The Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R GTP duo headed to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta to wrap the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Saturday’s historic 10-hour event served as the season finale and the Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing sought out their first victory of 2025 to end the season on a high note.  Handling the reins of the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R GTP were Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque and Will Stevens. Albuquerque was the one who tackled Friday’s qualifying session and the No. 10 started from eighth heading into Saturday. In the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R GTP it was Jordan Taylor, Louis Delétraz and Norman Nato. Taylor’s qualifying saw the No. 40 place 11th on the grid to start.

Aiming to progress forward from their starting positions, Albuquerque and Taylor started the historic endurance race but multiple cautions to open the first hour made momentum tough. As the field began to settle in, the Cadillac WTR team looked to get situated with their early strategy plans. Both Albuquerque and Taylor doubled their stints on track to open the day. Entering about three hours into the 10, it was time for scheduled driver changes. In the No. 10, Ricky Taylor took over while Delétraz hopped into the No. 40.

As Taylor in the No. 10 and Delétraz in the No.40 navigated the 2.54-mile track, both drivers tackled double stints that saw the field reach the halfway point. In his stint, Delétraz was battling for position on track with the No. 85 Porsche on track through Turn 10, but the touch between the two cars saw the No. 40 receive a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility.

Just past halfway saw Taylor switch places in the No. 10 to the team’s endurance co-driver, Stevens, for his time behind the wheel.  Once halfway passed, all cards were still in play for the Cadillac WTR teams, but minimal caution periods made it difficult for progression to move forward with track positions. With about four hours remaining, Norman Nato climbed aboard the No. 40 for his first IMSA racing laps since 2018. For the team’s endurance co-drivers, Stevens and Nato, it was action-packed in terms of managing lap traffic and staying on the lead lap as well.

Once all three drivers had completed all their initial track time, it was time to shift back to starting drivers – Albuquerque and Jordan Taylor. The field came to a restart and after that, just under four hours remained.

Soon after, nightfall hit Petit Le Mans, and the track came alive. As the field ended up seeing no additional cautions beyond the three-hour, 50-minute remaining mark, it became clear that energy-saving was going to be key to the end the race. Changing drivers one final time, Ricky Taylor and Louis Delétraz were tasked with finishing out the final hours of Petit Le Mans the 2025 season. Working to manage energy and track position, each the No. 10 and No. 40 tried their hand optimal times for pitting in hopes of gaining track position. At the checkered flag, Taylor in the No. 10 finished sixth while Delétraz in the No. 40 finished eighth.

“First, congratulations to Cadillac Racing and the Whelen team for winning Petit Le Mans,” said Wayne Taylor, Team Owner. “Honestly, the pit stops, the crew, when we had to replace the tail on the green stop (for the No. 10) and they got it changed done before the fuel was even finished. The guys were on fire. The execution in the pit lane – everybody on the team was fantastic! I just don’t know what happened in the race. This evening it looked like the No. 10 car was lapping faster than most people, but we had a strategy call that was risky, but we had to take it. It has just been one of those years. So proud of everyone and thank you to Cadillac, GM, Dallara and TWG for being so supportive of everything that we do. It makes me sad. I know how much pressure the team puts on themselves and, unfortunately, the results just don’t show it. To me they are the best.”

Although the year may have not seen a win, but Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing leaves the 2025 season with four podium finishes.

Ricky Taylor, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Tough day. This weekend we came in with high expectations. The drivers all felt that good and the team executed well all day. We just didn’t have the pace of the lead group. Congratulations to our Cadillac teammates, Whelen and Action Express. Looking forward to the off season, when we can review a year’s worth of data and information. We are going to be on track quite a bit this off season, so looking forward to starting 2026 with a nice booklet of information.”

Filipe Albuquerque, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Hard race. Hard season. Perhaps more than we expected it to be. In the night, the car came a little bit alive, but I think we may have followed a wrong strategy when we pitted more than the other guys. We gave our best. We learned a lot about the car this year. We improved a lot through the season. There were definitely moments of greatness but then we would get struck with a weekend where we didn’t understand the lack of pace in the car. We have already begun our work for next year. Congratulations to Cadillac Whelen on their win!”

Will Stevens, IMEC co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “We had hoped to finish the season on a high. I think we still battled through and fought and scored valuable points this weekend, which is important. I think as a whole the team has made good momentum. I think now the focus just needs to be on making improvements. There is a bit of time now before Daytona, so it is just important review the information and to come back stronger for next year.”

Jordan Taylor, full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Congratulations to the Cadillac Whelen team. This is a special race to win. Not a good day for us. We had some good stints and some bad stints, but, at the end of the day, we did not get a good result which is unfortunate. We learned a lot this year with this car, so hopefully we can have a good off season, test and develop more and come back strong next year.”

Louis Delétraz, full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “A huge thank you to Cadillac and Wayne Taylor Racing for this year. It has been tough. I do not think there are any other words. We have had a lot of learning with this car. We had a double podium at Watkins Glen which was the highlight of our year. Very excited to take all our learnings and work hard for next year to come and win.”

Norman Nato, IMEC co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “It was a great experience coming back to IMSA after eight years. It was great to be back. What an incredible race. Obviously, we are a disappointed with the race. We tried our best to the finish line. It was just not enough today unfortunately. It was great to be back in IMSA and to work with Wayne Taylor Racing. I can’t wait to do more. We tried our best today, but it wasn’t enough. We will work to try and come back stronger.”

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.