One of them ran the fastest lap of the race in class and the other was within a couple of 10s. Clearly they are as fast or faster than the other cars in class. The early problems were electronic related to shifting the gearbox's. Anybody know what happened latter?
They can't cancel LeMans, nor do they HAVE to win first time out, however they are fast enough not to worry about being un-competitive, they just need to run at the front in class, lead a lot of laps, and look like they can win. All new race cars have gremlins.