Sebring Hour 1: Honda leads, Corvette closing

Leader at Hour 1 mark

It's race day at Sebring International Raceway, with sunny skies warming a great crowd for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida. The grid was packed for the fan walk, and the race has started for Round 2 of both the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup.

The Sharp/Dalziel/Heinemeier Hansson Honda was leading at Hour 1 but the Bourdais Corvette was closing. Just spoke with Jordan Taylor. The number 10 Konica Minolta prototype Is having braking issues but they are working through it and trying to solve the problem. Wayde Alfarone reporting live for AR1.com

Hour 1 Standings

Pos No. Class Name Laps Make/Model
1 1 P Sharp/Dalziel/Heinemeier Hansson 30 Honda HPD ARX
2 5 P Barbosa/Fittipaldi/Bourdais 30 Corvette DP
3 31 P Curran/Cameron/Papis 30 Corvette DP
4 90 P Westbrook/Valiante/ Rockenfeller 30 Corvette DP
5 57 P Krohn/Jonsson/Pla 30 Ligier JS P2 Judd
6 60 P Pew/Negri/Wilson 30 Honda HPD Ligier JS P2
7 01 P Hand/Pruett/Dixon 30 Ford EcoBoost Riley DP
8 38 PC Mee/French/Daly 30 ORECA FLM09
9 2 P Brown/van Overbeek/Fogarty 30 Honda HPD ARX
10 52 PC Guasch/Palmer/Kimber-Smith 30 ORECA FLM09
11 16 PC Drumwright/Drissi/Cheng/ Plowman 30 ORECA FLM09
12 11 PC Junqueira/Cumming/Menezes 30 ORECA FLM09
13 85 PC Goikhberg/C.Miller/Mitchell/ Kraut 30 ORECA FLM09
14 54 PC Bennett/Braun/Gue 30 ORECA FLM09
15 10 P R.Taylor/J.Taylor/Angelelli 30 Corvette DP
16 8 PC van der Zande/Hedlund/Schultis /Popow 30 ORECA FLM09
17 70 P Nunez/Bomarito/Tremblay 30 Mazda Prototype
18 912 GTLM Bergmeister/Bamber/Makowiecki/ Tandy 29 Porsche 911 RSR
19 3 GTLM Magnussen/Garcia/Briscoe 29 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
20 911 GTLM Tandy/Pilet/Lietz/Bamber 29 Porsche 911 RSR
21 62 GTLM Kaffer/Fisichella/Bertolini 29 Ferrari F458 Italia
22 25 GTLM Auberlen/Werner/Farfus 29 BMW Z4 GTE
23 4 GTLM Gavin/Milner/Pagenaud 29 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
24 24 GTLM J.Edwards/Luhr/Klingmann 29 BMW Z4 GTE
25 17 GTLM Sellers/Henzler/P.Long 29 Porsche 911 RSR
26 23 GTD James/M.Farnbacher/Riberas 29 Porsche 911 GT America
27 007 GTD Nielsen/Davison/B.Davis 29 Aston Martin V12 Vantage
28 73 GTD Lindsey/Pumpelly/Norman 29 Porsche 911 GT America
29 44 GTD Potter/Lally/Seefried 29 Porsche 911 GT America
30 33 GTD Keating/J.Bleekemolen/ S.Bleekemolen 29 Dodge Viper SRT
31 81 GTD Faulkner/Skeen/Avenatti/ Giermaziak 29 Porsche 911 GT America
32 63 GTD Sweedler/T.Bell/Lazzaro 29 Ferrari 458 Italia
33 97 GTD Marsal/Palttala/Priaulx/Said 29 BMW Z4
34 22 GTD MacNeil/L.Keen/A.Davis 29 Porsche 911 GT America
35 93 GTD Carter/Goossens/Keating/ Lawrence 29 Dodge Viper SRT
36 48 GTD Haase/B.Miller/von Moltke 29 Audi R8 LMS
37 49 GTD Perazzini/Cioci/Aguas/ E.Potolicchio 29 Ferrari 458 Italia
38 58 GTD Snow/Heylen/Valverde 29 Porsche 911 GT America
39 07 P T.Long/J.Miller/Devlin/ Tremblay 29 Mazda Prototype
40 98 GTLM Dalla Lana/Lamy/Turner/Lauda 25 Aston Martin Vantage V8
41 50 P Pace/DeFoor/Hinton/ Schroeder 24 BMW Power Riley DP
42 45 GTD Holzer/Thorne/Thompson 23 Audi R8 LMS
43 0 P Rojas/Legge/Meyrick 21 DeltaWing DWC13
44 7 P Mayer/Hartley 0 BMW Power Riley DP
45 18 GTD TBA 0
46 009 GTD TBA 0 Aston Martin V12 Vantage