2018 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring – After 5 Hours (March 17, 2018)

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

 5th Hour (2:40-3:40 p.m.)

- Weather (start of 5th hour): 82 degrees, sunny, winds SW 7 mph

- Weather (end of 5th hour): 83 degrees sunny, winds SW 9 mph

- Total Full Course Cautions: 4 for approximately 55 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 (1st overall; completed 145 laps; car's best lap was 1:49.554)

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)

Prototype/Overall Notes

- The distance between overall leader Pipo Derani and second-place Helio Castroneves (#7 Acura DPi) was 1.633 seconds, as Brazilians hold the first two positions. Filipe Albuquerque (#5 Cadillac DPi) was third.

- A total of 26 laps (97.5 miles/156.91 kilometers) were completed during the fifth hour and a total of 145 laps (573.75 miles/923.36 kilometers) through five hours.

- A total of two cars were not on the track at the end of the fifth 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 five 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.

- Alex Brundle spun and stalled his car on the restart of the second caution, brought out by a canopy that blew onto the track near the end of the fourth hour (that caution was 16 minutes). The Brundle caution was the third caution, and lasted four minutes, from the four-hour, nine-minute mark until the four-hour, 13-minute mark.

- The fourth caution came out for debris from Dirk Mueller’s car (#66 Ford GT, GTLM). The caution lasted for 15 minutes, from the four-hour, 22-minute mark to four-hour, 37-minute mark.

- Most of the leaders pitted at the four-hour, 27-minute mark.

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: Patrick Pilet, #911 Porsche GT3 RSR (13th overall; completed 138 laps overall; best lap was 1:58.598)

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

GTLM Notes

- Patrick Pilet led by 1.681 seconds over Oliver Gavin (#4 Corvette); Scott Dixon (#67 Ford GT) was third.

- A total of six cars and 10 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); and #4 Corvette C7.R (Oliver Gavin).

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

- Five different drivers in five different makes have led at the five one-hour marks.

- Dirk Mueller made contact with a GTD and suffered wing damage around the four-hour, 20-minute mark, which led to a cut tire and extended pit stop (due to damage to the wing and left side of the car).

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: Bryan Sellers, #48 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (21st overall; completed 135 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

GTD Notes

- A total of five cars and 10 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); and #33 Mercedes-AMG (Jeroen Bleekemolen).