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IMSA Sebring Hour 6: #31Cadillac holds 4-sec lead over #10 Acura

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Pipo Derani led the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at the 6-hour mark in the #31 Whelen Cadillac by 4-seconds.

Derani heads the No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 of Ricky Taylor and Mike Rockenfeller’s No. 48 Ally Cadillac, who sits third.

The LMP2 race is led by the No.52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson, with Mikkel Jensen behind the wheel.

Felipe Fraga in the Riley Motorsports leads LMP3 behind the wheel of the No. 74 Ligier JS P320 Nissan.

In the GTD Pro class, the #24 BMW M Team RLL has taken the lead from #97 WeatherTech Racing Porsche and the #3 Corvette Racing.

“Everything is running pretty smooth,” said Corvette driver Antonio Garcia. “There were lots of question marks coming into this race. We didn’t really know the best way to drive on this tire. We pretty much guessed and it went well, I must say. I started to see everyone else struggling a little bit more than us on the tire. Things ran well. I knew it was more about the last 10 laps of a stint than the first 20. I planned on that and it worked out. On the second stint we kind of kept the same gap, even if at times the other cars were faster and catching me. The biggest thing was the last 10 laps and opening the gap again. It’s difficult out there. The car is good in certain areas but the others are good in their own areas. It will be hard to race them later on but we’re in the best position right now.”

Mercedes-AMG teams lead the GTD category one-two, with the lead in the hands of Mike Skeen in the Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.

Hour 6 Standings

Pos Pic No. Class Drivers* Team Car Laps
1 1 31 DPi P. Derani / T. Nunez/ M. Conway Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi 172
2 2 10 DPi R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque /W. Stevens Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Acura DPi 172
3 3 48 DPi M. Rockenfeller / K. Kobayashi /J. Lopez Ally Cadillac Cadillac DPi 172
4 4 02 DPi E. Bamber / A. Lynn / N. Jani Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPi 172
5 5 5 DPi T. Vautier / R. Westbrook/L. Duval JDC Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi 172
6 6 60 DPi O. Jarvis / T. Blomqvist/S. Vandorne Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian Acura DPi 172
7 1 52 LMP2 B. Keating / M. Jensen/S. Huffaker PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 169
8 2 18 LMP2 D. Merriman / K. Tilley/R. Dalziel Era Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07 168
9 3 11 LMP2 S. Thomas / J. Pierson/J. Bomarito PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 168
10 4 29 LMP2 F. Van Eerd / G. van der Garde/D. Murry Racing Team Nederland ORECA LMP2 07 168
11 5 22 LMP2 J. McGuire / G. Smith / D. Tappy United Autosports ORECA LMP2 07 167
12 6 20 LMP2 D. Andersen / A. Fjordbach/F. Scherer High Class Racing ORECA LMP2 07 166
13 1 74 LMP3 G. Robinson / F. Fraga/K. van Berlo Riley Motorsports Ligier JS P320 163
14 2 30 LMP3 A. Balogh / G. Grist/D. Dickerson Jr III Racing Ligier JS P320 163
15 3 54 LMP3 J. Bennett / C. Braun / G. Kurtz CORE Autosport Ligier JS P320 162
16 4 33 LMP3 J. Barbosa / M. Jakobsen/L. Willsey Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P320 161
17 5 13 LMP3 O. Fidani / K. Wittmer / L. Kern AWA Duqueine D08 160
18 1 24 GTD Pro P. Eng / M. Wittmann/N. Yelloly BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 159
19 2 97 GTDPRO C. MacNeil / J. Gounon/M. Engel WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 159
20 3 3 GTDPRO A. Garcia / J. Taylor/N./Catsburg Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 159
21 4 14 GTDPRO J. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat A. Telitz VasserSullivan Lexus RC F GT3 159
22 5 9 GTDPRO M. Campbell / M. Jaminet/F. Nasr Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R 159
23 6 63 GTDPRO M. Mapelli / A. Caldarelli M. Bortolotti TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 159
24 7 93 GTDPRO A. Harrison / K. Marcelli/T. Long Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Acura NSX GT3 159
25 8 79 GTDPRO C. MacNeil / J. Andlauer/A. Picariello WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 GT3R 159
26 1 32 GTD M. Skeen / S. McAleer/D. Juncadella Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 158
27 2 57 GTD R. Ward / P. Ellis / M. Dienst Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 158
28 3 96 GTD R. Foley / B. Auberlen/M. Dinan Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 158
29 4 28 GTD M. de Quesada / D. Morad/M. Goetz Alegra Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 158
30 5 44 GTD J. Potter / A. Lally / S. Pumpelly Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 158
31 6 21 GTD Mann / L. Perez Companc/Vilander AF CORSE Ferrari 488 GT3 158
32 7 12 GTD F. Montecalvo / S. Andrews/R. Heistand VasserSullivan Lexus RC F GT3 158
33 8 59 GTD J. Miller / P. Gallagher/P. Holton Crucial Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 158
34 6 40 LMP3 M. Hanratty / T. Archer/J. Vance FastMD Racing Duqueine D08 158
35 9 70 GTD B. Iribe / O. Millroy / J. Pepper inception racing McLaren 720S GT3 158
36 10 47 GTD R. Lacorte / G. Sernagiotto/A. Fuoco Cetilar Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 157
37 11 99 GTD R. Ferriol / K. Legge / S. Wilson Team Hardpoint Porsche 911 GT3R 157
38 7 38 LMP3 D. Goldburg / R. Lindh/C. Shields Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P320 156
39 9 62 GTDPRO D. Serra / D. Rigon / E. Cheever Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GT3 154
40 8 7 LMP3 M. Kvamme / A. Mantella/M. Bell Forty7 Motorsports Duqueine D08 146
41 12 16 GTD R. Hardwick / Z. Robichon/J. Heylen Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R 141
42 13 66 GTD K. Simpson / T. Bechtolsheimer/M. Farnbacher Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 141
43 7 01 DPi R. van der Zande / S. Bourdais/R. Hunter-Reay Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPi 139
44 14 27 GTD R. De Angelis / I. James/T. Gamble Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 131
45 15 39 GTD R. Megennis / C. Lewis/J. Westphal CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 125
46 9 6 LMP3 A. Udell / H. Gottsacker/U. de Wilde Muehlner Motorsports America Duqueine D08 120
47 7 8 LMP2 J. Farano / L. Deletraz/R. Pinto de Andrade Tower Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07 114
48 10 25 GTDPRO C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards/A. Farfus BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 111
49 16 42 GTD D. Yount / J. Conwright/M. Llarena NTE/SSR Lamborghini Huracan GT3 105
50 17 1 GTD B. Sellers / M. Snow/E. Johansson Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 93
51 11 23 GTDPRO R. Gunn / A. Riberas / M. Martin Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 88
52 8 81 LMP2 H. Hedman / J. Montoya/S. Montoya DragonSpeed USA ORECA LMP2 07 83
53 10 36 LMP3 J. Andretti / J. Burdon/G. Chaves Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320 1