Cadillac factory driver Alex Lynn is set to rejoin Hertz Team JOTA for the final two rounds of the 2026 FIA WEC season, after sitting out the first half of the campaign with a neck injury.
Lynn’s first race back with the team following his post-op recovery period will be the 6 Hours of Barcelona on 18th October, where he will link up with teammates Will Stevens and Norman Nato in the #12 V-Series.R. The 32-year-old Briton will then remain with the team for the season finale at Monza.
“I’m looking forward to getting back to racing with Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA,” Lynn said.
“I’ve had a long and thorough rehab period and things are progressing well. Over the coming weeks and months I’ll be getting ‘race fit’ through a combination of physio, training, testing and sim work to make sure I’m at my best come Barcelona. I’ve been supporting the team from afar and will be cheering them on for the next round at COTA.”
Earlier in the season, in Lynn’s absence, the #12 raced with two drivers at Imola and Interlagos, and Cadillac IMSA GTP driver Louis Deletraz in the third seat at Spa and Le Mans.
Nato and Stevens will again race as a pair at the 6 Hours of Fuji, but for the next FIA WEC event, Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas on 6th September, they will be joined in the #12 Cadillac by Ricky Taylor, who like Deletraz races the V-Series.R in IMSA GTP.
It will be Taylor’s first non-Le Mans FIA WEC appearance since 2016, when he ran a partial LMGTE Am campaign with Larbre Competition.
Last year, Taylor participated in the FIA WEC Rookie Test for Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA, and is also familiar with the squad through the American marque’s ‘One Cadillac’ initiative, which has seen JOTA work closely with Taylor’s regular team Wayne Taylor Racing, especially at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
“I’m really excited to join Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA for the COTA round of the WEC championship. I’ve always been a big fan of the team and it was great working with them this year at Le Mans as a teammate car,” Taylor commented.
“I know Will and Norman well from their time with WTR. COTA is an amazing track and it will be great to go back to Austin. Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA has been so strong all year, we’ve all been watching and cheering them on. I’ll be doing my best to help contribute to another good result at COTA.”
Leon Price, Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA sporting director, said: “It’s great that Alex is recovering well and will be back racing with the team soon. There is a plan in place for him to build back into racing in a measured way, to rejoin us for the final two rounds of the championship. Alex has been an important part of the team for years and we’re all looking forward to having him back racing with us.
“We’re very pleased to have Ricky joining us for COTA. He’s someone we’ve got to know well through Cadillac and during this year’s Le Mans programme, and he already has a good understanding of how we operate. He’s an experienced endurance racer who will integrate quickly, and we’re looking forward to having him in the #12 car.”
Images courtesy of DPPI and Ricky Taylor
