Cadillac V-Series.R

The No. 12 V-Series.R at the2025 24 Hours of Le Mans
Category	Le Mans Daytona h
Designers	Chris Mikalauskas(Exterior Designer)[1] Aaron Pfeifer(Vehicle Technical Lead)[2] Adam Trojanek(Lead Propulsion Engineer)[3]
Predecessor	Cadillac DPi-V.R
Technical specifications
Chassis	LMP2-based Dallara[4] carbon fiber monocoque
Engine	Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L 90°V8NA, 32-valve,DOHC
Electric motor	Rear-mounted 50 kW (68 PS; 67 hp) spec MGU supplied byBosch
Transmission	Xtrac P1359 7-speedsequential manual[5]
Power	500 kW (680 PS; 671 hp)
Weight	1,030 kg (2,270.8 lb)
Fuel	TotalEnergies (WEC) VP Racing Fuels (IMSA)
Lubricants	Mobil 1[5]
Brakes	Brembo carbon 380/355mm with Brembo Monobloc 6-piston calipers[5]
Tyres	Michelin slicks withOZ one-piece forged alloys, 29/71-18 front and 34/71-18 rear[5]
Competition history
Notable entrants	Action Express Racing Chip Ganassi Racing Hertz Team Jota Wayne Taylor Racing
Notable drivers	Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Renger van der Zande Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook Jack Aitken Pipo Derani Alexander Sims
Debut	2023 24 Hours of Daytona
First win	2023 12 Hours of Sebring
Last win	2025 Petit Le Mans
Last event	2025 Petit Le Mans
Races Wins Podiums Poles F/Laps 25 7 13 9 7
Teams' Championships	1(2023 IMSA SCC)
Constructors' Championships	1(2023 IMSA SCC)
Drivers' Championships	1(2023 IMSA SCC)

TheCadillac V-Series.R, originally named theCadillac V-LMDh, is a sports prototype racing car designed byCadillac and built byDallara. It is designed to theLe Mans Daytona h regulations, and debuted in theIMSA SportsCar Championship at the season opening24 Hours of Daytona.^[6][7] The car is also contesting theFIA World Endurance Championship from2023 onwards.^[8] The V-Series.R uses one of the largest engines in its category, running anaturally aspiratedV8 with a 5.5-literengine displacement.^[9]

As of November 2024, the V-Series.R has five wins to its name and achieved 11 podium finishes. It took the Teams', Drivers' and Manufacturers' Championships of the2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship season, the first of those completed withAction Express Racing.

On August 24, 2021, Cadillac announced they would participate in IMSA's new GTP class and join theFIA World Endurance Championship's Hypercar class in 2023 using anLMDh-compliant racing design.^[10] It was also confirmed on the same day thatDallara was chosen as the chassis supplier for their LMDh contender, and thatAction Express Racing andChip Ganassi Racing would campaign the car in the2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship season as well as contest the24 Hours of Le Mans.^[11][12]

Cadillac released renders of the car on June 9, 2022. It was also announced that the car would use a hybrid powertrain, consisting of a 5.5-liter 90° naturally-aspirated V8 internal combustion engine and standardized hybrid drivetrain components provided byWilliams Advanced Engineering,Bosch andXtrac, and that Chip Ganassi Racing would campaign one car in the2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season.^[13][14][15]

The first shakedown was completed in July 2022.^[16] This was followed by testing atSebring International Raceway andRoad Atlanta, where the car covered nearly 19,312 km (12,000 mi).^[17][18][19]

In October 2022,General Motors' sportscar racing program manager Laura Klauser noted that both teams were working together to get the three cars ready on time for the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona. Chip Ganassi Racing would enter two cars for Daytona before splitting both cars to enter the IMSA and WEC seasons on full-time basis respectively. Action Express Racing would only campaign one car for the entire IMSA schedule.^[20]

Cadillac revealed that the V-Series.R would under three different primary colors: yellow, blue, and red, each color taken directly from Cadillac's logo. For the2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship,Chip Ganassi Racing ran the yellow and blue cars under the numbers #01 and #02 respectively competing as the factory Cadillac Racing squad, andAction Express Racing ran the red car under the number #31 competing asWhelen Engineering Racing.^[21] The blue car also competed in the2023 FIA World Endurance Championship as the sole full-time V-Series.R racing under the number #2.

The V-Series.R made both its global debut and itsIMSA SportsCar Championship debut at the2023 24 Hours of Daytona alongside three other debutants fromAcura,BMW, andPorsche as part of the newLe Mans Hypercar andLMDh regulations that were implemented for the 2023 season onwards. Cadillac were frontrunners for a majority of the race in the early stages,^{[22][23][24][25]} but later struggled to keep pace with Acura'sARX-06 race cars towards the end with the leading #01 Cadillac falling to 3rd overall, still securing a podium at the finish.^[26]

The V-Series.R took its first victory in any series at the second round in the2023 12 Hours of Sebring courtesy of Action Express Racing, despite having to bounce back from an early collision with an LMP3 car.^[27] That same weekend, the V-Series.R completed itsFIA World Endurance Championship debut, taking home 4th overall, just 10 seconds behind the #50Ferrari 499P in 3rd. Following the race,Alex Lynn found the results "a fantastic start."^[28] Cadillac took home another 4th place finish in the next round at the2023 6 Hours of Portimão.^[29][30]

An additional V-Series.R was fielded by Cadillac at the2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps under the number #3 for the purposes of preparation for the2023 24 Hours of Le Mans later that year.^[31] Unfortunately, the car did not see the finish asRenger van der Zande suffered a heavy high-speed collision at Raidillon. He emerged unharmed, and it was later revealed that the car had a suspected power steering failure.^[32]

Cadillac's return to the24 Hours of Le Mans that year marked their first appearance in the endurance race in 21 years, having last competed in the2002 edition of the race with theNorthstar LMP project. All three V-Series.Rs from both IMSA and WEC campaigns participated in the event.^[33] The full-season #2 car took a surprising 3rd overall in the race and ran relatively trouble-free, finishing a lap down behind the #51 Ferrari and the #8 Toyota.^[34] After the race,Richard Westbrook stated that the podium was a great start to the program.^[35]

In IMSA competition, the V-Series.R proceeded to score another win at the2023 Motul Course de Monterey and two additional podiums at the2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen and the2023 Petit Le Mans,^[36][37] the latter race proving to be a crucial score, as Cadillac andAction Express Racing took home all of the titles after a season-long title fight with Acura and their teamsWayne Taylor Racing andMeyer Shank Racing.^[38] In the FIA WEC, Cadillac's drivers finished in fifth with 72 points in the Drivers' Championship and fourth in the Manufacturers' Championship with a tally of 79 points.^[39][40]

Cadillac started their 2024 calendar year strong with the V-Series.R, qualifying on pole position withAction Express Racing at the2024 24 Hours of Daytona with a track record lap set byPipo Derani.^[41] Action Express Racing spent the length of the race up front and were later in contention for the overall victory againstPorsche in the final hour, but ultimately fell to 2nd, only 2.112 seconds behind the race-winning #7Porsche 963.^[42] Cadillac's season start in WEC was less than ideal, receiving a disqualification for a technical breach,^[43] a 10th place finish, and a retirement via a high-speed crash in the first three rounds.^[44]

In their IMSA campaign,Chip Ganassi Racing's #01 car remained consistent enough to contest for 2nd in the GTP standings against the #6 Porsche, eventually finishing the season in 3rd only five points behind. The defending champion V-Series.R from Action Express Racing concluded their season 4th overall. In total, the Cadillac teams secured eight podiums, two fastest laps, four pole positions, and two wins (both by Chip Ganassi Racing), the most notable coming at the2024 Petit Le Mans.^[45] Cadillac's WEC campaign was largely uneventful, though they were able to score a pole position at the2024 6 Hours of Fuji.^[46]

Chip Ganassi Racing departed from Cadillac ahead of the 2025 calendar year,^[47] withWayne Taylor Racing andJota Sport taking over Cadillac's factory IMSA and WEC operations respectively.^[48][49] In Jota'sfirst race with the V-Series.R, they spent most of the early running contending for the win, but quickly dropped from the lead after both cars suffered damage after colliding with each other during a virtual safety car period.^[50] Wayne Taylor Racing's first podium with the V-Series.R came at the2025 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic.^[51] At the2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, both of Jota's V-Series.Rs secured a front row lockout in Hyperpole qualifying courtesy ofAlex Lynn andEarl Bamber, marking Cadillac's first ever pole position at Le Mans.^[52] Lynn scored back-to-back pole positions for Cadillac in the next race at the2025 6 Hours of São Paulo.^[53] On race day, the pole-sitting #12 car took home the victory, with the #38 staying ahead of the #5 Porsche following closely behind to claim both a 1–2 finish and Cadillac's maiden victory in the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[54]

(key) Races inbold indicatespole position. Races initalics indicates fastest lap.

Year	Entrants	Class	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Pos.
2023	Cadillac Racing	GTP	—	—	DAY	SEB	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET	2673	7th
			Sébastien Bourdais	01	3	Ret	Ret	1	5	9	4	7	2
			Renger van der Zande		3	Ret	Ret	1	5	9	4	7	2
			Scott Dixon		3	Ret							2
			Earl Bamber	02	4									306	21st
			Alex Lynn		4
			Richard Westbrook		4
	Whelen Engineering Racing		Alexander Sims	31	5	1	5	3	2	7	6	4	6	2733	1st
			Pipo Derani		5	1	5	3	2	7	6	4	6
			Jack Aitken		5	1			2				6
2024	Cadillac Racing	GTP	—	—	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	ELK	IMS	ATL	2486	3rd
			Renger van der Zande	01	Ret	2	1	5	3	2	9	6	1
			Sébastien Bourdais		Ret	2	1	5	3	2	9	6	1
			Scott Dixon		Ret	2							1
			Álex Palou		Ret
	Whelen Cadillac Racing		Jack Aitken	31	2	Ret	2	2	6	8	4	Ret	5	2392	4th
			Pipo Derani		2	Ret	2	2	6	8	4	Ret	5
			Tom Blomqvist		2	Ret				8		Ret	5
2025	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	GTP	—	—	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	ELK	IMS	ATL	2626	6th
			Filipe Albuquerque	10	5	7	6	8	2	3	8	2	6
			Brendon Hartley		5
			Will Stevens		5	7							6
			Ricky Taylor		5	7	6	8	2	3	8	2	6
			Louis Delétraz	40	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	2	9	9	8	2304	9th
			Kamui Kobayashi		Ret	Ret
			Jordan Taylor		Ret		7	7	Ret	2	9	9	8
			Brendon Hartley			Ret
			Norman Nato										8
	Whelen Cadillac Racing		Jack Aitken	31	9	4	4	6	Ret	5	4	1	1	2720	2nd
			Earl Bamber		9	4	4		Ret	5	4	1	1
			Felipe Drugovich		9
			Frederik Vesti		9	4		6		5		1	1
Sources:[55][56]

(key) Races inbold indicatespole position. Races initalics indicates fastest lap.

Year	Entrants	Class	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	Pts.	Pos.
2023	Cadillac Racing	GTP	—	—	DAY	SEB	WGL	PET		38	3rd
			Sébastien Bourdais	01	3	Ret	5	2
			Renger van der Zande		3	Ret	5	2
			Scott Dixon		3	Ret		2
			Earl Bamber	02	4					9	9th
			Alex Lynn		4
			Richard Westbrook		4
	Whelen Engineering Racing		Alexander Sims	31	5	1	2	6		40	1st
			Pipo Derani		5	1	2	6
			Jack Aitken		5	1	2	6
2024	Cadillac Racing	GTP	—	—	DAY	SEB	WGL	IMS	ATL	42	2nd
			Renger van der Zande	01	Ret	2	2	6	1
			Sébastien Bourdais		Ret	2	2	6	1
			Scott Dixon		Ret	2			1
			Álex Palou		Ret
	Whelen Cadillac Racing		Jack Aitken	31	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	38	4th
			Pipo Derani		2	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
			Tom Blomqvist		2	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
2025	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	GTP	—	—	DAY	SEB	WGL	IMS	ATL	33	6th
			Filipe Albuquerque	10	5	7	3	2	6
			Brendon Hartley		5
			Will Stevens		5	7			6
			Ricky Taylor		5	7	3	2	6
			Louis Delétraz	40	Ret	Ret	2	9	8	31	7th
			Kamui Kobayashi		Ret	Ret
			Jordan Taylor		Ret		2	9	8
			Brendon Hartley			Ret
			Norman Nato						8
	Whelen Cadillac Racing		Jack Aitken	31	9	4	5	1	1	45	2nd
			Earl Bamber		9	4	5	1	1
			Felipe Drugovich		9
			Frederik Vesti		9	4	5	1	1
Sources:[57][58]

(key) Races inbold indicatespole position. Races initalics indicates fastest lap.

Year	Entrants	Class	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Pos
2023	Cadillac Racing	Hypercar	—	—	SEB	POR	SPA	LMN	MON	FUJ	BHR		79	4th
			Earl Bamber	2	4	4	5	3	10	10	11
			Alex Lynn		4	4	5	3	10	10	11
			Richard Westbrook		4	4	5	3	10	10	11
			Sébastien Bourdais	3			Ret	4					**	**
			Renger van der Zande				Ret	4
			Jack Aitken				Ret
			Scott Dixon					4
	Action Express Racing		Alexander Sims	311				17					**	**
			Pipo Derani					17
			Jack Aitken					17
2024	Cadillac Racing	Hypercar	—	—	QAT	IMO	SPA	LMN	SAO	COA	FUJ	BHR	42	6th
			Earl Bamber	2	DSQ	10	Ret	7	13	4	Ret	6
			Alex Lynn		DSQ	10	Ret	7	13	4	Ret	6
			Sébastien Bourdais		DSQ							6
			Álex Palou					7
			Sébastien Bourdais	3				Ret					**	**
			Renger van der Zande					Ret
			Scott Dixon					Ret
	WhelenCadillac Racing		Felipe Drugovich	311				15					**	**
			Pipo Derani					15
			Jack Aitken					15
2025*	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	Hypercar	—	—	QAT	IMO	SPA	LMN	SAO	COA	FUJ	BHR	143*	3rd*
			Alex Lynn	12	8	10	5	4	1	8	6
			Norman Nato		8	10	5	4	1	8	6
			Will Stevens		8	10	5	4	1	8	6
			Earl Bamber	38	16	16	6	7	2	6	13
			Sébastien Bourdais		16	16	6	7	2	6	13
			Jenson Button		16	16	6	7	2	6	13
	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing		Filipe Albuquerque	101				Ret					**	**
			Jordan Taylor					Ret
			Ricky Taylor					Ret
	WhelenCadillac Racing		Jack Aitken	311				Ret					**	**
			Felipe Drugovich					Ret
			Frederik Vesti					Ret
Source:[59]

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** Not eligible for championship points.

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