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2017 12 Hours of Sebring

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Cadillac DPi-V.R
Sebring International Raceway

The 65th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 16 to 18 March 2017. The race was the second round of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as the second round of the North American Endurance Cup.

The race was won by Wayne Taylor Racing's Cadillac DPi-V.R driven by Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor, and Alex Lynn, ahead of Mustang Sampling Racing's Cadillac DPi-V.R and Whelen Engineering Racing's Cadillac DPi-V.R. The PC class winners were Performance Tech Motorsports with drivers James French, Patricio O'Ward, and Kyle Masson driving an Oreca FLM09. Corvette Racing won the GTLM class for the third straight year with Antonio García, Jan Magnussen, and Mike Rockenfeller taking the win in their Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. The GTD category was won by Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing's Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, and Mario Farnbacher in a Mercedes-AMG GT3.[1][2]

Background

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Sebring International Raceway, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship schedule in August 2016. It was the fourth year in a row that the race was part of the series calendar, and the 65th 12 Hours of Sebring. The race was the second of 2017's twelve scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, and the second of four North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) events.[3] It was held at the 17-turn, 3.741-mile (6.021 km) Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida on March 18, 2017.

After the 24 Hours of Daytona 7 weeks earlier, Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor, Max Angelelli, and Jeff Gordon were leading the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 35 points.[4] With 36 points, James French, Patricio O'Ward, Kyle Masson, and Nicholas Boulle led the PC Drivers' Championship.[4] GTLM was led by Joey Hand, Dirk Müller, and Sébastien Bourdais with a three-point advantage over Frédéric Makowiecki, Patrick Pilet, and Dirk Werner.[4] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Michael Christensen, Carlos de Quesada, Michael de Quesada, Jesse Lazare, Daniel Morad with 35 points ahead of Connor De Phillippi, Jules Gounon, Christopher Mies, and Jeffrey Schmidt.[4] Cadillac, Ford, and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsport, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, and Alegra Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.[4]

On March 8, 2017, IMSA issued the latest technical bulletin outlining the Balance of Performance for the event.[5] In P, the Cadillac DPi-V.R received a 20 kilogram weight increase and a 0.6 mm smaller air restrictor. In GTLM, the BMW M6 GTLM and Porsche 911 RSR were given fuel capacity increases of 4 and 3 liters, respectively. In GTD, the Acura NSX GT3 received a 20 kilogram weight increase as well an increase in turbo boost, and 1 extra liter of fuel capacity. The Audi R8 LMS received a 5 kilogram weight increase. The Mercedes-AMG GT3 received a 20 kilogram weight increase as well as a 1.5 mm larger air restrictor, and 2 extra liters of fuel capacity. The Porsche 911 GT3 R received a fuel capacity increase of 2 liters while the Lexus RC F GT3 lost 1 liter of fuel capacity.


Entries

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A total of 46 cars took part in the event split across four classes. 10 cars were entered in P, 4 in PC, 10 in GTLM, and 21 in GTD.[6] In P, Alex Lynn replaced Max Angelelli in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing entry after Angelelli retired from racing after Daytona.[7][8] DragonSpeed were absent. Marino Franchitti joined Tom Long and Joel Miller in the #70 Mazda Motorsports entry.[9] In PC, Starworks Motorsport scaled down to one entry.[6] Garett Grist, Max Hanratty, and Sean Rayhall shared the #8 Starworks Motorsport entry.[10] Gustavo Yacamán joined Marc Drumwright, Chapman Ducote, and Colin Thompson in the #26 BAR1 Motorsports entry.[11] In GTLM, Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK scaled down to one entry.[12] In GTD, Konrad Motorsport, Spirit of Race, Manthey Racing, Aston Martin Racing, and TRG were absent. GRT Grasser Racing Team scaled down to one entry. Spencer Pumpelly joined Daniel Morad, Michael Christensen, and Michael de Quesada in the #28 Alegra Motorsports entry.[6]

Practice

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There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted an hour.[13]

Practice 1

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The first practice session took place at 11:10 am ET on Thursday and ended with Stephen Simpson topping the charts for JDC-Miller MotorSports, with a lap time of 1:49.516.[14] The PC class was topped by the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 of Patricio O'Ward with a time of 1:55.172.[15] Frédéric Makowiecki was fastest in GTLM while Bryan Sellers set the fastest time in GTD.[16][15]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson 1:49.516 _
2 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:49.557 +0.041
3 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Mike Conway 1:49.608 +0.092
Sources:[17][18]

Practice 2

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The second practice session took place at 3:15 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Jordan Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:49.888.[19] Colin Thompson set the fastest time in PC.[20] The GTLM class was topped by the #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R of Tommy Milner with a lap time of 1:57.206. Sébastien Bourdais was second in the #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing car and Antonio García rounded out the top 3.[21] Andrew Davis was fastest in GTD.[21]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:49.888 _
2 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:50.103 +0.215
3 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Mike Conway 1:50.370 +0.482
Sources:[22][23]

Night Practice

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The night practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Mike Conway topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:49.815.[24] Gustavo Yacamán set the fastest time PC by 0.257 seconds ahead of Sean Rayhall in the #8 Starworks Motorsport entry.[24] Sébastien Bourdais set the fastest time in GTLM with a time of 1:57.166.[25] The GTD class was topped by the #57 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS of Lawson Aschenbach with a lap time of 2:00.964.[26]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Mike Conway 1:49.815 _
2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:50.072 +0.257
3 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Filipe Albuquerque 1:50.169 +0.354
Sources:[27][28]

Final Practice

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The fourth and final practice session took place at 9:20 am ET on Friday and ended with Christian Fittipaldi topping the charts for Mustang Sampling Racing, with a lap time of 1:49.211.[29] Gustavo Yacamán set the fastest time in PC.[29] Dirk Müller was fastest in GTLM while Michael Christensen set the fastest time in GTD.[30]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:49.211 _
2 P 13 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:49.329 +0.118
3 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:49.405 +0.194
Sources:[31][32]

Qualifying

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On Friday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM and GTD cars.[33][13]

Neel Jani (pictured in 2011) took the overall pole position for Rebellion Racing.

The first was for cars in GTD class. Tristan Vautier qualified on pole for the class driving the #75 SunEnergy1 Racing car.[34]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the GTLM class. Ryan Briscoe qualified on pole driving the #67 car for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, besting Dirk Müller in the sister #66 entry.[34]

The third session of qualifying was for cars in the PC class. Gustavo Yacamán set the fastest time driving the #26 BAR1 Motorsports car.[35]

The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Neel Jani qualified on pole driving the #13 car for Rebellion Racing, beating Christian Fittipaldi in the #5 Mustang Sampling Racing by less than one tenth of a second.[36]

Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Neel Jani 1:48.178 _ 1 ‡
2 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1:48.273 +0.095 2
3 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Dane Cameron 1:48.314 +0.136 3
4 P 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mexico José Gutiérrez 1:49.056 +0.878 4
5 P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM New Zealand Brendon Hartley 1:149.103 +0.925 5
6 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor 1:49.541 +1.363 6
7 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports South Africa Stephen Simpson 1:49.587 +1.409 7
8 P 55 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito 1:49.907 +1.729 8
9 P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Netherlands Renger van der Zande 1:49.919 +1.741 9
10 P 70 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Joel Miller 1:50.284 +2.106 10
11 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports Colombia Gustavo Yacamán 1:53.506 +5.328 11‡
12 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French 1:53.575 +5.397 12
13 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Buddy Rice 1:55.846 +7.668 13
14 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe 1:55.939 +7.761 16‡
15 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Germany Dirk Müller 1:56.175 +7.997 17
16 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner 1:56.252 +8.074 451
17 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team France Kévin Estre 1:56.319 +8.141 18
18 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:56.368 +8.190 19
19 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Canada Garett Grist 1:56.433 +8.255 14
20 GTLM 68 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Germany Stefan Mücke 1:56.441 +8.263 20
21 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team Germany Dirk Werner 1:56.487 +8.309 21
22 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Netherlands Nick Catsburg 1:56.617 +8.439 22
23 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United Kingdom Alexander Sims 1:56.660 +8.482 23
24 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Giancarlo Fisichella 1:57.475 +9.297 24
25 GTD 75 United States SunEnergy1 Racing France Tristan Vautier 1:59.738 +11.560 25‡
26 GTD 29 Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport United States Connor De Phillippi 2:00.490 +12.312 26
27 GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Corey Lewis 2:00.967 +12.789 27
28 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United States Robert Alon 2:00.998 +12.820 28
29 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing United States Scott Pruett 2:01.158 +12.980 29
30 GTD 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis 2:01.222 +13.044 30
31 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports - Team AMG United States Ben Keating 2:01.284 +13.106 31
32 GTD 50 United States Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil 2:01.358 +13.180 32
33 GTD 11 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Italy Mirko Bortolotti 2:01.385 +13.207 33
34 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen 2:01.628 +13.450 34
35 GTD 93 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Canada Mark Wilkins 2:01.687 +13.509 35
36 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports Canada Daniel Morad 2:01.752 +13.574 36
37 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey 2:01.966 +13.788 37
38 GTD 86 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr. 2:02.096 +13.918 38
39 GTD 23 United States Alex Job Racing United States Townsend Bell 2:02.234 +14.056 39
40 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Justin Marks 2:02.256 +14.078 40
41 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 2:02.345 +14.167 41
42 GTD 46 Italy EBIMOTORS France Emmanuel Collard 2:03.201 +15.023 42
43 GTD 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 2:03.672 +15.494 462
44 GTD 18 Canada DAC Motorsports United States Brandon Gdovic 2:04.154 +15.976 43
45 GTD 27 United States Dream Racing Motorsport United States Lawrence DeGeorge 2:08.569 +20.291 44
46 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM Disqualified 15
Sources:[37][38]
  • 1 The No. 4 Corvette Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTLM field for violating competition rules regarding the car's ride height.[39]
  • 2 The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[40][13]

Race

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Start and early hours

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Afternoon

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Sunset to finish

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Post-race

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With a total of 70 points, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor's victory allowed them to increase their advantage over Fittipaldi, Barbosa, and Albuquerque in the Prototype Drivers' Championship to 5 points. Cameron, Curran, and Conway advanced from sixth to third. [41] In the PC Drivers' Championship, Rayhall advanced from fourth to second while Boulle dropped from first to fifth.[41] The result kept Hand, Müller, and Bourdais atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship. García, Magnussen, and Rockenfeller advanced from fourth to second.[41] As a result of winning the race, Bleekemolen, Keating, and Farnbacher advanced from third to first in the GTD Drivers' Championship.[41] Cadillac, and Ford continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Mercedes-AMG took the lead of the GTD Manufacturers' Championship. Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships. Riley Motorsports Team AMG took the lead of the GTD Teams' Championship with ten rounds remaining.[41]

Race Results

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Class winners are denoted in bold.[42]

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor
United States Jordan Taylor
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 348 12:01:09.861
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
2 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 348 +13.614
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
3 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Dane Cameron
United States Eric Curran
United Kingdom Mike Conway
Cadillac DPi-V.R C 346 +2 Laps
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
4 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Chris Miller
South Africa Stephen Simpson
Canada Mikhail Goikhberg
Oreca 07 C 344 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French
Mexico Patricio O'Ward
United States Kyle Masson
Oreca FLM09 C 338 +10 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
6 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Canada Garett Grist
United States Max Hanratty
United States Sean Rayhall
Oreca FLM09 C 336 +12 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 334 +14 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
8 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Germany Dirk Müller
United States Joey Hand
France Sébastien Bourdais
Ford GT M 334 +14 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
9 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
United Kingdom James Calado
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 488 GTE M 334 +14 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
10 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Ford GT M 334 +14 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
11 GTLM 68 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Germany Stefan Mücke
France Olivier Pla
United States Billy Johnson
Ford GT M 334 +14 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
12 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Canada Kuno Wittmer
BMW M6 GTLM M 334 +14 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
13 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet
Germany Dirk Werner
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR M 334 +14 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 332 +16 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Marc Drumwright
United States Chapman Ducote
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán
United States Colin Thompson
Oreca FLM09 C 328 +20 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
16 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports - Team AMG United States Ben Keating
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 325 +23 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
17 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen
Italy Alessandro Balzan
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 324 +24 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18 GTD 75 United States SunEnergy1 Racing Australia Kenny Habul
United States Boris Said
France Tristan Vautier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 324 +24 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
19 GTD 29 Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport United States Connor De Phillippi
Germany Christopher Mies
France Jules Gounon
Audi R8 LMS C 324 +24 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
20 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
United States Dion von Moltke
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 324 +24 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Matt McMurry
Belgium Jan Heylen
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 324 +24 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTD 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Andrew Davis
United States Matt Bell
Audi R8 LMS C 324 +24 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
23 GTD 86 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian United States Jeff Segal
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
United States Tom Dyer
Acura NSX GT3 C 324 +24 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
24 GTD 11 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Germany Christian Engelhart
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Italy Richard Antinucci
Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 323 +25 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports United States Michael de Quesada
Canada Daniel Morad
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 323 +25 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Corey Lewis
Netherlands Jeroen Mul
United States Brett Sandberg
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 322 +26 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
27 GTD 46 Italy EBIMOTORS Italy Emanuele Busnelli
Italy Fabio Babini
France Emmanuel Collard
Italy Michele Beretta
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 322 +26 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
28 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Robert Alon
United States Austin Cindric
Lexus RC F GT3 C 320 +28 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
29 P 55 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tristan Nunez
United States Jonathan Bomarito
United States Spencer Pigot
Mazda RT24-P C 319 +29 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
30 GTD 93 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian United States Andy Lally
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Canada Mark Wilkins
Acura NSX GT3 C 318 +30 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
31 GTD 23 United States Alex Job Racing United States Bill Sweedler
United States Townsend Bell
United States Frank Montecalvo
Audi R8 LMS C 309 +39 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
32 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Don Yount
United States Buddy Rice
Canada Daniel Burkett
United States Mark Kvamme
Oreca FLM09 C 302 +46 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
33

DNF

GTD 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 283 Oil Pressure
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34 GTD 18 Canada DAC Motorsports Canada Emmanuel Anassis
United States Brandon Gdovic
United States Anthony Massari
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 282 +66 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
35 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing United States Scott Pruett
United States Sage Karam
United Kingdom Ian James
Lexus RC F GT3 C 269 +79 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
36 GTD 27 United States Dream Racing Motorsport United States Lawrence DeGeorge
Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Italy Paolo Ruberti
Italy Luca Persiani
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 255 +93 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
37 P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Belgium Marc Goossens
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Germany René Rast
Riley Mk. 30 C 241 +107 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
38 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Justin Marks
Germany Jens Klingmann
Finland Jesse Krohn
BMW M6 GT3 C 228 +120 laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
39

DNF

P 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Mike Guasch
Mexico José Gutiérrez
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Ligier JS P217 C 205 Gearbox
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
40

DNF

P 70 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tom Long
United States Joel Miller
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Mazda RT-24P C 180 Suspension
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
41 P 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Germany Nick Heidfeld
Switzerland Neel Jani
Oreca 07 C 167 +181 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
42

DNF

P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
Brazil Bruno Senna
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Nissan Onroak DPi C 158 Exhaust
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
43

DNF

GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Germany Martin Tomczyk
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
BMW M6 GTLM M 149 Crash
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
44

DNF

GTD 50 United States Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Gunnar Jeannette
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 132 Suspension
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
45

DNF

P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Brazil Pipo Derani
Nissan Onroak DPi C 47 Turbo
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
46

DNF

GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 42 Overheating
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
Sources:[43] [44]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Statistics

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  • Fastest Lap - #31 Mike Conway - 1:49.629 on lap 100

Standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.


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