2024 12 Hours of Sebring

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Sebring International Raceway

The 2024 12 Hours of Sebring (formally known as the 72nd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Cadillac) was an endurance sports car race being held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida, scheduled from 13 to 16 March 2024. It was the second round of both the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Michelin Endurance Cup.

Background[edit]

Preview[edit]

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was a part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023.[1] It was the eleventh consecutive year it will be a part of the IMSA SCC, and the 72nd 12 Hours of Sebring. The 12 Hours of Sebring was the second of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races by IMSA, and the second of five races on the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC).[1] The race took place at the 17-turn 3.741 mi (6.021 km) Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida on March 16, 2024.[1]

Sebring International Raceway, where the race was held.

The 2024 edition marked the first time since 2021 in which the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship would not compete during the same weekend; for the past two years, the 1000 Miles of Sebring joined the 12 hour event.[2]

Balance of performance[edit]

On March 7, 2024, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining balance of performance for the GTP, GTD Pro, and GTD classes. In GTP, the Acura received a 17 kilogram weight break, with the BMW and Porsche losing 1 kilogram and 2 kilograms, respectively. Acura, BMW, and Porsche also received a reduction in power. The Cadillac received 30 kilograms of additional weight after their dominant Rolex 24 showing, whilst getting a 10 kilowatt power increase. The Lamborghini, which will make its IMSA debut, has its weight set at 1044 kilograms.[3] In GTD Pro and GTD, the BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes, and Porsche received weight increases, whilst the Ford and Lexus received weight breaks. Furthermore, all GT cars had changes made to their total fuel tank capacity.[3]

Standings before the race[edit]

Before the race, Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell, Felipe Nasr, and Josef Newgarden led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 380 points.[4] In LMP2, Ryan Dalziel, Dwight Merriman, Christian Rasmussen, and Connor Zilisch were leading the Drivers' Championship with 370 points.[4] The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship was led by James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi, Davide Rigon, and Daniel Serra with 376 points; 21 points ahead of Michael Christensen, Laurin Heinrich, and Sebastian Priaulx in second position.[4] With 364 points, Philip Ellis, Indy Dontje, Daniel Morad, and Russell Ward were leading the GTD Drivers' Championship.[4] Porsche were leading the Manufacturers' Championship the GTP and GTD Pro classes, and Mercedes-AMG led the GTD Manufacturers' Championship. Porsche Penske Motorsport, Era Motorsport, Risi Competizione, and Winward Racing each lead their own Teams' Championships.[4]

Entry list[edit]

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (11 entries)
01 United States Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R France Sébastien Bourdais New Zealand Scott Dixon Netherlands Renger van der Zande
5 Germany Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Porsche 963 France Julien Andlauer Italy Gianmaria Bruni Belgium Alessio Picariello
6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 France Mathieu Jaminet France Frédéric Makowiecki United Kingdom Nick Tandy
7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 United States Dane Cameron Australia Matt Campbell Brazil Felipe Nasr
10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque New Zealand Brendon Hartley United States Ricky Taylor
24 United States BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Austria Philipp Eng Brazil Augusto Farfus Finland Jesse Krohn
25 United States BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 United States Connor De Phillippi Belgium Maxime Martin United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
31 United States Whelen Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R United Kingdom Jack Aitken United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Brazil Pipo Derani
40 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 Switzerland Louis Delétraz United States Colton Herta United States Jordan Taylor
63 Italy LamborghiniIron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 Italy Matteo Cairoli Italy Andrea Caldarelli France Romain Grosjean
85 United States JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 United Kingdom Phil Hanson Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) (13 entries)
04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07-Gibson United States Colin Braun United States George Kurtz United Kingdom Toby Sowery
2 United States United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson United Kingdom Ben Hanley United States Ben Keating Chile Nico Pino
8 United States Tower Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson United States Michael Dinan Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood Canada John Farano
11 France TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Denmark Mikkel Jensen New Zealand Hunter McElrea United States Steven Thomas
18 United States Era Motorsport Oreca 07-Gibson United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel United States Dwight Merriman United States Connor Zilisch
20 Denmark MDK by High Class Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Denmark Dennis Andersen Germany Laurents Hörr United States Seth Lucas
22 United States United Autosports USA Oreca 07-Gibson United Kingdom Paul di Resta United States Bijoy Garg United States Dan Goldburg
33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P217-Gibson Portugal João Barbosa United Kingdom Jonny Edgar United States Lance Willsey
52 Poland Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson United States Nick Boulle France Tom Dillmann Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
74 United States Riley Oreca 07-Gibson Australia Josh Burdon Brazil Felipe Fraga United States Gar Robinson
81 United States DragonSpeed Oreca 07-Gibson Sweden Henrik Hedman Denmark Malthe Jakobsen Sweden Rasmus Lindh
88 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Oreca 07-Gibson Denmark Nicklas Nielsen Argentina Luis Pérez Companc France Lilou Wadoux
99 United States AO Racing Oreca 07-Gibson Australia Matthew Brabham France Paul-Loup Chatin United States P. J. Hyett
GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (12 entries)
1 United States Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 United States Bryan Sellers United States Madison Snow United States Neil Verhagen
3 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Spain Antonio García Spain Daniel Juncadella United Kingdom Alexander Sims
4 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R New Zealand Earl Bamber Netherlands Nicky Catsburg United States Tommy Milner
9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Canada James Hinchcliffe United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
14 United States Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth United States Kyle Kirkwood
19 Italy Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Italy Mirko Bortolotti South Africa Jordan Pepper France Franck Perera
23 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Germany Mario Farnbacher United Kingdom Ross Gunn Spain Alex Riberas
60 Italy Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Italy Matteo Cressoni Italy Leonardo Pulcini Italy Claudio Schiavoni
62 United States Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 United Kingdom James Calado Italy Davide Rigon Brazil Daniel Serra
64 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Germany Christopher Mies Germany Mike Rockenfeller United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
65 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 United States Joey Hand Germany Dirk Müller Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
77 United States AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Denmark Michael Christensen Germany Laurin Heinrich United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
GTD (GT Daytona) (22 entries)
023 United States Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Alessio Rovera United States Charlie Scardina United States Onofrio Triarsi
12 United States Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 United States Frankie Montecalvo United States Aaron Telitz Canada Parker Thompson
13 Canada AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R United Kingdom Matt Bell Canada Orey Fidani Germany Lars Kern
17 Canada AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Canada Anthony Mantella United States Thomas Merrill Argentina Nicolás Varrone
21 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 France François Heriau United Kingdom Simon Mann Spain Miguel Molina
27 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Canada Roman De Angelis United Kingdom Ian James Canada Zacharie Robichon
32 United States Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Canada Mikaël Grenier United States Kenton Koch United States Mike Skeen
34 United States Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Spain Albert Costa United States Manny Franco Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
43 United States Andretti Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) United States Jarett Andretti Colombia Gabby Chaves Canada Scott Hargrove
44 United States Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo United States Andy Lally United States John Potter United States Spencer Pumpelly
45 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 United States Graham Doyle Costa Rica Danny Formal Canada Kyle Marcelli
47 Italy Cetilar Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Antonio Fuoco Italy Roberto Lacorte Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
55 Germany Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 United States Ryan Hardwick Italy Giammarco Levorato United States Corey Lewis
57 United States Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Netherlands Indy Dontje Switzerland Philip Ellis United States Russell Ward
66 United States Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Colombia Tatiana Calderón United Kingdom Katherine Legge United States Sheena Monk
70 United Kingdom Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 Evo United States Brendan Iribe United Kingdom Ollie Millroy Denmark Frederik Schandorff
78 United States Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Canada Misha Goikhberg Italy Loris Spinelli
80 United States Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Angola Rui Andrade Australia Scott Andrews Turkey Salih Yoluç
83 Italy Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Belgium Sarah Bovy Switzerland Rahel Frey Denmark Michelle Gatting
86 United States MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Austria Klaus Bachler Denmark Anders Fjordbach China Kerong Li
96 United States Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 United States Robby Foley United States Patrick Gallagher United States Jake Walker
120 United States Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) United States Adam Adelson Belgium Jan Heylen United States Elliott Skeer
Source:[5][6]

Practice[edit]

Three practice sessions were held before the race, all of them on Thursday. All sessions lasted for 90 minutes.[7]

In the first session, Renger van der Zande set the fastest lap in the No. 01 CGR Cadillac at a 1 minute, 48.279 seconds, 0.479 seconds faster than Aitken's No. 31 WCR car. Nick Tandy put the No. 6 Penske Porsche in third overall. Hartley and his teammate Delétraz were fourth and fifth for WTR.[8] Mikkel Jensen led LMP2 in TDS Racing's No. 11 car with a 1:51.342 second lap, 0.021 seconds ahead of di Resta's No. 22 United Autosports Oreca.[8][9] In GTD Pro, the No. 14 VasserSullivan Lexus of Jack Hawksworth led with a lap of 2 minutes, 00.202 seconds. Daniel Serra put the No. 62 Risi Ferrari second. Thompson's No. 12 Vasser Sullivan car paced GTD, followed by Grenier's No. 32 Korthoff Mercedes-AMG.[10] The session saw one red flag: the No. 5 Proton Competition Mustang Sampling Porsche stopped on track early in the session, with Gianmaria Bruni at the wheel.[8]

In the second session, Hanson's No. 85 JDC Porsche lapped quickest at 1:48.149, ahead of the No. 01 Cadillac of Bourdais and Derani's No. 31 WCR car. WTR were fourth after a lap by Delétraz, and Mathieu Jaminet's No. 6 Penske Porsche was fifth.[11] Burdon led LMP2 with a 1:52.078 lap in Riley's No. 74 Oreca, 0.136 seconds ahead of Toby Sowery's CrowdStrike car.[12] Hawksworth led GTD Pro in Vasser Sullivan's No. 14 car, followed by Rigon's No. 62 Risi Ferrari.[11][13] In GTD, Thompson was again fastest in class, followed by Spinelli's No. 78 Forte vehicle.[12] One red flag was shown during the session: Davide Rigon stopped on track mid-session in the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari.[13]

Van der Zande led the final session in the No. 01 car with a lap of 1 minute, 49.179 seconds. Farfus' No. 24 BMW was second-fastest. Albuquerque was third in the No. 10 WTR Acura and Blomqvist in the No. 31 WCR Cadillac was fourth. The fastest Porsche was Jaminet's No. 6 Penske in fifth.[14] Jensen led in LMP2 for TDS Racing with a 1-minute, 51.497 lap, from AO Racing's Paul-Loup Chatin and Ben Hanley's No. 2 United Autosports car.[15] Bamber's 2:00.790 lap led the GTD Pro class in Corvette's No. 4 car, 0.319 seconds faster than Verhagen's No. 1 Paul Miller BMW; Laurin Heinrich's No. 77 AO Porsche was third. Antonio Fuoco's No. 47 Cetilar Ferari recorded the fastest time amongst all GTD cars, followed by Philip Ellis' No. 57 Winward car.[16] The session had three stoppages.[14] Jonny Edgar's Sean Creech Ligier caused the first stoppage when Edgar stopped the car on track early in the session.[14] Tom Dillmann's PR1/Mathiasen car caused the second stoppage after making contact with GTD cars.[17][14] The session ended prematurely when Colin Braun crashed the No. 04 CrowdStrike car into the tire barriers at turn seventeen.[16]

Qualifying[edit]

Pipo Derani (pictured in 2019) helped take the No. 31 Cadillac's second pole position of 2024.

Friday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, and the GTD classes, which lasted 15 minutes each.[7] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[18]

Pipo Derani in the No. 31 WCR Cadillac took his second consecutive pole position of the season with a lap of 1 minute 48.152 seconds. He was joined on the front row by Bourdais whose best lap in the No. 01 CGR Cadillac was 0.147 seconds slower.[19] Delétraz qualified the No. 40 WTR Acura third, and Philipp Eng in the No. 24 BMW took fourth. The fastest Porsche was Nasr's No. 7 Penske Porsche 963 in fifth.[20] The session saw one incident when Mathieu Jaminet in the No. 6 Penske Porsche entry crashed at turn one. Jaminet had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag, effectively leaving him with no time set.[21] The No. 10 WTR entry lost all its lap times due to the car being worked on during the red flag.[20]

Hyett took the LMP2 pole for AO Racing with a 1:52.142 lap. The two United Autosport Orecas were second and third (the No. 22 car driven by Goldburg in front of the No. 2 vehicle of Keating).[21] Boulle's No. 52 PR1 car was fourth and Robinson's No. 74 Riley vehicle qualified fifth.[19] The session ended prematurely when Andersen's MDK by High Class Racing car stopped on track. Andersen had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag.[19]

In the GT session, Jack hawksworth set a new qualifying track record for GTD Pro to take pole position for Vasser Sullivan, with a lap of 1:58.714. Hawksworth was 0.550 seconds faster than Farnbacher's second placed No. 23 Aston Martin. Prialux qualified the No. 77 Porsche third.[19] Sims and his teammate Milner would start at the back of the GTD Pro field after their cars failed post post-qualifying technical inspection where it was discovered that their Corvettes diffusers had been modified.[22] As a result, Perera would start from fourth. Philip Ellis set the fastest time in the GTD class in the No. 57 Winward car. However, the team were sent to the back of the GTD grid after the car failed post-qualifying technical inspection where it was discovered that the Mecredes-AMG had installed non permitted sensors. As a result, Antonio Fuoco's No. 47 Cetilar Ferrari was promoted to pole position.[23] Thompson's No. 12 Lexus started in second position followed by Grenier's No. 32 Korthoff car in third.[19] The No. 83 Iron Danes Lamborghini failed to record a time after Sarah Bovy suffered a puncture on her out lap.[19]

Qualifying results[edit]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTP 31 United States Whelen Cadillac Racing Brazil Pipo Derani 1:48.152 1‡
2 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:48.299 +0.147 2
3 GTP 40 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Switzerland Louis Delétraz 1:48.593 +0.441 3
4 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng 1:48.829 +0.677 4
5 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:49.179 +1.027 5
6 GTP 85 United States JDC–Miller MotorSports United Kingdom Phil Hanson 1:49.258 +1.106 6
7 GTP 5 Germany Proton Competition Mustang Sampling France Julien Andlauer 1:49.274 +1.122 7
8 LMP2 99 United States AO Racing United States P. J. Hyett 1:52.142 +3.990 12‡
9 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA United States Dan Goldburg 1:52.313 +4.161 13
10 LMP2 2 United States United Autosports USA United States Ben Keating 1:52.673 +4.521 14
11 LMP2 52 Poland Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Nick Boulle 1:52.765 +4.613 15
12 LMP2 74 United States Riley United States Gar Robinson 1:53.278 +5.126 16
13 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States George Kurtz 1:53.526 +5.374 17
14 GTP 63 Italy LamborghiniIron Lynx Italy Matteo Cairoli 1:53.574 +5.422 8
15 LMP2 11 France TDS Racing United States Steven Thomas 1:53.582 +5.430 18
16 LMP2 88 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Argentina Luis Pérez Companc 1:54.281 +6.129 19
17 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi 1:54.364 +6.212 9
18 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed Sweden Henrik Hedman 1:54.470 +6.318 20
19 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman 1:54.977 +6.825 21
20 LMP2 20 Denmark MDK by High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen 1:55.4541 +7.302 22
21 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsports Canada John Farano 1:56.154 +8.002 23
22 LMP2 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport United States Lance Willsey 1:57.324 +9.172 24
23 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:58.714 +10.562 25‡
24 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Switzerland Philip Ellis 1:58.778 +10.626 542
25 GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Antonio Fuoco 1:59.014 +10.862 26‡
26 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Canada Parker Thompson 1:59.143 +10.991 27
27 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Germany Mario Farnbacher 1:59.264 +11.112 28
28 GTD 32 United States Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier 1:59.350 +11.198 29
29 GTD Pro 77 United States AO Racing United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx 1:59.446 +11.294 30
30 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports United Kingdom Alexander Sims 1:59.508 +11.356 553
31 GTD Pro 19 Italy Iron Lynx France Franck Perera 1:59.517 +11.365 31
32 GTD Pro 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Davide Rigon 1:59.534 +11.382 32
33 GTD Pro 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:59.586 +11.434 33
34 GTD Pro 4 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports United States Tommy Milner 1:59.786 +11.634 563
35 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing Italy Loris Spinelli 1:59.797 +11.645 34
36 GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing Australia Scott Andrews 1:59.865 +11.713 35
37 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis 1:59.883 +11.731 36
38 GTD Pro 64 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports Germany Mike Rockenfeller 1:59.916 +11.764 37
39 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Alessio Rovera 2:00.334 +12.182 534
40 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Simon Mann 2:00.396 +12.244 38
41 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe 2:00.427 +12.275 39
42 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Patrick Gallagher 2:00.459 +12.307 40
43 GTD 45 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Canada Kyle Marcelli 2:00.633 +12.481 41
44 GTD Pro 65 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports United States Joey Hand 2:00.719 +12.567 42
45 GTD 55 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giammarco Levorato 2:00.752 +12.600 43
46 GTD 34 United States Conquest Racing United States Manny Franco 2:00.859 +12.707 44
47 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing United States Sheena Monk 2:01.064 +12.912 45
48 GTD 120 United States Wright Motorsports United States Adam Adelson 2:01.364 +13.212 46
49 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 2:01.513 +13.361 47
50 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James 2:01.555 +13.403 48
51 GTD 43 United States Andretti Motorsports Colombia Gabby Chaves 2:01.958 +13.806 49
52 GTD 86 United States MDK Motorsports China Kerong Li 2:03.970 +15.818 50
53 GTD 13 Canada AWA Canada Orey Fidani 2:05.079 +16.927 575
54 GTD 17 Canada AWA Canada Anthony Mantella 2:05.089 +16.937 585
55 GTD Pro 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Claudio Schiavoni 2:05.169 +17.017 51
56 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet No time6 10
57 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti United States Ricky Taylor No time7 11
58 GTD 83 Italy Iron Dames No Time Established 52
Sources:[24][25]
  • 1 The No. 20 MDK by High Class Racing entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 2 The No. 57 Winward Racing entry initially qualified on pole position for the GTD class. However, the car was found to have installed non permitted sensors. By IMSA rules, the entry was moved to the rear of the GTD field on the starting grid.[23]
  • 3 The No. 3 and No. 4 Corvette Racing entries were moved to the back of the GTD Pro classification as per Article 2.2.5 of the GTD Pro and GTD Technical regulations (car homologation was modified).[26]
  • 4 The No. 023 Triarsi Competizione entry was moved to the back of the GTD class as per Article 40.2.3 of the Sporting regulations (change of starting driver).[18]
  • 5 The No. 13 and No. 17 AWA entries were moved to the back of the GTD classification as per Article 2.2.5 of the GTD Pro and GTD Technical regulations (car homologation was modified).[18]
  • 6 The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 7 The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing entry had all qualifying laps forfeited as per Article 40.2.10. of the Sporting regulations (car was touched by the crew during qualifying without permission by the officials).[18]

Race[edit]

Start and early hours[edit]

Afternoon[edit]

Sunset to finish[edit]

Post-race[edit]

The final results kept Cameron, Campbell, and Nasr atop the GTP Drivers' Championship with 706 points on countback over race winners Louis Delétraz, Colton Herta, and Jordan Taylor.[27] With a total of 741 points, Dalziel, Merriman and Zilisch's victory allowed them to extend their advantage to 127 points in the LMP2 Drivers' Championship while Burdon, Fraga, and Robinson took over second place.[27] The final results of GTD Pro meant Calado, Rigon, and Serra extended their advantage to 98 points as Sellers, Snow, and Verhagen advanced to second. Barnucoat, Hawksworth, and Kirkwood jumped from eleventh to third while Christensen, Heinrich, and Priaulx dropped to fourth.[27] With 725 points, Dontje, Ellis, and Ward's victory allowed them to extend their advantage in the GTD Drivers' Championship to 136 points. Fuocco, Lacorte, and Sernagiotto moved from tenth to second with 589 points, 19 in front of Adelson, Heylen, and Skeer.[27] Mercedes-AMG continued to top the GTD Manufactures' Championship while Cadillac and Lexus became the leaders of their respective Manufactures' Championships. Porsche Penske Motorsport, Era Motorsport, Risi Competizione, and Winward Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships with nine rounds remaining.[27]

Race results[edit]

Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 40 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Switzerland Louis Delétraz
United States Colton Herta
United States Jordan Taylor
Acura ARX-06 333 12:00:54.520‡
Acura AR24e 2.4 L twin-turbo V6
2 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac V-Series.R 333 +0.891
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
3 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
Australia Matt Campbell
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Porsche 963 333 +8.898
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8
4 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
Belgium Maxime Martin
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
BMW M Hybrid V8 333 +12.056
BMW P66/3 4.0 L twin-turbo V8
5 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
United States Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-06 333 +13.398
Acura AR24e 2.4 L twin-turbo V6
6 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Finland Jesse Krohn
BMW M Hybrid V8 333 +28.438
BMW P66/3 4.0 L twin-turbo V8
7 GTP 63 Italy LamborghiniIron Lynx Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
France Romain Grosjean
Lamborghini SC63 333 +28.501
Lamborghini 3.8 L twin-turbo V8
8 GTP 5 Germany Proton Competition Mustang Sampling France Julien Andlauer
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Porsche 963 333 +44.807
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8
9 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet
France Frédéric Makowiecki
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Porsche 963 331 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8
10 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Dwight Merriman
United States Connor Zilisch
Oreca 07 330 +3 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 11 France TDS Racing Denmark Mikkel Jensen
New Zealand Hunter McElrea
United States Steven Thomas
Oreca 07 330 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 22 United States United Autosports USA United Kingdom Paul di Resta
United States Bijoy Garg
United States Dan Goldburg
Oreca 07 330 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Portugal João Barbosa
United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
United States Lance Willsey
Ligier JS P217 330 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2 74 United States Riley Australia Josh Burdon
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Gar Robinson
Oreca 07 330 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMP2 52 Poland Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Nick Boulle
France Tom Dillmann
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
Oreca 07 330 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed Sweden Henrik Hedman
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Sweden Rasmus Lindh
Oreca 07 330 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17 LMP2 20 Denmark MDK by High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Germany Laurents Hörr
United States Seth Lucas
Oreca 07 330 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz
United Kingdom Toby Sowery
Oreca 07 330 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
19 LMP2 2 United States United Autosports USA United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United States Ben Keating
Chile Nico Pino
Oreca 07 329 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
20 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Kyle Kirkwood
Lexus RC F GT3 316 +17 Laps‡
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
21 GTD Pro 62 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Davide Rigon
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 GT3 316 +17 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
22 GTD Pro 19 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Mirko Bortolotti
South Africa Jordan Pepper
France Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 316 +17 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
23 GTD Pro 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
United States Neil Verhagen
BMW M4 GT3 316 +17 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
24 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Germany Mario Farnbacher
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 316 +17 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
25 GTD Pro 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Leonardo Pulcini
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 316 +17 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
26 GTD Pro 64 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports Germany Christopher Mies
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Ford Mustang GT3 316 +17 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
27 GTD Pro 65 Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Ford Mustang GT3 316 +17 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
28 GTD Pro 77 United States AO Racing Denmark Michael Christensen
Germany Laurin Heinrich
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 316 +17 Laps[N 1]
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
29 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Netherlands Indy Dontje
Switzerland Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 314 +19 Laps‡
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
30 GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Ferrari 296 GT3 314 +19 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
31 GTD 120 United States Wright Motorsports United States Adam Adelson
Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Elliott Skeer
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 314 +19 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
32 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 314 +19 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
33 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing Canada Devlin DeFrancesco
Canada Misha Goikhberg
Italy Loris Spinelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 314 +19 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
34 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher
United States Jake Walker
BMW M4 GT3 314 +19 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
35 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
Denmark Frederik Schandorff
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 314 +19 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
36 GTD 43 United States Andretti Motorsports United States Jarett Andretti
Colombia Gabby Chaves
Canada Scott Hargrove
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 314 +19 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
37 GTD 13 Canada AWA United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Germany Lars Kern
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 314 +19 Laps
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
38 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 314 +19 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
39 GTD 34 United States Conquest Racing Spain Albert Costa
United States Manny Franco
Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Ferrari 296 GT3 314 +19 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
40 GTD 86 United States MDK Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
China Kerong Li
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 314 +19 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
41 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
Canada Parker Thompson
Lexus RC F GT3 314 +19 Laps
Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
42
DNF
GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Spain Antonio García
Spain Daniel Juncadella
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 313 Accident
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
43 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Alessio Rovera
United States Charlie Scardina
United States Onofrio Triarsi
Ferrari 296 GT3 313 +20 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
44 LMP2 99 United States AO Racing Australia Matthew Brabham
France Paul-Loup Chatin
United States P.J. Hyett
Oreca 07 313 +20 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
45 GTD Pro 4 United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports New Zealand Earl Bamber
Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 307 +26 Laps
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
46 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Canada James Hinchcliffe
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 293 +40 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
47
DNF
GTD 45 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti United States Graham Doyle
Costa Rica Danny Formal
Canada Kyle Marcelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 292 Electrical
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
48
DNF
GTD 55 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick
Italy Giammarco Levorato
United States Corey Lewis
Ford Mustang GT3 291 Mechanical
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
49
DNF
LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsports United States Michael Dinan
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Canada John Farano
Oreca 07 247 Accident damage
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
50
DNF
GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing Colombia Tatiana Calderón
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United States Sheena Monk
Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 233 Accident
Acura JNC1 3.5 L Turbo V6
51
DNF
GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing Angola Rui Andrade
Australia Scott Andrews
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 218 Suspension damage
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
52
DNF
GTP 31 United States Whelen Cadillac Racing United Kingdom Jack Aitken
United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Brazil Pipo Derani
Cadillac V-Series.R 210 Accident
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
53
DNF
GTD 21 Italy AF Corse France François Heriau
United Kingdom Simon Mann
Spain Miguel Molina
Ferrari 296 GT3 197 Accident
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
54
DNF
GTP 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Porsche 963 178 Driveshaft
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8
55
DNF
GTD 83 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 128 Contact damage
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
56
DNF
LMP2 88 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Argentina Luis Pérez Companc
France Lilou Wadoux
Oreca 07 65 Mechanical
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
57
DNF
GTD 32 United States Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Kenton Koch
United States Mike Skeen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 16 Engine
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
58
DNF
GTD 17 Canada AWA Canada Anthony Mantella
United States Thomas Merrill
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 2 Alternator
Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
OFFICIAL RESULTS

Standings after the race[edit]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The No. 77 AO Racing entry received a 35-second time penalty for an unserved drive-through, dropping it from 21st to 28th overall, and from 2nd to 9th in GTD Pro.[28]

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