JOTA Reveals Driver Roster for First Cadillac Season

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA has revealed its six-driver roster for its pair of factory V-Series.Rs for the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Thursday’s announcement features the drivers previously predicted by Sportscar365 to be part of Cadillac’s expanded two-car effort in its first season working with JOTA Sport, which replaces Chip Ganassi Racing as its partner team.

Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber will go into their third seasons racing for Cadillac in the WEC, as fellow factory driver Sebastien Bourdais makes the widely-anticipated move across from full-time IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition.

The lineup is completed by three of JOTA’s drivers from the 2024 campaign, namely Will Stevens, Norman Nato and Jenson Button. Exact car crews will be announced later.

JOTA co-founder David Clark commented: “When you consider our collective records in the FIA World Endurance Championship, it’s very fitting that for the inaugural Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA driver line-up we have such an impressive breadth of world championship winning talent and experience.

“Cadillac’s pedigree in motorsport speaks for itself, and with these six drivers we will be in a strong position to challenge for race wins.”

Bourdais will be taking on a full season in the WEC’s top class for the first time after making cameo outings in the CGR-run Cadillac this season in the season-opening Qatar 1812km and the 8 Hours of Bahrain finale.

“A new challenge, a new team and thankful to be part of a new adventure,” said the 45-year-old Frenchman. “The push that Cadillac is making with two cars and going with JOTA shows the commitment to endurance racing and being successful in WEC.

“We’re going to get to work quickly and there’s a continuity in the whole process. For me, it’s a known quantity with the car and the GM people, so it’s cool to be able to continue there. Hopefully, we’ll get a few things going our way quickly.

“We showed speed this season but not the results we wished we would have, so I’ll be working hard to get those.”

Bamber meanwhile will be taking on a double program across WEC and IMSA, as he was previously confirmed to be part of Action Express Racing’s effort in the latter series.

It means the New Zealander will likely skip the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in May in favor of the clashing WeatherTech Championship round at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

“With me doing both WEC and IMSA, hopefully we can accelerate their learning process,” said Bamber.

“We were quick with Chip Ganassi Racing the last few races of the ’24 season and hopefully we can transfer knowledge from that project and continue our strong showing at the end of the year and taking their knowledge from their project and combining all that into winning races in WEC in 2025.

“The continuity of Alex, Seb and myself having driven the cars for a couple of years in IMSA and WEC will really lead to a formidable lineup.”

Nato also faces a clash with his Nissan Formula E program, but it is expected he will miss the Berlin round of the all-electric series to take up his Cadillac drive at Sao Paulo in July.

Having skipped this month’s rookie test and Michelin tire test in Bahrain, JOTA will hold a shakedown next week at the Anneau du Rhin circuit in France with its new chassis.