Sebring Hour 11: Corvette DPs 1-2 with 1-hour to go
Barbosa takes over from Fittipaldi in the No. 5 Action Express Corvette DP |
The 12 Hours of Sebring has 1-hour to go and Ricky Taylor has taken the Wayne Taylor Corvette DP into 2nd place behind the No. 5 Action Express Corvette and ahead of the Ganassi No. 01 Ford now driven by Scott Dixon.
Ricky Taylor is turning lap times slightly faster than Joao Barbosa trying to get their car unlapped so the France Family owned series can throw a NASCAR yellow to bunch them up for a close finish.
The No. 5 Action Express Corvette has now lapped the field with former IndyCar driver Christian Fittipaldi at the wheel ahead of Joey Hand in the Ganassi Ford and just 1-second behind him the Richard Westbrook Corvette DP.
Corvette DPs run 4th and 5th at the hands of Richard Westbrook and Dane Cameron.
Prototype Challenge continues to be led by the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 of Tom Kimber-Smith.
Antonio Garcia leads GTLM in the No. 3 Corvette but they have yet to pit.
Jeroen Bleekemolen still leads GTD in the No. 33 Dodge Viper.
Wayde Alfarone reporting live from Sebring
Hour 11 Standings
Pos | CP | Class | No. | Current Driver | Car | Laps | Behind | Gap | Pit stops |
1 | 1 | P | 5 | Joao Barbosa | Corvette DP | 308 | –.— | –.— | 13 |
2 | 2 | P | 10 | Ricky Taylor | Corvette DP | 307 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 15 |
3 | 3 | P | 01 | Scott Dixon | Ford EcoBoost Riley DP | 307 | 1 lap | 10.989 | 13 |
4 | 4 | P | 90 | Richard Westbrook | Corvette DP | 307 | 1 lap | 6.230 | 13 |
5 | 5 | P | 31 | Dane Cameron | Corvette DP | 306 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 15 |
6 | 1 | PC | 52 | Tom Kimber Smith | ORECA FLM09 | 303 | 5 laps | 3 laps | 12 |
7 | 2 | PC | 54 | Colin Braun | ORECA FLM09 | 303 | 5 laps | 1.138 | 12 |
8 | 6 | P | 57 | Olivier Pla | Ligier JS P2 Judd | 302 | 6 laps | 1 lap | 14 |
9 | 3 | PC | 38 | Conor Daly | ORECA FLM09 | 302 | 6 laps | 1:00.732 | 12 |
10 | 1 | GTLM | 3 | Antonio Garcia | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 299 | 9 laps | 3 laps | 10 |
11 | 2 | GTLM | 912 | Frederic Makowiecki | Porsche 911 RSR | 299 | 9 laps | 3.800 | 12 |
12 | 3 | GTLM | 24 | Lucas Luhr | BMW Z4 GTE | 299 | 9 laps | 28.450 | 12 |
13 | 4 | GTLM | 911 | Nick Tandy | Porsche 911 RSR | 299 | 9 laps | 15.156 | 12 |
14 | 5 | GTLM | 62 | Pierre Kaffer | Ferrari F458 Italia | 299 | 9 laps | 25.167 | 14 |
15 | 6 | GTLM | 17 | Patrick Long | Porsche 911 RSR | 299 | 9 laps | 21.126 | 12 |
16 | 4 | PC | 85 | Chris Miller | ORECA FLM09 | 290 | 18 laps | 9 laps | 14 |
17 | 1 | GTD | 33 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Dodge Viper SRT | 288 | 20 laps | 2 laps | 11 |
18 | 2 | GTD | 93 | Marc Goossens | Dodge Viper SRT | 288 | 20 laps | 0.437 | 12 |
19 | 3 | GTD | 23 | Mario Farnbacher | Porsche 911 GT America | 288 | 20 laps | 7.565 | 13 |
20 | 4 | GTD | 63 | Townsend Bell | Ferrari 458 Italia | 288 | 20 laps | 13.523 | 10 |
21 | 5 | GTD | 48 | Christopher Haase | Audi R8 LMS | 288 | 20 laps | 13.902 | 12 |
22 | 7 | GTLM | 98 | Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 288 | 20 laps | 21.209 | 14 |
23 | 6 | GTD | 007 | James Davison | Aston Martin V12 Vantage | 288 | 20 laps | 22.935 | 11 |
24 | 7 | GTD | 58 | Jan Heylen | Porsche 911 GT America | 288 | 20 laps | 15.450 | 13 |
25 | 8 | GTD | 22 | Andrew Davis | Porsche 911 GT America | 287 | 21 laps | 1 lap | 12 |
26 | 8 | GTLM | 25 | Dirk Werner | BMW Z4 GTE | 286 | 22 laps | 1 lap | 12 |
27 | 9 | GTD | 97 | Markus Palttala | BMW Z4 | 286 | 22 laps | 1:01.049 | 12 |
28 | 7 | P | 50 | David Hinton | BMW Power Riley DP | 281 | 27 laps | 5 laps | 14 |
29 | 10 | GTD | 49 | Rui Aguas | Ferrari 458 Italia | 279 | 29 laps | 2 laps | 14 |
30 | 9 | GTLM | 4 | Oliver Gavin | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 264 | 44 laps | 15 laps | 10 |
31 | 5 | PC | 8 | Renger van der Zande | ORECA FLM09 | 251 | 57 laps | 13 laps | 17 |
32 | 6 | PC | 11 | Bruno Junqueira | ORECA FLM09 | 242 | 66 laps | 9 laps | 11 |
33 | 8 | P | 2 | Jon Fogarty | Honda HPD ARX | 211 | 97 laps | 31 laps | 11 |
34 | 11 | GTD | 44 | John Potter | Porsche 911 GT America | 179 | 129 laps | 32 laps | 9 |
35 | 7 | PC | 16 | David Cheng | ORECA FLM09 | 165 | 143 laps | 14 laps | 12 |
36 | 9 | P | 1 | Ryan Dalziel | Honda HPD ARX | 162 | 146 laps | 3 laps | 9 |
37 | 12 | GTD | 73 | Jim Norman | Porsche 911 GT America | 155 | 153 laps | 7 laps | 9 |
38 | 10 | P | 70 | Jonathan Bomarito | Mazda Prototype | 111 | 197 laps | 44 laps | 6 |
39 | 11 | P | 07 | Joel Miller | Mazda Prototype | 104 | 204 laps | 7 laps | 7 |
40 | 13 | GTD | 81 | Michael Avenatti | Porsche 911 GT America | 97 | 211 laps | 7 laps | 5 |
41 | 12 | P | 0 | Katherine Legge | DeltaWing DWC13 | 60 | 248 laps | 37 laps | 4 |
42 | 13 | P | 60 | Oswaldo Negri | Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 | 46 | 262 laps | –:— | 3 |
43 | 14 | GTD | 45 | Robert Thorne | Audi R8 LMS | 23 | 285 laps | 23 laps | 2 |