5 Hypercar Facts From The Prologue

The top two times of the test were scored by the fastest drivers in each of the Toyotas, the gap between the pair just 8 thousandths of a second

Only one non-Toyota driver features in the top seven drivers’ times of the test with Cadillac driver Earl Bamber fifth quickest behind two drivers apiece from the pair of Toyotas.

Only three Hypercar drivers completed over 100 laps of Sebring International Raceway across the two days with Brendon Hartley in the #8 Toyota topping that count with 112 laps.

#4 ‘Vanwall’ driver Tom Dillman finished the test ahead of three of the Peugeot 9X8 drivers

The top seven times in LMP2 were faster than any of the trio of Glickenhaus Racing drivers as the #708 struggled to get to grips with the new-for-2023 Michelin tyres, the car reported by Jim Glickenhaus to have run without traction control at the test.

Data from the Prologue

#2 Cadillac – 218 laps – Best Time 1:48.429 – Top Speed  291.5  – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:48.834
4 Vanwall  – 147 laps – Best Time 1:50.038 – Top Speed 291.5 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:52.660
5 Porsche – 226 laps – Best Time 1:48.957 – Top Speed 292.2 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:49.263
6 Porsche – 207 laps – Best Time 1:49.285 – Top Speed 294.1 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:49.714
7 Toyota  – 286 laps – Best Time 1:48.208 – Top Speed 293.4 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:48.384
8 Toyota – 301 laps – Best Time 1:48.216 – Top Speed 292.2 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:48.317
50 Ferrari – 221 laps – Best Time 1:49.300 – Top Speed 294.7 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:49.382
51 Ferrari – 116 laps – Best Time 1:49.573 – Top Speed 291.5 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:49.687
93 Peugeot – 139 laps – Best Time 1:49.568 – Top Speed 292.2 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:50.316
94 Peugeot – 225 laps – Best Time 1:49.302 – Top Speed 294.7 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers1:49.749
708 Glickenhaus – 160 laps – Best Time 1:51.173 – Top Speed 292.8 – Average fastest lap all 3 drivers 1:51.561

All in all therefore the 11 Hypercars present completed 2,246 laps of the 6.019 km circuit for a total of just under 13,519 km over the 12 hours and 30 minutes of running.