year, Sydney Allard and Tom Cole Jr. finished third overall in the Cadillac-powered Allard J2.
Cadillac returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2000, 2001, and 2002 with its 4.0-liter turbocharged V-8-powered Northstar LMP.
