2018 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring – After 8 Hours (March 17, 2018)

Here are the statistics after eight hours of the 66th annual 12 Hours of Sebring, on the 3.75-mile, 17-turn Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida.

8th Hour (5:40-6:40 p.m.)

- Weather (start of 8th hour): 83 degrees Fahrenheit, sunny, winds SW 8 mph

- Weather (end of 8th hour): 81 degrees Fahrenheit, sunny, winds WSW 8 mph

- Total Full Course Cautions: 8 for approximately 96 minutes

Prototype

- Total Drivers/Cars: 48 drivers in 16 cars

- Car Breakdown (7 combinations): ORECA LMP2 (4); Cadillac DPi (4); Ligier LMP2 (2); Acura DPi (2); Mazda DPi (2); Nissan DPi (2)

- Leader: Pipo Derani, #22 Nissan DPi, 26 laps during hour (+.0478 seconds over second; under caution)

o   1st Hour: Ricky Taylor, #7 Acura DPi, 27 laps during hour (+1.081 seconds over second)

o   2nd Hour: Oliver Jarvis, #77 Mazda DPi, 32 laps during hour (+35.173 seconds over second)

o   3rd Hour: Eric Curran, #31 Cadillac DPi, 30 laps during hour (+0.776 seconds over second)

o   4th Hour: Helio Castroneves, #7 Acura DPi, 30 laps during hour (+13.675 seconds over second; under caution)

o   5th Hour: Pipo Derani, #22 Nissan DPi, 26 laps during hour (+1.633 seconds over second)

o   6th Hour (Halfway): Pipo Derani, #22 Nissan DPi, 26 laps during hour (+0.478 seconds over second)

o   7th Hour: Johannes van Overbeek, #22 Nissan DPi, 26 laps during hour (+0.325 seconds over second)

o   8th Hour: Johannes van Overbeek, #22 Nissan DPi, 27 laps during hour (+4.030 seconds over second)

Prototype/Overall Notes

- The distance between overall leader Johannes van Overbeek and second-place Eric Curran (#31 Cadillac DPi) was 4.030 seconds. Phil Hanson (#32 Ligier LMP2) was third.

- A total of 27 laps (101.25 miles/162.95 kilometers) were completed during the eighth hour and a total of 228 laps (855 miles/1375.99 kilometers) through eight hours.

- A total of three cars were not on the track at the end of the eighth hour: #2 Nissan DPi and #10 Cadillac DPi (Prototype) and #64 Ferrari 488 (GTD).

- A total of seven cars and 14 drivers have led the race: #90 Cadillac (Tristan Vautier); #7 Acura (Ricky Taylor); #55 Mazda DPi (Jonathan Bomarito, Spencer Pigot, Harry Tincknell); #31 Cadillac DPi (Felipe Nasr, Eric Curran); #77 Mazda DPi (Oliver Jarvis, Tristan Nunez); #22 Nissan DPi (Johannes van Overbeek, Nicolas Lapierre, Pipo Derani); and #10 Cadillac DPi (Jordan Taylor, Renger van der Zande).

- Only six cars were on the lead lap at the end of eight hours.

- Renger van der Zende took over the lead for the first time in the race, passing Johannes van Overbeek at the seven-hour, one-minute mark.

- Juan Pablo Montoya (#6 Acura DPi) spun in Turn 17 after contact with Tristan Vautier (#90 Cadillac DPi) at the seven-hour, three-minute mark. Vautier may have gotten loose. Montoya restarted the car and got back to action.

- Montoya brought out the seventh caution at the seven-hour, seven-minute mark, stopping on the track. He was pushed by track officials behind the wall (14 minute-caution, with green flag back out at seven-hour, 21-minute mark).

- At the seven-hour, 14-minute mark, most of the leaders pitted.

- Two minutes after the seventh caution ended, the eighth came out, for bodywork that came off Renger van der Zande’s car (#10 Cadillac) after contact with Eric Curran. The caution lasted only four minutes before the race resumed under the green flag.

- Despite stalling the car at least twice during a pit stop in the seventh hour, Harry Tincknell (#55 Mazda DPi) assumed the lead for the first time.

- At the seven-and-a-half hour mark, James French (#38 ORECA LMP2) and Joao Barbosa (#5 Cadillac DPi) were caught in an incident in Turn 17, when it appeared French made a late move to get into the pits. There was damage to the front of the #5 Cadillac and the right side of the #38 ORECA LMP2.

GTLM

- Total Drivers/Cars: 27 drivers in 9 cars

- Car Breakdown: Ford GT (2); Porsche 911 RSR (2); Chevrolet Corvette C7.R (2); BMW M8 (2); Ferrari 488 GTE (1)

- Leader: Frederic Makowiecki, #911 Porsche GT3 RSR (14th overall; completed 217 laps overall; best lap was 1:58.572)

o   1st Hour: Jesse Krohn, #24 BMW M8

o   2nd Hour: Richard Westbrook, #67 Ford GT

o   3rd Hour: Alessandro Pier Guidi, #62 Ferrari 488

o   4th Hour: Oliver Gavin, #4 Corvette C7.R

o   5th Hour: Patrick Pilet, #911 Porsche GT3 RSR

o   6th Hour (Halfway): Connor De Phillippi, #25 BMW M8

o   7th Hour: Frederic Makowiecki, #911 Porsche GT3 RSR

o   8th Hour: Frederic Makowiecki, #911 Porsche GT3 RSR

GTLM Notes

- Frederic Makowiecki (#911 Porsche GT3 RSR) led by 4.643 seconds over teammate Richard Westbrook (#67 Ford GT); Alessandro Pier Guidi (#62 Ferrari 488) was third.

- A total of seven cars and 13 drivers have led the race: #24 BMW M8 (Jesse Krohn); #62 Ferrari 488 (James Calado, Toni Vilander, Alessandro Pier Guidi); #911 Porsche RSR (Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet, Frederic Makowiecki); #67 Ford GT (Richard Westbrook, Ryan Briscoe); #912 Porsche RSR (Gianmaria Bruni); #4 Corvette C7.R (Oliver Gavin); and #25 BMW M8 (Alexander Sims, Connor De Phillippi).

- Five of the nine GTLM cars remained on the lead lap.

GTD

- Total Drivers/Cars: 54 drivers in 18 cars

- Car Breakdown: Acura NSX GT3 (3); Mercedes-AMG GT3 (3); Ferrari 488 GT3 (3); Lexus RC F GT3 (2); Audi R8 LMS (2); Porsche 911 GT3 (2); Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (1); BMW M6 (1)

- Leader: Corey Lewis, #48 Lamborghini Huracan (20th overall; completed 212 laps overall; best lap of 2:00.973)

o   1st Hour: Jack Hawksworth, #15 Lexus RC F

o   2nd Hour: Sheldon van der Linde, #29 Audi R8

o   3rd Hour: Sheldon van der Linde, #29 Audi R8

o   4th Hour: Alessio Clemente Picariello, #29 Audi R8

o   5th Hour: Bryan Sellers, #48 Lamborghini Huracan

o   6th Hour (Halfway): Luca Stolz, #33 Mercedes-AMG

o   7th Hour: Corey Lewis, #48 Lamborghini Huracan

o   8th Hour: Jeroen Bleekemolen, #33 Mercedes-AMG

GTD Notes

- Jeroen Bleekemolen (#33 Mercedes-AMG) led by 3.535 seconds over Mario Farnbacher (#93 Acura NSX GT3); Katherine Legge (#86 Acura NSX GT3) was third.

- A total of eight cars and 14 drivers have led: #51 Ferrari (Daniel Serra); #15 Lexus RC (Jack Hawksworth, David Heinemeier Hansson); #86 Acura NSX GT3 (Katherine Legge, Alvaro Parente); #48 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Madison Snow, Corey Lewis, Bryan Sellers); #29 Audi R8 (Sheldon van der Linde, Alessio Clemente Picariello); #14 Lexus RC (Philipp Frommenwiler); #33 Mercedes-AMG (Luca Stolz, Jeroen Bleekemolen); and #63 Ferrari 488 (Alessandro Balzan).

- Nine GTD cars were on the lead lap.