Delétraz in #40 Cadillac won pole at Laguna Seca
Louis Delétraz with #40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R won the pole for Sunday's Monterey Sportscar Championship at Laguna Seca Raceway.
#40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Cadillac Racing has now earned four poles in IMSA prototype competition at the track, with the others happening in 2017, 2018 and 2024.
📷 © Cadillac Racing. Louis Deletraz with #40 Cadillac celebrating Motul Pole Award
Louis Delétraz, #40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R: “I’m so happy. We’ve been working so hard. All the boys and girls at Wayne Taylor Racing and Cadillac have been pushing the performance, and it’s great to reward them with the pole position. Jack (Aitken) was in second and we were both fast and honestly a big thank you to everyone and looking forward to the race.”
Two Cadillacs in front row
His lap of 1 minute, 19.654 seconds (110.033 mph) Saturday bested the second-place effort of Jack Atiken, driver of the #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R, who clocked in at 1:14.125.
📷 © Cadillac Racing. #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
Jack Aitken, #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R run by Action Express Racing: “Yeah it was solid. The Cadillacs have been up there all through practice and it felt like the weather changed a little bit today, so we had to adapt to those conditions and change a couple of things around. P2 is a great place to start and an all-Cadillac front row is fantastic. We’ll try and control things from the front and maybe bring home that first win of the year.”
Cadillac Racing has recorded 10 podium finishes at Laguna Seca, including victory in 2023, since joining IMSA prototype competition in 2017. In May 2024, Cadillac Racing also swept the front row in qualifying with Sebastien Bourdais setting the GTP track record of 1:12.445 in earning the pole.
Filipe Albuquerque, driver of the #10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R, was seventh with a lap of 1:14.130.
📷 © Cadillac Racing. #10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Filipe Albuquerque, #10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R: "A hard qualifying for us. We've been struggling this weekend with pace. I don't know what's going on with the 10 this weekend, but I'm really happy for the 40 and for the team at WTR that we found the pace. I'm happy for them. The delta doesn't justify historically our result or pace. We need to understand what is going wrong and work from there." Source: Cadillac Racing
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