Three Cadillacs in top five of qualifying

WECHyperCar

Jun 10

Cadillac placed a solid second, third and fifth in preliminary qualifying for the 94th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, behind Alpine A424 #35.

Alpine A424 #35 fastest

Ferdinand Habsburg did set the top time in the #35 Alpine A424 with a 3:23.135.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Mans Test Day 2026. Habsburg with Alpine A424 #35.

Deletraz second

Louis Deletraz, driver of #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R, who co-drives with Will Stevens and Norman Nato, was second with a time of 3:23.148 seconds. He was just .013 seconds behind the lead car of Alpine Endurance Team.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Mans Test Day 2026. Louis Deletraz in #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R

Louis Deletraz #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R: “It was a great qualifying here at Le Mans. Running here with low fuel and new tyres is always the best, it was a lot of fun! The car felt good and we were P2, so very close. Qualifying doesn’t mean much here, but I’m happy to be up front. It means the car is competitive and the whole team did a good job. Now we can continue working on our race car and pushing for the race weekend, because all we want to do is win on Sunday.”

Jordan Taylor third

Jordan Taylor, who is co-driving the #101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R for Wayne Taylor Racing with Ricky Tayor and Filipe Albuquerque posted the third best time of 3 minutes and 23.323 seconds.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Mans Test Day 2026. #101 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac WTR V-Series.R

Jordan Taylor, Co-driver, #101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Obviously a good qualifying. We are third so that is nice. It’s actually my first time qualifying at Le Mans, so I was nervous going in, but I knew all three Cadillacs seemed strong in practice and I had a clean lap. The goal today was to move on in the top 15, but it was nice to put in a good lap to give everyone a good confidence booster and build up the momentum in the week. This just moves us on to the next qualifying, but the big thing is race day and hopefully we can get a good starting position to stay out of trouble and have good race pace come Saturday and Sunday.”

Bourdais fifth

Local native Sebastien Bourdais, driver of the #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R with Earl Bamber and Jack Aitken, was fifth with a lap of 3 minutes and 23.485 seconds.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Le Mans Test Day 2026. Sebastien Bourdais in the #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R

Sebastien Bourdais #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R: “Day one of qualifying done and the main objective was accomplished. It wasn’t the cleanest of the runs, but we secured what we were looking for, and all three Cadillac are through so I’m happy about that.” Source: Cadillac Racing

Schedule

Thursday 11 June

14:45 Free Practice 3

20:00 Hyperpole

23:00 Free Practice 4

Saturday 13 June

12:00 Warm-up

16:00 Start of Race

Sunday 14 June

16:00 End of Race