IMSA – ESM returns to Sebring

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After the victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Ligier JS P2 n°2 of Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports wins again by winning the 12 Hours of Sebring, the second Florida event of the season.IMSA which was disrupted for a long time by impressive stormy showers forcing the commissioners to display the red flag for more than an hour.

Luis Felipe Derani once again delivered top-notch performances by taking the lead in the race after starting in third position during the last restart with around twelve minutes to go. The Brazilian won against the Action Express Racing Corvette DPs, the No. 31 of Cameron-Pruett-Curran ahead of the No. 5 of Albuquerque-Barbosa-Fittipaldi-Pruett.

The top five is completed by the Oreca 05 n°81 DragonSpeed ​​from Stone-Hedman-Minassian and the No. 90 VisitFlorida Racing Corvette of Goossens-Hunter Reay-Dalziel. The #60 Michael Shank Racing Ligier driven by Pla-Pew-Negri Jr started from pole and finished seventh after stopping on the last lap, presumably due to a mechanical problem. The JP P2 ranks behind the No. 55 Mazda of Bomarito-Pigot-Nunez.

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À l’instar des Prototypes, le vainqueur à Sebring est identique à celui de Daytona. La Corvette n°4 d’Oliver Gavin, Marcel Fässler et Tommy Milner s’impose pour quatre secondes d’avance sur la BMW n°25 d’Auberlen-Spengler-Werner. La Porsche n°912 de Bamber-Makowiecki-Christensen a complété le podium de la catégorie.

The category race was marked by a collision between the second Corvette of Jan Magnussen and the second Porsche of Kévin Estre who left the track at full speed after a collision while they were fighting for the lead of the race.

Core Autosport won in PC with the #54 of Jonathan Bennett, Mark Wilkins and Colin Braun. There Team Corsa is victorious in the GTD with the Ferrari 488 GT3 of Nielsen-Segal-Balzan.

Discover the report of the 12 Hours of Sebring produced by our special correspondent in issue 2055 of AUTOhebdo available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.