Jota to take over 2025 Cadillac WEC factory effort

The move was widely predicted in endurance racing circles, with the question of who would run Cadillac’s endurance racing efforts hanging since Ganassi announced its exit.

“Cadillac is proud to be racing against the best in the world as part of the WEC, and that includes Hertz Team Jota,” said John Roth, vice president of global Cadillac. “We are thrilled to welcome Jota next year, bringing decades of racing technical expertise together to achieve continued success on the track.”

Announcements around driver line-ups are yet to be made, though Jota director and team founder Sam Hignett has said that it would be “a fair assessment” to assume a mix of drivers from Jota and Cadillac’s existing line-ups.

Testing of the new cars will not begin by Jota, which currently leads the WEC teams’ championship, until the 2024 season is concluded in Bahrain.

While the move from the Porsche 963, a car the team has put a lot of work into over the past two years, seems odd at first, the jump from privateer to works status cannot be underestimated.

From Cadillac’s perspective, Jota is a David among Goliaths. The team has made a huge impact during its first two seasons in Hypercar, leading at Le Mans and taking victory at Spa. Jota’s powers running a Cadillac – an extremely competitive car – with GM financial backing could be a match made in heaven.

The Jota-Cadillac alliance will line up in 2025 alongside what is expected to be the most competitive Hypercar grid yet in this new era of the World Endurance Championship as Aston Martin prepares to make its debut in the class with its new Valkyrie racer.

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