Is Cadillac preparing an armada to attack the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans? It's quite possible. On the sidelines of the 24 Hours of Daytona, representatives of the Wayne Taylor Racing team – which now operates the Cadillac V-Series.R in IMSA – indicated that Cadillac and General Motors are trying to obtain two invitations for the 93rd edition of the Sarthe event, one for Wayne Taylor Racing and one for Action Express Racing. Remember that Cadillac will already have two cars on the starting grid for the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans thanks to its commitment to the WEC with Hertz Team JOTA.
“I know that people from Cadillac met Pierre Fillon in Paris last Monday (during the presentation of the Cadillac JOTA, Editor’s note.) and I think they asked for four entries, declared Wayne Taylor, boss of the eponymous team, to Sportcars365. Of course, JOTA will have two, because they are committed to the full season. There will be number 31 [d’Action Express Racing] and I hope one of our cars will be there. »
The 24 Hours of Le Mans, Wayne Taylor’s dream
Until now, Cadillac had fielded three V-Series.R during the last two editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with two official cars operated by Chip Ganassi Racing and a “semi-private” entered by Action Express Racing, invited by the ACO thanks to its IMSA titles. With four cars lined up in Hypercar in Sarthe next June, the Detroit firm would increase its chances of victory, after securing a podium in 2023.
“That would be really huge. We have just received these cars. We have to be careful not to rush and be organized enough and have the knowledge to go there, because I don't want to embarrass anyone, puts Wayne Taylor, winner of the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LM P1 category, into perspective, but who has never entered his team in the Le Mans classic. With a longer term contract, it's good. But we will try everything if we get this invitation, to be there. Our intention is to go there. » The team boss also confided that a potential entry in the 24 Hours of Le Mans was one of the reasons why WTR moved from Acura to Cadillac in IMSA.
-If Wayne Taylor Racing obtains the precious ticket to participate in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, the question of the crew will have to arise. If Wayne Taylor indicates that Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque, two drivers strongly linked to the South African's team, will be “for sure” of the game, the American team will have to take a “difficult choice” between Jordan Taylor and Louis Deletraz to occupy the third and last available place.
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