{"id":107723,"date":"2025-10-29T21:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/107723\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:38:18","slug":"f1-news-cadillacs-colton-herta-to-contest-daytona-24-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/107723\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Cadillac’s Colton Herta to contest Daytona 24 in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"F1-bound
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCadillac’s Colton Herta. Image: Joe Skibinski<\/p>\n

Cadillac Racing announced Herta as part of its 2026 line-up to compete in North America\u2019s highest level of sports car racing, GTP, with Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR).<\/p>\n

Herta will join Jordan Taylor and Louis Deletraz in the #40 WTR car for three events \u2013 the Daytona 24, Sebring 12 Hours, and Petit Le Mans \u2013 a 10-hour race at Road Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The sister #10 WTR car will be shared by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque with ex-Formula 1 driver Will Stevens joining for the three endurance races.<\/p>\n

Out of the Action Express Racing stable, Earl Bamber will once again team up with Jack Aitken in the #31 with support from Frederik Vesti.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuper excited to join Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing for the endurance rounds next year,\u201d said Herta.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some success last time I was with the team, and I hope to continue that.<\/p>\n

\u201cJordan and Louis are some of the best drivers in the business, and it\u2019s a pleasure to join them on this adventure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get behind wheel of the Cadillac\u2019s naturally aspirated engine. Daytona can\u2019t come soon enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Herta will race the Cadillac V-Series.R prototype, which is powered by 5.5-litre naturally aspirated V8. This year marks Cadillac\u2019s fourth in IMSA\u2019s top GTP division.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The start of the IMSA Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Image: Lumen Digital Agency\/Michael L. Levitt<\/p>\n

Herta will spend the lion\u2019s share of his season in Europe with Hitech GP in Formula 2 and as Cadillac\u2019s Formula 1 test driver and reserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to get going for next year,\u201d said eponymous team owner Wayne Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be our second year with the Cadillac V-Series.R and we have learned so much this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the same drivers for the full season and Will Stevens in the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing for the IMEC rounds brings great continuity to our program and ensured success.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted that Colton Herta can join Jordan and Louis in the No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R for the endurance events.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe trio has been a great match and had great success working together in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team has so much positivity going into 2026 and we are all looking forward to the November test in Daytona.\u201d<\/p>\n

2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar
Round 1: January 24-25 \u2013 Daytona
Round 2: March 21 \u2013 Sebring
Round 3: April 18 \u2013 Long Beach
Round 4: May 3 \u2013 Laguna Seca
Round 5: May 30 \u2013 Detroit
Round 6: June 28 \u2013 Watkins Glen
Round 7: July 12 \u2013 Mosport
Round 8: August 2 \u2013 Road America
Round 9: August 23 \u2013 VIR
Round 10: September 20 \u2013 Indianapolis
Round 11: October 3 \u2013 Road Atlanta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cadillac’s Colton Herta. Image: Joe Skibinski Cadillac Racing announced Herta as part of its 2026 line-up to compete…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5754,5755,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-107723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cadillac-f1","tag-colton-herta","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}