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Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA qualifies in top 10

Nos. 12 and 38 Cadillac V-Series.R tackle demanding Imola circuit from ninth, 15th
IMOLA, Italy (April 19, 2025) – Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA will look to master the demanding 4.909-kilometer (3.050-mile), 21-turn Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the 6 Hours of Imola on Sunday from the ninth and 15th starting positions.
Alex Lynn, driving the No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R, advanced to the 10-miniute Hyperpole session after placing fifth in the initial 12-minute qualifying with a best lap of 1 minute, 30.497 seconds. He bettered that lap time in Hyperpole with a 1:30.448 – the quickest lap for Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA over the weekend – but came up 0.405 of a second short of the top five.Quick and expert work by the Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA crew prepared the No. 12 entry for qualifications after a shunt into the tire barrier at Rivazza early in the morning Free Practice 3 that damaged the right-front of the car. Lynn was uninjured in the incident.
The No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R, driven by Lynn, Norman Nato and Will Stevens, has advanced to Hyperpole in both rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.
Sebastien Bourdais qualified 15th in the 18-car Hypercar lineup in the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R with a best lap of 1:31.925, which was 1.10 seconds from making the 10-car Hyperpole roster for the second time this season. Bourdais will share driving duties Sunday with Earl Bamber and Jenson Button.
The No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse earned the pole for his home race with a lap of 1:28.920.
The race marks the WEC’s return to Europe for the first time since last June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans and the series’ second trip to the circuit established in 1953 as a Ferrari test facility.
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What they’re saying
No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.RAlex Lynn: “A dramatic day for reasons we didn’t want. But in the end, I do believe in qualifying we maximized what could get. It was a shame about FP3, but I think we still got out what we could out of the day regardless of what happened there. We’ll look to have a good, clean race tomorrow and score some good points.”No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R
Sebastien Bourdais: “We’ve been a bit searching our way this weekend and it’s been difficult for me, but Alex showed there’s quite a bit of potential in the car. It wasn’t going to be as good for us, but I got held up instead of being able to keep pushing and I had to do a slow lap and then another push lap and the tires never re-started basically. It was very disappointing for the group, and we’ll be starting far back on a track that doesn’t favor passing.”