Bourdais was beaten to the wire by Deletraz and Acura!

Bourdais was beaten to the wire by Deletraz and Acura!


Acura ended Cadillac’s dominance by winning the 72nd edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend in the United States. A thrilling finish to the Florida tour saw Louis Deletraz beat Sébastien Bourdais to the wire.

About the 24 Hours of Daytona 12 Hours of Sebring,, the second highest mass of long distance running in the United Statesopened the final in the form of an interesting thriller on Sebring International Raceway.

12 Hours of Sebring 2024: Deletraz to the detriment of Bourdais

On the wheelAcura ARX-06 n°40 of Wayne Taylor Racing Andretti which he shared with Jordan Taylor and Colton Herta, Louis Deletraz defeated Sébastien Bourdais in the last minutes of Florida’s 72nd clock tower.
The French pilot thought he had done the hardest part and Cadillac V-Series.R n°01 by leading the discussions after the last restart with a yellow flag, more than 20 minutes from the end of the race. However, this was without relying on Deletraz who, after battle instead of muscle in traffictook advantage of the difficult to win 0.891 s ahead !
it’s about first win at Sebring for Acura which ended the three consecutive wins of Cadillac. On the driver side, Deletraz and Herta are celebrating their first victory in Florida, a field where their teammate Taylor has already won three times.

12 Hours of Sebring 2024: who won in which class?

Inside of other classes involvedthe final win went to:

  • LMP2 : Dwight Merriman, Ryan Dalziel and Connor Zilisch (Oreca 07 n°18)
  • GTD PRO : Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat and Kyle Kirkwood (Lexus RC F GT3 n°14 de Vasser Sullivan)
  • GTD : Russell Ward, Philip Ellis and Indy Dontje (Mercedes-AMG GT3 n°57 de Winward Racing)

Click here get the full results of 12 hours of September 2024. The video preview of the 2024 12 Hours of Sebring can be found below: