‘No Perfect Formula’ premieres on May 31.
After its first competition at 24 Hours of Le Mans in two decades last year, Cadillac will officially make its next attempt at the event on June 15. Before that, though, the company announced No Perfect Formula, a full-length documentary chronicling its return to the sport during the 2023 season.
The minute-and-a-half-long trailer below details a highly produced look at Cadillac Racing’s effort to return to the world’s most recognizable endurance race. It makes a pitch as a battle of the titans between multi-billion dollar car companies and country versus country “fighting for glory”, as the American car brand dukes it out against well-known factory efforts from Acura, BMW, Porsche, Lamborghini and Toyota, among several others. The V-Series.R battles in the global hybrid prototype class that began last year — a class in which Cadillac did take the overall IMSA manufacturer, team and driver’s title in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
This year, Cadillac’s top-spec racer will compete in that series with two cars, while another one takes on Europe’s FIA World Endurance Championship (which obviously includes 24 Hours of Le Mans as its signature race). The brand’s racing team took third overall last year, but 2024 could be its first chance at victory at Le Mans.
On a historical note, Cadillac did take aim at the 24-hour race in 1950, then again between 2000 and 2002, but did not grab any overall wins in those periods.
Of course, the teaser is meant to get you into the documentary, so it remains to be seen how much of a “warts and all” piece this is for the Cadillac Racing team. You do see some trials and tribulations (read: crashes), but we’ll have to wait until May 31 at 7:00 PM ET to see the whole thing. No Perfect Formula will premiere on Hagerty’s FAST channel #1194 on the Samsung TV Plus app, with additional airings all night on the 31st, then additional airings each Friday in the lead up to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which kicks off June 15 at 10 AM ET.
