Sebring Hour 6: #85 Cadillac and #911 Porsche lead at halfway mark
Matheus Leist leads the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at he halfway point but not for long.
The Brazilian is due to bring the No. 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi-V.R to the pits shortly after skipping the pits during the previous full course yellow when the rest of the DPi class came to the pits for service.
Juan Pablo Montoya has the No. 6 Acura Team Penske entry in position to cycle through to the lead when Leist does come into the pits.
The race currently runs behind the safety car following contact between the No. 3 Corvette Racing entry of Nicky Castsburg and the LMP2 class leader Patrick Kelly.
Nick Tandy has the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR-19 (shown above) out in front in the GT Le Mans category.
Hour 6 Standings
POS | Class | PIC | CURRENT DRIVER | No./MFG | LAPS | BEHIND | STOPS |
1 | DPi | 1 | Matheus Leist | #85 Cadillac | 165 | –.— | 10 |
2 | DPi | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | #6 Acura | 165 | 6.487 | 11 |
3 | DPi | 3 | Sebastien Bourdais | #5 Cadillac | 165 | 7.197 | 11 |
4 | DPi | 4 | Jonathan Bomarito | #55 Mazda | 165 | 8.540 | 10 |
5 | DPi | 5 | Olivier Pla | #77 Mazda | 165 | 8.901 | 10 |
6 | DPi | 6 | Gabby Chaves | #31 Cadillac | 165 | 10.731 | 10 |
7 | LMP2 | 1 | Patrick Kelly | #52 ORECA | 161 | 4 laps | 9 |
8 | DPi | 7 | Scott Dixon | #10 Cadillac | 160 | 5 laps | 10 |
9 | LMP2 | 2 | Don Yount | #38 ORECA | 158 | 7 laps | 9 |
10 | GTLM | 1 | Nick Tandy | #911 Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | 157 | 8 laps | 8 |
11 | GTLM | 2 | Nicky Catsburg | #3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 157 | 8 laps | 7 |
12 | GTLM | 3 | Connor De Phillippi | #25 BMW M8 GTE | 157 | 8 laps | 7 |
13 | GTLM | 4 | Jesse Krohn | #24 BMW M8 GTE | 157 | 8 laps | 8 |
14 | GTLM | 5 | Earl Bamber | #912 Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | 157 | 8 laps | 7 |
15 | LMP2 | 3 | John Farano | #8 ORECA | 157 | 8 laps | 12 |
16 | DPi | 8 | Ricky Taylor | #7 Acura | 157 | 8 laps | 12 |
17 | GTLM | 6 | Marcel Fassler | #4 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 152 | 13 laps | 8 |
18 | GTD | 1 | Corey Lewis | #48 Lamborghini Huracan | 152 | 13 laps | 12 |
19 | GTD | 2 | Jan Heylen | #16 Porsche 911 | 152 | 13 laps | 10 |
20 | GTD | 3 | Jeff Westphal | #63 Ferrari 488 | 152 | 13 laps | 7 |
21 | GTD | 4 | Shinya Michimi | #86 Acura NSX | 152 | 13 laps | 7 |
22 | GTD | 5 | Nick Yelloly | #96 BMW M6 | 152 | 13 laps | 11 |
23 | GTD | 6 | Joey Hand | #57 Acura NSX | 152 | 13 laps | 8 |
24 | GTD | 7 | Darren Turner | #23 Aston Martin Vantage | 152 | 13 laps | 7 |
25 | GTD | 8 | Spencer Pumpelly | #44 Lamborghini Huracan | 152 | 13 laps | 11 |
26 | GTD | 9 | Marc Miller | #74 Mercedes-AMG | 152 | 13 laps | 11 |
27 | GTD | 10 | Andrew Davis | #30 Audi R8 LMS | 152 | 13 laps | 8 |
28 | GTD | 11 | Steijn Schothorst | #11 Lamborghini Huracan | 147 | 18 laps | 8 |
29 | LMP2 | 4 | Naveen Rao | #51 ORECA | 141 | 24 laps | 8 |
30 | GTD | 12 | Townsend Bell | #12 Lexus RC F | 124 | 41 laps | 9 |
31 | GTD | 13 | Kyle Kirkwood | #14 Lexus RC F | 70 | 95 laps | 3 |