VESTI SIGNING WITH CADILLAC RACING 2025 (IMSA / GTP)
Cadillac Whelen (No. 31)
Gary Nelson, Cadillac Whelen team manager: “We are all very excited to have such an amazing group of talented drivers lined up for the 2025 season. Everyone here at Action Express has been working very hard to bring together the very best people to create an ideal opportunity to compete for wins and championships for our great sponsors, Cadillac and Whelen. Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber bring a great combination and bringing in a young, talented Frederik Vesti for endurance races adds to what we’re trying to accomplish. We will be sad to see Pipo Derani move on after sharing six years of success. Our fond memories and friendship with Pipo will continue.”
Jack Aitken: “On a personal note, I’m happy to be continuing with Cadillac and Action Express Racing. I’ve become pretty comfortable with Cadillac and everyone on the 31 crew and really happy to push on for the overall championship. Having Earl as a new teammate is going to be great because his experience is massive, he’s already a member of the Cadillac family so there’s no getting up to speed process. I’m looking forward to learning from him and he’s going to be a fantastic teammate. I think it’s one of the strongest lineups on the grid and I think we have a very strong racecar.”
Earl Bamber: “It will be an exciting opportunity with the team. I’ve really missed IMSA, driving in America. Hopefully, I can bring experience from the WEC and IMSA and I think it will also bring a little bit of continuity. We have that on the engineering side and hopefully on the driver side that shared information from both platforms brings us forward. Action Express have been one of those benchmark teams, and you only need to look at the side of the hauler to see their success with Cadillac over the years. I’m looking forward to working with the team and I think Jack (Aitken) is showing his speed this year and showing the potential to win races. I’m looking forward to getting down to Daytona and starting the work to start the new year off on the right foot. I think Fred (Vesti) is a really good talent and Action Express’s plans for the future of investing in young talent is a good outlook.”
Frederik Vesti: “I’m extremely happy to be joining Cadillac and the team. Everything here will be new in America, but it will be a cool experience for me to join such a successful team. I’m dreaming about winning and being with a winning team is my goal, and that’s what we have here. That’s a good starting point and I’m ready to put in the work and hopefully we have success and a great time together. I hope I can join the group with a lot of knowledge from Formula One, Formula 2, ELMS and LMP2 that can benefit everyone. I’m excited to work with the team.”