Battling through a series of challenges, fierce competition, and intense racing at the 2025 12 Hours of Sebring, Cadillac Racing powered its way to a hard-fought fourth-place finish in the tough endurance event. The No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R led the charge, overcoming a software issue that plagued the race car during last week’s qualifying sessions.
Starting 13th, the No. 31 V-Series.R of Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti quickly picked off its competitors. Just two hours in, Aitken took the lead for the first time before swapping the controls to his teammates. Both Vesti and Bamber led during their respective stints, keeping the No. 31 Cadillac Racing machine up front, or not far from it. Vesti was driving when he was overtaken by the No. 6 Porsche for the final time, however, and just wasn’t able to keep pace as the clock ticked down. The No. 31 Caddy faded to finish fourth.
“IMSA just keeps impressing me with how chaotic and crazy it is to race this year,” Vesti said. “I really enjoyed my time in the car today. I left everything out on the track and it’s painful not to get the podium… I enjoyed lots of laps in the lead today and I had a lot of restarts from the lead, which is fun and I learned a lot. We’ll be back. I’m already looking forward to [the next race at] Laguna.”
The other two Cadillac Racing entries struggled, however. The No. 10 V-Series.R of Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, and Will Stevens was dinged by IMSA for incident responsibility in the second hour, forced to serve a stop and hold penalty. The team fell off the lead lap and ultimately finished two laps down, finishing seventh.
Finally, the No. 40 V-Series.R of Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz, and Brendon Hartley slammed into the Turn 17 tire barrier with just under eight hours to go, requiring extensive repairs, including a nose change and front tire swap. However, they were also handed a stop and hold penalty for performing more than emergency repairs, bringing home an 11th-place finish in the GTP class.
“A difficult race, obviously not the race we wanted,” said Deletraz. “We had to retire the car early at the end due to an issue that will have to be investigated. A little bit disappointed but I think we had a rough first day then improved the car a lot for the race, but still not enough to fight for the win.”
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