Sebring 12 hour race 2017

Rebellion Racing Oreca 07

The 65th Sebring 12-hour race , also The 65th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida , took place on March 18 and 19, 2017 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the second IMSA WeatherTech race SportsCar Championship 2017 .

The race

After the narrow defeat at the Daytona 24-hour race , the Action Express Racing team also had to admit defeat at Sebring Wayne Taylor Racing. The duel between the two Cadillac DPi-VR was decided by the pit stops. On the racetrack, the two three-man teams were almost on par for the entire 12-hour race. Wayne Taylor's pit crew was always a few seconds faster than the opponents when changing drivers and tires, as well as making the necessary refueling stops . With the last scheduled refueling 55 minutes before the end of the race, Ricky Taylor came into the pits with a one-second lead over João Barbosa . When both Cadillacs were processed, the time difference was nine seconds. With that the decision was made and Taylor crossed the finish line as the overall winner with a lead of 14 seconds on his brand colleague.

An amazing team of drivers competed for Rebellion Racing to drive their brand new Oreca 07 . To Nick Heidfeld two came LMP1 -Werkspiloten into the team in the FIA World Endurance Championship are competitors. Sébastien Buemi drives a Toyota TS050 Hybrid and Porsche works driver Neel Jani drives a Porsche 919 Hybrid . The car, which had started from pole position , retired after five hours due to an alternator failure. In the GTLM class, it looked like a clear victory for the Ford GT for a long time , before the outstanding driving Antonio García in the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R passed all three Fords and won the class for himself and his teammates Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller import.

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P	2	Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-VR	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Alex Lynn	Cadillac DPi-VR	348
2	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque	Cadillac DPi-VR	348
3	P	31	Wheelen Engineering Racing	Dane Cameron Eric Curran Mike Conway	Cadillac DPi-VR	346
4th	P	85	JDC Miller Motorsports	Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Misha Goikhberg	Oreca 07	344
5	Pc	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Patricio O'Ward Kyle Masson	Oreca FLM09	338
6th	Pc	8th	Starworks Motorsport	Garett Grist Maxwell Hanratty Sean Rayhall	Oreca FLM09	336
7th	GTLE	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	334
8th	GTLE	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Dirk Müller Joey Hand Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	334
9	GTLE	62	Risi Competizione	Toni Vilander James Calado Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	334
10	GTLE	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	334
11	GTLE	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson	Ford GT	334
12	GTLE	25th	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims Kuno Wittmer	BMW M6 GTLM	334
13	GTLE	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	334
14th	GTLE	912	Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	332
15th	Pc	3	BAR1 Motorsports	Marc Drumwright Chapman Ducote Gustavo Yacamán Colin Thompson	Oreca FLM09	328
16	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports Team AMG	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Mario Farnbacher	Mercedes-AMG GT3	325
17th	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 488 GT3	324
18th	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Tristan Vautier Kenny Habul Boris Said III	Mercedes-AMG GT3	324
19th	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Connor De Phillippi Christopher Mies Jules Gounon	Audi R8 LMS GT3	324
20th	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Dion by Moltke	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	324
21st	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Jörg Bergmeister Matthew McMurry Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	324
22nd	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Matt Bell Andrew Davis	Audi R8 LMS GT3	324
23	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Jeff Segal Oswaldo Negri Tom Dyer	Acura NSX GT3	324
24	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen Richard Antinucci Mirko Bortolotti	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	323
25th	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Carlos de Quesada Daniel Morad Spencer Pumpelly Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	323
26th	GTD	16	Change racing	Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul Brett Sandberg	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	322
27	GTD	46	Ebimotors	Emanuele Busnelli Fabio Babini Michele Beretta Emmanuel Collard	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	322
28	GTD	15th	3GT racing	Robert Alon Jack Hawksworth Austin Cindric	Lexus RCF GT3	320
29	P	55	Mazda Motorsports	Tristan Nunez Jonathan Bomarito Spencer Pigot	Mazda DPi	319
30th	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Andy Lally Katherine Legge Mark Wilkins	Acura NSX GT3	318
31	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Frank Montecalvo	Audi R8 LMS GT3	309
32	Pc	20th	BAR1 Motorsports	Don Yount Buddy Rice Daniel Burkett Mark Kvamme	Oreca FLM09	302
33	GTD	18th	DAC Motorsports	Emmanuel Anassis Brandon Gdovic Anthony Massari	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	282
34	GTD	14th	3GT racing	Scott Pruett Sage Karam Ian James	Lexus RCF GT3	269
35	GTD	27	Dream Racing Motorsport	Lawrence DeGeorge Cedric Sbirrazzuoli Paolo Ruberti	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	255
36	P	90	VisitFlorida Racing	Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande René Rast	Multimatic Riley	241
37	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Justin Marks Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn	BMW M6 GT3	228
Failed
38	GTD	54	Core autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	283
39	P	52	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch José Gutiérrez Tom Kimber-Smith	Ligier JS P217	205
40	P	70	Mazda Motorsports	Tom Long Joel Miller Marino Franchitti	Mazda DPi	180
41	P	13	Rebellion Racing	Sébastien Buemi Neel Jani Nick Heidfeld	Oreca 07	167
42	P	22nd	Tequila Patron ESM	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Bruno Senna Brendon Hartley	OnRoak Nissan DPi	158
43	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Martin Tomczyk Nicky Catsburg	BMW M6 GTLM	149
44	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette Shane van Gisbergen	Mercedes-AMG GT3	132
45	P	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Luís Felipe Derani	OnRoak Nissan DPi	47
46	GTLM	4th	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	42

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P	Ricky Taylor	Jordan Taylor	Alex Lynn	Cadillac DPi-VR	Overall victory
Pc	James French	Patricio O'Ward	Kyle Masson	ORECA FLM09	Rank 5
GTLM	Antonio García	Jan Magnussen	Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Rank 7
GTD	Ben Keating	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Mario Farnbacher	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Rank 16

Racing data

• Reported: 46
• Started: 46
• Rated: 37
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 6.019 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12: 01: 09.681 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 348
• Total distance of the winning team: 2119.668 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: Neel Jani - Oreca 07 (# 13)
• Fastest race lap: Mike Conway - Cadillac DPi-VR (# 31) - 1: 49.629 = 174.401 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2017

Web links

• Race report