Sebring 12 hour race 2018

The victorious OnRoak Nissan DPi

The 66th Sebring 12-hour race , also The 66th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts , took place on March 17 and 18, 2018 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the second IMSA WeatherTech race SportsCar Championship 2018 .

The race

The 2018 edition of the 12-hour race began with a hectic start. A few meters after the start of the collided pole- Tristan Vautier in Cadillac DP i-VR with the OnRoak Nissan DP i of Olivier Pla . While Vautier was able to continue, the race for Pla was over after just a few racing seconds. During the course of the race, Vautier had another collision. This time it concerned the Acura ARX-05 from Juan Pablo Montoya , who also retired. The Vautier race ended in the last hour of the race on a flat tire. The decision about overall victory was also influenced by the caution phases. While the victorious Tequila Patron ESM got through the race without incidents and unplanned pit stops, the Cadillac teams had to struggle with various problems. The Mazda RT24-P with the starting number 55, used by Joest Racing , had the longest range and drove in the top field for a long time. By changing the battery once and changing the brake discs, it dropped to sixth place.

The most spectacular accident had Frank Montecalvo , whose Ferrari 488 GT3 came to rest on the roof after an accident. The GTLM class was won by Nick Tandy , Patrick Pilet and Frédéric Makowiecki in the Porsche 911 RSR . In the GTD class, the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 from Madison Snow , Bryan Sellers and Corey Lewis won .

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P	22nd	Tequila Patron ESM	Luís Felipe Derani Johannes van Overbeek Nicolas Lapierre	OnRoak Nissan DPi	344
2	P	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-VR	Renger van der Zande Jordan Taylor Ryan Hunter-Reay	Cadillac DPi-VR	344
3	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Eric Curran Mike Conway	Cadillac DPi-VR	344
4th	P	54	Core autosport	Romain Dumas Colin Braun Jon Bennett	Oreca 07	344
5	P	32	United Autosports	Alex Brundle Paul di Resta Philip Hanson	Ligier JS P217	344
6th	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell Spencer Pigot	Mazda RT24-P	344
7th	P	99	JDC Miller Motorsports	Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Misha Goikhberg	Oreca 07	338
8th	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez René Rast	Mazda RT24-P	334
9	P	85	JDC Miller Motorsports	Nelson Panciatici Robert Alon Simon Trummer	Oreca 07	331
10	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 RSR	328
11	GTLM	25th	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims	BMW M8 GTLM	328
12	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Laurens Vanthoor Gianmaria Bruni Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 RSR	328
13	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon Ryan Briscoe	Ford GT	328
14th	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	James Calado Toni Vilander Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE	328
15th	GTLM	4th	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	327
16	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque Christian Fittipaldi	Cadillac DPi-VR	324
17th	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow Bryan Sellers Corey Lewis	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	321
18th	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette	Ferrari 488 GT3	321
19th	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz Ben Keating	Mercedes-AMG GT3	321
20th	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land Motorsport	Christopher Mies Sheldon van der Linde Alessio Picariello	Audi R8 LMS GT3	321
21st	GTD	15th	3GT racing	Jack Hawksworth Sean Rayhall David Heinemeier Hansson	Lexus RCF GT3	321
22nd	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Mathieu Jaminet Robert Renauer Patrick Long Christina Nielsen	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	321
23	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Mario Farnbacher Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach	Acura NSX GT3	321
24	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Katherine Legge Álvaro Parente Trent Hindman	Acura NSX GT3	321
25th	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Tim Pappas	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	321
26th	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Thomas Hunter Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul	Mercedes-AMG GT3	321
27	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Markus Palttala Don Yount Dillon Machavern	BMW M6 GT3	320
28	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	Daniel Serra Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Paul Dalla Lana	Ferrari 488 GT3	320
29	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally John Potter Andrew Davis	Audi R8 LMS GT3	319
30th	GTD	71	P1 Motorsports	Loris Spinelli Kenton Chef Juan Perez	Mercedes-AMG GT3	319
31	GTD	14th	3GT racing	Dominik Baumann Philipp Frommenwiler Kyle Marcelli	Lexus RC F GT3	316
32	P	52	AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán Roberto González	Ligier JS P217	315
33	GTD	69	HARD	Tom Dyer Ryan Eversley Chad Gilsinger	Acura NSX GT3	312
34	GTD	36	CJ Wilson Racing	Marc Miller Till Bechtolsheimer Kuno Wittmer	Acura NSX GT3	309
35	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	283
Failed
36	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Jesse Krohn Nicky Catsburg John Edwards	BMW M8 GTLM	296
37	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Tristan Vautier Matt McMurry Eddie Cheever III	Cadillac DPi-VR	294
38	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Dirk Müller Joey Hand Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	277
39	GTLM	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Patricio O'Ward Kyle Masson James French	Oreca 07	276
40	P	6th	Acura Team Penske	Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud Dane Cameron	Acura ARX-05	203
41	P	7th	Acura Team Penske	Ricky Taylor Graham Rahal Helio Castroneves	Acura ARX-05	172
42	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	Frank Montecalvo Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell	Ferrari 488 GT3	9
43	P	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Ryan Dalziel Olivier Pla Scott Sharp	OnRoak Nissan DPi	1

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	Luís Felipe Derani	Johannes van Overbeek	Nicolas Lapierre	OnRoak Nissan DPi	Overall victory
GTLM	Nick Tandy	Frédéric Makowiecki	Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 RSR	Rank 10
GTD	Madison Snow	Bryan Sellers	Corey Lewis	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Rank 17

Racing data

• Registered: 43
• Started: 43
• Rated: 35
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 6.019 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:00: 34.369 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 344
• Total distance of the winning team: 2053.909 km
• Winner's average: 171.023 km / h
• Pole position: Tristan Vautier - Cadillac DPi-VR (# 90)
• Fastest race lap: Olivier Jarvis - Mazda RT24-P (# 77) - 1: 49.002 = 174.401 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2018

Web links

• Race report
• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tristian Vautier's pole position in a Cadillac