. Sebring12 Hour 9 - Some heavy blows for some heavy hitters... IMSA
The race’s fifth full-course caution was caused by the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 of Augusto Farfus grinding to a halt, then proceeding slowly toward the pits – a destination it never made. Almost simultaneously, Kyffin Simpson had a sizeable off in his Tower Motorsport LMP2 car.
As the GTP cars peeled out of the pits, it was Derani who drove the Action Express Cadillac into the lead ahead of Ricky Taylor who had replaced Albuquerque in the WTR Acura. Campbell’s #7 Porsche was third ahead of Helio Castroneves in the MSR Acura, De Phillippi’s BMW, and the Ganassi Cadillac was in sixth on fresh tires and Sebastien Bourdais at the wheel. Jaminet pitted again, as did Bourdais, before the race went green.
The eighth caution caused by the GTD Winward Mercedes requiring retrieval, and that was a blessing for Taylor who could thus catch back up to the rear of the GTP field. The pitstops under yellow saw Ganassi jump Bourdais ahead of the #7 Porsche which was now driven by fellow ex-F1 racer Felipe Nasr, while Taylor was up to fourth, as Mathieu Jaminet dropped to fifth. Colin Braun in the MSR Acura and Sheldon van der Linde who replaced De Phillippi in the BMW pitted again.
That left Taylor up front with a 20s margin over Braun before he pitted to hand off to Louis Deletraz. Another driver change in this sequence of stops was Nick Tandy replacing Jaminet in the #6 Porsche.
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