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JOTA will run Cadillac’s factory Hypercar programme next year in the FIA World Endurance Championship, the British team has confirmed. The Cadillac Racing programme will expand into a two car programme in line with the WEC’s two-car manufacturer mandate next year, with the team to be known as Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA. Thus, rental car […]
The Cadillac Racing program will expand to a two-car program next year in compliance with the WEC’s two-car manufacturer mandate, with the team to be known as Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA. Hertz’s title sponsorship of JOTA will continue as the team transitions to a factory program for the first time. The drivers for each car, the #12 and the #38, will be announced later; these are JOTA’s existing car numbers from the team’s current customer Porsche program, which will carry over into the Cadillac era. JOTA achieved its first overall WEC race win earlier this year at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with Callum Ilott and Will Stevens driving the #12 JOTA Porsche 963. Cadillac, on the other hand, has had a single-car program for the last two years with Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber behind the wheel of the #2 Cadillac V-Series.R this year. “Cadillac is proud to compete against the world’s best in the FIA World Endurance Championship, including Hertz Team JOTA,” said Global Cadillac’s vice president, John Roth. JOTA’s founder and director, Sam Hignett, expressed excitement at the partnership with Cadillac and the opportunity to continue their success in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
