After the latest Porsche 992-based iteration of the 911 GT3 R was left way off the pace following the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, IMSA corrected its Balance of Performance for Sebring, and the Weissach machines were back in the hunt for GTD Pro and GTD victory.
But although the Pfaff car, driven by Klaus Bachler, Laurens Vanthoor and Patrick Pilet, led 97 laps of the 303 completed in GTD Pro over the 12 Hours, its win was by no means straightforward. Not only was the team bouncing back from a crash by Bachler in qualifying, it also appeared to be no faster than the Corvette C8.R, the Ferrari 296 of Risi Competizione, the WeatherTech Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 and barely faster than the #14 Lexus RC F.
