Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing endured their first traditional sprint race of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season with the Monterey SportsCar Championship. The pair of Cadillac V-Series.R GTPs entered the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca weekend with hopes for their first hardware of the season but the day proved challenging for the pair. Starting Sunday’s race was Ricky Taylor in the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R with his brother and teammate, Jordan Taylor, in the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R. As the field came to the green flag, Ricky Taylor looked to gain from his best qualifying position of the season in fourth but was shuffled back in the running order through the first half of Lap 1. Jordan Taylor maintained his starting position of seventh for the opening lap to settle into his stint. Looking to find their way to the front of the field, both the No. 10 and No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing teams attempted an alternate strategy.

 

 

First to pit was the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R that saw Jordan Taylor come to pit lane just shy of 30 minutes into the two-hour, 40-minute race. Taylor switched places with co-driver, Louis Delétraz, who would handle the driving duties in the No. 40 through the end of the race. Teammates in the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R looked to stay out on track a bit longer than the No. 40 but were forced to pit lane early for a mechanical black flag relating to tire requirements. After a full-service pit stop including a driver change to Filipe Albuquerque, the No. 10 returned on track keen to move positions forward.

 

 

Now in their running rhythm, both the No. 10 and No. 40 battled their way through the twists and turns of the 2.238-mile road course. Albuquerque in the blue chrome machine saw himself contending for the top five, but a battle with a competitor shuffled the No. 10 back a few spots backwards. Delétraz also saw his fair share of battles on track looking to work his way forward in the No. 40 before the second pit stop of the race. During the second pit stop of the race, after previous contact on track, the No. 10 team came to pit lane for fuel and tires and decided to change the front nose bodywork (damaged due to contact on track) before returning back on track. For the final hour of the race, it was all heads down to the finish in attempt to be in contention come the closing laps.

 

 

As the race ran caution-free, the alternate strategy unfortunately did not play into the hand of the Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R pairing as had hoped. Delétraz brought home the No. 40 Cadillac V-Series.R in seventh while Albuquerque finished eighth in the No. 10 Cadillac V-Series.R.

 

 

“We have improved the car so much but still have a ways to go,” said Wayne Taylor, Team Owner. “All three Cadillac were on par with each other today and still off pace with the leaders. It is discouraging.  We had to do a strategy different than everyone else because we didn’t have the speed. The team did such an outstanding job – from presentation, preparation to execution. We hope to go to Detroit with a more competitive package.”

 

 

A short break in the schedule for Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing duo as they head to the streets of Detroit for the next sprint round of the IMSA season. The 100-minute sprint race - where the No. 10 team return as the reigning winners in the inaugural Detroit Grand Prix with GTP – is set for Saturday, May 31, 2025.

 

 

Ricky Taylor, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “I think we are making progress with the car. We have glimpses of where we want to be. Unfortunately, today, the pieces didn’t fall int place. I think however we are figuring out what makes the car go fast and what we need from the car to perform. It is just a matter of putting it together and take it to the next level.”

 

 

Filipe Albuquerque, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Another hard day in the office. It was an eventful race for me – a lot of action. Too many fights with the No. 85 Porsche but it is part of the game. We damaged the front nose and had to repair it. We lost a lot of time there and then just was cruising. We do not have the pace for the leaders, for sure. We just try and survive. We are just not there yet with the car. We are trying to figure it out.”

 

 

Jordan Taylor, full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Not much to say for the day. We went a little off strategy to see what we can do and probably ended up where we would have ended up anyways. It has been a frustrating year. We were a little bit more competitive this race but still missing quite a bit to be fighting for podium. Hopefully, Detroit will be better.”

 

 

Louis Delétraz, full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Difficult race for the Cadillacs in general. We tried an alternate strategy for a yellow that never came, so we had to pit again. We did what we could. We learned and we're getting there but there is still some work required to get to the competition. Just a big thank you to the whole team, the crew, and we'll go to Detroit - our home race to try to bring some silverware for us and Cadillac."

 

 

About Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR)

Wayne Taylor Racing’s global motorsports enterprise boasts two IMSA driver championships (2013 and 2017), and back-to-back IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Championships (2020, 2021) which contributed to nine IMSA manufacturer championships for Acura, Pontiac, Corvette and Cadillac. In its brief 18-year history, WTR has accumulated multiple victories in sportscar racing’s most iconic events: Rolex 24 At Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans, Mid-Ohio, Road America and the Six Hours of The Glen. With its back-to-back PRO Class Championship wins (2022, 2023), WTR currently has 14 North America Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship titles and a Lamborghini World Finals title.