Super Sebring is finally here! All eyes in the sportscar racing world will be fixed on Sebring International Raceway in Florida this coming weekend (March 17th-18th), as the “Super Sebring” event brings together the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). BimmerLife’s David Haueter will be on the ground at Sebring International Raceway, covering the event with race updates, pictures, and driver comments. Check back in to this post for lots of great daily content, as well as separate daily recaps. —Mike Bevels
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BMW finished 1-2 in the GTD class of the 12 Hours of Sebring, as the two survived an attrition and incident-filled race. The #1 Paul Miller Racing M4 GT3 of Bryan Sellers, Madison Snow and Corey Lewis finished in first, followed in second by the #96 Turner Motorsport car of Robby Foley, Patrick Gallagher and Michael Dinan. It was a fantastic end to a great event for BMW, as the Turner Motorsport M4 GT4's also finished 1-2 in the Michelin Pilot Challenge race on Thursday.
In GTP, the #25 M Hybrid V8 of Nick Yelloly, Sheldon van der Linde and Connor De Phillippi finished in second after a late race crash took out three of the cars that were ahead of them in the class. The GTP class was won by the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac. The #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 retired with around five hours left in the race. In GTD PRO, the Turner Motorsport #95 car of Bill Auberlen, Chandler Hull and John Edwards finished in seventh.
One hour to go at Sebring. The #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 is running in fifth in GTP. The #24 car retired around five hours into the race.
Some behind the scenes shots from the pits in the 12 Hours of Sebring:
BMW M Team RLL drivers (left to right) Philipp Eng, Augusto Farfus and Nick Yelloly compare notes.
Paul Miller crew getting tires ready.
Philip Eng helmet
Connor De Phillippi helmet
We're three hours in to the 12 Hours of Sebring, on a hot day in Florida. So far, the race has done a lot of running under caution, so hopefully the rest of the race will have fewer incidents.
The #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 is currently sitting second in the GTP class with Philipp Eng behind the wheel right now, with the #25 car behind them in fourth with Nick Yelloly at the wheel. GTP is being led right now by the #01 Cadillac with IndyCar star Scott Dixon at the wheel. In GTD PRO, the #95 Turner Motorsport M4 GT3 is in eighth with John Edwards at the wheel. In GTD, the #1 Paul Miller Racing M4 GT3 is in the lead with Corey Lewis driving, and Robby Foley is in 16th in the #96 Turner Motorsport M4 GT3 and is down a lap.
10 Hours to go!
Scores of fans here at Sebring for the fan walk this morning, as the teams get ready to race.
