Sebring 12 hour race 2019

Third-placed Cadillac DPi-VR from Brendon Hartley , Filipe Albuquerque and João Barbosa

The 67th Sebring 12 Hours of Sebring , also the 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts , took place on March 16 and 17, 2019 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2019 .

The race

On the SuperSebring weekend 2019, two championship races took place on the raceway. As part of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 14 March that took place on Friday, 1,000-mile race at Sebring taking, Sébastien Buemi , Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso in the Toyota TS050 Hybrid won. The race was a particular challenge for 11 drivers as they took part in both.

Obstructed by heavy rain, the race started under yellow flags. Only after 40 minutes of racing did the lights turn green for the first time. A dry track was only available to the drivers after several hours of racing. The race ended after a total of five caution phases with the overall victory of Luís Felipe Derani , Eric Curran and Felipe Nasr in the Cadillac DPi-VR.The second-placed Cadillac of Renger van der Zande , Jordan Taylor and Matthieu Vaxivière lost in the initial phase after an unplanned pit stop due to an overheated pit stop Motors a full lap. By the end of the race, the three drivers almost made up for the deficit. The two of Joest Racing reported Mazda RT24-P had problems in the race. While Jonathan Bomarito had an accident in the car with the number 55 and was able to continue driving after a lengthy repair, the vehicle with the number 77 retired after an electrical defect.

Only two vehicles were registered in the LMP2 class and only one vehicle made it to the destination. Kyle Masson , Cameron Cassels and Andrew Evans finished 17th overall in the Oreca 07 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Luís Felipe Derani Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	Cadillac DPi-VR	348
2	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-VR	Renger van der Zande Jordan Taylor Matthieu Vaxivière	Cadillac DPi-VR	348
3	DPi	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Brendon Hartley Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa	Cadillac DPi-VR	348
4th	DPi	7th	Acura Team Penske	Alexander Rossi Ricky Taylor Helio Castroneves	Acura ARX-05	348
5	DPi	54	Core autosport	Colin Braun Romain Dumas Jon Bennett	Nissan Dpi	347
6th	DPi	77	Mazda Team Joest	Harry Tincknell Olivier Pla Jonathan Bomarito	Mazda RT24-P	346
7th	DPi	85	JDC Miller Motorsports	Juan Piedrahita Mikhail Goikhberg Tristan Vautier	Cadillac DPi-VR	346
8th	DPi	84	JDC Miller Motorsports	Simon Trummer Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	Cadillac DPi-VR	345
9	DPi	6th	Acura Team Penske	Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud Dane Cameron	Acura ARX-05	339
10	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	330
11	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	330
12	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	330
13	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Jesse Krohn Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	330
14th	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 RSR	330
15th	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Richard Westbrook Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon	Ford GT	330
16	GTLM	25th	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Tom Blomqvist Colton Herta	BMW M8 GTE	329
17th	LMP2	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Kyle Masson Cameron Cassels Andrew Evans	Oreca 07	322
18th	GTLM	4th	Corvette Racing	Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	321
19th	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Rik Breukers	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	320
20th	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly John Potter	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	320
21st	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Toni Vilander Cooper MacNeil Jeff Westphal	Ferrari 488 GT3	320
22nd	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land Motorsport	Daniel Morad Christopher Mies Richard Feller	Audi R8 LMS GT3	320
23	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Felipe Fraga	Mercedes-AMG GT3	320
24	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Long Patrick Lindsey Nicholas Boulle	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	320
25th	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Justin Marks Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman	Acura NSX GT3	320
26th	GTD	57	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen Ana Beatriz	Acura NSX GT3	320
27	GTD	12	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Townsend Bell Frank Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RCF GT3	318
28	GTD	9	PFAFF Motorsports	Scott Hargrove Lars Kern Zacharie Robichon	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	318
29	GTD	71	P1 Motorsports	Fabian Schiller Maximilian Buhk Juan Perez	Mercedes-AMG GT3	315
30th	GTD	47	Precision Performance Motorsports	Brandon Gdovic Lawson Aschenbach Don Yount	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	311
31	LMP2	52	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Matt McMurry Anders Fjordbach Gabriel Aubry	Oreca 07	309
32	DPi	50	Juncos Racing	René Binder Will Owen Agustin Canapino	Cadillac DPi-VR	305
33	GTD	8th	Starworks Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel Parker Chase Ezequiel Pérez Companc	Audi R8 LMS GT3	292
34	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Ryan Hardwick	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	249
Failed
35	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Dillon Machavern	BMW M6 GT3	309
36	GTD	14th	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Jack Hawksworth Philipp Frommenwiler Richard Heistand	Lexus RC F GT3	262
37	DPi	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Timo Bernhard Tristan Nunez	Mazda RT24-P	233
38	GTD	19th	Moorespeed	Andrew Davis Will Hardeman Alex Riberas	Audi R8 LMS GT3	174

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
DPi	Luís Felipe Derani	Eric Curran	Felipe Nasr	Cadillac DPi-VR	Overall victory
LMP2	Kyle Masson	Cameron Cassels	Andrew Evans	Oreca 07	Rank 17
GTLM	Nick Tandy	Patrick Pilet	Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	Rank 10
GTD	Rolf Ineichen	Mirko Bortolotti	Rik Breukers	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Rank 19

Racing data

• Registered: 38
• Started: 38
• Rated: 34
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: rain at the beginning, later dry and cool
• Route length: 6.019 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:00, 15,925 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 348
• Total distance of the winning team: 2094.960 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: Simon Pagenaud - Acura ARX-05 (# 6) - 1: 45.865
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: 2nd round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2019

Web links

• Race report
• Race results