2023 12 Hours of Sebring

The 2023 12 Hours of Sebring (formally known as the 71st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts) was an endurance sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 15 to 18 March 2023. It was the second round of both the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Michelin Endurance Cup. Cadillac Racing entered as the defending overall winners of the 12-hour event, albeit in the new-for-2023 GTP class rather than DPi.

Sebring International Raceway

The race was won by the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing entry, driven by Pipo Derani, Jack Aitken, and Alexander Sims, after a late accident eliminated the top three GTP-class cars.[1]

Background
Sebring International Raceway, where the race was held.
The #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-Series.R en route to victory.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022.[2] It was the tenth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and 71st 12 Hours of Sebring.[2] The 12 Hours of Sebring was the second of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races of 2023 by IMSA, and the second of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC).[3] It was held at the 17-turn, 3.741-mile (6.021 km) Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida on March 18, 2023.[3]

2023 saw the introduction of LMDh machinery into the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship, allowing teams in the top classes to compete in both marquee series on the same weekend. The Acura ARX-06 of Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian claimed victory in the first race in class history, the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, and the car continued its early success by topping IMSA's sanctioned test that took place at Sebring approximately a month before the 12-hour event, albeit this time in the hands of Wayne Taylor Racing.[4] Former racing driver and Sebring Hall of Fame inductee Lyn St. James served as the race's grand marshal.[5]

The "Super Sebring" weekend also presented the opportunity for a number of drivers in other classes to compete in both endurance events in the same weekend. The Iron Dames trio of Michelle Gatting, Rahel Frey, and Sarah Bovy, for instance, competed in both the GTE Am category of the 1000 Miles of Sebring as well as the GTD class in the 12-hour.[6] A total of 27 drivers pulled double duty across the two races, with only Dane Cameron and Michael Christensen running in the top class for both.[7]

After the 24 Hours of Daytona 5 weeks earlier, Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Hélio Castroneves, and Simon Pagenaud were leading the GTP Drivers' Championship with 385 points.[8] However, on March 8, 2023, Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian were penalized for manipulating tire pressure data during the Daytona race. As a result, the team lost its lead in the GTP championship standings, received a 200-point penalty, lost all team and driver Michelin Endurance Cup points, and forfeited race prize money.[9] After the penalty was applied, Filipe Albuquerque, Ricky Taylor, Louis Delétraz, and Brendon Hartley took the lead in the GTP Drivers' Championship with 350 points while WTR with Andretti Autosport took the lead in the GTP Teams' Championship.[10] Jules Gounon, Daniel Juncadella, Maro Engel, and Cooper MacNeil led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship.[10] In GTD, Roman De Angelis, Marco Sørensen, Ian James, and Darren Turner led the Drivers' Championship with 375 points.[10] Acura, Mercedes-AMG, and Aston Martin were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while WeatherTech Racing, and Heart of Racing Team each led their own Teams' Championships.[10] LMP2 drivers and teams as well as LMP3 drivers and teams would be scoring their first championship points of the season due to Daytona only counting towards the Michelin Endurance Cup championship.

On March 8, 2023, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the GTP and LMP2 classes.[11] Wholesale changes were introduced to the top class following the 24 Hours of Daytona, where all cars ran on equal metrics. All cars ran on a 1030 kilogram base weight at Daytona, whereas at Sebring the Cadillac ran at the lowest weight (1038 kg), with the BMW at 1040 kg, the Porsche at 1048 kg, and the Acura at 1054 kg. As a result, the Cadillac and BMW both ran at 513 kilowatts of power, while the Porsche ran with 517 kW and the Acura with 520 kW – up from 500 kW across the board at Daytona. Maximum stint energy figures were also adjusted. No performance changes were announced for the LMP2 class.[12] On March 9, IMSA released the balance of performance metrics for the GTD class.[13] The Porsche received a five millimeter increase to its air restrictor after suffering from a lack of straight-line speed at Daytona. This change marked a four millimeter increase from the Sebring test, after which several Porsche teams threatened to withdraw their entries from the series if BoP concerns were not addressed.[14] The new-for-2023 Lamborghini also received an air restrictor size increase from 47 to 49 millimeters after suffering from a similar lack of pace in the opening round. The Ferrari received an increase in turbo boost pressure as well as a 15 kg weight increase, while the Acura also received similar changes in boost pressure but instead lost 15 kg. Other cars that received a weight break included the Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, and Lexus, while the Mercedes received an equivalent increase.[15]

Aside from the WEC support race, the Michelin Pilot Challenge and Porsche Carrera Cup North America made up the support bill. The former race was won by Robby Foley and Vin Barletta of Turner Motorsport,[16] while Riley Dickinson swept the pair of Carrera Cup events.[17]

Entries
Further information: 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 53 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 8 were entered in GTP, 8 in LMP2, 9 in LMP3, 8 in GTD Pro, and 20 in GTD.[18]

In GTP, the field was reduced by one entry following the season-opening round. Cadillac Racing's second car, in accordance with the team's plan for the entry to conduct the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season, was removed. Wayne Taylor Racing, BMW M Team RLL, and Meyer Shank Racing also removed the fourth driver from their entries, being Brendon Hartley, Colton Herta, and Simon Pagenaud respectively. In LMP2, entries from Proton Competition and AF Corse did not return following Daytona, reducing the entry to eight cars. Nolan Siegel was also added to CrowdStrike Racing's entry.[19]

In LMP3, Ave Motorsports made their season debut, competing with Seth Lucas,[20] Trenton Estep, and Tõnis Kasemets. Jr III Racing, also making their season debut at Sebring, added Dakota Dickerson to their driver lineup of Ari Balogh and Garett Grist just weeks before the event, ensuring that the class runners-up from 2022 returned.[21] Dickerson's place in the Andretti Autosport lineup was filled by Dutch driver Glenn van Berlo.[22] Dan Goldburg joined the JDC-Miller MotorSports lineup, while Robert Mau was an addition to the Performance Tech Motorsports entry. Performance Tech finalized their entry with the addition of Tristan Nunez.[23] FastMD Racing also did not continue their entry past Daytona. Late in the weekend, MRS-GT Racing removed their entry.[24]

In GTD Pro, Risi Competizione added Stock Car Pro Series driver Gabriel Casagrande to their lineup, with the Brazilian making his first IMSA start since 2014, where he drove in the PC class for Performance Tech.[25] Both Team TGM and MDK Motorsports also did not continue to field an entry at Sebring, with MDK scaling back their planned Endurance Cup campaign due to BoP concerns.[26] Kyle Kirkwood and Franck Perera were added to the Vasser Sullivan Racing and Iron Lynx lineups, respectively. After initially committing to the Michelin Endurance Cup, SunEnergy1 Racing were also absent from the Sebring entry list, as were NTE Sport and the Iron Lynx #19. NTE Sport cited financial difficulties following their Daytona crash as the primary reason for their absence.[27] Julien Andlauer was also added to the #92 Kelly-Moss lineup. Inception Racing, which competed with the McLaren 720S GT3 base model at Daytona, upgraded to the Evo specification for Sebring, giving the package its global race debut.[28]

Practice

There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two 90 minute sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted 10 minutes.[29]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 10:10 AM ET on Thursday and ended with Filipe Albuquerque topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, with a lap time of 1:48.303.[30] Christian Rasmussen was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:50.926. [31] Dakota Dickerson set the fastest time in LMP3.[32] The GTD Pro class was topped by the #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth while Trent Hindman set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[31]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Filipe Albuquerque 1:48.303 _
2 GTP 01 Cadillac Racing Renger van der Zande 1:48.436 +0.133
3 GTP 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Jack Aitken 1:48.534 +0.231
Sources:[33][34]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 3:50 PM ET on Thursday and ended with Tom Blomqvist topping the charts for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:47.049.[35] Christian Rasmussen set the fastest time in LMP2.[36] The LMP3 class was topped by the #30 Jr III Motorsports Ligier JS P320 of Dakota Dickerson with a time of 1:56.382.[36] Tommy Milner was fastest in GTD Pro while Russell Ward set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[37]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:47.049 _
2 GTP 01 Cadillac Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:47.075 +0.026
3 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Louis Delétraz 1:47.197 +0.148
Sources:[38][39]

Night Practice

The night practice session took place at 7:45 PM ET on Thursday and ended with Alexander Sims topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:48.820.[40] Josh Pierson was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:51.543.[41] Garett Grist set the fastest time in LMP3.[42] The GTD Pro class was topped by the #3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD of Jordan Taylor while Indy Dontje was fastest in GTD.[42]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Alexander Sims 1:48.820 _
2 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy 1:48.972 +0.152
3 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Louis Delétraz 1:49.034 +0.214
Sources:[43][44]

Final Practice

The fourth and final practice session took place at 8:55 AM ET on Friday and ended with Mathieu Jaminet topping the charts for Porsche Penske Motorsport, with a lap time of 1:47.086.[45] Anders Fjordbach set the fastest time in LMP2.[45] Daniel Goldburg was fastest in LMP3.[45] The GTD Pro class was topped by the #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 of Daniel Serra while Mikaël Grenier was fastest in GTD.[45]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet 1:47.086 _
2 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Ricky Taylor 1:48.127 +1.041
3 GTP 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:48.799 +1.713
Sources:[46][47]

Warm-Up

The morning warm-up took place at 8:00 AM ET on Saturday and ended with Mathieu Jaminet again topping the charts for Porsche Penske Motorsport, with a lap time of 1:48.398.[48]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet 1:48.398 _
2 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Connor De Phillippi 1:49.519 +1.121
3 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Marco Wittmann 1:51.226 +2.828
Source:[49]

Qualifying
Pipo Derani (pictured in 2019) took the overall pole position for Whelen Engineering Racing.

Qualifying was broken into three sessions.[29] The first was cars in the GTD Pro and GTD classes. Antonio García qualified on pole in GTD Pro driving the #3 Corvette Racing entry. Kyle Marcelli qualified on pole in GTD driving the #93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR entry, besting Philip Ellis in the #57 Winward Racing entry. The session saw one incident when Klaus Bachler, #9 Pfaff Motorsports entry, crashed at turn one. Bachler had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag, effectively leaving him with no time set.[50]

The second session was for cars in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes. Ben Keating qualified on pole in LMP2 driving the #52 car for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, beating François Heriau driving the #35 TDS Racing entry by just over one tenth of a second. Glenn van Berlo qualified on pole in LMP3 driving the #36 car for Andretti Autosport.[51]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTP class. Pipo Derani qualified on pole driving the #31 car for Whelen Engineering Racing, beating Sébastien Bourdais in the #01 Cadillac Racing entry by less than one tenth of a second. The session saw one incident when Matt Campbell, driving the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, crashed at turn one. Campbell had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag.[52]

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTP 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani 1:45.836 _ 1‡
2 GTP 01 Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:45.923 +0.087 2
3 GTP 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport United States Ricky Taylor 1:46.100 +0.264 3
4 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet 1:46.426 +0.590 4
5 GTP 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 1:46.603 +0.767 5
6 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Brazil Augusto Farfus 1:46.756 +0.920 6
7 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell 1:46.851 +1.015 7[lower-alpha 1]
8 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi 1:46.908 +1.072 8
9 LMP2 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Ben Keating 1:51.780 +5.944 9‡
10 LMP2 35 TDS Racing France François Heriau 1:51.900 +6.064 10
11 LMP2 11 TDS Racing United States Steven Thomas 1:52.169 +6.333 11
12 LMP2 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States George Kurtz 1:52.486 +6.650 12
13 LMP2 20 High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen 1:53.350 +7.514 13
14 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsports Canada John Farano 1:53.579 +7.743 14
15 LMP2 51 Rick Ware Racing United States Eric Lux 1:53.673 +7.837 15
16 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman 1:53.963 +8.127 16
17 LMP3 36 Andretti Autosport Netherlands Glenn van Berlo 1:55.215 +9.379 17‡
18 LMP3 4 Ave Motorsports Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 1:56.874 +11.038 25[lower-alpha 2]
19 LMP3 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Daniel Goldburg 1:56.984 +11.148 18
20 LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson 1:57.012 +11.176 19
21 LMP3 30 Jr III Racing United States Ari Balogh 1:58.092 +12.256 20
22 LMP3 17 AWA Canada Anthony Mantella 1:58.164 +12.328 21
23 LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports United States Christopher Allen 1:58.724 +12.888 22
24 LMP3 13 AWA Canada Orey Fidani 1:59.160 +13.324 23
25 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:59.315 +13.479 26‡
26 LMP3 33 Sean Creech Motorsport United States Lance Willsey 1:59.458 +13.622 24
27 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:59.582 +13.746 27
28 GTD Pro 79 WeatherTech Racing Spain Daniel Juncadella 1:59.635 +13.799 52[lower-alpha 3]
29 GTD 93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Canada Kyle Marcelli 1:59.714 +13.878 28‡
30 GTD 57 Winward Racing Switzerland Philip Ellis 1:59.834 +13.998 53[lower-alpha 4]
31 GTD Pro 23 Heart of Racing Team Spain Alex Riberas 1:59.925 +14.089 29
32 GTD Pro 62 Risi Competizione Spain Daniel Serra 1:59.939 +14.103 30
33 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Aaron Telitz 1:59.944 +14.108 31
34 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Belgium Jan Heylen 2:00.022 +14.186 32
35 GTD 023 Triarsi Competizione Italy Alessio Rovera 2:00.124 +14.288 33
36 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 2:00.229 +14.393 34
37 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport United States Patrick Gallagher 2:00.504 +14.668 35
38 GTD 78 Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics Italy Loris Spinelli 2:00.639 +14.803 36
39 GTD Pro 63 Iron Lynx France Franck Perera 2:00.763 +14.927 37
40 GTD 70 Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe 2:01.395 +15.559 38
41 GTD 47 Cetilar Racing Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto 2:01.451 +15.615 39
42 GTD 21 AF Corse United Kingdom Simon Mann 2:01.588 +15.752 40
43 GTD 83 Iron Dames Denmark Michelle Gatting 2:01.652 +15.816 41
44 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James 2:01.652 +15.816 46[lower-alpha 5]
45 GTD 91 Kelly-Moss with Riley United States Alan Metni 2:01.927 +16.091 48[lower-alpha 6]
46 GTD 44 Magnus Racing United States John Potter 2:02.115 +16.279 42
47 GTD 77 Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson 2:02.612 +16.776 43
48 GTD 80 AO Racing Team United States P. J. Hyett 2:02.678 +16.842 44
49 GTD 66 Gradient Racing United States Sheena Monk 2:03.342 +17.506 45
50 GTD 92 Kelly-Moss with Riley United States David Brule 2:04.555 +18.719 47[lower-alpha 7]
— GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports No Time Set 49[lower-alpha 8]
— GTD Pro 95 Turner Motorsport Time Disallowed 50[lower-alpha 9]
— GTD 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Time Disallowed 51[lower-alpha 10]
QUALIFYING RESULTS STARTING GRID
  1. The #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry had its two fastest laps invalidated for causing a red flag.
  2. The #4 Ave Motorsports entry started at the rear of the LMP3 class due to a technical infraction.
  3. The #79 WeatherTech Racing entry started at the rear of the GTD Pro class due to a technical infraction.
  4. The #57 Winward Racing entry started at the rear of the GTD class due to a technical infraction.
  5. The #27 Heart of Racing Team entry started at the rear of the GTD class after deciding to change their starting race tires.
  6. The #91 Kelly-Moss with Riley entry started at the rear of the GTD class after deciding to change their starting race tires.
  7. The #92 Kelly-Moss with Riley entry started at the rear of the GTD class after deciding to change their starting race tires.
  8. The #9 Pfaff Motorsports entry had its two fastest laps invalidated for causing a red flag.
  9. The #95 Turner Motorsport entry had its lap times invalidated after the driver exited the car before the end of the qualifying session.
  10. The #32 Team Korthoff Motorsports entry had its lap times invalidated after the driver exited the car before the end of the qualifying session.

Race

Start and early hours

Weather conditions at the start were dry and clear. The air temperature throughout the race was between 78.2 and 88.3 °F (25.7 and 31.3 °C) and the track temperature ranged from 75.0 to 87.0 °F (23.9 to 30.6 °C).[53] A chance of rain was in the forecast in the evening of March 18.[54] The race began at 10:10 am Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5:00).[55] Ricky Taylor got a great start and passed Bourdais for second on the first lap.[56] Lance Willsey's No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier crashed at turn one and suffered front end damage. Debris from the car necessitated the first full course caution for eight minutes.[57][58] When racing resumed, Brendan Iribe spun at turn five after making contact with Michelle Gatting's No. 83 Lamborghini while Dwight Merriman spun at turn seven after making contact with Eric Lux's No. 51 LMP2 car.[57] Merriman would be given a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility.[57] Willsey received a stop plus 60 for pitting for emergency service while the pits were closing during the full course caution period.[56] Dennis Andersen spun at turn thirteen while lapping the GTD field.[57] Heriau passed Keating at turn seventeen for the lead in LMP2 on lap 24.[59]

Bourdais jumped Derani to take the lead overall after the first pit stop cycle.[59] Keating retook the lead of LMP2 after Heriau picked up a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pits.[56] The second full course caution was issued when Kurtz's No. 04 LMP2 car spun at turn seven and got stuck on the curbs. Anthony Mantella's No. 17 AWA Duqueine ran out of fuel.[60] After 25 minutes of caution, racing resumed.

Post-race

As a result of winning the race, Derani, Sims, and Aitken advanced from fourth to first in the GTP Drivers' Championship while De Phillippi, Yelloly, and van der Linde jumped from eighth to fourth.[61] Since it was the season's first points paying race, Farano, McLaughlin, and Simpson led the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 375 points. Since it was the season's first points paying race, Burdon, Fraga, and Robinson led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship with 380 points. The result kept Gounon, Juncadella, and Engel atop the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship.[61] In GTD, Iribe, Millroy, and Schandorff advanced from third to first in the Drivers' Championship. Lewis, Sellers, and Snow jumped from eighth to second while De Angelis, Sørensen, and James dropped from first to fifth.[61] Cadillac and McLaren took the lead in their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Mercedes-AMG continued to top the GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship. WeatherTech Racing continued to top the GTD Pro Teams' Championship while Whelen Engineering Racing, and Inception Racing took the lead in their respective Teams' Championships with nine races remaining in the season.[61] Tower Motorsports and Riley Motorsports became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships.[61]

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡.

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United Kingdom Jack Aitken
Brazil Pipo Derani
United Kingdom Alexander Sims		 Cadillac V-Series.R 322 12:00:53.382‡
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
2 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly		 BMW M Hybrid V8 322 +2.940
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
3 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsports Canada John Farano
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
Barbados Kyffin Simpson		 Oreca 07 318 +4 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 LMP2 11 France TDS Racing United States Scott Huffaker
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United States Steven Thomas		 Oreca 07 318 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman
Denmark Christian Rasmussen		 Oreca 07 318 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports France Paul-Loup Chatin
United States Ben Keating
United Kingdom Alex Quinn		 Oreca 07 318 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United States George Kurtz
United States Nolan Siegel		 Oreca 07 318 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United Arab Emirates Ed Jones		 Oreca 07 317 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9
DNF		 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
France Mathieu Jaminet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy		 Porsche 963 315 Accident
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
10
DNF		 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing w/ Andretti Autosport Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
United States Ricky Taylor		 Acura ARX-06 315 Accident
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
11
DNF		 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
Denmark Michael Christensen
Brazil Felipe Nasr		 Porsche 963 315 Accident
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
12 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports Australia Josh Burdon
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Gar Robinson		 Ligier JS P320 309 +13 Laps‡
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
13 LMP3 13 Canada AWA United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Germany Lars Kern		 Duqueine M30 - D08 308 +14 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
14 LMP3 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Dan Goldberg
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm		 Duqueine M30 - D08 308 +14 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
15 LMP3 17 Canada AWA United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
Canada Anthony Mantella
Argentina Nicolás Varrone		 Duqueine M30 - D08 307 +15 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
16 LMP3 4 United States Ave Motorsports United States Trenton Estep
Estonia Tõnis Kasemets
United States Seth Lucas		 Ligier JS P320 306 +16 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler
France Patrick Pilet
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor		 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 303 +19 Laps‡
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
18 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Kyle Kirkwood		 Lexus RC F GT3 303 +19 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
19 GTD Pro 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Germany Maro Engel
Andorra Jules Gounon
Spain Daniel Juncadella		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 303 +19 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20 GTD Pro 63 Italy Iron Lynx France Romain Grosjean
South Africa Jordan Pepper
France Franck Perera		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 303 +19 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Tommy Milner
United States Jordan Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 303 +19 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
22 GTD Pro 62 United States Risi Competizione Brazil Gabriel Casagrande
Italy Davide Rigon
Brazil Daniel Serra		 Ferrari 296 GT3 303 +19 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
23 GTD Pro 95 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Chandler Hull
United States John Edwards		 BMW M4 GT3 302 +20 Laps
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
24 GTP 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United States Colin Braun
Brazil Hélio Castroneves		 Acura ARX-06 301 +21 Laps
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
25 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Corey Lewis
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow		 BMW M4 GT3 301 +21 Laps‡
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
26 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Dinan
United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher		 BMW M4 GT3 301 +21 Laps
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
27 GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss w/ Riley France Julien Andlauer
United States David Brule
United States Alec Udell		 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 301 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
28 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
Denmark Frederik Schandorff		 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 301 +21 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
29 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
Canada Parker Thompson		 Lexus RC F GT3 301 +21 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
30 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick
Belgium Jan Heylen
Canada Zacharie Robichon		 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 301 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
31 GTD 91 United States Kelly-Moss w/ Riley New Zealand Jaxon Evans
United States Alan Metni
Netherlands Kay van Berlo		 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 301 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
32 GTD 77 United States Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson
United States Trent Hindman
United States Max Root		 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 301 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
33 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 301 +21 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
34 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Kenton Koch
United States Mike Skeen		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 301 +21 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
35 GTD 83 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 300 +22 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
36 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United States Marc Miller
United States Sheena Monk		 Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 298 +24 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
37 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn
United Kingdom David Pittard
Spain Alex Riberas		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 297 +25 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
38 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
United Kingdom Simon Mann
Spain Miguel Molina		 Ferrari 296 GT3 294 +28 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
39 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Christopher Allen
United States Robert Mau
United States Tristan Nunez		 Ligier JS P320 293 +29 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
40 GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto		 Ferrari 296 GT3 290 +32 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
41
DNF		 LMP2 51 United States Rick Ware Racing Canada Devlin DeFrancesco
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
United States Eric Lux		 Oreca 07 289 Accident
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
42
DNF		 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Denmark Marco Sørensen		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 287 Accident
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
43 GTD 80 United States AO Racing Team United States P. J. Hyett
United States Gunnar Jeannette
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx		 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 285 +37 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
44 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsports Portugal João Barbosa
Chile Nico Pino
United States Lance Willsey		 Ligier JS P320 283 +39 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
45
DNF		 LMP3 30 United States Jr III Racing United States Ari Balogh
United States Dakota Dickerson
Canada Garett Grist		 Ligier JS P320 282 Accident
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
46
DNF		 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics Canada Misha Goikhberg
Chile Benjamin Hites
Italy Loris Spinelli		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 279 Accident
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
47
DNF		 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Netherlands Renger van der Zande		 Cadillac V-Series.R 241 Fire
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
48
DNF		 LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti
Colombia Gabby Chaves
Netherlands Glenn van Berlo		 Ligier JS P320 230 Engine
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
49
DNF		 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Netherlands Indy Dontje
United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 198 Accident
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
50
DNF		 GTD 93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports w/ WTR Costa Rica Danny Formal
United States Ashton Harrison
Canada Kyle Marcelli		 Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 186 Collision
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
51
DNF		 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Germany Marco Wittmann		 BMW M Hybrid V8 172 Overheating
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
52
DNF		 LMP2 35 France TDS Racing France François Heriau
United States Josh Pierson
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde		 Oreca 07 132 Accident
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
53
DNF		 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Alessio Rovera
United States Charlie Scardina
United States Onofrio Triarsi		 Ferrari 296 GT3 95 Alternator
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Standings after the race
  • 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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