Taylor, Da Costa Confirmed at Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA

Ricky Taylor and Antonio Felix da Costa have been confirmed as joining Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA’s FIA World Endurance Championship lineup next season.

Da Costa had already been heavily linked with a return to JOTA, especially amid the continued uncertainty around the Signatech-run Alpine squad he had joined for this season.

He previously raced JOTA’s privateer Porsche 963 in the WEC in 2023 and also spent three years with the squad in the LMP2 division that culminated in winning the 2022 class title and triumphing in that year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.

However, the Portuguese driver had been dropped from Alpine’s lineup for the previous WEC round at Fuji with the team deciding to run only two drivers per car.

The door opened for Taylor to contest both the WEC and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (with Wayne Taylor Racing) at the wheel of a Cadillac V-Series.R as there are no clashes between the two series next year.

He made his WEC Hypercar debut with JOTA at the Circuit of The Americas WEC event earlier this year.

The confirmation of da Costa and Taylor means that Alex Lynn will indeed be leaving JOTA at the end of the season, with his switch to the new McLaren Hypercar project also announced on Thursday.

Sebastien Bourdais, meanwhile, had already revealed there was no space for him in the JOTA roster with the American manufacturer preferring Taylor to race across both championships.

Existing drivers Earl Bamber, Jack Aitken, Will Stevens and Norman Nato will then all continue next year but the exact lineups for the two JOTA V-Series.Rs have not yet been confirmed.

Team co-founder Sam Hignett described being “incredibly excited” about the “formidable” 2027 lineup.

“In Antonio and Ricky, we are welcoming two enormously talented drivers who already know the team well and understand what we are about,” he said.

“Both bring a huge amount of experience but, just as importantly, they are great team players and will fit seamlessly into the group we already have.”

Da Costa said: “It feels really special to be coming back to JOTA. I have some amazing memories with this team, we achieved a lot together and I still have so many friends here, so in many ways it feels like coming home.

“At the same time, this is a completely new challenge and one that I’m incredibly excited about.”

Taylor said that he also “already feels right at home” having made his JOTA debut at COTA, adding: “Racing full-time in a FIA World Championship is something I’ve never had the opportunity to do before, so I’m excited for the prospect and to be joining a team that has spent so many years achieving podiums and wins on the world stage.”

JOTA co-founder David Clark also paid tribute to the “outstanding commitment and contribution” of Lynn and Bourdais, both having been involved since the team first began running Cadillacs in 2025.

“The pair have played an important role in the team’s journey with Cadillac, helping establish the program at the front of the FIA World Endurance Championship and contributing to some of its most memorable performances,” said Clark.

Bourdais described being “very proud of what we have achieved together,” while Lynn said: “I’ve had the honor of driving the car to four WEC pole positions, including the most special one at Le Mans, being one of the driving crew that took the first overall podium at Le Mans, the first overall WEC win and two Sebring 12 hour wins.

“Thank you to every person involved from both GM and from the teams I was fortunate enough to drive for, I hope I did you proud. I always gave everything I had, and will continue to do so for the last two races.”