2017 12 Hours of Sebring

The 65th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 16 to 18 March 2017. The race was the second round of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as the second round of the North American Endurance Cup.

Cadillac DPi-V.R

Sebring International Raceway

The race was won by Wayne Taylor Racing's Cadillac DPi-V.R driven by Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor, and Alex Lynn, ahead of Mustang Sampling Racing's Cadillac DPi-V.R and Whelen Engineering Racing's Cadillac DPi-V.R. The PC class winners were Performance Tech Motorsports with drivers James French, Patricio O'Ward, and Kyle Masson driving an Oreca FLM09. Corvette Racing won the GTLM class for the third straight year with Antonio García, Jan Magnussen, and Mike Rockenfeller taking the win in their Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. The GTD category was won by Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing's Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, and Mario Farnbacher in a Mercedes-AMG GT3.[1][2]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	13	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani	1:48.178	_	1
2	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:48.273	+0.095	2
3	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Dane Cameron	1:48.314	+0.136	3
4	P	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	José Gutiérrez	1:49.056	+0.878	4
5	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Brendon Hartley	1:149.103	+0.925	5
6	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:49.541	+1.363	6
7	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Stephen Simpson	1:49.587	+1.409	7
8	P	55	Mazda Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	1:49.907	+1.729	8
9	P	90	VisitFlorida Racing	Renger van der Zande	1:49.919	+1.741	9
10	P	70	Mazda Motorsports	Joel Miller	1:50.284	+2.106	10
11	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports	Gustavo Yacamán	1:53.506	+5.328	11
12	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French	1:53.575	+5.397	12
13	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Buddy Rice	1:55.846	+7.668	13
14	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe	1:55.939	+7.761	16
15	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Dirk Müller	1:56.175	+7.997	17
16	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	1:56.252	+8.074	45¹
17	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre	1:56.319	+8.141	18
18	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:56.368	+8.190	19
19	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Garett Grist	1:56.433	+8.255	14
20	GTLM	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke	1:56.441	+8.263	20
21	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Dirk Werner	1:56.487	+8.309	21
22	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Nicky Catsburg	1:56.617	+8.439	22
23	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Alexander Sims	1:56.660	+8.482	23
24	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:57.475	+9.297	24
25	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Tristan Vautier	1:59.738	+11.560	25
26	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Connor De Phillippi	2:00.490	+12.312	26
27	GTD	16	Change Racing	Corey Lewis	2:00.967	+12.789	27
28	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Robert Alon	2:00.998	+12.820	28
29	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Scott Pruett	2:01.158	+12.980	29
30	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Andrew Davis	2:01.222	+13.044	30
31	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Ben Keating	2:01.284	+13.106	31
32	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil	2:01.358	+13.180	32
33	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Mirko Bortolotti	2:01.385	+13.207	33
34	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen	2:01.628	+13.450	34
35	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Mark Wilkins	2:01.687	+13.509	35
36	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Daniel Morad	2:01.752	+13.574	36
37	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey	2:01.966	+13.788	37
38	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	2:02.096	+13.918	38
39	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Townsend Bell	2:02.234	+14.056	39
40	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Justin Marks	2:02.256	+14.078	40
41	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	2:02.345	+14.167	41
42	GTD	46	EBIMOTORS	Emmanuel Collard	2:03.201	+15.023	42
43	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	2:03.672	+15.494	46²
44	GTD	18	DAC Motorsports	Brandon Gdovic	2:04.154	+15.976	43
45	GTD	27	Dream Racing Motorsport	Lawrence DeGeorge	2:08.569	+20.291	44
46	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Disqualified			15
Sources:[3][4]

¹ The No. 4 Corvette Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTLM field for violating competition rules regarding the car's ride height.
² The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.

Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold.[5]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
1	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Alex Lynn	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	348	12:01:09.861
1	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Alex Lynn	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	C	348	12:01:09.861
2	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	348	+13.614
2	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	C	348	+13.614
3	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Dane Cameron Eric Curran Mike Conway	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	346	+2 Laps
3	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Dane Cameron Eric Curran Mike Conway	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	C	346	+2 Laps
4	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Mikhail Goikhberg	Oreca 07	C	344	+4 Laps
4	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Mikhail Goikhberg	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	344	+4 Laps
5	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Patricio O'Ward Kyle Masson	Oreca FLM09	C	338	+10 Laps
5	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Patricio O'Ward Kyle Masson	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	338	+10 Laps
6	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Garett Grist Max Hanratty Sean Rayhall	Oreca FLM09	C	336	+12 Laps
6	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Garett Grist Max Hanratty Sean Rayhall	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	336	+12 Laps
7	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	334	+14 Laps
7	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	M	334	+14 Laps
8	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Dirk Müller Joey Hand Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	M	334	+14 Laps
8	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Dirk Müller Joey Hand Sébastien Bourdais	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	334	+14 Laps
9	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella James Calado Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	334	+14 Laps
9	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella James Calado Toni Vilander	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	334	+14 Laps
10	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	M	334	+14 Laps
10	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	334	+14 Laps
11	GTLM	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson	Ford GT	M	334	+14 Laps
11	GTLM	68	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	M	334	+14 Laps
12	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims Kuno Wittmer	BMW M6 GTLM	M	334	+14 Laps
12	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims Kuno Wittmer	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	M	334	+14 Laps
13	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	M	334	+14 Laps
13	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	334	+14 Laps
14	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	M	332	+16 Laps
14	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	332	+16 Laps
15	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports	Marc Drumwright Chapman Ducote Gustavo Yacamán Colin Thompson	Oreca FLM09	C	328	+20 Laps
15	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports		Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	328	+20 Laps
16	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Mario Farnbacher	Mercedes-AMG GT3	C	325	+23 Laps
16	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Mario Farnbacher	Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	325	+23 Laps
17	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari 488 GT3	C	324	+24 Laps
17	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan Matteo Cressoni	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	C	324	+24 Laps
18	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Boris Said Tristan Vautier	Mercedes-AMG GT3	C	324	+24 Laps
18	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Boris Said Tristan Vautier	Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	324	+24 Laps
19	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Connor De Phillippi Christopher Mies Jules Gounon	Audi R8 LMS	C	324	+24 Laps
19	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Connor De Phillippi Christopher Mies Jules Gounon	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	324	+24 Laps
20	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Dion von Moltke	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	324	+24 Laps
20	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Dion von Moltke	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	324	+24 Laps
21	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Jörg Bergmeister Matt McMurry Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	324	+24 Laps
21	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Jörg Bergmeister Matt McMurry Jan Heylen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	324	+24 Laps
22	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Andrew Davis Matt Bell	Audi R8 LMS	C	324	+24 Laps
22	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Andrew Davis Matt Bell	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	324	+24 Laps
23	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Jeff Segal Oswaldo Negri Jr. Tom Dyer	Acura NSX GT3	C	324	+24 Laps
23	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Jeff Segal Oswaldo Negri Jr. Tom Dyer	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	324	+24 Laps
24	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen Richard Antinucci Mirko Bortolotti	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	323	+25 Laps
24	GTD	11	GRT Grasser Racing Team		Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	323	+25 Laps
25	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad Spencer Pumpelly Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	323	+25 Laps
25	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	323	+25 Laps
26	GTD	16	Change Racing	Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul Brett Sandberg	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	322	+26 Laps
26	GTD	16	Change Racing	Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul Brett Sandberg	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	322	+26 Laps
27	GTD	46	EBIMOTORS	Emanuele Busnelli Fabio Babini Emmanuel Collard Michele Beretta	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	322	+26 Laps
27	GTD	46	EBIMOTORS		Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	322	+26 Laps
28	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth Robert Alon Austin Cindric	Lexus RC F GT3	C	320	+28 Laps
28	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth Robert Alon Austin Cindric	Lexus 5.0 L V8	C	320	+28 Laps
29	P	55	Mazda Motorsports	Tristan Nunez Jonathan Bomarito Spencer Pigot	Mazda RT24-P	C	319	+29 Laps
29	P	55	Mazda Motorsports	Tristan Nunez Jonathan Bomarito Spencer Pigot	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	C	319	+29 Laps
30	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Andy Lally Katherine Legge Mark Wilkins	Acura NSX GT3	C	318	+30 Laps
30	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Andy Lally Katherine Legge Mark Wilkins	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	318	+30 Laps
31	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Frank Montecalvo	Audi R8 LMS	C	309	+39 Laps
31	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Frank Montecalvo	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	309	+39 Laps
32	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Don Yount Buddy Rice Daniel Burkett Mark Kvamme	Oreca FLM09	C	302	+46 Laps
32	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Don Yount Buddy Rice Daniel Burkett Mark Kvamme	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	302	+46 Laps
33 DNF	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	283	Oil Pressure
33 DNF	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	283	Oil Pressure
34	GTD	18	DAC Motorsports	Emmanuel Anassis Brandon Gdovic Anthony Massari	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	282	+66 Laps
34	GTD	18	DAC Motorsports	Emmanuel Anassis Brandon Gdovic Anthony Massari	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	282	+66 Laps
35	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Scott Pruett Sage Karam Ian James	Lexus RC F GT3	C	269	+79 Laps
35	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Scott Pruett Sage Karam Ian James	Lexus 5.0 L V8	C	269	+79 Laps
36	GTD	27	Dream Racing Motorsport	Lawrence DeGeorge Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Paolo Ruberti Luca Persiani	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	255	+93 Laps
36	GTD	27	Dream Racing Motorsport		Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	255	+93 Laps
37	P	90	VisitFlorida Racing	Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande René Rast	Riley Mk. 30	C	241	+107 Laps
37	P	90	VisitFlorida Racing	Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande René Rast	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	241	+107 Laps
38	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Justin Marks Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn	BMW M6 GT3	C	228	+120 laps
38	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Justin Marks Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	C	228	+120 laps
39 DNF	P	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch José Gutiérrez Tom Kimber-Smith	Ligier JS P217	C	205	Gearbox
39 DNF	P	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch José Gutiérrez Tom Kimber-Smith	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	205	Gearbox
40 DNF	P	70	Mazda Motorsports	Tom Long Joel Miller Marino Franchitti	Mazda RT-24P	C	180	Suspension
40 DNF	P	70	Mazda Motorsports	Tom Long Joel Miller Marino Franchitti	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	C	180	Suspension
41	P	13	Rebellion Racing	Sébastien Buemi Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani	Oreca 07	C	167	+181 Laps
41	P	13	Rebellion Racing	Sébastien Buemi Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	167	+181 Laps
42 DNF	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Bruno Senna Brendon Hartley	Nissan Onroak DPi	C	158	Exhaust
42 DNF	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Bruno Senna Brendon Hartley	Nissan 3.8 L Turbo V6	C	158	Exhaust
43 DNF	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Martin Tomczyk Nick Catsburg	BMW M6 GTLM	M	149	Crash
43 DNF	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Martin Tomczyk Nick Catsburg	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	M	149	Crash
44 DNF	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette Shane van Gisbergen	Mercedes-AMG GT3	C	132	Suspension
44 DNF	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette Shane van Gisbergen	Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	132	Suspension
45 DNF	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Pipo Derani	Nissan Onroak DPi	C	47	Turbo
45 DNF	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Pipo Derani	Nissan 3.8 L Turbo V6	C	47	Turbo
46 DNF	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	42	Overheating
46 DNF	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	M	42	Overheating
[6] [7]

Statistics

Pole Position - #13 Neel Jani - 1:48.178[8]
Fastest Lap - #31 Mike Conway - 1:49.629 on lap 100

References

Wayne Taylor Racing wins 2017 Sebring 12 Hours
2017 12 Hours of Sebring: Dominance by Cadillac Continues
"03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
"01_Starting_Grid.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
2017 12 Hours of Sebring scoring
"Race Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
"03/18/2017 race: Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (WSCC) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
2017 12 Hours of Sebring: Qualifying Results

External links

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[1] Wayne Taylor Racing wins 2017 Sebring 12 Hours

[2] 2017 12 Hours of Sebring: Dominance by Cadillac Continues

[3] "03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[4] "01_Starting_Grid.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved April 10, 2023.

[5] 2017 12 Hours of Sebring scoring

[6] "Race Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[7] "03/18/2017 race: Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (WSCC) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

[8] 2017 12 Hours of Sebring: Qualifying Results

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