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IMSA Sebring Hour 1: Ricky Taylor’s Acura leads Derani’s Cadillac

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The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 of Ricky Taylor leads the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race.

Taylor, who pitted early in the opening hour, holds a 0.685-second lead over the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R of Pipo Derani.

Mike Rockenfeller runs third in the No. 48 Ally-sponsored Action Express Cadillac, meanwhile.

LMP2 is led by the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca of Ben Keating, with No. 74 Riley Motorsports Ligier out front in LMP3.

Mirko Bortolotti took over the GTD Pro class lead in the No. 63 TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo after a hard-fought battle with the pole-sitting No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo of Daniel Serra.

#62 Risi Ferrari runs 2nd in class

12 Hours of Sebring Hour 1 Standings

POS CLASS No. TEAM DRIVER_1 DRIVER_2 DRIVER_3 DRIVER_4 Laps
1 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Will Stevens Acura DPi 33
2 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez Mike Conway Cadillac DPi 33
3 DPi 48 Ally Cadillac Mike Rockenfeller Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez Cadillac DPi 33
4 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist Stoffel Vandorne Acura DPi 33
5 DPi 02 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Neel Jani Cadillac DPi 33
6 DPi 5 JDC Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook Loic Duval Cadillac DPi 33
7 LMP2 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker ORECA LMP2 07 32
8 LMP2 81 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Sebastian Montoya ORECA LMP2 07 32
9 LMP2 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel ORECA LMP2 07 32
10 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits Van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Dylan Murry ORECA LMP2 07 32
11 LMP2 11 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Steven Thomas Josh Pierson Jonathan Bomarito ORECA LMP2 07 32
12 LMP2 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Fabio Scherer ORECA LMP2 07 31
13 DPi 01 Cadillac Racing Renger van der Zande Sebastien Bourdais Ryan Hunter-Reay Cadillac DPi 31
14 LMP2 22 United Autosports James McGuire Guy Smith Duncan Tappy ORECA LMP2 07 31
15 LMP3 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Dan Goldburg Rasmus Lindh Cameron Shields Ligier JS P320 30
16 LMP2 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano Louis Deletraz Rui Pinto de Andrade ORECA LMP2 07 30
17 LMP3 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Kay van Berlo Ligier JS P320 30
18 LMP3 6 Muehlner Motorsports America Alec Udell Harry Gottsacker Ugo de Wilde Duqueine D08 30
19 LMP3 7 Forty7 Motorsports Mark Kvamme Anthony Mantella Matt Bell Duqueine D08 30
20 LMP3 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun George Kurtz Ligier JS P320 30
21 LMP3 40 FastMD Racing Max Hanratty Todd Archer James Vance Duqueine D08 30
22 LMP3 30 Jr III Racing Ari Balogh Garett Grist Dakota Dickerson Ligier JS P320 30
23 GTDPRO 3 Corvette Racing Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nicky Catsburg Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 30
24 GTDPRO 63 TR3 Racing Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Lamborghini Huracan GT3 30
25 GTDPRO 62 Risi Competizione Daniel Serra Davide Rigon Edward Cheever Ferrari 488 GT3 30
26 GTDPRO 25 BMW M Team RLL Connor De Phillippi John Edwards Augusto Farfus BMW M4 GT3 29
27 GTDPRO 24 BMW M Team RLL Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly BMW M4 GT3 29
28 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Erik Johansson BMW M4 GT3 29
29 LMP3 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Joao Barbosa Malthe Jakobsen Lance Willsey Ligier JS P320 29
30 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley Bill Auberlen Michael Dinan BMW M4 GT3 29
31 GTDPRO 14 VasserSullivan Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Aaron Telitz Lexus RC F GT3 29
32 GTDPRO 9 Pfaff Motorsports Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr Porsche 911 GT3R 29
33 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Aston Martin Vantage GT3 29
34 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad Maximilian Goetz Mercedes-AMG GT3 29
35 GTDPRO 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Julien Andlauer Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 GT3R 29
36 GTD 12 VasserSullivan Frankie Montecalvo Scott Andrews Richard Heistand Lexus RC F GT3 29
37 GTD 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward Philip Ellis Marvin Dienst Mercedes-AMG GT3 29
38 GTD 21 AF CORSE Simon Mann Luis Perez Companc Toni Vilander Ferrari 488 GT3 29
39 GTD 47 Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Ferrari 488 GT3 29
40 GTDPRO 93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli Tom Long Acura NSX GT3 29
41 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Kyffin Simpson Till Bechtolsheimer Mario Farnbacher Acura NSX GT3 29
42 GTD 59 Crucial Motorsports Jon Miller Patrick Gallagher Paul Holton McLaren 720S GT3 29
43 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis Ian James Tom Gamble Aston Martin Vantage GT3 29
44 GTD 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Robert Megennis Corey Lewis Jeff Westphal Lamborghini Huracan GT3 29
45 GTDPRO 97 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Jules Gounon Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG GT3 29
46 GTD 32 Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Mike Skeen Stevan McAleer Daniel Juncadella Mercedes-AMG GT3 29
47 GTD 99 Team Hardpoint Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge Stefan Wilson Porsche 911 GT3R 29
48 GTD 42 NTE/SSR Don Yount Jaden Conwright Mateo Llarena Lamborghini Huracan GT3 29
49 LMP3 13 AWA Orey Fidani Kuno Wittmer Lars Kern Duqueine D08 28
50 GTD 70 inception racing Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Jordan Pepper McLaren 720S GT3 28
51 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen Porsche 911 GT3R 12
52 GTDPRO 23 Heart of Racing Team Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage GT3 3
53 LMP3 36 Andretti Autosport Jarett Andretti Josh Burdon Gabby Chaves Ligier JS P320 1