Summer is transfer season and endurance racing is no exception. Several moves are expected ahead of 2027, particularly at Cadillac Team Jota, where two seats should become available.
They are likely to attract plenty of interest. Even if the results do not always show it, the two V-Series.Rs have been among the cars to beat this year, both in qualifying and in the races. Cadillac’s LMDh has taken a clear step forward with its 2026 update and can also rely on a top-level driver line-up.
So why change it? And who is set to come in? The Stint has been looking into Cadillac Team Jota’s plans for 2027.
Lynn and Bourdais set to leave
Unsurprisingly, Alex Lynn will not be part of the line-up next year. The Briton, who took three pole positions last season, has not raced at all this year after neck surgery was postponed several times.
Expected to join McLaren, Lynn won’t remain with the Kent-based team in 2027. It would bring an end to his time with Cadillac, which began in 2023 with Ganassi before he joined Jota Sport.
A GTE Pro winner at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans with Aston Martin, Lynn has been involved in most of the V-Series.R’s landmark results in the WEC. He was part of Cadillac’s first podium with the car, at Le Mans in 2023, before taking its first pole position at Fuji in 2024 and its first victory at São Paulo in 2025.
Sébastien Bourdais is also expected to leave. At 47, his age appears to have counted against him more than his performance. The Frenchman remains competitive and has held his own against team-mates who spend considerably more time in the V-Series.R, with some racing the car in both IMSA and the WEC.
Cadillac Team Jota has nevertheless decided not to extend his contract beyond the current season. Like Lynn, Bourdais has represented Cadillac since 2023, first with Ganassi in IMSA and then with Jota Sport in the WEC.
Félix da Costa, a long-awaited return?
Some expected António Félix da Costa to join Cadillac Team Jota as early as 2026. But the planned arrival of Mick Schumacher – which ultimately fell through because of disagreements over his role as Cadillac F1’s third driver – forced the Portuguese driver to change his plans. He instead joined Alpine, which was looking to strengthen its line-up.
His contract with the French manufacturer runs for two years. But with the A424 programme ending after the current season, Félix da Costa is back on the market. His return to Jota may therefore have been delayed by only a year.
At the end of 2023, da Costa made no secret of how disappointed he was when Porsche prevented him from continuing in the WEC with Jota’s privately entered 963, asking him instead to focus on Formula E.
“This can’t be the end of the adventure, it just can’t. This team is like family to me,” he said at the time.
António Félix da Costa knows Jota better than most. He raced for the team for four seasons, finishing third in the LMP2 standings in 2019-20 and 2021 before winning the title in 2022 alongside Will Stevens and Roberto González. That season also brought victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
He then stepped up to Hypercar with Jota in 2023, driving the first privately entered Porsche 963 to race in the category.
Jota Sport has since become Cadillac’s factory representative in the World Endurance Championship. For António Félix da Costa, it would mean returning to a team he knows inside out while giving him another shot at the outright Le Mans victory he is still chasing.
Three years after a separation they never wanted, the story could be about to start again.
Why Ricky Taylor rather than Louis Delétraz?
Louis Delétraz appeared to be the logical candidate for the other vacant seat. The Swiss driver already has experience of Cadillac Team Jota, having replaced Alex Lynn in the #12 car at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
But as surprising as it may seem, The Stint understands that he did not fully convince Sam Hignett and David Clark. His Le Mans performance was certainly not the strongest of his career, but Delétraz remains one of the leading endurance drivers of his generation.
Jota – or perhaps Cadillac – appears to favour Ricky Taylor instead.
The choice is an intriguing one. The American has spent the vast majority of his career in IMSA, a championship with a very different sporting philosophy from the WEC.
Taylor’s ability is not in question. A two-time IMSA champion, in 2017 and 2020, he has been one of North America’s leading prototype drivers for years. But there may also be a wider context behind his potential move to the WEC.
His father Wayne’s influence now extends well beyond his own team. Wayne Taylor Racing is part of TWG Motorsports, the group led by Dan Towriss which also owns Andretti Global and Spire Motorsports. More importantly in this case, TWG is General Motors’ partner in the Cadillac F1 project.
That does not mean Ricky Taylor is being chosen simply because of his father’s position. But the relationship is difficult to ignore when looking at Cadillac’s plans for its 2027 WEC line-up.