Corvette Racing sought to win its fourth straight Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring this year, but it wasn’t in the cards.

Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia and Mike Rockenfeller lost their hopes of encore win in the No. 3 Corvette C7.R almost from the start. Opening lap contact caused a cut tire and as the race progressed, things got worse. Electrical and power steering issues sent the car behind the wall a couple more times. The trio ultimately finished eighth.

In the sister car, Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Marcel Fassler and the No. 4 team threw the kitchen sink of ideas at the race, hoping to move forward on strategy and with great pit stops. The No. 4 Corvette led 14 laps and vaulted from the back of the nine-car IMSA GT Le Mans class to the front.

But without the outright pace of the BMWs and Porsches this race, and trailing slightly to the Risi Ferrari and Fords, this trio was unable to finish better than sixth.

“All things considered, that was as good as we could have expected today when you look at how practice shook out,” Milner said. “All the guys on the team did a great job. Marcel and Olly did a great job – no mistakes. I only had one little bit of contact from another car all day between the three of us. We can’t be unhappy about that.

“We tried everything we could throughout the race to make something happen… strategy calls, car changes, things like that. We can be proud of the effort we put in all weekend. We never gave up! But I still think we can be disappointed with the finishing result. That is a valid frustration. We got OK points. Our Corvette’s in one piece. We can all hold our heads high knowing we did the best job we could today.”

Milner and Gavin won a wild race at Long Beach last year, which marks their most recent win. Round 3 of the season takes place on April 14.

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Scenes from #Sebring12, Raceday Edition Pt 2. Thanks for hanging with us throughout the race. Let's do it again at Long Beach! #Corvette #C7R #Z06 @TeamChevy @sebringraceway @IMSA pic.twitter.com/d39ksDx9Ju

— Corvette Racing (@CorvetteRacing) March 18, 2018