2018 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring – After 4 Hours (March 17, 2018)

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

 4th Hour (1:40-2:40 p.m.)

- Weather (start of 4th hour): 80 degrees, sunny, winds SSW 7 mph

- Weather (end of 4th hour): 82 degrees sunny, winds SSW7 mph

- Total Full Course Cautions: 2 for approximately 29 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: Helio Castroneves, #7 Acura DPi (1st overall; completed 119 laps total; car’s best lap was 1:49.026)

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)

Prototype/Overall Notes

- The distance between overall leader Helio Castroneves and second-place Mike Conway (#31 Cadillac DPi) was 13.675 seconds; Castroneves had pitted moments before the second full course caution came out. Pipo Derani (#22 Nissan DPi) was third.

- A total of 30 laps (112.5 miles/181.05 kilometers) were completed during the fourth hour and a total of 119 laps (446.25 miles/719.17 kilometers) through four hours.

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

- A total of seven cars and 11 drivers have led the race: #90 Cadillac (Tristan Vautier); #7 Acura (Ricky Taylor); #55 Mazda DPi (Jonathan Bomarito, Spencer Pigot); #31 Cadillac DPi (Felipe Nasr, Eric Curran); #77 Mazda DPi (Oliver Jarvis, Tristan Nunez); #22 Nissan DPi (Johannes van Overbeek, Nicolas Lapierre); and #10 Cadillac DPi (Jordan Taylor).

- Only 10 cars were on the lead lap at the end of four hours.

- The lead changed several times between the three-hour, 14-minute mark and the next six minutes, due to routine pit stops.

- The second caution period began with nine minutes left in the fourth hour, when a canopy blew onto the track in Turn 10. The caution had been out for nine minutes at the end of the fourth hour.

- Jordan Taylor put the #10 Cadillac DPi into the lead for the first time.

- Helio Castroneves pitted moments before the caution flag for the canopy and inherited the lead for the first time with six minutes remaining in the fourth hour.

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: Oliver Gavin, #4 Corvette C7.R (15th overall; completed 113 laps overall; best lap was 1:58.783)

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

GTLM Notes

- Oliver Gavin took over the lead for the first time during the fourth hour. Gianmaria Bruni #912 Porsche RSR) also took the lead for the first time during the fourth hour.

 A total of four cars and four 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); #67 Ford GT (Richard Westbrook, Ryan Briscoe); #912 Porsche RSR (Gianmaria Bruni); and #4 Corvette C7.R (Oliver Gavin).

- Six 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: Alessio Clemente Picariello, #29 Audi R8 (24th overall; completed 110 laps overall; best lap of 2:00.809)

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

GTD Notes

- The #29 Audi R8 has led at three of the four one-hour marks.

- A total of five cars and eight drivers have led: #51 Ferrari (Daniel Serra); #15 Lexus RC (Jack Hawksworth, David Heinemeier Hansson); #86 Acura NSX GT3 (Katherine Legge); #48 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Madison Snow, Corey Lewis); and #29 Audi R8 (Sheldon van der Linde, Alessio Clemente Picariello).