2026 GTP SEBRING 12 HOUR POST RACE REPORT
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.
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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
