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Sebring International Raceway

Sebring International Raceway

The 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 14–16 March 2019. The race was the second round of the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as the second round of the Michelin Endurance Cup. Action Express Racing and Wayne Taylor Racing brought home a Cadillac 1-2-3 finish for the overall honours, with the win going to the #31 crew of Eric Curran, Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani, who won the 12 Hour race for a third time in the previous four editions. the #911 Porsche GT Team won in the GTLM class over the #66 Ford GT of Chip Ganassi Racing, LMP2 was won by Performance Tech Motorsports, and the Grasser Racing Team took a second straight victory in the GTD class, winning over fellow Lamborghini GTD team Magnus Racing, who came 2nd in only their second start as a Lamborghini team.

Background[]

Main article: 2019 1000 Miles of Sebring

The FIA World Endurance Championship returned to the venue for the same weekend for the first time since 2012, albeit with a few changes. The World Endurance Championship had a 1,000-mile standalone event of its own on Friday, March 15th, 2019, the day before the official 12 Hours of Sebring sanctioned by IMSA, on March 16th.[1][2] Despite initial questions raised over whether or not two separate events of the same length could be held on the same weekend, the event was confirmed to be the sixth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship. Select drivers and teams, such as Corvette Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing, competed in both events back-to-back.[3]

On 28 February 2019, IMSA released a technical bulletin regarding the Balance of Performance for the 12-hour race. In the Daytona Prototype international (DPi) class, most cars had reductions in power, with the exception of the Cadillac DPi. The Mazda RT24-P was made 10 kilograms heavier, and had fuel capacity reduction. In the GT Le Mans class (GTLM), the Ferrari 488 GTE was made 15 kilograms lighter.[4] Despite being given a break, Ferrari GTLM team Risi Competizione decided to forgo Sebring, for concerns over the adjustment.[5]

On March 6th, 2019, the official entry list for the 12 Hours was revealed, featuring 38 cars in total. There were 11 cars in the DPi class, eight entries in GT Le Mans, 17 in GT Daytona, and a mere two entrants in the LMP2 class. Following the retirement of Christian Fittipaldi, Le Mans winner Brendon Hartley joined the Action Express Racing team in the #5 car. Matthieu Vaxivière joined Wayne Taylor Racing in their #10 Cadillac, after Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Fernando Alonso were barred from taking part in IMSA's event. In the GT Daytona class, Black Swan Racing, who had confirmed a full endurance-event program for the 2019 IMSA Season, had withdrawn as a result of team owner and driver Tim Pappas sustaining injuries from February's Bathurst 12 Hour event.[6]

Report[]

Thursday practice[]

Due to the World Endurance Championship event taking place on Friday, the first few practice sessions for the 12 Hours of Sebring were held on Thursday. In the first practice session, Felipe Nasr and the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac team were quickest, setting a 1:46.996. They were 0.355 seconds faster than the #6 Team Penske Acura. In GT Le Mans, Porsche and Ford were at the top of the leaderboard, with Laurens Vanthoor setting the quickest time for the #911 Porsche 911 RSR, setting a 1:56.983. He would be three tenths clear of the times from the Ford GT drivers Richard Westbrook and Joey Hand. In GT Daytona, Mario Farnbacher of the #86 Meyer-Shank Racing Acura team set the fastest time of 2:00.793, nearly half a second clear of the #73 Park Place Motorsport Porsche, driven by Patrick Long. PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports went fastest in the LMP2 class.[7]

In free practice two, after a low-risk session from Mazda Team Joest, Olivier Pla would give them the fastest time of the weekend so far in the #55 car, a 1:46.834. He would be 0.815 seconds faster than Pipo Derani of the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac. Acura driver HΓ©lio Castroneves completed the top three in the DPi class. In the GT Le Mans class, Porsche GT Team were fastest once again, with #911 driver Nick Tandy setting a 1:56.991. The team were once again fastest over the two Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs. In GT Daytona, Bill Auberlen set the pace in the #96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6, with a 2:00.583. PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports once again set the fastest LMP2 time, with 1:52.149.[8]

Qualifying Results[]

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Dane Cameron 1:45.865 β€” 1double-dagger
2 DPi 77 Mazda Team Joest Tristan Nunez 1:46.011 +0.146 2
3 DPi 7 Acura Team Penske Helio Castroneves 1:46.011 +0.146 3
4 DPi 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Filipe Albuquerque 1:46.238 +0.373 4
5 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:46.354 +0.489 5
6 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Jordan Taylor 1:46.530 +0.665 6
7 DPi 55 Mazda Team Joest Jonathan Bomarito 1:46.832 +0.967 7
8 DPi 84 JDC-Miller Motorsports Simon Trummer 1:47.086 +1.221 8
9 DPi 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Tristan Vautier 1:47.275 +1.410 9
10 DPi 50 Juncos Racing Will Owen 1:47.478 +1.613 10
11 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Matt McMurry 1:49.728 +3.863 11double-dagger
12 LMP2 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Kyle Masson 1:49.739 +3.874 12
13 DPi 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett 1:50.029 +4.164 13
14 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet 1:55.899 +10.034 14double-dagger
15 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Laurens Vanthoor 1:56.042 +10.177 211
16 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio Garcia 1:56.158 +10.293 15
17 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook 1:56.189 +10.324 16
18 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:56.248 +10.383 17
19 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL Jesse Krohn 1:56.486 +10.621 18
20 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Tom Blomqvist 1:56.486 +10.621 19
21 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Dirk MΓΌller 1:56.731 +10.866 20
22 GTD 86 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Trent Hindman 1:59.917 +14.052 22double-dagger
23 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Nick Greene 2:00.299 +14.434 23
24 GTD 9 Pfaff Motorsports Zacharie Robichon 2:00.504 +14.639 24
25 GTD 11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Rolf Ineichen 2:00.710 +14.845 25
26 GTD 47 Precision Performance Motorsports Brandon Gdovic 2:00.775 +14.910 26
27 GTD 57 Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing Christina Nielsen 2:00.809 +14.944 27
28 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Cooper MacNeil 2:00.974 +15.109 28
29 GTD 12 AIM Vasser Sullivan Frankie Montecalvo 2:01.100 +15.235 29
30 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Ben Keating 2:01.184 +15.319 30
31 GTD 19 Montaplast by Land Motorsport Daniel Morad 2:01.189 +15.324 31
32 GTD 8 Starworks Motorsport Ezequiel PΓ©rez Companc 2:01.333 +15.468 32
33 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Ryan Hardwick 2:01.725 +15.860 33
34 GTD 71 P1 Motorsports JC Perez 2:01.961 +16.096 34
35 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Nick Boulle 2:02.150 +16.285 35
36 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter 2:02.205 +16.340 36
37 GTD 19 Moorespeed Will Hardeman 2:02.534 +16.669 37
38 GTD 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan disqualified 38
Source:[9]
  1. ^  Car number 912 was moved to the back of the GTLM field after qualifying after Laurens Vanthoor failed to bring the car to scrutineering immediately after the end of the session.[10]

Results[]

Class winners are denoted in bold and double-dagger.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 31 25px USA Whelen Engineering Racing 25px Brazil Felipe Nasr
25px USA Eric Curran
25px Brazil Pipo Derani
Cadillac DPi-V.R 348 12:00:15.925double-dagger
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2 DPi 10 25px USA Konica Minolta Cadillac 25px USA Jordan Taylor
25px France Matthieu Vaxivière
25px Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 348 +1.030
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 5 25px USA Mustang Sampling Racing 25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
25px Flag of Portugal JoΓ£o Barbosa
Cadillac DPi-V.R 348 +4.023
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4 DPi 7 25px USA Acura Team Penske 25px USA Alexander Rossi
25px Brazil HΓ©lio Castroneves
25px USA Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 348 +11.331
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5 DPi 54 25px USA CORE Autosport 25px France Romain Dumas
25px USA Jon Bennett
25px USA Colin Braun
Nissan DPi 347 +1 Lap
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
6 DPi 55 25px Germany Mazda Team Joest 25px Great Britain Harry Tincknell
25px France Olivier Pla
25px USA Jonathan Bomarito
Mazda RT24-P 346 +2 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
7 DPi 85 25px USA JDC-Miller Motorsports 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Piedrahita
25px Canada Misha Goikhberg
25px France Tristan Vautier
Cadillac DPi-V.R 346 +2 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8 DPi 84 25px USA JDC-Miller Motorsports 25px Switzerland Simon Trummer
25px USA Chris Miller
25px South Africa Stephen Simpson
Cadillac DPi-V.R 345 +3 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
9 DPi 6 25px USA Acura Team Penske 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
25px France Simon Pagenaud
25px USA Dane Cameron
Acura ARX-05 339 +9 Laps
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
10 GTLM 911 25px USA Porsche GT Team 25px Great Britain Nick Tandy
25px France Patrick Pilet
25px France FrΓ©dΓ©ric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR 330 +18 Lapsdouble-dagger
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GTLM 66 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 25px France SΓ©bastien Bourdais
25px USA Joey Hand
25px Germany Dirk MΓΌller
Ford GT 330 +18 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
12 GTLM 3 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen
25px Spain Antonio GarcΓ­a
25px Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 330 +18 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
13 GTLM 24 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA John Edwards
25px Finland Jesse Krohn
25px Austria Philipp Eng
BMW M8 GTE 330 +18 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
14 GTLM 912 25px USA Porsche GT Team 25px France Mathieu Jaminet
25px New Zealand Earl Bamber
25px Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 RSR 330 +18 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTLM 67 25px USA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 25px Great Britain Richard Westbrook
25px New Zealand Scott Dixon
25px Australia Ryan Briscoe
Ford GT 330 +18 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
16 GTLM 25 25px USA BMW Team RLL 25px USA Colton Herta
25px Great Britain Tom Blomqvist
25px USA Connor De Phillippi
BMW M8 GTE 329 +19 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
17 LMP2 38 25px USA Performance Tech Motorsports 25px USA Kyle Masson
25px Canada Cameron Cassels
25px USA Andrew Evans
Oreca 07 322 +26 Lapsdouble-dagger
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18 GTLM 4 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Switzerland Marcel FΓ€ssler
25px Great Britain Oliver Gavin
25px USA Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 321 +27 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
19 GTD 11 25px Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team 25px Italy Mirko Bortolotti
25px Netherlands Rik Breukers
25px Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Lamborghini HuracΓ‘n GT3 Evo 320 +28 Lapsdouble-dagger
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
20 GTD 44 25px USA Magnus Racing 25px USA Spencer Pumpelly
25px USA John Potter
25px USA Andy Lally
Lamborghini HuracΓ‘n GT3 Evo 320 +28 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21 GTD 63 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px Finland Toni Vilander
25px USA Cooper MacNeil
25px USA Jeff Westphal
Ferrari 488 GT3 320 +28 Laps
Ferrari F154 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 GTD 29 25px Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 25px Germany Christopher Mies
25px Switzerland Ricardo Feller
25px Canada Daniel Morad
Audi R8 LMS GT3 320 +28 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
23 GTD 33 25px USA Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports 25px Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
25px Brazil Felipe Fraga
25px USA Ben Keating
Mercedes-AMG GT3 320 +28 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
24 GTD 73 25px USA Park Place Motorsports 25px USA Patrick Long
25px USA Nicholas Boulle
25px USA Patrick Lindsey
Porsche 911 GT3 R 320 +28 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 GTD 86 25px USA Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 25px Germany Mario Farnbacher
25px USA Trent Hindman
25px USA Justin Marks
Acura NSX GT3 320 +28 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
26 GTD 57 25px USA Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing 25px Great Britain Katherine Legge
25px Brazil Ana Beatriz
25px Flag of Denmark Christina Nielsen
Acura NSX GT3 320 +28 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
27 GTD 12 25px USA AIM Vasser Sullivan 25px USA Townsend Bell
25px USA Aaron Telitz
25px USA Frankie Montecalvo
Lexus RC F GT3 318 +30 Laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
28 GTD 9 25px Canada Pfaff Motorsports 25px Canada Scott Hargrove
25px Germany Lars Kern
25px Canada Zacharie Robichon
Porsche 911 GT3 R 318 +30 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 GTD 71 25px USA P1 Motorsports 25px Germany Maximilian Buhk
25px Germany Fabian Schiller
25px Flag of Colombia JC Perez
Mercedes-AMG GT3 315 +33 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
30 GTD 47 25px USA Precision Performance Motorsports (PPM) 25px USA Lawson Aschenbach
25px USA Brandon Gdovic
25px USA Don Yount
Lamborghini HuracΓ‘n GT3 Evo 311 +37 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
31 GTD 96 25px USA Turner Motorsport 25px USA Bill Auberlen
25px USA Nick Greene
25px USA Dillon Machavern
BMW M6 GT3 309 Did Not Finish
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
32 LMP2 52 25px USA PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports 25px France Gabriel Aubry
25px Flag of Denmark Anders Fjorbach
25px USA Matt McMurry
Oreca 07 309 +39 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
33 DPi 50 25px USA Juncos Racing 25px USA Will Owen
25px Austria RenΓ© Binder
25px Argentina AgustΓ­n Canapino
Cadillac DPi-V.R 305 +43 Laps
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
34 GTD 8 25px USA Starworks Motorsport 25px Great Britain Ryan Dalziel
25px Argentina Ezequiel PΓ©rez Companc
25px USA Parker Chase
Audi R8 LMS GT3 292 +56 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
35 GTD 14 25px USA AIM Vasser Sullivan 25px Great Britain Jack Hawksworth
25px Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler
25px USA Richard Heistand
Lexus RC F GT3 262 Did Not Finish
Lexus 5.0 L V8
36 GTD 48 25px USA Paul Miller Racing 25px USA Bryan Sellers
25px USA Ryan Hardwick
25px USA Corey Lewis
Lamborghini HuracΓ‘n GT3 Evo 249 +99 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
37 DPi 77 25px Germany Mazda Team Joest 25px USA Tristan Nunez
25px Germany Timo Bernhard
25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
Mazda RT24-P 233 +115 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
38 GTD 19 25px USA Moorespeed 25px Spain Alex Riberas
25px USA Will Hardeman
25px USA Andrew Davis
Audi R8 LMS GT3 174 Did Not Finish
Audi 5.2 L V10
Box Score

References[]

  1. ↑ Dagys, John (21 September 2017). "1500 Miles of Sebring Confirmed". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/1500-miles-of-sebring-confirmed/. Retrieved 11 February 2019. 
  2. ↑ Watkins, David (4 April 2018). "Sebring WEC race moved to Friday, reduced to 1000 miles". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. https://us.motorsport.com/wec/news/sebring-1000-mile-race-friday-1021606/1399681/. Retrieved 11 February 2019. 
  3. ↑ Kilshaw, Jake (29 January 2019). "Corvette Return Amongst Changes on Sebring Entry List". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/corvette-return-amongst-changes-on-sebring-entry-list/. Retrieved 11 February 2019. 
  4. ↑ Dagys, John (28 February 2019). "IMSA Sets Sebring BoP". sportscar365.com (John Dagys Media). https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/imsa-sets-sebring-bop/. Retrieved 28 February 2019. 
  5. ↑ Dagys, John (4 March 2019). "Risi to Forgo Sebring; No Firm IMSA Plans". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/risi-to-forgo-sebring-no-further-imsa-plans/. Retrieved 4 March 2019. 
  6. ↑ Malsher, David (6 March 2019). "38 cars on Sebring 12 Hours entry list". motorsport.com (Motorsport Network). https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/sebring-twelve-hours-entry-list/4348283/. Retrieved 7 March 2019. 
  7. ↑ Kilshaw, Jake (14 March 2019). "Nasr Quickest in Opening Practice at Sebring". sportscar365.com (John Dagys Media). https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/nasr-quickest-in-opening-practice-at-sebring/. Retrieved 15 March 2019. 
  8. ↑ Kilshaw, Jake (14 March 2019). "Pla Leads Practice 2 by Eight-Tenths". sportscar365.com (John Dagys Media). https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/pla-leads-practice-2-by-eight-tenths/. Retrieved 15 March 2019. 
  9. ↑ "2019 Twelve Hours of Sebring qualifying results". http://results.imsa.com/Results/19_2019/03_Sebring%20International%20Raceway/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/201903150955_Qualifying/03_Results_Qualifying.PDF. 
  10. ↑ Klein, Jamie (March 16, 2019). "Rain-hit Sebring 12 Hours starts under caution". Motorsport Network. https://us.motorsport.com/imsa/news/sebring-underway-caution-rain/4354116/?nrt=207. Retrieved March 17, 2019. 

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