Porsche admits it faces a 'very obvious' pace deficit to its Hypercar rivals after an underwhelming showing in the WEC season opener at Sebring.
While Porsche was expected to trail Toyota in its first outing in the WEC’s top class since 2017, the fact that it also struggled against Ferrari and Cadillac prompted its motorsport chief Thomas Laudenbach to accept that it has work to do to catch up to its Hypercar rivals ahead of next month’s secound round in Portugal.
“The reliability of our two Porsche 963 was not an issue this weekend. However, it became very obvious that we still have some catching up to do in many areas. Porsche’s factory LMDh director Urs Kuratle echoed Laudenbach’s comment that the 963 LMDh wasn’t a match to its rivals at Sebring, despite the work put in by the German manufacturer since its frustrating Daytona IMSA outing.
“With the crew here we’ll definitely catch up, the team has enormous potential. We trust our very strong driver squad and have the required infrastructure.”
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