Sebring Hour 6: Anyone’s race at 1/2-mark

Pipo Derani
Pipo Derani

It's still anyone's race at the halfway mark of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Caution flags and pitstops keep the leaderboard thoroughly mixed up.

As the clock struck the 6-hour mark the green flew after another caution and the #22 Nissan with Pipo Derani at the wheel leading the #7 Penske Acura with Ricky Taylor driving,. But soon after the green flew the #7 Acura caught fire and pulled off on the side of the road.

Spencer Pigot ran third in the #55 Mazda.

The #25 BMW led in GTLM and the #33 Mercedes led in GTD

Hour Six Standings

Pos PiC Current Driver No./Mfg Class Laps Behind Cl Gap Stops
1 1 Pipo Derani #22 Nissan DPI CP 171 –.— –.— 9
2 2 Ricky Taylor #7 Acura DPI CP 171 0.478 0.478 9
3 3 Spencer Pigot #55 Mazda DPI CP 171 1.164 1.164 10
4 4 Juan Pablo Montoya #6 Acura DPI CP 171 3.497 3.497 9
5 5 Christian Fittipaldi #5 Cadillac DPI CP 171 4.494 4.494 8
6 6 Felipe Nasr #31 Cadillac DPI CP 171 5.025 5.025 10
7 7 Renger Van Der Zande #10 Cadillac DPI CP 171 5.638 5.638 10
8 8 Paul Di Resta #32 Ligier LMP2 CP 171 7.291 7.291 8
9 9 Edward Cheever #90 Cadillac DPI CP 171 7.851 7.851 9
10 10 Pato O Ward #38 Oreca LMP2 CP 170 1 Lap 1 Lap 9
11 11 Colin Braun #54 Oreca LMP2 CP 170 1 Lap 1 Lap 10
12 12 Stephen Simpson #99 Oreca LMP2 CP 170 1 Lap 1 Lap 12
13 1 Connor De Phillippi #25 BMW M8 GTLMM GTLM 163 8 Laps –.— 8
14 2 Toni Vilander #62 Ferrari 488 GTEM GTLM 163 8 Laps 3.254 8
15 3 Nick Tandy #911 Porsche 911 RSRM GTLM 163 8 Laps 4.271 7
16 4 Laurens Vanthoor #912 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM 163 8 Laps 3:27.153 8
17 5 Scott Dixon #67 FORD GTM GTLM 163 8 Laps 9.658 5
18 6 Tommy Milner #4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GTLM 163 8 Laps 13.406 7
19 13 Robert Alon #85 ORECA LMP2 CP 163 8 Laps 8 Laps 7
20 14 Oliver Jarvis #77 MAZDA DPI CP 163 8 Laps 8 Laps 9
21 1 Luca Stolz #33 MERCEDES-AMG GT3C GTD 159 12 Laps –.— 9
22 2 Corey Lewis #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GTD 159 12 Laps 0.836 8
23 3 Gunnar Jeannette #63 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD 159 12 Laps 2.644 8
24 4 Katherine Legge #86 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD 159 12 Laps 3.981 7
25 5 Mario Farnbacher #93 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD 159 12 Laps 4.550 8
26 6 Thomas Jaeger #75 MERCEDES-AMG GT3C GTD 159 12 Laps 1:28.921 9
27 7 Christopher Mies #29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 9
28 8 Sean Rayhall #15 LEXUS RC F GT3C GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 9
29 9 Ryan Eversley #69 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 7
30 10 Dominik Baumann #14 LEXUS RC F GT3C GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 9
31 11 Dillon Machavern #96 BMW M6 GT3C GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 7
32 12 Andrew Davis #44 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 8
33 13 Robert Renauer #58 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 10
34 14 Patrick Lindsey #73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 9
35 15 Pedro Lamy #51 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD 158 13 Laps 1 Lap 8
36 16 Kenton Koch #71 MERCEDES-AMG GT3C GTD 157 14 Laps 2 Laps 8
37 7 John Edwards #24 BMW M8 GTLM 155 16 Laps
38 8 Dirk Mueller #66 FORD GTM GTLM 151 20 Laps 12 Laps 5
39 15 Sebastian Saavedra #52 LIGIER LMP2 CP 149 22 Laps 22 Laps 12
40 17 Till Bechtolsheimer #36 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD 149 22 Laps 10 Laps 9
41 9 Mike Rockenfeller #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GTLM 118 53 Laps 45 Laps 13
42 18 Frank Montecalvo #64 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD 9 162 Laps 150 Laps 1
43 16 Olivier Pla #2 NISSAN DPI CP 0 –.— 171 LAPS 0