IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP: 1 MOBILE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 21, 2026

Simon Mann

Lilou Wadoux

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: We're joined now by our GTD winners, Lilou Wadoux and Simon Mann.

Lilou, obviously huge win for the team here. What does it mean to you?

LILOU WADOUX: Yeah, I mean, it's always nice to win here. Last year we were close, we were on the good way. We had issue with the engine. We were here to fight for the podium for sure.

We had quite difficult weekend overall. In FP we had some issue. We were not really ready for the race. At the end the team did amazing job. My teammates, too. We had pretty good car for the race overall. Not only on the night.

Yeah, we had quite a lot of issue during the race, but we had, like, a (indiscernible) and we come back on the top.

THE MODERATOR: Simon, second win in three races. Tell us about it.

SIMON MANN: Yeah, I mean, it was a really good race today. I think we were really competitive. Had to overcome some issues, as well, with the drive-throughs.

But in the end the team did a fantastic job. My teammates as well did a really good job throughout the whole race. Antonio at the end.

Yeah, to be able to win Sebring is for sure a pretty big bucket list moment, after Petit Le Mans at the end of the year, now hopefully we can continue this trend for the rest of the year.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Obviously the multiple drive-through penalties, I wanted to ask about the final hour. Antonio made contact with another car. Dropped down the running order. What goes through your mind when you see that take place when you know you have a car that's in the running for the win and that happens in the last hour?

LILOU WADOUX: No, I mean, for sure we knew that we were fast. Antonio was fast. We know he's really good here. He had a lot of good result. For sure when you are watching the TV, it's always easy to watch and say something. But when you are being the steering, is not the same story.

At the end I think we cannot say anything because we were not on the car. At the end he did amazing job during the last two hours to come back.

Today we won like a teammate star. But for sure he did an amazing job at the end.

SIMON MANN: For me basically the same comment. I think he did a fantastic job. As Lilou said, it's very easy to judge from the outside. But behind the wheel is also another story.

Q. (No microphone.)

SIMON MANN: For sure, you do get wound up. I think we all had faith and trust in Antonio at the end. I think IMSA is a very particular style of racing compared to Europe, for example. I think we all knew until the end anything is really possible, so...

Q. Lilou, what does that mean to be the first female to be on top step of the class for the first time in 10 years?

LILOU WADOUX: Yeah, is always nice. At the end I'm happy to win this race, not only like a girl but like a driver. I mean, this not nothing to win the 12 hour of Sebring. Like he said, we won the Petit Le Mans last year. It's something special to win here and put this on the CV.

THE MODERATOR: Lilou, you won Watkins Glen as well as Petit and now here. Obviously Road America is next on the list I guess.

LILOU WADOUX: For sure is on the target. But it's always easy to say we want to win. For sure we have the championship. Let's see how we win on the championship. It's always on the target. We have to get points if we want to be on the fight until the end. We will see.

Q. You're confirmed for the Endurance Cup this year, right? You're not doing the full season?

LILOU WADOUX: No.

THE MODERATOR: Thank you very much.