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Old 8 Mar 2023, 19:58 (Ref:4146361)   #1
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2023 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring

Thought I'd throw a thread up as race week gets ever closer...

IMSA, FIA WEC, Porsche Carrera Cup North America and Michelin Pilot Challenge take to the bumps of Sebring next week for the 71st edition of the 12 Hour classic.

How to watch live: https://www.imsa.com/internationalcoverage/

It's an event ushering in a new era and also saying goodbye to one - the GTP class makes its race debut at Sebring whilst the WEC has its last of (only) three appearances since the 'SuperSebring' format was introduced in 2019, with WEC racing on Friday and IMSA in its traditional Saturday slot.

The full timetable can be seen here:
https://www.sebringraceway.com/2023-...ring-schedule/

IMSA 12 Hour entry - 54 cars
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uplo..._EntryList.pdf

54 cars will take the green flag next Saturday, an increase of just one on the car count compared to last year's 53. After the season-opener at Daytona in January, which featured 61 starters, we've lost one Porsche GT3 due to BoP-related dramas as MDK Motorsports, headed by Carrera Cup NA driver Mark Kvamme, pulled the plug on their #53 car.

The BoP for Sebring hasn't been published yet but Porsche and, to a lesser extent, Ferrari, will be hoping for closer competition in central Florida. Despite threats of withdrawal from multiple teams, Kvamme's operation is the only confirmed Porsche non-starter so far; it'll be interesting to see if that changes after the BoP announcement.

Elsewhere, there's one less GTD Pro competitor, as scheduled - the #19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini was a Daytona-only entry. The omissions in GTD are the #42 NTE Lamborghini, #64 TGM Aston and #75 SunEnergy Merc.

In LMP3, the #87 FastMD Duqueine makes way for two additions - Ligiers for Ave Motorsports (#4) and Jr III Racing (#30) to make a total of 10 cars in the class.

The ORECA category, LMP2, was joined by the #55 Proton and #88 AF Corse machines for Daytona only, so they don't appear on the Sebring list.

Finally, in the top category, the #02 Cadillac Racing entry was another Rolex exclusive owing to the car being in Friday's WEC race, so GTP will have 8 cars.

Speaking of WEC, there are numerous drivers doing double duty over the weekend, contesting both the 8 Hour on Friday and Saturday's 12 Hour.


Porsche Carrera Cup NA entry - 41 cars
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uplo..._EntryList.pdf

The biggest entry to date for Carrera Cup North America as 41 identical 992s will start their season with two races - both on the Thursday. A driver to watch out for includes young Australian Tom Sargent, racing for the new McElrea Racing squad from Carrera Cup Australia. He was fastest in testing this week, ahead of experienced American Jason Hart and last year's Porsche Sprint Challenge USA champion in the GT3 Cup 911 class, Dominican driver Jimmy Llibre.

Others to keep an eye on include two Brits with contrasting backgrounds - there's Will Martin, fresh from being the youngest ever winner in Carrera Cup GB last year, and Dan Clarke, who last competed fulltime in 2010 in Indy Lights.


Michelin Pilot Challenge entry - 42 cars
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uplo..._EntryList.pdf

Another great entry for MPC, which will also appear on Thursday only for its two-hour encounter. 42 cars will take the start - 27 in GT4 and 15 TCR's.

TCR increases by one since Daytona with the addition of the #91 van der Steur Racing Hyundai Elantra, but GT4 is down by five cars. However, 42 is more than enough for Sebring, especially considering the occasional shenanigans in MPC which lead to lenghty yellows.

Last edited by Adam43; 18 Mar 2023 at 14:00. Reason: Added the how to watch part. Just in case some one asks in the thread ;)
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