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Sebring Hour 1: #6 Penske Acura leads, #7 Acura blows turbo

Posted by AR1 staff

After 1 Hour Dane Cameron has assumed the early lead of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring after turbo issues struck the championship-leading No. 7 Team Penske Acura ARX-05 of Ricky Taylor.

Taylor, who had led the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title-decider from pole, pitted on Lap 22 with a boost-related issue. An intercooler was replaced on the car, but they are 9 laps down.

#25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE, GTLM: Connor De Phillippi, Bruno Spengler, Colton Herta

Taylor and co-driver Helio Castroneves headed into the race with only a two-point lead over Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ryan Briscoe and Renger van der Zande, who was assessed a drive-through penalty for an improper start procedure.

The Dutchman lost around 30 seconds and currently runs seventh, with Pipo Derani third in the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R, which has suddenly found itself back in title contention.

Connor De Phillippi leads GT Le Mans in the No. 25 Team RLL BMW M8 GTD following a pass on Antonio Garcia at the start of the race.

The No. 63 Ferrari leads in GTD.

Hour 1 Standings

POS PIC CLASS CURRENT DRIVER NO./CAR LAPS BEHIND STOPS
1 1 DPi Dane Cameron 6 Acura 31 –.— 3
2 2 DPi Sebastien Bourdais 5 Cadillac 31 0.833 3
3 3 DPi Pipo Derani 31 Cadillac 31 4.612 2
4 4 DPi Oliver Jarvis 77 Mazda 31 23.932 2
5 5 DPi Ryan Hunter Reay 55 Mazda 31 24.492 2
6 6 DPi Matheus Leist 85 Cadillac 31 35.615 3
7 7 DPi Renger van der Zande 10 Cadillac 31 36.962 3
8 1 LMP2 Patrick Kelly 52 ORECA 30 1 lap 2
9 1 GTLM Connor DePhillippi 25 BMW M8 GTD 29 2 laps 2
10 2 GTLM Antonio Garcia 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 29 2 laps 2
11 2 LMP2 John Farano 8 ORECA 29 2 laps 2
12 3 GTLM Earl Bamber 911 Porsche 911 RSR – 19 29 2 laps 2
13 4 GTLM Jesse Krohn 24 BMW M8 GTD 29 2 laps 2
14 5 GTLM Tommy Milner 4 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 29 2 laps 2
15 6 GTLM Neel Jani 912 Porsche 911 RSR – 19 29 2 laps 2
16 3 LMP2 Patrick Byrne 38 ORECA 29 2 laps 2
17 4 LMP2 Matthew Bell 51 ORECA 28 3 laps 3
18 1 GTD Cooper MacNeil 63 Ferrari 488 28 3 laps 2
19 2 GTD Madison Snow 48 Lamborghini Huracan 28 3 laps 3
20 3 GTLM Ryan Hardwick 16 Porsche 911 GT3R 28 3 laps 2
21 4 GTD Gar Robinson 74 Mercedes-AMG 28 3 laps 3
22 5 GTD Rob Ferriol 30 Audi R8 LMS 28 3 laps 3
23 6 GTD Michael De Quesada 12 Lexus RC F 28 3 laps 2
24 7 GTD Kyle Kirkwood 14 Lexus RC F 28 3 laps 2
25 8 GTD Robby Foley 96 BMW M6 28 3 laps 2
26 9 GTD Misha Goikhberg 57 Acura NSX 27 4 laps 1
27 10 GTD Steijn Schothorst 11 Lamborghini Huracan 27 4 laps 3
28 11 GTD Shinya Michimi 86 Acura NSX 27 4 laps 2
29 12 GTD Ian James 23 Aston Martin Vantage 27 4 laps 3
30 13 GTD Spencer Pumpelly 44 Lamborghini Huracan 27 4 laps 4
31 8 DPi Ricky Taylor 7 Acura 22 9 laps 3