Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing completed the first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship qualifying session for the 2025 season. As the cool temperatures fell upon Daytona International Speedway, Louis Delétraz and Filipe Albuquerque were poised to capitalize on the weather to try and earn the top spot at the front of the GTP grid.

Within the first few minutes of the 15-minute session, a red flag was displayed for a competitor stopped on track. As the green flag flew again to resume qualifying, all drivers had five minutes to post their best lap. For Albuquerque and the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R GTP, the Portuguese driver worked to navigate the 3.54-mile road course and competitor traffic to tally his fastest lap time of 01:34.933 to start seventh. Delétraz and the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing were dealt the same cards as his No. 10 teammates to end the session eighth on the GTP starting grid with a time of 01:34.935.

TOP FIVE GTP STARTING GRID
1. No. 24 BMW M Team RLL Cadillac Racing (BMW M Hybrid V8) D. Vanthoor, R. Marciello, K. Magnussen, P. Eng (136.493 mph)
2. No. 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian (Acura ARX-06) K. Ohta, N. Yelloly, R. van der Zande, A. Palou (136.071 mph)
3. No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport (Porsche 963), N. Tandy, F. Nasr, L. Vanthoor (135.935 mph)
4. No. 31 Whelen Cadillac Racing (Cadillac V-Series.R) J. Aitken, E. Bamber, F. Drugovich, F. Vesti (135.834 mph)
5. No. 85 JDC Miller Motorsports (Porsche 963) G. Bruni, P. Wehrlein, T. van der Helm, B. Aron (135.800 mph)
7. No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing (Cadillac V-Series.R) R. Taylor, F. Albuquerque, W. Stevens, B. Hartley (135.000 mph)
8. No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing (Cadillac V-Series.R) J. Taylor, L. Delétraz, K. Kobayashi (134.997 mph)

The Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R duo will have two final practices to make their final preparations ahead of the race. The 63rd Running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona is set for 1:40 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 25th and broadcast will be on NBC, USA Network and Peacock for green flag to checkered flag coverage.

Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Driver Quotes

Filipe Albuquerque, No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R

“A hard qualifying for us in the first time in the Cadillac V-Series.R. For sure the red flag didn’t help anybody. I think for us a little bit more in terms of knowing what the car was going to be like. We’re still learning about the car. P7, it’s not the end of the world for a 24-hour – it’s a long one. We keep going and learning the car, obviously we would have liked to be a little bit further ahead, but we will see come Sunday.”

Louis Delétraz, Full Season Co-Driver, No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R

“Not an easy qualifying with the red flag. I think the pole position lap time was not doable for us, simply impossible. First qualifying together with Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing. We are learning every time and know how to improve and get better. The main focus now is the race.”

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.