 For the first two races the C8 showed promise, with an 8th and a 9th.However, later in the season two C8s were entered in the 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans where unfortunately neither car was able to finish.For the 1000km of Nürburgring, the team was able to achieve its first victory with drivers Henri Pescarolo and Mike Thackwell, made all the more important by being won in front of the Mercedes-Benz executives in attendance.