2018 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring – After 6 Hours (March 17, 2018)

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

6th Hour (3:40-4:40 p.m.)

- Weather (start of 6th hour): 83 degrees sunny, winds SW 9 mph

- Weather (end of 6th hour): 84 degrees sunny, winds SW 8 mph

- Total Full Course Cautions: 5 for approximately 71 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 Denani, #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)

Prototype/Overall Notes

- The distance between overall leader Pipo Derani and second-place Ricky Taylor (#7 Acura DPi) was 0.478 seconds. Spencer Pigot (#55 Mazda DPi) was third.)

- A total of 26 laps (97.5 miles/156.91 kilometers) were completed during the sixth hour and a total of 171 laps (641.25 miles/1,031.99 kilometers) through six hours.

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

- A total of seven cars and 12 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, Pipo Derani); and #10 Cadillac DPi (Jordan Taylor).

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

- The #22 Nissan DPi is the only Prototype in which every driver has led. Derani picked up the lead for the first time during the fifth hour and has kept it through the sixth hour.

- The fifth full course caution occurred at the five-hour, 44-minute mark, when Dominik Baumann went off track and hit a couple of signs. There was also debris on the track; the caution lasted through the end of the sixth hour.

- A total of nine Prototypes remained on the lead lap.

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: Connor De Phillippi, #25 BMW M8 (13th overall; completed 164 laps overall; best lap was 1:58.049)

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

GTLM Notes

- Patrick Pilet led by 0.429 seconds over Toni Vilander (#62 Ferrari 488); Nick Tandy (#911 Porsche GT3 RSR) was third.

- A total of seven cars and 12 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); #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).

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

- The #25 BMW led during the race for the first time during the sixth hour, with Alexander Sims and polesitter Connor De Phillippi each taking turns at the point.

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: Luca Stolz, #33 Mercedes-AMG (21st overall; completed 160 laps overall; best lap of 2:01.617).

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

GTD Notes

- A total of seven cars and 12 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); and #33 Mercedes-AMG (Luca Stolz, Jeroen Bleekemolen).

- Frommenwiler put his cars at the front of the GTD class for the first during the race in the sixth hour.

- Six GTD cars were on the lead lap.