Cadillac secured a dominant win in Monza.

WECHyperCar

Nov 9

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA secured a resounding victory at the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship season finale in Monza, with Sébastien Bourdais—in his final race for GM—, Earl Bamber, and Jack Aitken. Alpine claimed second place in what served as their "last dance" in the Hypercar category, while Ferrari rounded out the podium.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Monza. Jack Aitken aboard #38 Cadillac V-Series.R takes the lead from Genesis #19

Win for Bourdais’ last Hypercar race

Following another tightly contested qualifying session, Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA lined up in P3 and P7 on the grid. The #38 had a flawless start and was up to P2 by the end of lap one. Pushing hard, and setting the fastest lap of the race, Jack Aitken made a decisive move up the inside of the Genesis to take the lead after just a few laps of racing.

Sebastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber had a faultless race and, despite some pressure at times from some of the chasing pack, maintained the lead throughout and claimed victory after six hours of racing. Today’s win marks Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA’s first win of the 2026 Championship.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Monza. Left: last pit stop for Sebastien Bourdais aboard #38 Cadillac V-Series.R; center: Earl Bamber takes over the wheel of the #38 Cadillac V-Series.R with roughly 2 hours to go; right: last pit stop for the Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA #38 this season.

#38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA, Sébastian Bourdais: “An amazing day for the #38, for Cadillac and for JOTA. It’s a great send-off for me - I couldn’t have dreamt of a better way to finish this chapter. A huge thank you to everyone for all the hard work, for giving me a car capable of winning and for all the years I’ve been able to do my job within such a professional organisation. Hopefully it’s not the end for me, but it is the end of a chapter with GM, and there really couldn’t have been a better way to go out.

“We’re missing Jack right now, but this was a three-driver effort and something we can all be incredibly proud of. There’s going to be a big party tonight!”

#38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA, Earl Bamber: “An amazing job by everybody today. We’ve been working hard and chipping away at it all year, so to keep JOTA’s winning streak going is something really special. Everyone at Cadillac has been working incredibly hard as well. We had a great car at Le Mans, and I think we’ve just continued to build momentum since then. Today showed that we’ve got the composure, the team and all the ingredients to be a force to be reckoned with in the World Championship next year.”

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Monza. Left: Bourdais after his last stint; right: Bamber ready to jump in #38 Cadillac.

#38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA, Jack Aitken (taken after his first stint as he left before the end of the race for the birth of his first child): “It’s been a really great start to the race. We managed to keep our nose clean at the start and then slowly picked people off. The car feels really quick and we’ve been able to stay towards the front so far. It’s going to be tricky with what looks like quite a few interventions and safety cars today, so the team will need to stay on top of the strategy. I’ll be watching closely and hopefully we can bring home a strong result.” Source: Cadillac Racing

P2 for Alpine Endurance Team’s last race

Alpine Endurance Team claimed its seventh podium of its hypercar program with the same fighting spirit that has defined its journey from the beginning.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Monza. Alpine #424 #36

In qualifying, Victor Martins progressed to Hyperpole and secured sixth on the grid for the #36.

At the start, Jules Gounon immediately brought the #36 into the leading group. Running third for much of the opening phase, he kept the Alpine within striking distance before handing over to Victor Martins. The final hour of the race was marked Victor Martins closing the gap to the leader, fighting really hard for a victory.

After six hours, the #36 crossed the line in P2 completing the last dance in blue.

Jules Gounon: “ I'm very, very happy to finish the programme with a podium. Of course, we wanted to fight for the victory, so it is a slightly bittersweet feeling, but finishing second is still an amazing result for all the boys and everyone in the team. I would have loved to win and give the programme a truly incredible ending, but this remains a fantastic way to finish.”

Victor Martins: “What a race! Jules did a fantastic job. When I got into the car, he had already done an amazing job and we were running in third place. From there, I think we executed the race perfectly. This result feels very different from Fuji because, today, we gave everything and made the right decisions at the right moments. There is a little frustration because the victory was within reach at one point, but Cadillac managed its energy very well. Finishing on the podium is a fantastic reward for everyone in the team.”

Ferrari climbed onto the third step of the podium

Antonio Giovinazzi crossed the finish line in third place in Ferrari 499P #51, shared in the race with Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado.

At the start, the official 499Ps driven by Molina and Giovinazzi settled into third and fourth positions. The opening hours were characterised by several neutralisations, which repeatedly closed up the gaps and altered the strategies. Thanks to a consistent, error-free race, Ferrari 499P #51 remained among the front-runners throughout the stints of Calado and Pier Guidi, securing third place at the finish, 35.767 seconds behind the leader.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Monza. #50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P.

Alessandro Pier Guidi#51 : “We started the season in Italy with a podium and have ended it in Italy with another one. It hasn’t been an easy season, nor was this a straightforward race. We tried to give it our all. I think the car had a fairly competitive pace here, but unfortunately we were not as effective in on-track battles. We struggled to overtake the other cars and, one way or another, always seemed to find ourselves behind someone, stuck in traffic. That was essentially how our race unfolded. In any case, we managed to secure a podium in front of our fans. It was an extraordinary moment, in front of a truly incredible crowd. I will never stop thanking them for coming here, and we want to dedicate this podium to them.” Source: Ferrari