Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing tackled the 74th Running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring for the second round of the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing arrived ready to challenge for the win, with an impressive qualifying performance. Filipe Albuquerque secured a third place starting position for the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor V-Series.R GTP with Louis Deletraz in the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor V-Series.R GTP starting a row behind in fifth. 

As the green flag flew, Albuquerque and Delétraz challenged positions right at the start of the 12-hour endurance race before settling into their respective run plans and managing tire degradation. Albuquerque and the No. 10 Cadillac WTR team’s early strategy saw the team call Albuquerque in to the pits after a double stint and switch drivers to 2017 Twelve Hours of Sebring winner, Ricky Taylor, while also taking full service. Delétraz and the No. 40 team on the other hand pitted right after their teammates leading to a triple stint for Delétraz. Both pit stop sequences saw the Cadillac WTR duo jump to the front of the running order as a timely caution fell just shy of 10 hours remaining. Back to green flag racing, Delétraz and Taylor led the field to the restart, aiming to cover both strategies of the GTP leaders. Delétraz eventually came to the pit lane, and three-time Sebring winner Jordan Taylor hopped into the driver’s seat for his stint with a little over nine hours to go. 

With both Taylors driving in their respective Cadillac V-Series.R GTPs, they capitalized on their positions on track. Another timely yellow for the No. 40 Cadillac WTR team propelled them to the lead. Jordan Taylor was able to maintain his leading position nearing eight hours remaining. 

As two strategies came into play amongst the Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing GTP teams, the full field came to pit lane for service under caution, and the No. 10 Cadillac WTR crew had a speedy stop to send endurance co-driver, Will Stevens, out in third. For the No. 40 Cadillac WTR team, their strategy involved saving tires and managing energy and fuel. Before the halfway mark, Cadillac Formula 1 Team test driver and FIA 2 Formula 2 competitor, Colton Herta, took control of the No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R GTP for his first racing laps at the 12-hour event. 

Once the field saw the restart, it was green racing action over the next quarter of the race, passing the halfway point. Amid those racing hours, both Cadillac WTR teams navigated lap traffic while maintaining track position. 

As golden hour set across the track, the field came to life with Albuquerque and Jordan Taylor getting back behind the wheel for their final stints of the race. A series of clean pitstops saw Albuquerque challenging up at the front and Taylor demonstrating excellent tire management as he made his way through the pack of prototypes amidst cooling track conditions.  

In the final hours of competition in the night, the difficulty and bumps at Sebring came to a head as multiple yellows came through while Ricky Taylor and Delétraz looked to finish out the final hours of the race. A solid restart from both drivers with a little over an hour to spare moved them up the pack as they tackled the last stint of the race, and the teams managed two seamless pit stops, enabling the chance for both drivers to fight for steps on the podium. 

With just over 30 minutes to go, an extended yellow had the two cars fighting for podium positions when the track went green with only 16 minutes left on the clock. Taylor in the No. 10 Cadillac WTR kept his head down and went to work managing to fight his way into the third place and a step on the podium for the No. 10 team in the closing laps of the race. In the No. 40 Cadillac WTR, Delétraz continued to push, but with other competitors on fresher tires, he was unable to contend for the front group, ultimately seeing the checkered flag wave with an eighth-place finish.

“I'm extremely proud of our Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing team and my partner, Dan Towriss of TWG Motorsports, for the results this weekend,” said Wayne Taylor, Team Co-Owner, Wayne Taylor Racing. “Ricky certainly made it happen in that last stint; it was very impressive. The driver can't do everything though. It is the team that makes the whole thing come together and to work, so I really need to give a big thanks to our guys and to Cadillac and DEX for supporting us. This race was clearly two classes. The two Porsches seemed to be in a class of their own. So, as far as our team is concerned, we feel like we won our class. I am proud of what our team has accomplished today and looking forward to Long Beach.”

The Cadillac Wayne Taylor V-Series.R GTP’s are back to racing in just three short weeks for a sprint challenge at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The on-track action begins Friday, April 17, 2026, with two practice sessions followed by qualifying later that day. The 100-minute sprint race is set for 4:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 18, 2026, with broadcast available on Peacock. 

Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Driver Quotes

Ricky Taylor, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Really excited for the Cadillac WTR team. I think the result was the best we could hope for. The whole 10 car group and all of Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing are really hitting their stride in our second year with the Cadillac V-Series.R. I think we feel much more confident going into race weekends. I think we proved this weekend that we can make adjustments to the car for qualifying and the race. That momentum is going to build through the season even more, and now we’re looking forward to Long Beach.”

Filipe Albuquerque, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Really happy with the results and for the Cadillac WTR team. At Daytona we had something like this in the pocket, but unfortunately, we weren’t there. The race was up and down, typical IMSA with a lot happening, but in the end, it was a great result for us. We were the best of the race. P3 feels like a win. Ricky in the end was a star, coming back, just a star. I loved it! The motivation is super high, and we can’t wait for the next one.”

Will Stevens, IMEC co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Super good result for the team. I think it shows the progress we are making, race by race. I think this whole weekend we had a good feeling. We had a strong package from the start and always felt that we were in contention to be upfront. We had a few setbacks in the middle of the race but stuck with it and pushed to the end. Ricky did an awesome job in the final stint to make his way to third. Really happy for the Cadillac WTR team. I think this podium feels very good for everyone and is helpful to build the confidence going forward.”

Jordan Taylor, full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Obviously,?a tough day for the 40 car; it seemed like none of the yellows went our way. They were always poorly timed, which was unfortunate. So it always felt like we were on the back foot, but I think we had showed better pace than last year, which is a positive.?Great to see the 10-car fighting for the podium there at the end, kind of the best of the rest. So, we can leave here knowing that we're in the hunt now, in the mix in these races - just need to have some things go our way.”

Louis Delétraz, full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Disappointing result, only P8. I think we had a tough race. We spent a long time at the back, finally got the yellow we needed, got back close to the field and moved up to P5 before. Stayed there a long time, but yeah, we need to look for some answers; in the last 20 minutes, we just had slow pace, a lot of oversteer, and struggle to keep up. Not what we wanted. Congrats to the 10 for a podium! I think we actually had good pace a lot of time of the race, so we just need to put it all together next time.”

Colton Herta, IMEC co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: "Well today didn’t quite go the way we had expected. It was a tough day, especially during my stint. The improvements the team has continued to make since Daytona is there, just a few untimely yellows in the heat of the day made it tough to gain positions on track. The way the Cadillac V-Series.R drives on the bumps at Sebring was awesome and I enjoyed my time with the Cadillac WTR team to start the year and look forward to being back at Petit."

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About Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR)

Wayne Taylor Racing, part of TWG Motorsports, is a global motorsports enterprise that 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 19-year history, WTR has accumulated multiple victories in sportscar racing’s most iconic events: Rolex 24 At Daytona (4x), Twelve Hours of Sebring (2x), Petit Le Mans (3x), Mid-Ohio, Road America and the Six Hours of The Glen (2x). Since joining in 2015, WTR has earned 18 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Championship titles, two Lamborghini World Finals titles (2017, 2025) and in 2025 secured a milestone 100 LST wins. For more information, visit www.waynetaylorracing.com.

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TWG Motorsports is the motorsports entity of TWG Global, unifying a robust racing portfolio across the world's biggest stages in Formula 1®, INDYCAR, Formula E, IMSA, and NASCAR. With strategic partnerships that include General Motors on the Cadillac Formula 1® Team and ownership of Andretti Global, Wayne Taylor Racing and Spire Motorsports, TWG Motorsports combines deep technical expertise, proven competitive excellence and industry-leading business acumen. TWG Motorsports is committed to innovating, growing and winning at the highest levels of the sport. Learn more at TWGMotorsports.com.