It may not have the drama and star power of “Ford v. Ferrari,” but a more recent running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race is the subject of a documentary debuting this month.The 90-minute film, “No Perfect Formula,” depicts Cadillac’s development of its V-Series.R race car for the 2023 endurance event, culminating in a third-place finish. Cadillac hadn’t raced at Le Mans since 2002.General Motors’ luxury brand brought on producer TangentVector to follow its race program and later worked with auto enthusiast brand and classic car insurer Hagerty to distribute the documentary with Samsung TV Plus.”We’re thrilled to share with our enthusiast audience Cadillac Racing’s position as a fixture in global sports car racing,” Paul Rehrig, Hagerty’s president of media, marketing and membership, said in a statement. “The Samsung TV Plus partnership — and our ambition to grow distribution for Hagerty’s award-winning video content — allows us to bring partner stories to a rapidly growing audience on the big screen.”Cadillac has brought performance from the track to its production vehicles using its V-Series portfolio, which marks 20 years this year.”As Cadillac moves to an electric future, the LMDh regulations offer a unique opportunity to gather key learnings from these advanced hybrid propulsion systems,” Laura Wontrop Klauser, GM sports car program manager, said in a statement. “The Cadillac V-Series.R’s naturally aspirated 5.5-liter V-8 provides a familiar powertrain platform to work with, and the byproduct is an unmistakable sound that is instantly identifiable as a Cadillac, while enabling competitive performance on the track.””No Perfect Formula” will air May 31 at 7 p.m. EST on the Hagerty channel on the Samsung TV Plus app, which is available on Samsung smart TVs, Galaxy devices and online, as well as on Hagerty’s Facebook page. It will repeat at the same time every Friday until this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race June 15-16./cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js
Source: autonews.com