Hopefully a team comes along that actually appreciates the car, posts about it, and actually releases merch for it like almost every other damn GTP/HYPERCAR in the world
Why haven't you mentioned Andretti? I realize they're partnered with Wayne Taylor for Acura, but their long-term goal is to be partnered with Cadillac/GM in F1. That same partnership in WEC would only make sense, especially given WEC's governnance by the FIA. Basically their participation in yet another world-class championship to force FOM's hand.
I didn’t because sources and myself believe that they aren’t on the radar, and I don’t expect Andretti to leave WTR, nor sign with a rival manufacturer while competing with Acura. Personally I just don’t see it happening, but hey! Anything can happen in motorsport so we never know!
@FormulaJonah I'll have to look it up but IIRC, wtr was or already moved their operations to the andretti compound in Indiana. It's pretty much a full merger at this point.
@@FormulaJonah WTR was already partnered with Cadillac before switching to the ARX-05 in 2020. Prior they were Cadillacs so a move back would not be unprecedented. Especially considering the ARX-06 is having an increasing worse performance.
What happens to teams like Penske and Gannassi is that they expect the manufacture to fund EVERYTHING dealing with the team. GM probably wants Some Gannasi Skin in the game
Another EVOLUTION for My Cadillac's. 2/3 Cadillac's in IMSA, WITH 2 CADILLACS in WEC, I would Love To Watch "MY CADILLACS" ACHIEVEMENTS . . . THANK YOU CADILLAC, YOU ARE ACHIEVING WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
For people wondering, Graham Goodwin, wec commentater mentioned on his podcast that Cadillac put its programm up for bid and action xpress won the Imsa bid. Nothing more than this. The WEC programm is still up for bid
Wild theory: Andretti Autosport split with Wayne Taylor Racing and go through with their Cadillac partnership in WEC instead of in F1. Michael Andretti possibly purchasing shares in Indycar could throw a spanner in the works though. But If one of Taylor's Acuras goes to Ganassi and Ganassi's Cadillac goes to Andretti, the car count in IMSA wouldn't change.
@@YuriJohnson i thought i saw that andretti had already purchased european facilites for their f1 program. They cant use them for f1 for a bit, so basing caddy's WEC program out of it wouldnt be a bad idea
I do remember them having had a lot of trouble/bad luck/crashes, especially the yellow one was in bits quite often. I'm glad Cadillac continues the program, since it's a pretty cool car to look at and hear and it's not like CGR are just gone entirely.
It was a very strange year in 2023 for the 01/3 car. They had good pace, probably outright faster than the Action Express car, but they kept crashing or having mechanical problems. Retired from a comfortable lead at Sebring, crashed in Spa, Long Beach, Watkins Glen and Mosport. They kept making costly mistakes all year long.
Yes, the repetitive crashing has been a curiosity. As I recall, last year's Le Mans was a crash out too. Sebastien Bourdais does seem to be a damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead type of guy with the old crash, boom, bang awaiting at many a corner. But what do I know? He's a rehire for this year, thus Ganassi must be satisfied with him.
@@Coasterlocity At Spa, the crash was caused by an electrical failure in the steering, as the Ganassi team stated afterwards. There have been situations when a(n unnecessary) driver error caused a crash too
Would love see CGR back in the WEC with two 'Hondas'! Would make some sense given the Indy links. Whoever end up running it though, really hope this change eventually sees two Caddies in WEC too
I feel like Chipster doubles down with the Indy Honda relationship and take the Acura ride and finally gets Honda over to WEC. I thought Andretti would try to come over to keep leveraging the GM relationship, but this makes sense. Rhe Whelen Engineering car always absolutely crushes it!
I ultimately think this is a good thing. The team having to focus resources on a single entry in imsa and a single entry in wec was just not a good strategy. It made the WEC effort feel half baked and not as committed as they could be. They seemed stretched too thin, and especially in WEC are just totally outnumbered by the other factory teams. All it essentially took is a single screwup, one lockup at t1, one contact with another car, and that was cadillac entirely out of contention for the race. Having a single team like action express handle imsa, and a new team to handle a 2 car effort in WEC is definitely the way to go. Each team can solely focus on their series and put all resources into developing for those specific tracks.
I wouldn't be surprised if Wayne Taylor Racing goes back to Cadillac, especially since Honda doesn't want to support a factory team in the WEC and Wayne Taylor wants to participate in the WEC and Le Man! But we'll see.
Nah, Andretti getting that two car funding isn't gonna be put to waste. I'm sure Wayne would love to get back with GM, but Honda and Michael are steering that ship currently
When you have a side business to help finance your "addiction" in racing it`s an easier way to get on the track.I think all Ganassi does is race and has been successful for a long time but you need a large fortune to win a small fortune in racing.
Cadillac looks set to part with Andretti in F1, however they seem to not be partnering for IMSA. Currently WTR and Andretti have a strong partnership in IMSA
Might Andretti and CGR swap manufacturers? Andretti seems to be interested in NASCAR and F1, both with GM teams, and it might make sense with United possibly coming over
Maybe Andretti takes over the hypercar team. They were already in agreement for an F1 bid. Maybe give a few years as the hypercar team and F1 will warm up to them a bit more. For Gannasi maybe they go down a level and back to Ford? I don't think they want to leave imsa. They've been a foundation piece for that series for decades now. They won't back it all up.
Maybe Caddy will tie with Andretti (Michael would have to give up the Wayne Taylor relationship)... but..... That would give the Caddy and Andretti F1 bid more "value" to teams and Liberty Media
Didn't Michael Andretti try to bring them into formula one as a title sponsor? Could cadillac be considering something with Andretti for F1 in 2026 and cutting down on endurance racing to save money for that? This is just pure speculation from me and I could be completely wide of the mark.
Caddie are mad that the 2nd team not the "factory effort" won imsa and doesnt seem to be rooting for the caddie like AXR hopefully TF sport takes the caddie to fully run GM cars
@@scuckplexity Maybe it is, but let's be honest who is a bigger more resourceful team? CGR or AXR? The thing is, CGR never pulled a full season championship bid and as GM you would feel your brand isn't being fully shown and marketed. Let's not forget, Cadillac was THE CAR to dominate in DPi it was like the defacto champion and despite being begged back in the last 2 seasons in DPi it was still solid. In LMDh it seems like a good car isn't being used to full potential. Just my 2 cents yk.
I'd also imagine they are not super thrilled with the WEC efforts, only fielding a single car and having lots of screwups at the beginning of races that completely put them out of contention. This really does seem like a good decision, having a different team handle 2 entries in wec, and another team handling the 2 imsa cars. They can fully focus on their series, instead of being stretched so thin and getting dogpiled by the other factory efforts that are in it 100% and outnumber them 2 or 3 to 1..
Hopefully a team comes along that actually appreciates the car, posts about it, and actually releases merch for it like almost every other damn GTP/HYPERCAR in the world
i would say that only 3yrs together at the pinnacle of sportscars is VERY short lived
Fair enough!
Someone better run the Cadillac in WEC. I cant get enough of that engine note
I would love to see Action Express getting a second car!
Me too!
Is Cadillac Leaving IMSA and WEC program😢😢 🙏🙏
Nope@@coyfulks478
@patrickkeenan5603 yup they be GM royals
@@coyfulks478 i dont think so, im pretty sure cadillac is just ending their contract with ganassi
Why haven't you mentioned Andretti? I realize they're partnered with Wayne Taylor for Acura, but their long-term goal is to be partnered with Cadillac/GM in F1. That same partnership in WEC would only make sense, especially given WEC's governnance by the FIA. Basically their participation in yet another world-class championship to force FOM's hand.
I didn’t because sources and myself believe that they aren’t on the radar, and I don’t expect Andretti to leave WTR, nor sign with a rival manufacturer while competing with Acura. Personally I just don’t see it happening, but hey! Anything can happen in motorsport so we never know!
Because Andretti hasn't been linked with Cadillac in IMSA or WEC.
@FormulaJonah I'll have to look it up but IIRC, wtr was or already moved their operations to the andretti compound in Indiana.
It's pretty much a full merger at this point.
@@FormulaJonah WTR was already partnered with Cadillac before switching to the ARX-05 in 2020. Prior they were Cadillacs so a move back would not be unprecedented. Especially considering the ARX-06 is having an increasing worse performance.
It makes more sense for a European based team to run the WEC Caddies. Tbh.
What happens to teams like Penske and Gannassi is that they expect the manufacture to fund EVERYTHING dealing with the team.
GM probably wants Some Gannasi Skin in the game
Imagine if Ford was working on a LMdH entry and CGR ran that.
Dont threaten me with a good time
As a die hard Ford fan this would be best case scenario
I'm surprised not to see Ford on the grid with a prototype.
I know they wont im sure but imagine if they ran a lincoln lmh/lmdh to go against cadillac, 🤔
@@ryandavis6864 A Lincoln racecar doesn't sound right
Another EVOLUTION for My Cadillac's. 2/3 Cadillac's in IMSA, WITH 2 CADILLACS in WEC, I would Love To Watch "MY CADILLACS" ACHIEVEMENTS . . . THANK YOU CADILLAC, YOU ARE ACHIEVING WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
For people wondering, Graham Goodwin, wec commentater mentioned on his podcast that Cadillac put its programm up for bid and action xpress won the Imsa bid. Nothing more than this. The WEC programm is still up for bid
Wild theory: Andretti Autosport split with Wayne Taylor Racing and go through with their Cadillac partnership in WEC instead of in F1. Michael Andretti possibly purchasing shares in Indycar could throw a spanner in the works though. But If one of Taylor's Acuras goes to Ganassi and Ganassi's Cadillac goes to Andretti, the car count in IMSA wouldn't change.
I actually thought the same thing. This would be perfect for Andretti and GM to have a test bed partnership before F1.
@@YuriJohnson i thought i saw that andretti had already purchased european facilites for their f1 program. They cant use them for f1 for a bit, so basing caddy's WEC program out of it wouldnt be a bad idea
I do remember them having had a lot of trouble/bad luck/crashes, especially the yellow one was in bits quite often.
I'm glad Cadillac continues the program, since it's a pretty cool car to look at and hear and it's not like CGR are just gone entirely.
It would be cool if Cadillac did a two car factory effort for WEC
Agreed!
It was a very strange year in 2023 for the 01/3 car. They had good pace, probably outright faster than the Action Express car, but they kept crashing or having mechanical problems.
Retired from a comfortable lead at Sebring, crashed in Spa, Long Beach, Watkins Glen and Mosport. They kept making costly mistakes all year long.
Yes, the repetitive crashing has been a curiosity. As I recall, last year's Le Mans was a crash out too. Sebastien Bourdais does seem to be a damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead type of guy with the old crash, boom, bang awaiting at many a corner. But what do I know? He's a rehire for this year, thus Ganassi must be satisfied with him.
That car did crash alot, didn't it? It had the pace til the inevitable crash. Even at Spa, it was ahead of the Ferrari when it crashed.
@@Coasterlocity At Spa, the crash was caused by an electrical failure in the steering, as the Ganassi team stated afterwards. There have been situations when a(n unnecessary) driver error caused a crash too
Would love see CGR back in the WEC with two 'Hondas'! Would make some sense given the Indy links.
Whoever end up running it though, really hope this change eventually sees two Caddies in WEC too
I would love to see them sign with Acura and run the same way they do now with 1 in imsa and 1 in WEC. That would bring Acura to WEC as well
I don’t know why, but I feel like it’s possible that Ganassi could be a GTD pro team and race those Mustang GT3’s
@@patrickkeenan5603Multimatic have more history than Ganassi, they've been running Mustangs since at least 1993.
I think Chip has his eye on the Lamborgini GTP Team or possibly Ferrari has some Customer GTP cars for IMSA
Sportscar racing is booming, enjoy it while it lasts. The trough will come.
I feel like Chipster doubles down with the Indy Honda relationship and take the Acura ride and finally gets Honda over to WEC.
I thought Andretti would try to come over to keep leveraging the GM relationship, but this makes sense. Rhe Whelen Engineering car always absolutely crushes it!
itd be cool if they tried to bring a lmh car to IMSA, currently none run in it
An absolute shocker
Well I think rick Hendrick/jeff Gordon needs to enter the IMSA
I really can't seem Hertz team Jota giving up on the 963 just as it's starting to come good.
Agree totally. Porsche as a car right now is miles ahead of the Cadillacs.
I just hope that after this team shuffling is complete Caddy could get a second car in the WEC.
I ultimately think this is a good thing. The team having to focus resources on a single entry in imsa and a single entry in wec was just not a good strategy. It made the WEC effort feel half baked and not as committed as they could be. They seemed stretched too thin, and especially in WEC are just totally outnumbered by the other factory teams. All it essentially took is a single screwup, one lockup at t1, one contact with another car, and that was cadillac entirely out of contention for the race. Having a single team like action express handle imsa, and a new team to handle a 2 car effort in WEC is definitely the way to go. Each team can solely focus on their series and put all resources into developing for those specific tracks.
I would say that is something to do with the possible Andretti F1 entry partnership and the F1 teams should approve it and not be scared of them.
Looks like Cadillac didn't feel Ganassi wasn't delivering high enough results.
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Chip ganassi to Acura confirmed?
That would be cool!
Hendrick motorsports got their feet wet with garage 56. Could they make a play?
Cadillac CGR Racing performed very well. I don’t know why it ended the Cadillac V Series R cooperation.
I'm taking over
I think Andretti will take over!
First thing I thought. 😛
Nope
CGR could take up where Meyer Shank left off
I wouldn't be surprised if Wayne Taylor Racing goes back to Cadillac, especially since Honda doesn't want to support a factory team in the WEC and Wayne Taylor wants to participate in the WEC and Le Man! But we'll see.
That's a good take.
WTR back to Cadillac and MSR takes their Acura spot back?
@@silvy3047 relationship's been damaged since cheating
@silvy3047 Honestly, I don't think MSR wants to go back to Honda after they broke the partnership with them. But I could be wrong
Nah, Andretti getting that two car funding isn't gonna be put to waste. I'm sure Wayne would love to get back with GM, but Honda and Michael are steering that ship currently
What about JDC Miller running the WEC program?
Maybe Cadillac Joest....
Wouldn't mind seeing CGR taking over the BMW factory program from RLL
When you have a side business to help finance your "addiction" in racing it`s an easier way to get on the track.I think all Ganassi does is race and has been successful for a long time but you need a large fortune to win a small fortune in racing.
5:00 This is just a theory, but could/is there opportunity Joest Racing switch from now not running Glickenhauses to the Cadillacs
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Cadillac is partnering with Andretti, they are currently building a new facility for F1, Indy, and IMSA entries in Indiana…
Cadillac looks set to part with Andretti in F1, however they seem to not be partnering for IMSA. Currently WTR and Andretti have a strong partnership in IMSA
i have a weird feeling that a second Caddy in the AXR stable will yet again be partnered by Hendrick Motorsports
Is cadillac gonna be in imsa in 2025?
Might Andretti and CGR swap manufacturers? Andretti seems to be interested in NASCAR and F1, both with GM teams, and it might make sense with United possibly coming over
Maybe Meyer Shank might come back with Cadillac instead of the rumored Alpine move and with that move towards Chevy over at Indycar?
I wonder if Andretti is interested in.
Cadillac to NASCAR to replace Chevy in 2025!
Maybe Andretti takes over the hypercar team. They were already in agreement for an F1 bid. Maybe give a few years as the hypercar team and F1 will warm up to them a bit more. For Gannasi maybe they go down a level and back to Ford? I don't think they want to leave imsa. They've been a foundation piece for that series for decades now. They won't back it all up.
I could see United taking over since they have a strong presence in IMSA AND WEC already
I would love to see United Motorsport take over in WEC.
It's not like Porsche and Penske haven't ended at least a few partnerships between the two over the years.
Ganassi is a pretty shrewd operator that can cause problems in long term relationships.
Hmm does Renger van der Zande stay with Cadillac ?
mustang sampling and cadillac
Maybe Caddy will tie with Andretti (Michael would have to give up the Wayne Taylor relationship)... but..... That would give the Caddy and Andretti F1 bid more "value" to teams and Liberty Media
I'm sure Ganassi is already working on a new program with another manufacturer, current or new. And, I think it might be Ford GT3 cars.
Wow
I wouldn't discount Ganassi picking up a Mustang GT3 if Ford isn't happy with the cars development pace.
ALMOST confirmed that united will get 2 cars for next year wec. An existing team will get the mclarens.
I think andretti will run the Cadillac in 2025
Look like vectors sport mind have future with Cadillac
Andretti Cadillac lmdh 2025
Unless Cadillac gets some help with BOP in the WC. They will never be a factor in Hypercars.
It's why I am team Penske in NTT Indycar with the thirsty 3's
I'm so tired of seeing CGR come in and not stay long. They did the same with the Ford GT.
This news kind of sucks. I hope we get a strong team to replace them
Can you say Andretti
Andretti and Cadillac doesn’t look likely to partner in endurance racing, because WTR and Andretti have a solid relationship in IMSA
Sportscar silly season is year-long
i hope they continue and bring the ferarri to imsa!! I hope they stay away from alpine. I dont have high hopes for them.
HMS To IMSA and WEC
Video is so painful. It’s like a high school kid trying to hit the word count
Corvette isn't doing any better imo
Didn't Michael Andretti try to bring them into formula one as a title sponsor? Could cadillac be considering something with Andretti for F1 in 2026 and cutting down on endurance racing to save money for that? This is just pure speculation from me and I could be completely wide of the mark.
It's just naming, they have no input in the project, the engines will be Honda anyways.
Would things change if Cadillac wins at Le Mans? They’re sitting comfortably in the #2 spot rn
for the sake of competition i want Ferrari Peugeot ana Toyota to step up theyr games like last year
Caddie are mad that the 2nd team not the "factory effort" won imsa and doesnt seem to be rooting for the caddie like AXR hopefully TF sport takes the caddie to fully run GM cars
I thought it was a factory effort split into 2 teams
@@scuckplexity
Maybe it is, but let's be honest who is a bigger more resourceful team? CGR or AXR? The thing is, CGR never pulled a full season championship bid and as GM you would feel your brand isn't being fully shown and marketed. Let's not forget, Cadillac was THE CAR to dominate in DPi it was like the defacto champion and despite being begged back in the last 2 seasons in DPi it was still solid.
In LMDh it seems like a good car isn't being used to full potential.
Just my 2 cents yk.
I'd also imagine they are not super thrilled with the WEC efforts, only fielding a single car and having lots of screwups at the beginning of races that completely put them out of contention. This really does seem like a good decision, having a different team handle 2 entries in wec, and another team handling the 2 imsa cars. They can fully focus on their series, instead of being stretched so thin and getting dogpiled by the other factory efforts that are in it 100% and outnumber them 2 or 3 to 1..