 LE MANS, FRANCE (June 10, 2026) – Cadillac placed a solid second, third and fifth in preliminary qualifying for the 94th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. Louis Deletraz, driver of No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R, who co-drives with Will Stevens and Norman Nato, was second with a time of 3 minutes and 23.148 seconds. He was just .013 seconds behind the lead car of Alpine Endurance Team. Jordan Taylor, who is co-driving the No. 101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R for Wayne Taylor Racing with Ricky Tayor and Filipe Albuquerque posted the third best time of 3 minutes and 23.323 seconds. Local native Sebastien Bourdais, driver of the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R with Earl Bamber and Jack Aitken, was fifth with a lap of 3 minutes and 23.485 seconds. The top 15 cars, including all three Cadillacs, advance to the second round of qualifying which takes place at 9:40 pm (CEST) on Thursday, June 11. |
| Cadillac puts three cars in top five of preliminary qualifyingLE MANS, FRANCE (June 10, 2026) – Cadillac placed a solid second, third and fifth in preliminary qualifying for the 94th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. Louis Deletraz, driver of No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R, who co-drives with Will Stevens and Norman Nato, was second with a time of 3 minutes and 23.148 seconds. He was just .013 seconds behind the lead car of Alpine Endurance Team. Jordan Taylor, who is co-driving the No. 101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R for Wayne Taylor Racing with Ricky Tayor and Filipe Albuquerque posted the third best time of 3 minutes and 23.323 seconds. Local native Sebastien Bourdais, driver of the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R with Earl Bamber and Jack Aitken, was fifth with a lap of 3 minutes and 23.485 seconds. The top 15 cars, including all three Cadillacs, advance to the second round of qualifying which takes place at 9:40 pm (CEST) on Thursday, June 11. |
 What they’re saying No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R:Louis Deletraz“It was a great qualifying here at Le Mans. Running here with low fuel and new tyres is always the best, it was a lot of fun! The car felt good and we were P2, so very close. Qualifying doesn’t mean much here, but I’m happy to be up front. It means the car is competitive and the whole team did a good job. Now we can continue working on our race car and pushing for the race weekend, because all we want to do is win on Sunday.” No. 101 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.RJordan Taylor, Co-driver, No. 101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R“Obviously a good qualifying. We are third so that is nice. It’s actually my first time qualifying at Le Mans, so I was nervous going in, but I knew all three Cadillacs seemed strong in practice and I had a clean lap. The goal today was to move on in the top 15, but it was nice to put in a good lap to give everyone a good confidence booster and build up the momentum in the week. This just moves us on to the next qualifying, but the big thing is race day and hopefully we can get a good starting position to stay out of trouble and have good race pace come Saturday and Sunday.” No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R:Sebastien Bourdais: “Day one of qualifying done and the main objective was accomplished. It wasn’t the cleanest of the runs, but we secured what we were looking for, and all three Cadillac are through so I’m happy about that.” |