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Aitken qualifies second in No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R for Petit Le MansBRASELTON, Ga. (October 10, 2025) — Cadillac Racing will start on the front row for the second consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race and aim for its second victory in a row.
Jack Aitken, driving the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R, recorded a best lap of 1 minute, 9.827 seconds on the 2.54-mile, 12-turn Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta road course to qualify second on the 12-car Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) grid for the 10-hour Motul Petit Le Mans.
Aitken, the 2024 pole sitter for the final endurance race of the IMSA season at 1:09.639, started on the pole the last race and teamed with Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti to dominate the six-hour event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to deliver Cadillac’s 32nd victory since joining IMSA’s prototype class in 2017.
The victory September 21 was the first for Cadillac (in any series) at the Brickyard.
Filipe Albuquerque qualified eighth in the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R at 1:10.314. He’ll share driving duties Saturday with Ricky Taylor and Will Stevens. Jordan Taylor qualified 11th in the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R with a best lap of 1:10.649. Louis Deletraz and Norman Nato will also be at the wheel in the race.
Cadillac won the 2024 Petit Le Mans from the fifth starting position and the luxury brand has four victories and 11 podiums (including victories) in the Petit Le Mans. A Cadillac has finished on the podium in all eight races it has contested at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta since 2017.
Media resources: Cadillac event photos | Event notes | 2025 IMSA stats | Cadillac all-time stats
Aiming for Cadillac’s sixth IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Manufacturer Championship is a subplot to the day-night season finale. Cadillac is five points out of first, with points awarded at the four-, eight- and 10-hour marks.
Tom Blomqvist, who co-drove the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R with Aitken and Pipo Derani in 2024, earned the pole (1:09.628) in the No. 60 Acura. The top eight were separated by .686 of a second.
Peacock will stream flag-to-flag coverage for U.S. subscribers beginning at noon ET, while NBC will telecast the race live from noon-3 p.m. International feed streaming will be available on IMSA.tv. Live radio broadcast of the race will be available on IMSA.com, RadioLeMans.com and Sirius XM (XM206, Web/app 996).
What they’re saying
No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Filipe Albuquerque: “The car was pretty nice today to drive. We were expecting to be fighting for the top five. Unfortunately, I qualified P8. Not what I wanted or expected. The field is so, so close. One-tenth would’ve put me in P4, which is a completely different perspective. We have 10 hours of racing tomorrow and the No. 10 car knows how to survive all 10 hours. The last hour for us is the critical part. We will see how it is tomorrow. I think we have a good car for the race and that is a completely different beast of a car and happy for that.”
Cadillac claims another front row startAitken qualifies second in No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R for Petit Le MansBRASELTON, Ga. (October 10, 2025) — Cadillac Racing will start on the front row for the second consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race and aim for its second victory in a row.
Jack Aitken, driving the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R, recorded a best lap of 1 minute, 9.827 seconds on the 2.54-mile, 12-turn Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta road course to qualify second on the 12-car Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) grid for the 10-hour Motul Petit Le Mans.
Aitken, the 2024 pole sitter for the final endurance race of the IMSA season at 1:09.639, started on the pole the last race and teamed with Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti to dominate the six-hour event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to deliver Cadillac’s 32nd victory since joining IMSA’s prototype class in 2017.
The victory September 21 was the first for Cadillac (in any series) at the Brickyard.
Filipe Albuquerque qualified eighth in the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R at 1:10.314. He’ll share driving duties Saturday with Ricky Taylor and Will Stevens. Jordan Taylor qualified 11th in the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R with a best lap of 1:10.649. Louis Deletraz and Norman Nato will also be at the wheel in the race.
Cadillac won the 2024 Petit Le Mans from the fifth starting position and the luxury brand has four victories and 11 podiums (including victories) in the Petit Le Mans. A Cadillac has finished on the podium in all eight races it has contested at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta since 2017.
Media resources: Cadillac event photos | Event notes | 2025 IMSA stats | Cadillac all-time stats
Aiming for Cadillac’s sixth IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Manufacturer Championship is a subplot to the day-night season finale. Cadillac is five points out of first, with points awarded at the four-, eight- and 10-hour marks.
Tom Blomqvist, who co-drove the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R with Aitken and Pipo Derani in 2024, earned the pole (1:09.628) in the No. 60 Acura. The top eight were separated by .686 of a second.
Peacock will stream flag-to-flag coverage for U.S. subscribers beginning at noon ET, while NBC will telecast the race live from noon-3 p.m. International feed streaming will be available on IMSA.tv. Live radio broadcast of the race will be available on IMSA.com, RadioLeMans.com and Sirius XM (XM206, Web/app 996).
What they’re saying
No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Filipe Albuquerque: “The car was pretty nice today to drive. We were expecting to be fighting for the top five. Unfortunately, I qualified P8. Not what I wanted or expected. The field is so, so close. One-tenth would’ve put me in P4, which is a completely different perspective. We have 10 hours of racing tomorrow and the No. 10 car knows how to survive all 10 hours. The last hour for us is the critical part. We will see how it is tomorrow. I think we have a good car for the race and that is a completely different beast of a car and happy for that.”
No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
Jack Aitken: “Feels like we’ve been P2 a lot this year in qualies. It’s frustratingly close, but obviously a good place to start tomorrow. Nice to be up front and potentially out of any trouble further down in the pack. It would have been nice to stick it on pole. We did a good job, the car felt pretty hooked up. We would have loved to snatch the pole, but the points are tomorrow.”No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Jordan Taylor: “I think we have a good car for the race where we’ll be in traffic all day long. All three of our guys were happy with the car in practice so we can look forward to that.”

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