Cadillac wins Monza WEC race as Bamber ends long winless run
Cadillac claimed its second FIA World Endurance Championship victory at Monza, with the No. 38 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R of Jack Aitken, Sebastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber taking the win. It was JOTA's third overall WEC victory and extended the team's run of winning at least one WEC race, in any class, since joining the championship in 2016.
Aitken left the circuit after his opening double stint to be with his wife for the birth of their first child, and followed the podium celebrations from the London Tube. JOTA sporting director Leon Price said the team had adjusted its plans so Aitken could catch the earliest flight home.
Bamber ended a 3,340-day winless run in the WEC's top class, while Bourdais took his first overall WEC win and first series victory since the 2016 Ford GT GTE-Pro success. Monza was his final outing with JOTA and as a Cadillac factory driver.