Cadillac unveils Wayne Taylor Racing’s livery for Le Mans debut

Cadillac has unveiled the livery in which the Wayne Taylor Racing squad will make its maiden assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours next month.

WTR’s solo V-Series.R LMDh entered for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 14-15 June will be backed by oil company Mobil 1.

The primary sponsorship by Mobil 1 of the Cadillac WTR Hypercar class entry follows the extension earlier this year of the partnership between Cadillac’s new full-season representative in the WEC, the British Jota team which has moved across from running a pair of customer Porsche 963 LMDhs.

It takes the place of DEX Imaging, the sponsor of WTR’s two-car assault on the IMSA SportsCar Championship this year.

The car was given a shakedown in its new livery at the Putnam Park circuit near Indianapolis last Friday prior to its shipment to Europe. 

The #101 WTR Caddy, to be raced by team founder Wayne Taylor’s sons Ricky and Jordan and Filipe Albuquerque, is one of two additional entries from the General Motors brand at Le Mans this year.

It is joining Action Express Racing, which like WTR competes full time in IMSA.

Action Express raced at Le Mans alongside Chip Ganassi Racing, which represented Cadillac in the WEC in 2023-24.

Manufacturers contesting the full WEC are allowed to file additional entries for Le Mans, but do not score points with the extra cars.

Mobil 1 strategic global alliance manager Tony Esposito said: “This new livery reflects what our work with Cadillac is all about – performance, passion and pushing boundaries.

“We’re thrilled to see it come to life on track at Le Mans, where our legacy in motorsport continues.”

Jota’s pair of V-Series.Rs, #12 and #38, will continue in the livery in which they have contested the opening three rounds of this year’s WEC.

The Action Express car, entered under the Cadillac Whelen banner, will run in the same colours as at Le Mans last year and with the race number #311 again.

WTR is going to Le Mans for the first time with an impressive pedigree in North American endurance racing.

It won the Daytona 24 Hours four times in five years between 2017 and 2021 with Cadillac and, in the last of those seasons, Acura, as well claiming Sebring 12 Hours victories with both manufacturers.

Wayne Taylor has made no secret that his desire to take a team he established in 2007 to Le Mans was one of the reasons for his return to the GM fold for this season after four years with Honda brand Acura in IMSA.

He contested the race 13 times as a driver between 1987 and 2002, scoring a fourth on debut in the Kremer-run Porsche 962C and an LMP1 class victory driving a Doyle-Risi Racing Ferrari 333SP in 1998.