12 Hours of Sebring: Cadillac leads after six hours, Porsche and Acura follow

Whelen Cadillac Racing take a look of 12h Sebri 2024, the second test ofIMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Lcar #31 order and Pipo Derani/Jack Aitken/Tom Blomqvist, The authors of the sorry position put themselves in front of Acura e Porsche.

Jack Hawksworth/Ben Barnicoat/Kyle Kirkwood (Vasser Sullivan Lexus #14) e Robby Foley/Patrick Gallagher/Michael Dinan (Turner Motorsport BMW #96), on the other hand, shares the trophies in GT, respectively in GTD PRO and GTD.

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Cadillac scares everyone

The Cadillac race literally dominated the first three hours. The #01 Chip Ganassi Racing car and the #31 Action Express Racing car, atop Pipo Derani after qualifying once again, made the difference ahead of Porsche, BMW and Acura.

Three yellow flags broke the momentum in the first three hours of play, and General Motors temporarily relinquished the lead. Porsche Penske Motorsport #7 after the end of the first quarter of the event.

Porsche, Acura and BMW are trying to stop Cadillac

Dane Cameron tried to challenge the Americans in a hostile restart with 9 hours remaining, the previous Rolex 24 at Daytona winner had to surrender to Jack Aitken #31 and Scott Dixon #31.

The situation changed for the fourth caution of the day, a phase that rewarded the #10 Acura and the #25 BMW of RLL.. Filipe Albuquerque and Nick Yelloly put themselves in front of everyone, the Portuguese and the British took the opportunity to stop early to mock the Cadillacs.

The first of two ARX-06s from WTR Andretti and the #24 BMW put the pressure on General Motors, a good long-distance brawl with the official Porsche 963 driven by Matt Campbell.

The Portuguese veteran held the top spot in the WTR #10 Acura. The former winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class is the provisional leader in the company of Ricky Taylor/Brendon Hartley, three ahead. Pipo Derani/Jack Aitken/Tom Blomqvist (Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing #31) e Renger van der Zande/Sébastien Bourdais/Scott Dixon (Cadillac Racing #01).

The 12th Sebring is temporarily unchanged and the sixth SC of the day after an impact at turn 11 of the AO Racing ORECA LMP2 #99. The final round of stops rewarded the #31 Cadillac, a car that is trying to recover after a second place finish at Daytona.

LMP2, 12h Sebring: United Autosports still ahead

United Autosports USA dominates the 12h Sebring, Dan Goldburg – Paul Di Resta (Official Music Video) Dan Goldburg – Paul Di Resta (Official Music Video) go ahead sister car #2 of Ben Keating/Ben Hanley/Nico Pino.

Gar Robinson/Felipe Fraga/Josh Burdon (Riley #74) ran in third place after a first part of the race that saw the departure of key players such as Tower Motorsport #8 and AO Racing #99. Last year’s winning team and the sorry team for the 2024 edition had to raise the white flag, both due to crashes between turns 11 and 12.

GTD PRO, Lexus remains at the top despite everything

Penalties in the early stages did not remove La from first place Lexus #14 of Vasser Sullivan. Jack Hawksworth/Ben Barnicoat/Kyle Kirkwood ahead of Laurin Heinrich/Seb Priaulx/Michael Christensen (AO Racing Porsche #77) and Mirko Bortolotti/Franck Perera/Jordan Pepper (Iron Lynx Lamborghini #19).

Everyone is still fighting including the #62 Ferrari 296 GT3 of Risi Competizione, the car that spun at the start. The team’s best performance in the last Rolex 24 finished sixth behind Neil Verhagen (Paul Miller Racing BMW #1) and Daniel Juncadella (Corvette Racing #3).

GTD, Winward Racing Mercedes #57 for il to

Winward Racing Mercedes #57, a month and a half after the fun of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, it turns out GTD after six hours. Russell Ward/ Philip Ellis/Indy Dontje control the event ahead of the #120 Wright Motorsport Porsche and #96 Turner Motorsport BMW.

Adam Adelson/Elliott Skee/Jan Heylen and Robby Foley/Patrick Gallagher/Michael Dinan share the Vasser Sullivan Lexus #12 and Heart of Racing Aston Martin #27.

Luca Pellegrini

Credits: Courtesy of IMSA