2023 12 Hours of Sebring

Sebring International Raceway

The 2023 12 Hours of Sebring (formally known as the 71st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts) was an endurance sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 15 to 18 March 2023. It was the second round of both the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Michelin Endurance Cup. Cadillac Racing entered as the defending overall winners of the 12-hour event, albeit in the new-for-2023 GTP class rather than DPi.

The race was won by the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing entry, driven by Pipo Derani, Jack Aitken, and Alexander Sims, after a late accident eliminated the top three GTP-class cars. ^[1]

Background

Sebring International Raceway, where the race was held.

The #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-Series.R en route to victory.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022. ^[2] It was the tenth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and 71st 12 Hours of Sebring. ^[2] The 12 Hours of Sebring was the second of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races of 2023 by IMSA, and the second of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC). ^[3] It was held at the 17-turn, 3.741-mile (6.021 km) Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida on March 18, 2023. ^[3]

2023 saw the introduction of LMDh machinery into the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship, allowing teams in the top classes to compete in both marquee series on the same weekend. The Acura ARX-06 of Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian claimed victory in the first race in class history, the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, and the car continued its early success by topping IMSA's sanctioned test that took place at Sebring approximately a month before the 12-hour event, albeit this time in the hands of Wayne Taylor Racing. ^[4] Former racing driver and Sebring Hall of Fame inductee Lyn St. James served as the race's grand marshal. ^[5]

The "Super Sebring" weekend also presented the opportunity for a number of drivers in other classes to compete in both endurance events in the same weekend. The Iron Dames trio of Michelle Gatting, Rahel Frey, and Sarah Bovy, for instance, competed in both the GTE Am category of the 1000 Miles of Sebring as well as the GTD class in the 12-hour. ^[6] A total of 27 drivers pulled double duty across the two races, with only Dane Cameron and Michael Christensen running in the top class for both. ^[7]

After the 24 Hours of Daytona 5 weeks earlier, Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Hélio Castroneves, and Simon Pagenaud were leading the GTP Drivers' Championship with 385 points. ^[8] However, on March 8, 2023, Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian were penalized for manipulating tire pressure data during the Daytona race. As a result, the team lost its lead in the GTP championship standings, received a 200-point penalty, lost all team and driver Michelin Endurance Cup points, and forfeited race prize money. ^[9] After the penalty was applied, Filipe Albuquerque, Ricky Taylor, Louis Delétraz, and Brendon Hartley took the lead in the GTP Drivers' Championship with 350 points while WTR with Andretti Autosport took the lead in the GTP Teams' Championship. ^[10] Jules Gounon, Daniel Juncadella, Maro Engel, and Cooper MacNeil led the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship. ^[10] In GTD, Roman De Angelis, Marco Sørensen, Ian James, and Darren Turner led the Drivers' Championship with 375 points. ^[10] Acura, Mercedes-AMG, and Aston Martin were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while WeatherTech Racing, and Heart of Racing Team each led their own Teams' Championships. ^[10] LMP2 drivers and teams as well as LMP3 drivers and teams would be scoring their first championship points of the season due to Daytona only counting towards the Michelin Endurance Cup championship.

On March 8, 2023, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the GTP and LMP2 classes. ^[11] Wholesale changes were introduced to the top class following the 24 Hours of Daytona, where all cars ran on equal metrics. All cars ran on a 1030 kilogram base weight at Daytona, whereas at Sebring the Cadillac ran at the lowest weight (1038 kg), with the BMW at 1040 kg, the Porsche at 1048 kg, and the Acura at 1054 kg. As a result, the Cadillac and BMW both ran at 513 kilowatts of power, while the Porsche ran with 517 kW and the Acura with 520 kW – up from 500 kW across the board at Daytona. Maximum stint energy figures were also adjusted. No performance changes were announced for the LMP2 class. ^[12] On March 9, IMSA released the balance of performance metrics for the GTD class. ^[13] The Porsche received a five millimeter increase to its air restrictor after suffering from a lack of straight-line speed at Daytona. This change marked a four millimeter increase from the Sebring test, after which several Porsche teams threatened to withdraw their entries from the series if BoP concerns were not addressed. ^[14] The new-for-2023 Lamborghini also received an air restrictor size increase from 47 to 49 millimeters after suffering from a similar lack of pace in the opening round. The Ferrari received an increase in turbo boost pressure as well as a 15 kg weight increase, while the Acura also received similar changes in boost pressure but instead lost 15 kg. Other cars that received a weight break included the Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, and Lexus, while the Mercedes received an equivalent increase. ^[15]

Aside from the WEC support race, the Michelin Pilot Challenge and Porsche Carrera Cup North America made up the support bill. The former race was won by Robby Foley and Vin Barletta of Turner Motorsport, ^[16] while Riley Dickinson swept the pair of Carrera Cup events. ^[17]

Entries

Further information: 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 53 cars took part in the event, split across five classes. 8 were entered in GTP, 8 in LMP2, 9 in LMP3, 8 in GTD Pro, and 20 in GTD. ^[18]

In GTP, the field was reduced by one entry following the season-opening round. Cadillac Racing's second car, in accordance with the team's plan for the entry to conduct the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season, was removed. Wayne Taylor Racing, BMW M Team RLL, and Meyer Shank Racing also removed the fourth driver from their entries, being Brendon Hartley, Colton Herta, and Simon Pagenaud respectively. In LMP2, entries from Proton Competition and AF Corse did not return following Daytona, reducing the entry to eight cars. Nolan Siegel was also added to CrowdStrike Racing's entry. ^[19]

In LMP3, Ave Motorsports made their season debut, competing with Seth Lucas, ^[20] Trenton Estep, and Tõnis Kasemets. Jr III Racing, also making their season debut at Sebring, added Dakota Dickerson to their driver lineup of Ari Balogh and Garett Grist just weeks before the event, ensuring that the class runners-up from 2022 returned. ^[21] Dickerson's place in the Andretti Autosport lineup was filled by Dutch driver Glenn van Berlo. ^[22] Dan Goldburg joined the JDC-Miller MotorSports lineup, while Robert Mau was an addition to the Performance Tech Motorsports entry. Performance Tech finalized their entry with the addition of Tristan Nunez. ^[23] FastMD Racing also did not continue their entry past Daytona. Late in the weekend, MRS-GT Racing removed their entry. ^[24]

In GTD Pro, Risi Competizione added Stock Car Pro Series driver Gabriel Casagrande to their lineup, with the Brazilian making his first IMSA start since 2014, where he drove in the PC class for Performance Tech. ^[25] Both Team TGM and MDK Motorsports also did not continue to field an entry at Sebring, with MDK scaling back their planned Endurance Cup campaign due to BoP concerns. ^[26] Kyle Kirkwood and Franck Perera were added to the Vasser Sullivan Racing and Iron Lynx lineups, respectively. After initially committing to the Michelin Endurance Cup, SunEnergy1 Racing were also absent from the Sebring entry list, as were NTE Sport and the Iron Lynx #19. NTE Sport cited financial difficulties following their Daytona crash as the primary reason for their absence. ^[27] Julien Andlauer was also added to the #92 Kelly-Moss lineup. Inception Racing, which competed with the McLaren 720S GT3 base model at Daytona, upgraded to the Evo specification for Sebring, giving the package its global race debut. ^[28]

Practice

There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two 90 minute sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted 10 minutes. ^[29]

In the first session, Filipe Albuquerque's No. 10 Acura lapped quickest at 1:48.303, 0.133 seconds ahead of CGR's Renger van der Zande. Jack Aitken was third in WER's No. 31 car. Connor De Phillippi and his teammate Augusto Farfus were fourth and fifth for BMW. ^[30] The quickest LMP2 lap was set by Christian Rasmussen in Era Motorsport's Oreca. ^[30] Dakota Dickerson led LMP3 in Jr III Racing's No. 30 Ligier. ^[31] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth while Trent Hindman set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars. ^[30]

In the second session, Blomqvist's No. 60 MSR Acura lapped quickest at 1;47.049, 0.026 seconds ahead of Bourdais and WTR's Delétraz was third. Derani in the No. 31 Cadillac was fourth and Nasr's No. 7 Porsche was fifth. ^[32] Rasmussen led LMP2 with a 1:50.506 lap in Era Motorsport's car, 0.767 seconds ahead of Nolan Siegel in CrowdStrike's No. 04 car. ^{[32] [33]} LMP3 was led by Jr III Racing's No. 30 Ligier, driven by Dickerson, with a 1:56.382 lap. ^[33] Tommy Milner was fastest in GTD Pro while Russell Ward set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars. ^[34]

The third session ran at night and saw Sims' No. 31 Cadillac set the fastest overall lap of 1 minute, 48.820 seconds. Tandy was 0.152 seconds behind in second, with the No. 10 WTR Acura of Louis Delétraz in third. Philipp Eng in the No. 24 BMW was fourth and Bourdais' No. 01 Cadillac was fifth. ^[35] Pierson led LMP2 in TDS Racing's No. 35 car, 0.299 seconds ahead of Rasmussen in Era Motorsport's second-placed No. 18 entry. ^[36] Garett Grist set the fastest time in LMP3. ^[35] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD of Jordan Taylor while Indy Dontje was fastest in GTD. ^[35]

Mathieu Jaminet led the final session in the No. 6 Penske Porsche with a lap of 1 minute, 47.086 seconds. Ricky Taylor's No. 10 Acura was second-fastest. The No. 31 Cadillac of Derani set the third-quickest lap. Blomqvist's No. 60 Acura, along with De Phillippi's No. 25 BMW were fourth and fifth. ^[37] Fjordbach's No. 20 High Class Oreca led LMP2. ^[37] LMP3 was led by Goldburg's No. 85 JDC Duqueine. ^[37] The GTD Pro class was topped by the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 of Daniel Serra while Mikaël Grenier was fastest in GTD. ^[37]

Qualifying

Pipo Derani (pictured in 2019) took the overall pole position for Whelen Engineering Racing.

Friday's morning qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2 and LMP3, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 20 minutes for the GTP session, and 15 minutes for the LMP2 and LMP3, and GTD Pro/GTD sessions. ^[29] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car while the LMP3 class required a Bronze/Silver Rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, LMP3, GTD Pro, and GTD cars. ^[38]

The first was cars in the GTD Pro and GTD classes. Antonio García qualified on pole in GTD Pro driving the #3 Corvette Racing entry. Kyle Marcelli qualified on pole in GTD driving the #93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR entry, besting Philip Ellis in the #57 Winward Racing entry. The session saw one incident when Klaus Bachler, #9 Pfaff Motorsports entry, crashed at turn one. Bachler had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag, effectively leaving him with no time set. ^[39]

The second session was for cars in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes. Ben Keating qualified on pole in LMP2 driving the No. 52 car for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, beating François Heriau driving the No. 35 TDS Racing entry by just over one tenth of a second. Glenn van Berlo qualified on pole in LMP3 driving the No. 36 car for Andretti Autosport. ^[40]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTP class. Pipo Derani qualified on pole driving the No. 31 car for Whelen Engineering Racing, beating Sébastien Bourdais in the #01 Cadillac Racing entry by less than one tenth of a second. The session saw one incident when Matt Campbell, driving the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, crashed at turn one. Campbell had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag. ^[41]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	GTP	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Pipo Derani	1:45.836	_	1‡
2	GTP	01	Cadillac Racing	Sébastien Bourdais	1:45.923	+0.087	2
3	GTP	10	Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport	Ricky Taylor	1:46.100	+0.264	3
4	GTP	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Mathieu Jaminet	1:46.426	+0.590	4
5	GTP	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist	1:46.603	+0.767	5
6	GTP	24	BMW M Team RLL	Augusto Farfus	1:46.756	+0.920	6
7	GTP	7	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Matt Campbell	1:46.851	+1.015	7 [lower-alpha 1]
8	GTP	25	BMW M Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi	1:46.908	+1.072	8
9	LMP2	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Ben Keating	1:51.780	+5.944	9‡
10	LMP2	35	TDS Racing	François Heriau	1:51.900	+6.064	10
11	LMP2	11	TDS Racing	Steven Thomas	1:52.169	+6.333	11
12	LMP2	04	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	George Kurtz	1:52.486	+6.650	12
13	LMP2	20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen	1:53.350	+7.514	13
14	LMP2	8	Tower Motorsports	John Farano	1:53.579	+7.743	14
15	LMP2	51	Rick Ware Racing	Eric Lux	1:53.673	+7.837	15
16	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Dwight Merriman	1:53.963	+8.127	16
17	LMP3	36	Andretti Autosport	Glenn van Berlo	1:55.215	+9.379	17‡
18	LMP3	4	Ave Motorsports	Tõnis Kasemets	1:56.874	+11.038	25 [lower-alpha 2]
19	LMP3	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Daniel Goldburg	1:56.984	+11.148	18
20	LMP3	74	Riley Motorsports	Gar Robinson	1:57.012	+11.176	19
21	LMP3	30	Jr III Motorsports	Ari Balogh	1:58.092	+12.256	20
22	LMP3	17	AWA	Anthony Mantella	1:58.164	+12.328	21
23	LMP3	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Christopher Allen	1:58.724	+12.888	22
24	LMP3	13	AWA	Orey Fidani	1:59.160	+13.324	23
25	GTD Pro	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:59.315	+13.479	26‡
26	LMP3	33	Sean Creech Motorsport	Lance Willsey	1:59.458	+13.622	24
27	GTD Pro	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Jack Hawksworth	1:59.582	+13.746	27
28	GTD Pro	79	WeatherTech Racing	Daniel Juncadella	1:59.635	+13.799	52 [lower-alpha 3]
29	GTD	93	Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti	Kyle Marcelli	1:59.714	+13.878	28‡
30	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Philip Ellis	1:59.834	+13.998	53 [lower-alpha 4]
31	GTD Pro	23	Heart of Racing Team	Alex Riberas	1:59.925	+14.089	29
32	GTD Pro	62	Risi Competizione	Daniel Serra	1:59.939	+14.103	30
33	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Aaron Telitz	1:59.944	+14.108	31
34	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Jan Heylen	2:00.022	+14.186	32
35	GTD	023	Triarsi Competizione	Alessio Rovera	2:00.124	+14.288	33
36	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	2:00.229	+14.393	34
37	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Patrick Gallagher	2:00.504	+14.668	35
38	GTD	78	Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics	Loris Spinelli	2:00.639	+14.803	36
39	GTD Pro	63	Iron Lynx	Franck Perera	2:00.763	+14.927	37
40	GTD	70	Inception Racing	Brendan Iribe	2:01.395	+15.559	38
41	GTD	47	Cetilar Racing	Giorgio Sernagiotto	2:01.451	+15.615	39
42	GTD	21	AF Corse	Simon Mann	2:01.588	+15.752	40
43	GTD	83	Iron Dames	Michelle Gatting	2:01.652	+15.816	41
44	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Ian James	2:01.652	+15.816	46 [lower-alpha 5]
45	GTD	91	Kelly-Moss w/ Riley	Alan Metni	2:01.927	+16.091	48 [lower-alpha 6]
46	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter	2:02.115	+16.279	42
47	GTD	77	Wright Motorsports	Alan Brynjolfsson	2:02.612	+16.776	43
48	GTD	80	AO Racing Team	P. J. Hyett	2:02.678	+16.842	44
49	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Sheena Monk	2:03.342	+17.506	45
50	GTD	92	Kelly-Moss w/ Riley	David Brule	2:04.555	+18.719	47 [lower-alpha 7]
—	GTD Pro	9	Pfaff Motorsports	No Time Set			49 [lower-alpha 8]
—	GTD Pro	95	Turner Motorsport	Time Disallowed			50 [lower-alpha 9]
—	GTD	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Time Disallowed			51 [lower-alpha 10]
QUALIFYING RESULTS STARTING GRID

1. The #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry had its two fastest laps invalidated for causing a red flag.
2. The #4 Ave Motorsports entry started at the rear of the LMP3 class due to a technical infraction.
3. The #79 WeatherTech Racing entry started at the rear of the GTD Pro class due to a technical infraction.
4. The #57 Winward Racing entry started at the rear of the GTD class due to a technical infraction.
5. The #27 Heart of Racing Team entry started at the rear of the GTD class after deciding to change their starting race tires.
6. The #91 Kelly-Moss with Riley entry started at the rear of the GTD class after deciding to change their starting race tires.
7. The #92 Kelly-Moss with Riley entry started at the rear of the GTD class after deciding to change their starting race tires.
8. The #9 Pfaff Motorsports entry had its two fastest laps invalidated for causing a red flag.
9. The #95 Turner Motorsport entry had its lap times invalidated after the driver exited the car before the end of the qualifying session.
10. The #32 Team Korthoff Motorsports entry had its lap times invalidated after the driver exited the car before the end of the qualifying session.

Warm-Up

A 20-minute warm-up session was held on the morning on March 18. ^[29] Jaminet lapped fastest with a time of 1 minute, 48.398 seconds. Mikkel Jensen led LMP2 while Goldburg led LMP3. The fastest GTD Pro lap set by Jordan Taylor in the No. 3 Corvette, and Antonio Fuoco's No. 47 Ferrari set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars. ^[42]

Race

Start and early hours

Weather conditions at the start were dry and clear. The air temperature throughout the race was between 78.2 and 88.3 °F (25.7 and 31.3 °C) and the track temperature ranged from 75.0 to 87.0 °F (23.9 to 30.6 °C). ^[43] A chance of rain was in the forecast in the evening of March 18. ^[44] The race began at 10:10 am Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5:00). ^[45] Ricky Taylor got a great start and passed Bourdais for second on the first lap. ^[46] Lance Willsey's No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier crashed at turn one and suffered front end damage. Debris from the car necessitated the first full course caution for eight minutes. ^{[47] [48]} When racing resumed, Brendan Iribe spun at turn five after making contact with Michelle Gatting's No. 83 Lamborghini while Dwight Merriman spun at turn seven after making contact with Eric Lux's No. 51 LMP2 car. ^[47] Merriman would be given a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility. ^[47] Willsey received a stop plus 60 for pitting for emergency service while the pits were closing during the full course caution period. ^[46] Dennis Andersen spun at turn thirteen while lapping the GTD field. ^[47] Heriau passed Keating at turn seventeen for the lead in LMP2 on lap 24. ^[49]

Bourdais jumped Derani to take the lead overall after the first pit stop cycle. ^[49] Keating retook the lead of LMP2 after Heriau picked up a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pits. ^[46] The second full course caution was issued when Kurtz's No. 04 LMP2 car spun at turn seven and got stuck on the curbs. Anthony Mantella's No. 17 AWA Duqueine ran out of fuel. ^[50] After 25 minutes of caution, racing resumed.

Post-race

As a result of winning the race, Derani, Sims, and Aitken advanced from fourth to first in the GTP Drivers' Championship while De Phillippi, Yelloly, and van der Linde jumped from eighth to fourth. ^[51] Since it was the season's first points paying race, Farano, McLaughlin, and Simpson led the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 375 points. Since it was the season's first points paying race, Burdon, Fraga, and Robinson led the LMP3 Drivers' Championship with 380 points. The result kept Gounon, Juncadella, and Engel atop the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship. ^[51] In GTD, Iribe, Millroy, and Schandorff advanced from third to first in the Drivers' Championship. Lewis, Sellers, and Snow jumped from eighth to second while De Angelis, Sørensen, and James dropped from first to fifth. ^[51] Cadillac and McLaren took the lead in their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Mercedes-AMG continued to top the GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship. WeatherTech Racing continued to top the GTD Pro Teams' Championship while Whelen Engineering Racing, and Inception Racing took the lead in their respective Teams' Championships with nine races remaining in the season. ^[51] Tower Motorsports and Riley Motorsports became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships. ^[51]

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡.

Pos	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	GTP	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Jack Aitken Pipo Derani Alexander Sims	Cadillac V-Series.R	322	12:00:53.382‡
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
2	GTP	25	BMW M Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Sheldon van der Linde Nick Yelloly	BMW M Hybrid V8	322	+2.940
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
3	LMP2	8	Tower Motorsports	John Farano Scott McLaughlin Kyffin Simpson	Oreca 07	318	+4 Laps‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4	LMP2	11	TDS Racing	Scott Huffaker Mikkel Jensen Steven Thomas	Oreca 07	318	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman Christian Rasmussen	Oreca 07	318	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Paul-Loup Chatin Ben Keating Alex Quinn	Oreca 07	318	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2	04	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	Ben Hanley George Kurtz Nolan Siegel	Oreca 07	318	+4 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Ed Jones	Oreca 07	317	+5 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 DNF	GTP	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Dane Cameron Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy	Porsche 963	315	Accident
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
10 DNF	GTP	10	Wayne Taylor Racing w/ Andretti Autosport	Filipe Albuquerque Louis Delétraz Ricky Taylor	Acura ARX-06	315	Accident
					Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
11 DNF	GTP	7	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Matt Campbell Michael Christensen Felipe Nasr	Porsche 963	315	Accident
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
12	LMP3	74	Riley Motorsports	Josh Burdon Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson	Ligier JS P320	309	+13 Laps‡
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
13	LMP3	13	AWA	Matt Bell Orey Fidani Lars Kern	Duqueine M30 - D08	308	+14 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
14	LMP3	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Till Bechtolsheimer Dan Goldberg Tijmen van der Helm	Duqueine M30 - D08	308	+14 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
15	LMP3	17	AWA	Wayne Boyd Anthony Mantella Nicolás Varrone	Duqueine M30 - D08	307	+15 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
16	LMP3	4	Ave Motorsports	Trenton Estep Tõnis Kasemets Seth Lucas	Ligier JS P320	306	+16 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
17	GTD Pro	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	303	+19 Laps‡
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
18	GTD Pro	14	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth Kyle Kirkwood	Lexus RC F GT3	303	+19 Laps
					Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
19	GTD Pro	79	WeatherTech Racing	Maro Engel Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	303	+19 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20	GTD Pro	63	Iron Lynx	Romain Grosjean Jordan Pepper Franck Perera	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	303	+19 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21	GTD Pro	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Tommy Milner Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD	303	+19 Laps
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
22	GTD Pro	62	Risi Competizione	Gabriel Casagrande Davide Rigon Daniel Serra	Ferrari 296 GT3	303	+19 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
23	GTD Pro	95	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull John Edwards	BMW M4 GT3	302	+20 Laps
					BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
24	GTP	60	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Hélio Castroneves	Acura ARX-06	301	+21 Laps
					Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
25	GTD	1	Paul Miller Racing	Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	BMW M4 GT3	301	+21 Laps‡
					BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
26	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Michael Dinan Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher	BMW M4 GT3	301	+21 Laps
					BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
27	GTD	92	Kelly-Moss w/ Riley	Julien Andlauer David Brule Alec Udell	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	301	+21 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
28	GTD	70	Inception Racing	Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Frederik Schandorff	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	301	+21 Laps
					McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
29	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Parker Thompson	Lexus RC F GT3	301	+21 Laps
					Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
30	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Zacharie Robichon	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	301	+21 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
31	GTD	91	Kelly-Moss w/ Riley	Jaxon Evans Alan Metni Kay van Berlo	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	301	+21 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
32	GTD	77	Wright Motorsports	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Max Root	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	301	+21 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
33	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally John Potter Spencer Pumpelly	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	301	+21 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
34	GTD	32	Team Korthoff Motorsports	Mikaël Grenier Kenton Koch Mike Skeen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	301	+21 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
35	GTD	83	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	300	+22 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
36	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Katherine Legge Marc Miller Sheena Monk	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	298	+24 Laps
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
37	GTD Pro	23	Heart of Racing Team	Ross Gunn David Pittard Alex Riberas	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	297	+25 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
38	GTD	21	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Simon Mann Miguel Molina	Ferrari 296 GT3	294	+28 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
39	LMP3	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Christopher Allen Robert Mau Tristan Nunez	Ligier JS P320	293	+29 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
40	GTD	47	Cetilar Racing	Antonio Fuoco Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto	Ferrari 296 GT3	290	+32 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
41 DNF	LMP2	51	Rick Ware Racing	Devlin DeFrancesco Pietro Fittipaldi Eric Lux	Oreca 07	289	Accident
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
42 DNF	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Ian James Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	287	Accident
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
43	GTD	80	AO Racing Team	P. J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette Sebastian Priaulx	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	285	+37 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
44	LMP3	33	Sean Creech Motorsports	João Barbosa Nico Pino Lance Willsey	Ligier JS P320	283	+39 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
45 DNF	LMP3	30	Jr III Racing	Ari Balogh Dakota Dickerson Garett Grist	Ligier JS P320	282	Accident
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
46 DNF	GTD	78	Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics	Misha Goikhberg Benjamin Hites Loris Spinelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	279	Accident
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
47 DNF	GTP	01	Cadillac Racing	Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Renger van der Zande	Cadillac V-Series.R	241	Fire
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
48 DNF	LMP3	36	Andretti Autosport	Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves Glenn van Berlo	Ligier JS P320	230	Engine
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
49 DNF	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Indy Dontje Philip Ellis Russell Ward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	198	Accident
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
50 DNF	GTD	93	Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti	Danny Formal Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	186	Collision
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
51 DNF	GTP	24	BMW M Team RLL	Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann	BMW M Hybrid V8	172	Overheating
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
52 DNF	LMP2	35	TDS Racing	François Heriau Josh Pierson Giedo van der Garde	Oreca 07	132	Accident
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
53 DNF	GTD	023	Triarsi Competizione	Alessio Rovera Charlie Scardina Onofrio Triarsi	Ferrari 296 GT3	95	Alternator
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
Source: [52]

Standings after the race

GTP Drivers' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 3 Pipo Derani Alexander Sims Jack Aitken 670 2 1 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Louis Delétraz 660 3 1 Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Scott Dixon 600 4 4 Connor De Phillippi Nick Yelloly Sheldon van der Linde 586 5 2 Nick Tandy Mathieu Jaminet Dane Cameron 580

LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings [51] Pos. Driver Points 1 John Farano Scott McLaughlin Kyffin Simpson 375 2 Scott Huffaker Mikkel Jensen Steven Thomas 350 3 Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman Christian Rasmussen 323 4 Paul-Loup Chatin Ben Keating Alex Quinn 315 5 Ben Hanley George Kurtz 288

LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings [51] Pos. Driver Points 1 Josh Burdon Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson 380 2 Matt Bell Orey Fidani Lars Kern 344 3 Till Bechtolsheimer Tijmen van der Helm 332 4 Daniel Goldburg 332 5 Wayne Boyd Anthony Mantella Nicolás Varrone 306

GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel 708 2 1 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 682 3 2 Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet Laurens Vanthoor 659 4 2 Antonio García Jordan Taylor Tommy Milner 643 5 1 Romain Grosjean Jordan Pepper 612

GTD Drivers' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 2 Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Frederik Schandorff 629 2 6 Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow 628 3 2 Andy Lally John Potter Spencer Pumpelly 577 4 1 Aaron Telitz Frankie Montecalvo Parker Thompson 576 5 4 Roman De Angelis Marco Sørensen Ian James 554

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

GTP Teams' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 3 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 670 2 1 #10 WTR with Andretti Autosport 660 3 1 #01 Cadillac Racing 600 4 4 #25 BMW M Team RLL 586 5 2 #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 580

LMP2 Teams' Championship standings [51] Pos. Team Points 1 #8 Tower Motorsports 375 2 #11 TDS Racing 350 3 #18 Era Motorsport 323 4 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 315 5 #04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR 260

LMP3 Teams' Championship standings [51] Pos. Team Points 1 #74 Riley Motorsports 380 2 #13 AWA 344 3 #85 JDC-Miller MotorSports 332 4 #17 AWA 306 5 #4 Ave Motorsports 282

GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #79 WeatherTech Racing 708 2 1 #14 Vasser Sullivan Racing 682 3 2 #9 Pfaff Motorsports 659 4 2 #3 Corvette Racing 643 5 1 #63 Iron Lynx 612

GTD Teams' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 2 #70 Inception Racing 629 2 6 #1 Paul Miller Racing 628 3 1 #44 Magnus Racing 577 4 1 #12 Vasser Sullivan Racing 576 5 4 #27 Heart of Racing Team 554

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

GTP Manufacturers' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 1 Cadillac 735 2 1 Acura 697 3 BMW 676 4 Porsche 642

GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Mercedes-AMG 708 2 1 Lexus 682 3 2 Porsche 659 4 2 Chevrolet 643 5 1 Lamborghini 612

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings [51] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 1 McLaren 674 2 1 Aston Martin 661 3 3 BMW 650 4 Lexus 618 5 2 Porsche 613

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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