6 Hours of São Paulo: Cadillac sweeps the front row

Throughout the entire FIA WEC race weekend in São Paulo, there were already signs that Cadillac would be quick and among the favourites to win the race. This was then confirmed during the Hyperpole session at the Interlagos circuit. Will Stevens drove the V-Series.R a time of 1:23.041 minutes, securing pole position. The Briton shares the #12 Cadillac with Norman Nato. A good omen: this car was already on pole at Interlagos in 2025 and went on to win the race.

“Securing two consecutive pole positions here in São Paulo is a fantastic moment. For me personally, it’s my first pole position with Cadillac. That’s something very special, especially as many of my family members are here to share this success with me,” said Stevens. “Now we’re focusing on the race. Hopefully, after these two pole positions, we can now secure two wins in a row.”

Trailing by just 0.048 seconds, second place went to the sister car driven by Earl Bamber, Sébastien Bourdais and Jack Aitken. “The free practice sessions went really well for us. We worked during the practice sessions to fine-tune the balance and get the car into the best possible operating window,” said Aitken, who was at the wheel during the Hyperpole. “The field is extremely close here. The minimal gap between the top five cars in qualifying shows that every little detail counts. It was a fantastic achievement by the whole team to secure the entire front row.”

Third place went to the Alpine A424 driven by Jules Gounon, Frédéric Makowiecki and Victor Martins. Martins was at the wheel during the session and was 0.067 seconds off the pole time. Fourth place was secured by the BMW M Hybrid V8 driven by Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor, who were 0.094 seconds behind. The top five was rounded off by the second Alpine, driven by António Félix da Costa, Ferdinand Habsburg and Charles Milesi.

In the LMGT3 class, pole position went to the Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 driven by Jonny Adam, Gray Newell and Kobe Pauwels, with a time of 1:33.350 minutes. The FIA WEC race at Interlagos will start today, Sunday (12 July 2026), at around 4.30 pm (CEST). Here is a list of how to watch the action on television and via live stream.

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