Sebring Hour 3: Bourdais pulls away at will
IndyCar driver Sebastien Bourdais pulls away by 1 second per lap after every caution |
For Action Express Racing's Sebastien Bourdais it's like taking candy from a baby. The IndyCar driver continues to lead with three hours now in the books at the 63rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, following yet another caution flag.
Cautions tighten up the field and each time Bourdais extends his lead in the No. 5 Corvette DP by around 1-second per lap, clearly showing that sportscar drivers are no match for the talent of an IndyCar ace. As long as the car survives the grind, last year's winners won't be beat.
The No. 90 VisitFlorida.com Corvette DP of Michael Valiante and the David Heinemeier Hansson-driven No. 1 Tequila Patron ESM HPD ARX-03b maintaining second and third, respectively.
The No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 of Mike Guasch leads Prototype Challenge.
GT Le Mans continues to be controlled by the No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR of Nick Tandy, who runs ahead of Ryan Briscoe’s No. 3 Corvette C7.R and the John Edwards-driven No. 24 BMW Team RLL BMW Z4 GTE. Wayde Alfarone reporting live from Sebring
Hour 3 Standings
Pos | No. | Class | Name | Laps | Make/Model |
1 | 5 | P | Barbosa/Fittipaldi/Bourdais | 77 | Corvette DP |
2 | 90 | P | Westbrook/Valiante/ Rockenfeller | 77 | Corvette DP |
3 | 31 | P | Curran/Cameron/Papis | 77 | Corvette DP |
4 | 1 | P | Sharp/Dalziel/Heinemeier Hansson | 77 | Honda HPD ARX |
5 | 01 | P | Hand/Pruett/Dixon | 77 | Ford EcoBoost Riley DP |
6 | 10 | P | R.Taylor/J.Taylor/Angelelli | 77 | Corvette DP |
7 | 2 | P | Brown/van Overbeek/Fogarty | 77 | Honda HPD ARX |
8 | 11 | PC | Junqueira/Cumming/Menezes | 77 | ORECA FLM09 |
9 | 52 | PC | Guasch/Palmer/Kimber-Smith | 77 | ORECA FLM09 |
10 | 85 | PC | Goikhberg/C.Miller/Mitchell/ Kraut | 77 | ORECA FLM09 |
11 | 70 | P | Nunez/Bomarito/Tremblay | 77 | Mazda Prototype |
12 | 54 | PC | Bennett/Braun/Gue | 77 | ORECA FLM09 |
13 | 38 | PC | Mee/French/Daly | 77 | ORECA FLM09 |
14 | 911 | GTLM | Tandy/Pilet/Lietz/Bamber | 76 | Porsche 911 RSR |
15 | 3 | GTLM | Magnussen/Garcia/Briscoe | 76 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
16 | 17 | GTLM | Sellers/Henzler/P.Long | 76 | Porsche 911 RSR |
17 | 24 | GTLM | J.Edwards/Luhr/Klingmann | 76 | BMW Z4 GTE |
18 | 62 | GTLM | Kaffer/Fisichella/Bertolini | 76 | Ferrari F458 Italia |
19 | 912 | GTLM | Bergmeister/Bamber/Makowiecki/ Tandy | 76 | Porsche 911 RSR |
20 | 25 | GTLM | Auberlen/Werner/Farfus | 76 | BMW Z4 GTE |
21 | 4 | GTLM | Gavin/Milner/Pagenaud | 76 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
22 | 33 | GTD | Keating/J.Bleekemolen/ S.Bleekemolen | 74 | Dodge Viper SRT |
23 | 58 | GTD | Snow/Heylen/Valverde | 74 | Porsche 911 GT America |
24 | 44 | GTD | Potter/Lally/Seefried | 74 | Porsche 911 GT America |
25 | 48 | GTD | Haase/B.Miller/von Moltke | 74 | Audi R8 LMS |
26 | 007 | GTD | Nielsen/Davison/B.Davis | 74 | Aston Martin V12 Vantage |
27 | 63 | GTD | Sweedler/T.Bell/Lazzaro | 74 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
28 | 23 | GTD | James/M.Farnbacher/Riberas | 74 | Porsche 911 GT America |
29 | 97 | GTD | Marsal/Palttala/Priaulx/Said | 74 | BMW Z4 |
30 | 22 | GTD | MacNeil/L.Keen/A.Davis | 74 | Porsche 911 GT America |
31 | 81 | GTD | Faulkner/Skeen/Avenatti/ Giermaziak | 74 | Porsche 911 GT America |
32 | 49 | GTD | Perazzini/Cioci/Aguas/ E.Potolicchio | 74 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
33 | 93 | GTD | Carter/Goossens/Keating/ Lawrence | 74 | Dodge Viper SRT |
34 | 57 | P | Krohn/Jonsson/Pla | 74 | Ligier JS P2 Judd |
35 | 50 | P | Pace/DeFoor/Hinton/ Schroeder | 69 | BMW Power Riley DP |
36 | 98 | GTLM | Dalla Lana/Lamy/Turner/Lauda | 67 | Aston Martin Vantage V8 |
37 | 0 | P | Rojas/Legge/Meyrick | 60 | DeltaWing DWC13 |
38 | 16 | PC | Drumwright/Drissi/Cheng/ Plowman | 58 | ORECA FLM09 |
39 | 8 | PC | van der Zande/Schultis /Popow | 55 | ORECA FLM09 |
40 | 07 | P | T.Long/J.Miller/Devlin/ Tremblay | 52 | Mazda Prototype |
41 | 60 | P | Pew/Negri/Wilson | 46 | Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 |