Sebring Hour 9: Cadillac 1-2-3 at 3/4 mark
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| The #5 Cadillac still leads as the sun sets on Sebring |
With 3 hours remaining in the 12 Hours of Sebring the battle is on. The #5 Cadillac driven by Filipe Albuquerque holds a slim 4.3 sec lead over the #10 Cadillac with Jordan Taylor at the wheel and it's going to be a sprint to the finish. The #31 Cadillac runs 3rd 2 laps down after an earlier spin, and although they are the fastest of the three Cadillacs, they have no chance barring an accident between the two leaders.
The #66 Ford GT with Dirk Mueller at the wheel hold a 10-sec lead over the #62 Ferrari of Toni Vilander followed closely by the #67 and #68 Ford GTs.
The #33 Mercedes of Mario Farnbacher has led the GTD class from the start and continues to lead the #63 Ferrari with Matteo Cressoni behind the wheel.
The #38 Oreca leads the PC class with future IndyCar driver Patricio O'Ward at the wheel.
Hour 9 Standings
| Pos | Cl | Pic | Current Driver | No./Make | Laps | Behind | Best Lap |
| 1 | P | 1 | Filipe Albuquerque | #5 CADILLAC DPI | 263 | –.— | 1:50.414 |
| 2 | P | 2 | Jordan Taylor | #10 CADILLAC DPI | 263 | 4.311 | 1:49.987 |
| 3 | P | 3 | Michael Conway | #31 CADILLAC DPI | 261 | 2 Laps | 1:49.629 |
| 4 | P | 4 | Misha Goikhberg | #85 ORECA | 260 | 3 Laps | 1:51.005 |
| 5 | PC | 1 | Patricio O Ward | #38 ORECA FLM09 | 255 | 8 Laps | 1:54.549 |
| 6 | PC | 2 | Sean Rayhall | #8 ORECA FLM09 | 253 | 10 Laps | 1:56.266 |
| 7 | GTLM | 1 | Dirk Mueller | #66 FORD GT | 252 | 11 Laps | 1:58.244 |
| 8 | GTLM | 2 | Toni Vilander | #62 FERRARI 488 GTE | 252 | 11 Laps | 1:58.539 |
| 9 | GTLM | 3 | Ryan Briscoe | #67 FORD GT | 252 | 11 Laps | 1:58.138 |
| 10 | GTLM | 4 | Billy Johnson | #68 FORD GT | 252 | 11 Laps | 1:57.898 |
| 11 | GTLM | 5 | Jan Magnussen | #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R | 252 | 11 Laps | 1:58.310 |
| 12 | GTLM | 6 | Frederic Makowiecki | #911 PORSCHE 911 RSR | 252 | 11 Laps | 1:58.292 |
| 13 | GTLM | 7 | Kuno Wittmer | #25 BMW M6 GTLM | 250 | 13 Laps | 1:58.862 |
| 14 | GTLM | 8 | Laurens Vanthoor | #912 PORSCHE 911 RSR | 249 | 14 Laps | 1:58.536 |
| 15 | PC | 3 | Colin Thompson | #26 ORECA FLM09 | 248 | 15 Laps | 1:55.558 |
| 16 | GTD | 1 | Mario Farnbacher | #33 MERCEDES-AMG GT3 | 244 | 19 Laps | 2:01.629 |
| 17 | GTD | 2 | Matteo Cressoni | #63 FERRARI 488 GT3 | 244 | 19 Laps | 2:01.814 |
| 18 | GTD | 3 | Bryan Sellers | #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 | 244 | 19 Laps | 2:02.363 |
| 19 | GTD | 4 | Christopher Mies | #29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3 | 244 | 19 Laps | 2:02.128 |
| 20 | GTD | 5 | Rolf Ineichen | #11 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 | 244 | 19 Laps | 2:02.136 |
| 21 | GTD | 6 | Jeroen Mul | #16 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 | 244 | 19 Laps | 2:02.184 |
| 22 | GTD | 7 | Luca Persiani | #27 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 | 243 | 20 Laps | 2:02.313 |
| 23 | GTD | 8 | Boris Said | #75 MERCEDES-AMG GT3 | 243 | 20 Laps | 2:01.927 |
| 24 | GTD | 9 | Jeff Segal | #86 ACURA NSX GT3 | 243 | 20 Laps | 2:03.123 |
| 25 | GTD | 10 | Joerg Bergmeister | #73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R | 243 | 20 Laps | 2:03.036 |
| 26 | GTD | 11 | Andrew Davis | #57 AUDI R8 LMS GT3 | 243 | 20 Laps | 2:02.392 |
| 27 | GTD | 12 | Daniel Morad | #28 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R | 242 | 21 Laps | 2:02.687 |
| 28 | GTD | 13 | Emmanuel Collard | #46 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 | 241 | 22 Laps | 2:02.413 |
| 29 | GTD | 14 | Jack Hawksworth | #15 LEXUS RCF GT3 | 241 | 22 Laps | 2:01.674 |
| 30 | GTD | 15 | Katherine Legge | #93 ACURA NSX GT3 | 237 | 26 Laps | 2:02.542 |
| 31 | P | 5 | Jonathan Bomarito | #55 MAZDA DPI | 236 | 27 Laps | 1:52.016 |
| 32 | GTD | 16 | Nic Jonsson | #54 PORSCHE 911 GT3 R | 234 | 29 Laps | 2:02.260 |
| 33 | GTD | 17 | Frank Montecalvo | #23 AUDI R8 LMS GT3 | 233 | 30 Laps | 2:03.320 |
| 34 | GTD | 18 | Jens Klingmann | #96 BMW M6 GT3 | 228 | 35 Laps | 2:02.260 |
| 35 | PC | 4 | Daniel Burkett | #20 ORECA FLM09 | 220 | 43 Laps | 1:57.619 |
| 36 | GTD | 19 | Sage Karam | #14 LEXUS RCF GT3 | 205 | 58 Laps | 2:02.593 |
| 37 | GTD | 20 | Brandon Gdovic | #18 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 | 203 | 60 Laps | 2:04.054 |
| 38 | P | 6 | Tom Long | #70 MAZDA DPI | 180 | 83 Laps | 1:52.105 |
| 39 | P | 7 | Rene Rast | #90 MULTIMATIC/RILEY | 172 | 91 Laps | 1:51.174 |
| 40 | P | 8 | Nick Heidfeld | #13 ORECA | 162 | 101 Laps | 1:50.245 |
| 41 | P | 9 | Jose Gutierrez | #52 LIGIER | 161 | 102 Laps | 1:50.792 |
| 42 | P | 10 | Bruno Senna | #22 NISSAN DPI | 158 | 105 Laps | 1:50.953 |
| 43 | GTLM | 9 | Nicky Catsburg | #24 BMW M6 GTLM | 149 | 114 Laps | 1:59.133 |
| 44 | GTD | 21 | Gunnar Jeannette | #50 MERCEDES-AMG GT3 | 132 | 131 Laps | 2:01.860 |
| 45 | P | 11 | Ryan Dalziel | #2 NISSAN DPI | 47 | 216 Laps | 1:51.083 |