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Nissan Onroak DPi #22 of Tequila Patrón ESM which won the 2018 12 Hours of Sebring

Nissan Onroak DPi #22 of Tequila Patrón ESM which won the 2018 12 Hours of Sebring

Sebring International Raceway

The 66th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 15 to 17 March 2018. The race was the second round of the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as the second round of the North American Endurance Cup.

The race was won by Tequila Patrón ESM's Nissan Onroak DPi driven by Pipo Derani, Johannes van Overbeek, and Nicolas Lapierre, ahead of the Cadillac DPi-V.R's of Wayne Taylor Racing and Whelen Engineering Racing. Porsche took GTLM honours with Nick Tandy, Frédéric Makowiecki, and Patrick Pilet behind the wheel of their 911 RSR. The GTD category was won by Paul Miller Racing's Corey Lewis, Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow in a GT3-spec Lamborghini Huracán.[1]

Background[]

On March 1, 2018, IMSA released a bulletin outlining the minimum refueling times for all the classes.[2] All cars in the Prototype class were given 30 second minimum refueling time while GTLM and GTD were given times of 34 and 40 seconds, respectively. The times were made to override any refueling restrictor size following Montaplast by Land-Motorsport's penalty at Daytona.[3]

On March 7, 2018, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[4] In the Prototype class, the Acura ARX-05 received a reduction of turbo boost and a fuel capacity reduction of 1 liter while the Nissan Onroak DPi got a turbo boost reduction between 6000-7600 rpm. The Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 10 kilogram weight increase while the Mazda RT24-P received a fuel capacity increase of 2 liters and adjustments to the cars rear wing. In the GTLM class, the BMW M8 GTE received a 20 kilogram weight reduction and increase of power between 5000-7500 rpm while the Porsche 911 RSR got a fuel capacity increase of 2 liters. In the GTD class, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 received a 20 kilogram weight increase and a 1mm air restrictor increase while the Lexus RC F GT3 received a 1mm air restrictor increase.

Entries[]

Further information: 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 43 cars took part in the event split across 3 classes.16 were entered in P, 9 in GTLM, and in 18 GTD.[5] In P, BAR1 Motorsports and Jackie Chan DCR JOTA were absent while United Autosports scaled down to 1 entry. Paul Di Resta joined Phil Hanson and Alex Brundle in the United Autosports #32 entry while Bruno Senna missed the event after having undergone a surgical procedure a few weeks earlier.[6][7] In GTD, Grasser Racing Team and Manthey Racing skipped the event while Risi Competizione scaled down focussing on its GTLM effort. CJ Wilson Racing made their IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at this event.[8] Dillon Machavern and Markus Palttala joined Don Yount in the Turner Motorsport entry. Following the retirement of Scott Pruett, Sean Rayhall joined 3GT Racing in the teams #15 entry. Corey Lewis joined Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow in the Paul Miller Racing entry.[9]


Qualifying[]

Qualifying results[]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by double-dagger.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 90 25px USA Spirit of Daytona Racing 25px France Tristan Vautier 1:47.432 _ 1double-dagger
2 P 2 25px USA Tequila Patrón ESM 25px France Olivier Pla 1:47.592 +0.160 2
3 P 7 25px USA Acura Team Penske 25px USA Ricky Taylor 1:47.773 +0.341 3
4 P 22 25px USA Tequila Patrón ESM 25px Brazil Pipo Derani 1:47.834 +0.402 4
5 P 31 25px USA Whelen Engineering Racing 25px Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:47.853 +0.421 5
6 P 6 25px USA Acura Team Penske 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 1:48.177 +0.745 6
7 P 77 25px Germany Mazda Team Joest 25px Germany René Rast 1:48.192 +0.760 151
8 P 5 25px USA Mustang Sampling Racing 25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1:48.256 +0.824 7
9 P 55 25px Germany Mazda Team Joest 25px USA Jonathan Bomarito 1:48.279 +0.847 162
10 P 10 25px USA Wayne Taylor Racing 25px Netherlands Renger van der Zande 1:48.370 +0.938 8
11 P 99 25px USA JDC-Miller MotorSports 25px South Africa Stephen Simpson 1:48.742 +1.310 9
12 P 38 25px USA Performance Tech Motorsports 25px Mexico Patricio O'Ward 1:49.068 +1.636 10
13 P 54 25px USA CORE Autosport 25px USA Colin Braun 1:49.158 +1.726 11
14 P 85 25px USA JDC-Miller MotorSports 25px Switzerland Simon Trummer 1:49.329 +1.897 12
15 P 52 25px USA AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports 25px Flag of Colombia Sebastián Saavedra 1:49.423 +1.991 13
16 P 32 25px USA United Autosports 25px Great Britain Paul di Resta 1:49.488 +2.056 143
17 GTLM 25 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA Connor De Phillippi 1:55.839 +8.407 17double-dagger
18 GTLM 62 25px USA Risi Competizione 25px Great Britain James Calado 1:55.897 +8.465 18
19 GTLM 24 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px Finland Jesse Krohn 1:55.985 +8.553 19
20 GTLM 67 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 25px Great Britain Richard Westbrook 1:56.098 +8.666 20
21 GTLM 66 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 25px USA Joey Hand 1:56.191 +8.759 21
22 GTLM 912 25px USA Porsche GT Team 25px Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 1:56.251 +8.819 22
23 GTLM 3 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Spain Antonio García 1:56.588 +9.156 23
24 GTLM 911 25px USA Porsche GT Team 25px Great Britain Nick Tandy 1:56.626 +9.194 24
25 GTLM 4 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px USA Tommy Milner 1:56.900 +9.468 25
26 GTD 51 25px Switzerland Spirit of Race 25px Brazil Daniel Serra 1:58.710 +11.278 26double-dagger
27 GTD 29 25px Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 25px Germany Christopher Mies 1:59.229 +11.797 27
28 GTD 15 25px USA 3GT Racing 25px Great Britain Jack Hawksworth 1:59.251 +11.819 28
29 GTD 14 25px USA 3GT Racing 25px Austria Dominik Baumann 1:59.476 +12.044 29
30 GTD 48 25px USA Paul Miller Racing

25px USA Madison Snow

1:59.489 +12.057 30
31 GTD 63 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px USA Gunnar Jeannette 1:59.609 +12.177 31
32 GTD 75 25px USA SunEnergy1 Racing 25px Germany Thomas Jäger 1:59.952 +12.520 32
33 GTD 69 25px USA HART 25px USA Tom Dyer 2:00.069 +12.637 33
34 GTD 64 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px USA Frankie Montecalvo 2:00.080 +12.648 34
35 GTD 86 25px USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian 25px Great Britain Katherine Legge 2:00.198 +12.766 35
36 GTD 58 25px USA Wright Motorsports 25px Flag of Denmark Christina Nielsen 2:00.378 +12.946 36
37 GTD 36 25px USA CJ Wilson Racing 25px USA Marc Miller 2:00.686 +13.254 37
38 GTD 71 25px USA P1 Motorsports 25px USA Kenton Koch 2:00.717 +13.285 38
39 GTD 33 25px USA Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport 25px USA Ben Keating 2:00.743 +13.311 39
40 GTD 44 25px USA Magnus Racing 25px USA John Potter 2:02.151 +14.719 40
41 GTD 96 25px USA Turner Motorsport 25px USA Dillon Machavern 2:03.227 +15.795 41
42 GTD 73 25px USA Park Place Motorsports 25px USA Tim Pappas 2:04.650 +17.218 42
43 GTD 93 25px USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian did not participate 434
Sources:[10][11]
  • 1 The No. 77 Mazda Team Joest entry was moved to the back of the P field after failing post qualifying technical inspection.[12][13]
  • 2 The No. 55 Mazda Team Joest entry was moved to the back of the P field failing post qualifying technical inspection.[14][15]
  • 3 The No. 32 United Autosports entry initially qualified sixteenth for the P class. However, the team changed engines after qualifying. By IMSA rules, the entry was moved to the rear of the P field on the starting grid.[16]
  • 4 The No. 93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian entry was moved to the back of the GTD field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.


Race[]

Results[]

Class winners are denoted in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 22 25px USA Tequila Patrón ESM 25px Brazil Pipo Derani
25px USA Johannes van Overbeek
25px France Nicolas Lapierre
Ligier Nissan DPi C 344 12:00:34.369
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
2 P 10 25px USA Wayne Taylor Racing 25px USA Jordan Taylor
25px Netherlands Renger van der Zande
25px USA Ryan Hunter-Reay
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 344 +12.427
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 P 31 25px USA Whelen Engineering Racing 25px Brazil Felipe Nasr
25px USA Eric Curran
25px Great Britain Mike Conway
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 344 +53.075
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4 P 54 25px USA CORE Autosport 25px USA Jon Bennett
25px USA Colin Braun
25px France Romain Dumas
Oreca 07 C 344 +1:16.328
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 P 32 25px USA United Autosports 25px Great Britain Paul di Resta
25px Great Britain Alex Brundle
25px Great Britain Phil Hanson
Ligier JS P217 C 344 +1:30.732
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 P 55 25px Germany Mazda Team Joest 25px USA Jonathan Bomarito
25px Great Britain Harry Tincknell
25px USA Spencer Pigot
Mazda RT24-P C 343 +1 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
7 P 99 25px USA JDC-Miller MotorSports 25px Canada Mikhail Goikhberg
25px South Africa Stephen Simpson
25px USA Chris Miller
Oreca 07 C 338 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 P 77 25px Germany Mazda Team Joest 25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
25px USA Tristan Nunez
25px Germany René Rast
Mazda RT24-P C 334 +10 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
9 P 85 25px USA JDC-Miller MotorSports 25px USA Robert Alon
25px Switzerland Simon Trummer
25px France Nelson Panciatici
Oreca 07 C 331 +13 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 GTLM 911 25px USA Porsche GT Team 25px France Patrick Pilet
25px Great Britain Nick Tandy
25px France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR M 328 +16 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GTLM 25 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA Connor De Phillippi
25px USA Bill Auberlen
25px Great Britain Alexander Sims
BMW M8 GTE M 328 +16 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
12 GTLM 912 25px USA Porsche GT Team 25px New Zealand Earl Bamber
25px Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
25px Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR M 328 +16 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTLM 67 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 25px Australia Ryan Briscoe
25px Great Britain Richard Westbrook
25px New Zealand Scott Dixon
Ford GT M 328 +16 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
14 GTLM 62 25px USA Risi Competizione 25px Great Britain James Calado
25px Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
25px Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 488 GTE M 328 +16 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15 GTLM 4 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Great Britain Oliver Gavin
25px USA Tommy Milner
25px Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 327 +17 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
16 P 5 25px USA Mustang Sampling Racing 25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
25px Flag of Portugal João Barbosa
25px Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 324 +20 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
17 GTD 48 25px USA Paul Miller Racing 25px USA Bryan Sellers
25px USA Madison Snow
25px USA Corey Lewis
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 321 +23 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
18 GTD 63 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px Italy Alessandro Balzan
25px USA Cooper MacNeil
25px USA Gunnar Jeannette
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 321 +23 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
19 GTD 33 25px USA Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport 25px Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
25px USA Ben Keating
25px Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes AMG GT3 C 321 +23 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20 GTD 29 25px Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 25px South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
25px Germany Christopher Mies
25px Belgium Alessio Picariello
Audi R8 LMS C 321 +23 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
21 GTD 15 25px USA 3GT Racing 25px Great Britain Jack Hawksworth
25px Flag of Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
25px USA Sean Rayhall
Lexus RC F GT3 C 321 +23 Laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
22 GTD 58 25px USA Wright Motorsports 25px USA Patrick Long
25px Flag of Denmark Christina Nielsen
25px France Mathieu Jaminet
25px Germany Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 321 +23 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GTD 93 25px USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian 25px Germany Mario Farnbacher
25px USA Justin Marks
25px USA Lawson Aschenbach
Acura NSX GT3 C 321 +23 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
24 GTD 86 25px USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian 25px Great Britain Katherine Legge
25px Flag of Portugal Álvaro Parente
25px USA Trent Hindman
Acura NSX GT3 C 321 +23 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
25 GTD 73 25px USA Park Place Motorsports 25px Germany Jörg Bergmeister
25px USA Patrick Lindsey
25px USA Tim Pappas
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 321 +23 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTD 75 25px USA SunEnergy1 Racing 25px Australia Kenny Habul
25px Germany Thomas Jäger
25px Canada Mikaël Grenier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 321 +23 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
27 GTD 96 25px USA Turner Motorsport 25px USA Don Yount
25px USA Dillon Machavern
25px Finland Markus Palttala
BMW M6 GT3 C 320 +24 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
28 GTD 51 25px Switzerland Spirit of Race 25px Canada Paul Dalla Lana
25px Flag of Portugal Pedro Lamy
25px Austria Mathias Lauda
25px Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 320 +24 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29 GTD 44 25px USA Magnus Racing 25px USA John Potter
25px USA Andy Lally
25px USA Andrew Davis
Audi R8 LMS C 319 +25 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
30 GTD 14 25px USA 3GT Racing 25px Austria Dominik Baumann
25px Canada Kyle Marcelli
25px Switzerland Phillipp Frommenwiler
Lexus RC F GT3 C 316 +28 Laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
31 P 52 25px USA AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports 25px Flag of Colombia Sebastián Saavedra
25px Flag of Colombia Gustavo Yacamán
25px Mexico Roberto González
Ligier JS P217 C 315 +29 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
32 GTD 69 25px USA HART 25px USA Ryan Eversley
25px USA Chad Gilsinger
25px USA Tom Dyer
Acura NSX GT3 C 312 +32 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
33 GTD 36 25px USA CJ Wilson Racing 25px USA Marc Miller
25px Great Britain Till Bechtolsheimer
25px Canada Kuno Wittmer
Acura NSX GT3 C 309 +35 laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
34 GTLM 24 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA John Edwards
25px Finland Jesse Krohn
25px Netherlands Nick Catsburg
BMW M8 GTE M 296 Did Not Finish
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
35 P 90 25px USA Spirit of Daytona Racing 25px Italy Eddie Cheever III
25px USA Matt McMurry
25px France Tristan Vautier
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 294 Did Not Finish
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
36 GTLM 3 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Spain Antonio García
25px Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen
25px Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 283 +61 laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
37 GTLM 66 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 25px USA Joey Hand
25px Germany Dirk Müller
25px France Sébastien Bourdais
Ford GT M 277 Did Not Finish
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
38 P 38 25px USA Performance Tech Motorsports 25px USA James French
25px USA Kyle Masson
25px Mexico Patricio O'Ward
Oreca 07 C 276 Did Not Finish
Gibson 4.2 L V8
39 P 6 25px USA Acura Team Penske 25px USA Dane Cameron
25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
25px France Simon Pagenaud
Acura ARX-05 C 203 Did Not Finish
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
40 P 7 25px USA Acura Team Penske 25px Brazil Hélio Castroneves
25px USA Ricky Taylor
25px USA Graham Rahal
Acura ARX-05 C 172 Did Not Finish
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
41 GTD 64 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px USA Townsend Bell
25px USA Frankie Montecalvo
25px USA Bill Sweedler
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 9 Did Not Finish
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
42[N 1] GTD 71 25px USA P1 Motorsports 25px USA Kenton Koch
25px Flag of Colombia JC Perez
25px Italy Loris Spinelli
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 316 +28 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
43 P 2 25px USA Tequila Patrón ESM 25px Great Britain Ryan Dalziel
25px USA Scott Sharp
25px France Olivier Pla
Ligier Nissan DPi C Did Not Start
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
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Statistics[]

  • Pole Position - #90 Tristan Vautier - 1:47.432[1]
  • Fastest Lap - #8 Oliver Jarvis - 1:49.002 on lap 184

References[]

External links[]

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