IMSA/12H Sebring – H+9: Acura lets Porsche Penske dominate the race

After that interesting tournament, but unfortunately for Pipo Derani, he came out of the song No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R – Whelen Cadillac Racing lead, Acura and Wayne Taylor Racing temporarily took the peloton to the 12 Hours of Sebring, the second event of IMSA 2024, with the competition unchanged after a violent exit from track no. 66 Acura NSX GT3 EVO of Katherine Legge in the final turn after contact with one of the Porsche 963 – Porsche Penske Motorsport.

Ricky Taylor beat Maxime Martin (BMW M Hybrid V8 n°25 – BMW M Team RLL), took the lead after the Derani crash, and increased the gap to over 5″ before the final ‘stops burst.

Following these lines through the pit lane, it was Brendon Hartley who dominated the Acura n°10 – WTR and Andretti three hours from the goal in front of the Cadillac V-Series n°01 – Cadillac Racing of Renger van der Zande. .

But the No. 10 Acura, which had been spewing light smoke for several minutes, is currently in pit lane, now leaving the No. 6 Porsche – Fred Makowiecki’s Porsche Penske ahead of the No. 7 – Porsche. Penske and Matt Campbell. But the No. 6 is still being investigated for a collision with the No. 66 Acura.

Next up is the 01 Cadillac Race – van der Zande’s Cadillacs and two BMW M Hybrid V8s – BMW M Team RLL, No. 25 ahead of No. 24. The No. 10 Acura is now one lap behind.

In LMP2, and despite spinning out of the n°1 exit, Connor Zilisch takes the n°18 Oreca 07 – Era Motorsport to the top of the division, ahead of TDS Racing and Hunter McElrea’s n°11. Nico Pino completes the top three with the No. 2 – United Autosports USA.

Lexus RC F GT3 #14 – Vasser Sullivan of Ben Barnicoat leads in GTD PRO ahead of #19 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 – Iron Lynx of Franck Perera and #64 Ford Mustang GT3 – Ford Multimatic Motorsports of Christopher Mies .

Winward Racing continues to dominate GTD with the No. 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO of Indy Dontje.

The highest scores of the 8th hour went to the GTP to the No. 31 Cadillac – Whelen Cadillac Racing, to the No. 52 Oreca – Inter Europol and PR1/Mathiasen in LMP2, to 1 BMW M4 GT3 – Paul Miller Racing in GTD PRO and #70 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO – Optimum Motorsport in GTD.

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