Sebring 12 Hours 2023 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 71st Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring		Date: 18.3.2023
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 6.019 kms	Organiser: IMSA
Sebring 12 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 2)

Weather:	dry
Start time:	10:10
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	53
Practiced:	53
Qualified:	53
Started:	53
Finished:	39

Classes:	Pract	Start
Grand Touring Prototype	8	8
Le Mans Prototype 2	8	8
Le Mans Prototype 3	9	9
Grand Touring Daytona Pro	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona	20	20

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
Totally 69 FCY laps.

Pre-race sessions:
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 270 minutes on 16-17/3
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 17/3
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	31	Cadillac V-Series R	Derani / Aitken / Sims
Le Mans Prototype 2:	8	Oreca 07 Gibson	Farano / McLaughlin / Simpson
Le Mans Prototype 3:	74	Ligier JS P320 Nissan	Robinson / Burdon / Fraga
Grand Touring Daytona Pro:	9	Porsche 992 GT3 R	Bachler / Vanthoor / Pilet
Grand Touring Daytona:	1	BMW M4 GT3	Snow / Sellers / Lewis
Leaders:
laps 1-27:	31	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 28-29:	01	Cadillac V-Series R
lap 30:	60	Acura ARX-06
laps 31-57:	01	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 58-61:	10	Acura ARX-06
laps 62-85:	01	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 86-87:	24	BMW M Hybrid V8
laps 88-89:	60	Acura ARX-06
laps 90-115:	01	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 116-119:	60	Acura ARX-06
laps 120-138:	01	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 139-168:	10	Acura ARX-06
laps 169-170:	01	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 171-195:	10	Acura ARX-06
laps 196-220:	31	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 221-240:	01	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 241-245:	10	Acura ARX-06
laps 246-248:	60	Acura ARX-06
laps 249-273:	10	Acura ARX-06
laps 274-275:	7	Porsche 963
lap 276:	60	Acura ARX-06
laps 277-286:	10	Acura ARX-06
laps 287-289:	25	BMW M Hybrid V8
laps 290-305:	10	Acura ARX-06
lap 306:	7	Porsche 963
laps 307-308:	31	Cadillac V-Series R
laps 309-315:	6	Porsche 963
laps 316-322:	31	Cadillac V-Series R
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	01	Cadillac V-Series R	Renger van der Zande (NL)	1:48.311	200.054 km/h	lap 165
Le Mans Prototype 2:	18	Oreca 07 Gibson	Christian Rasmussen (DK)	1:50.418	196.237 km/h	lap 226
Le Mans Prototype 3:	30	Ligier JS P320 Nissan	Garett Grist (CDN)	1:57.073	185.081 km/h	lap 199
Grand Touring Daytona Pro:	79	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Maro Engel (D)	2:01.829	177.857 km/h	lap 213
Grand Touring Daytona:	32	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mikael Grenier (CDN)	2:01.773	177.939 km/h	lap 172
Pole Positions:
Overall:	31	Cadillac V-Series R	Pipo Derani (BR)	1:45.836	204.733 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	52	Oreca 07 Gibson	Ben Keating (USA)	1:51.780	193.846 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 3:	36	Ligier JS P320 Nissan	Glenn van Berlo (NL)	1:55.215	188.066 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona Pro:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD	Antonio Garcia (E)	1:59.315	181.603 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	93	Acura NSX GT3	Kyle Marcelli (CDN)	1:59.714	180.998 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Oreca (8), Porsche (8), Ligier (6), BMW (5), Acura (4), Ferrari (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Nissan (9), Gibson (8), Porsche (8), BMW (5), Acura (4), Ferrari (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca 07 (8), Ligier JS P320 (6), Porsche 992 GT3 R (6)
Driver nationalities:	USA (60), GB (21), CDN (11), F (9), DK (8), I (7), BR (7), NL (6), E (4), D (3), NZ (3), B (3)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (67%), front-engined (20%), rear-engined (13%)
Average engine size:	4454 cc (with regard to 39% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5148 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Ari Balogh (59), George Kurtz (58), Steven Thomas (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Josh Pierson (17), Nicolas Pino (19), Tijmen van der Helm (19)
Female drivers:	Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, Ashton Harrison, Katherine Legge, Sheena Monk

Official Race Programme:

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