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The Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R won the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring today. The Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R and Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R completed an all Cadillac sweep of the Sebring podium.

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HABUL TAKES SECOND AGP WIN, BUT TWIGG HOLDS AUSTRALIAN GT POINTS LEAD

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Reigning Intercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers’ Champion Kenny Habul continued his winning streak at the Australian Grand Prix after a 20-year hiatus since his first laps of the circuit in an open-wheeler, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 driver storming from pole position to lead home Scott Taylor Motorsport team-mate Max Twigg and race three winner Peter Hackett to claim a second AMG 1-2-3 for the event.

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GRT GRASSER RACING WITH SENSATIONAL WIN IN 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

After their amazing victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona in January, GRT Grasser Racing did it again this weekend. The green-orange Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo fielded by the team from Styria triumphed again in the second race of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship on Sebring’s famous circuit. And once more, it was the well-practised team of GT veterans, Mirko Bortolotti, Rolf Ineichen and Rik Breukers, who stood on the top step of the podium in the GTD class.

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS WINS AT THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Performance Tech Motorsports turned a tight qualifying session into a dominating win in the LMP2 class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship; walking away winners of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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SUPER IN SEBRING: PORSCHE ALSO WINS THE TWELVE-HOUR RACE

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Porsche has notched up yet another victory at the “Super Sebring” race weekend. Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and his French teammates Patrick Pilet and Frédéric Makowiecki took the flag in first place in the Porsche 911 RSR at the twelve-hour race of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. With this success, the trio in the No. 911 car have not only repeated their win from last year, but also rounded off an extremely successful weekend for Porsche. A day earlier, the ca. 510 hp racing car from Weissach had won both GTE classes at the 1,000-mile race of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC. The No. 912 sister car driven by Earl Bamber (New Zealand), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) finished the thrilling long-distance classic in the USA on fifth place.

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MEYER SHANK RACING SCORES SEVENTH AT SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

A powerful run in rapidly changing conditions saw the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo lead 60 laps of the 67th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday in round two of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Despite strong pace and team execution, an unfortunate late race penalty brought the car down the order to finish seventh at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES THIRD IN GTD CLASS AT SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Finland), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) finished third in the GTD class of 67th IMSA WeatherTech SportCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

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PAUL MILLER RACING USE SEBRING FOR VALUABLE TEST MILES

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Paul Miller racing used the latter half of today’s 12 Hours of Sebring as a valuable test and development session after encountering clutch issues in the first half of the race.

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MAZDA TEAM JOEST BATTLES TO THE FINISH IN SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Making it to the finish of the 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the biggest challenges in sports car racing, and despite both of its cars encountering major setbacks during the race, the cars of Mazda Team Joest made it to the finish in Saturday’s 12 Hours of Sebring.

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BMW TEAM RLL COMES FOURTH AND SEVENTH IN THE GTLM CLASS AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Sebring. The second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship concluded the ‘BMW M Motorsport Super Weekend’ at Sebring (USA). Following a second-place finish for BMW Team MTEK in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s (WEC) race on Friday, it was BMW Team RLL’s turn to send two BMW M8 GTE cars into action for the 12-hour endurance classic held at Sebring International Raceway. After 330 laps, car #24 crossed the line fourth in the GTLM class. The second BMW M8 GTE finished seventh.

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CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: VALIANT EFFORT LANDS NO. 3 CORVETTE ON PODIUM

March 17, 2019 RNW Staff

Corvette Racing closed its marathon weekend of racing Saturday on the class podium at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, bringing one of the team’s most demanding events to an end.

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COMPLICATED RACE FOR REBELLION RACING AT THE 1000 MILES OF SEBRING

March 16, 2019 RNW Staff

This first meeting of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2019 was difficult for the Team REBELLION Racing with an abandon for the R-13 N. 1 car and a podium lost by the N. 3 crew one hour from the checkered flag.

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VICTORY FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AT SEBRING

March 16, 2019 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing conquered the 1000 Miles of Sebring to extend its advantage in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a one-two victory in the sixth round of the 2018-2019 season.

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HACKETT TAKES MAIDEN AUSTRALIAN GT VICTORY

March 16, 2019 RNW Staff

Peter Hackett claimed his maiden Australian GT victory at the Australian Grand Prix during race three of the 2019 season-opener, leading home a Mercedes-AMG 1-2-3 having taken title rival Max Twigg late in the race as they came up to lap the ailing Dale Paterson, the pair crossing the line nose to tail with race two winner Kenny Habul third after an outstanding drive from the rear of the field.

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VICTORY AT SEBRING: PORSCHE GT TEAM FURTHER EXTENDS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

March 16, 2019 RNW Staff

Scoring a win at the 1,000-mile race in Sebring (USA), Porsche has increased its lead in the Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC). Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) and Richard Lietz (Austria) finished round six of the WEC in Florida in first place with the No. 91 Porsche 911 RSR. Their works driver colleagues, Kévin Estre (France) and Michael Christensen (Denmark), achieved fifth place in the ca. 510-hp sports car from Weissach. After the sixth of this season’s eight races, the duo in the No. 92 car holds a clear championship lead. In the manufacturer’s classification, Porsche has succeeded in further extending its top position. In the GTE-Am class, the Dempsey Proton Racing squad notched up its second straight win.

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SMP RACING CELEBRATES THIRD PLACE FINISH AT SEBRING

March 16, 2019 RNW Staff

On Saturday 16 March, SMP Racing drivers Mikhail Aleshin, Vitaly Petrov and their co-driver Brandon Hartley took the third place of the podium during the 8 hour race, the sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Sebring, Florida. The Russian car No.11 of the highest LMP1 class became the best among non-hybrid cars of this championship.

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VALIANT PERFORMANCE GOES UNREWARDED FOR ASTON MARTIN AT SEBRING

March 16, 2019 RNW Staff

Aston Martin Racing’s new Vantage GTE demonstrated front-running pace and mechanical reliability in one of endurance racing’s toughest environments; the famous Sebring Raceway.

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“BMW M MOTORSPORT SUPER WEEKEND” – PART ONE: BMW TEAM MTEK CLAIMS PODIUM FINISH AT SEBRING

March 16, 2019 RNW Staff

The first part of the “BMW M Motorsport Super Weekend” – featuring FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races – is completed. In the sixth round of the WEC Super Season, BMW Team MTEK finished second and seventh in the LM GTE Pro class respectively with its two BMW M8 GTEs. It was the first podium finish for the team since WEC’s Fuji (JPN) round.