12 Hours of Sebring Hour 6: Porsche regains lead at halfway mark
We’re halfway through the 12 Hours of Sebring, and the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 has retaken the lead. Felipe Nasr schooled the #31 Cadillac Whelen V-Series.R of Earl Bamber and made his move for the lead at Turn 10.
The #6 Penske Porsche runs third as Mathieu Jaminet is trying to hold off Kevin Magnussen in the No. 24 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8.
The #93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 is currently fifth – but the #60 of Tom Blomqvist is just behind in sixth.
In LMP2, CrowdStrike Racing by APR has taken firm command of the proceedings, as the #04 ORECA 07 came into the pits and maintained a 40-second lead over the #22 United Autosports USA car of Rasmus Lindh. Tom Dillmann is third in the #43 Inter Europol Competition car.
Good pit work got the #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO out in the lead in GTD PRO. Connor De Phillippi has a two-second lead over Mike Rockenfeller aboard the #64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3, who’s on a different strategy to much of the class leaders.
It’s still too close to call with the #4 Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Nicky Catsburg in third, then the #77 AO Racing Porsche, #48 Paul Miller BMW, #3 Pratt Miller Corvette, and #81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 all within ten seconds of the top spot!
Kenton Koch leads GTD in the #32 Mercedes-AMG GT3, from the #27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 of Tom Gamble.
Russell Ward has the #57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG in third, ahead of the #21 AF Corse Ferrari of Simon Mann in fourth.
Only three cars have retired so far – the #47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari, the #18 Era Motorsports ORECA, and the #023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari.