{"id":476746,"date":"2026-06-14T11:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/476746\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:10:25","slug":"earl-bamber-cadillac-cruelly-taken-out-of-24-hours-of-le-mans-contention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/476746\/","title":{"rendered":"Earl Bamber Cadillac cruelly taken out of 24 Hours of Le Mans contention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XPB_1415898_HiRes-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Bamber Cadillac cruelly taken out of Le Mans contention\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe #38 Cadillac V-Series.R of Earl Bamber, Sebastien Bourdais, and Jack Aitken. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/287093\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/a\/287093\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bamber\u2019s co-driver Sebastien Bourdais pulled the #38 Jota Sports Cadillac V-Series.R into the pits and lost several laps as the team remedied the issue.<\/p>\n<p>RESULTS: <a href=\"https:\/\/fiawec.alkamelsystems.com\/Results\/15_2026\/03_LE%20MANS\/657_FIA%20WEC\/202606131600_Race\/12_Hour%2012\/03_Classification_Race_Hour%2012.PDF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">24 Hours of Le Mans after Hour 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jack Aitken had been leading the race when he handed the reins over to Bourdais, who pitted only three laps into his stint.<\/p>\n<p>The team eventually got the car back on track, albeit eight laps down.<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac is still in contention for the win with the sister #12 car of Louis Deletraz, Will Stevens, and Norman Nato leading at halfway.<\/p>\n<p>The #20 BMW M Team WRT entry ran second while the #7 Toyota Racing GR010 was third.<\/p>\n<p>    Tickets for the 2026 betr Darwin Triple Crown are on sale now. Secure your spot today.<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketekau.pxf.io\/5kYxK3\" style=\"color:#de482e;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA #38 into the box and the problem seems to be serious \ud83d\ude41 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LkMPjI4jZu\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/LkMPjI4jZu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 24 Hours of Le Mans (@24hoursoflemans) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/24hoursoflemans\/status\/2065982428980638096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The #38 Cadillac V-Series.R of Earl Bamber, Sebastien Bourdais, and Jack Aitken. Image: XPB Images Bamber\u2019s co-driver Sebastien&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[158164,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-476746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-earl-bamber","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476746","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=476746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}