Motor City at Le Mans: Victorious Corvette shocks, Cadillac denied
Posted by Talbot Payne on June 16, 2026
Le Mans, Le Mans
A General Motors V-8 was on top of the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Sunday, but it wasn’t a Cadillac.
The script flipped Sunday before 350,000 fans as Chevrolet Corvette was the shocking winner in the production-based GT3 class in the world’s most prestigious sportscar race. Cadillac, an early favorite for its first overall win in the fastest Hypercar class, fell short after dominating qualifying and leading much of the race.
While the fates smiled on Toyota Hypercars for the Japanese marque’s sixth Le Mans win, they denied victory to the No. 38 and No. 12 Herta Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R that were the fastest cars on track for much of the race. TF Sport Corvette’s win — a first by a customer Corvette GT3 team at Le Mans (and 10th total for the Chevy supercar) — was a huge accomplishment as it competes globally against Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin and other sportscar brands for GT3 racing business.
Prior to contracting with Corvette, TF Sport had raced Aston Martins at Le Mans.


