Sebastien Bourdais leaves IMSA to commit to Cadillac in WEC

Sebastien Bourdais in the #8 Tower Motorsports LMP2 during the 2026 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona International Speedway (Photo by: Brandon Badraoui / Lumen Digital Agency)

The 46-year-old frenchman steps away from IMSA as Tower Motorsports confirmed Bourdais has made the decision to part ways with the team following the conclusion of the 2026 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. Sebastien Bourdais will be shifting his focus and committment to the World Endurance Championship in the Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA Hypercar program.

Tower Motorsports has made the following statement regarding Bourdais decision. "We respect and support Sebastien's committment to his responsibilities with Cadillac and appreiciate the professionalism, expierence, and speed he brought to our organization. We thank Sebastien for his contributions and wish him continued success for the remainder of the WEC season and beyond."

Bourdais joined Tower motorsports for the 2025 season following his time at Chip Ganassi Racing-run Cadillac Racing GTP towards the end of the 2024 season. Bourdais first race with Tower Motorsports resulted in a win, however that was short lived as the team was penalized post race for a technical infraction and lost the victory, but then followed that up with a podium finish in the 12 Hours of Sebring. At the conclusion of the 2025 season, the #8 Tower Motorsports entry finished 10th in the LMP2 Teams standings.

In this years Rolex 24, the team finished eigth in the LMP2 class. It is still to be announced who Tower Motorsports will replace Sebastien Bourdais alongside John Farano, Sebastian Alvarez, and Indycar driver Kyffin Simpson in their #8 LMP2 ORECA 07-Gibson.