Ferrari might have the fastest new prototype, but it's still no Toyota.
This weekend, both IMSA and the FIA World Endurance Championship held endurance races at Sebring. That meant the entire new class of factory-run sports cars from Ferrari, Porsche, Cadillac, Peugeot, Acura, and BMW was in action at once, fighting for two separate overall wins. While most left with at least something to hang their hat on, it was largely a disappointing day for these new cars.
Peugeot's 9X8s struggled throughout their partial season in the WEC last year, and that did not change at Sebring. The team is expected to improve at tracks that benefit the car's radical zero wing design, but Sebring was a wash of a weekend that saw both cars struggle mightily with both pace and reliability. One retired, the other finished 26 laps down.
Cadillac, which entered one car in the WEC round and two in IMSA's 12 Hours of Sebring, had a mixed result. The No. 2 V-Series.R was behind Toyota on pace in the WEC round like everyone else, but the No. 31 started on pole for the IMSA round and, after the fracas that wiped out both Porsches, was able to go on to win. The No. 01 car, the car that seemed to be the fastest in the field during the IMSA race, retired with a major mechanical issue.
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