Cadillac wins at Monza as Toyota crowned WEC champions

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA took its first win of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship season in the Monza finale, with Jack Aitken, Sebastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber in the #38 Cadillac V-Series.R. Aitken led from the opening stint after passing the Ferrari and Genesis cars, and Bamber took over in the final Virtual Safety Car period. The victory was by 5.607 seconds, and Bourdais finished his time with the team with his first overall WEC win.

Toyota's #8 crew of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa secured the Drivers' World Championship, finishing 12th overall after the race was not disrupted by any threat to their title. It is a fifth drivers' title for Buemi and Hartley and a third for Hirakawa, making the trio the first to win three titles together.

Alpine Endurance Team finished second, with Victor Martins driving most of the race in the #36 A424 with Jules Gounon. Aston Martin Valkyrie took its first WEC podium, while Peugeot TotalEnergies had its best finish of the season in fifth.