The No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R shared by Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor and Alex Lynn won the 65th 12 Hours of Sebring on March 18, 2017, taking the overall and Prototype victories. The provisional results record a Cadillac 1–2 overall. Corvette won GTLM, while Mercedes-AMG took GTD.
Who won the 2017 12 Hours of Sebring?
The No. 10 Cadillac completed 348 laps in 12:01:09.681. It finished 13.614 seconds ahead of the second-place No. 5 Cadillac. The event was the 65th edition of the race, held at Sebring International Raceway in Florida. The figures and classifications below come from IMSA/Al Kamel Systems’ provisional results sheet, timestamped March 19, 2017, at 1:31 a.m. UTC; they should be read as provisional rather than as a final classification.
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Who won each class?
The 2017 results sheet uses the class labels P, PC, GTLM and GTD. These were the leading entries in the three principal class stories represented by the results:
| Class | Winning car and team | Drivers | Laps | Gap to second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P / overall | No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R | Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor and Alex Lynn | 348 | 13.614 seconds |
| GTLM | No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, Corvette Racing | Antonio García, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller | 334 | 4.453 seconds |
| GTD | No. 33 Mercedes-AMG GT3, Riley Motorsports–Team AMG | Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Mario Farnbacher | 325 | One lap |
The No. 5 Cadillac was second in Prototype. In GTLM, the No. 66 Ford GT followed the winning Corvette by 4.453 seconds. The GTD runner-up was the No. 63 Ferrari 488 GT3, one lap behind the Mercedes-AMG. The provisional results also include the PC class, whose fastest lap is listed below.
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What happened to Porsche’s No. 911 RSR?
Porsche’s March 19 race report describes a late bid for a strong GTLM result by its No. 911 RSR, driven by Patrick Pilet, Dirk Werner and Frédéric Makowiecki. According to Porsche, an impact-wrench failure lengthened a tyre stop and dropped the car down the order. Pilet then fought back toward the front. Porsche says a front-left tyre defect forced an unscheduled stop 33 minutes before the finish; the car later received a drive-through penalty for driving over the wrench hose. It finished seventh in GTLM. Porsche’s No. 912, delayed by a leaking damper, finished eighth.
Porsche Motorsport head Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser described the late puncture and the No. 912’s lost time this way: “We witnessed a very dramatic race and up until 33 minutes before the end everything was looking good. We had a tough fight for first place with the Corvette but then suffered a slow puncture on the front left tyre. We had to pit and change the tyre and after that we could forget about victory. With our number 912 car, the unplanned pit stop due to a leaking damper cost us three laps and all chances of winning. This car was also running very well.”
Pilet’s account emphasizes the team’s late-race pace and the tyre problem: “Our plan was to have the best car at the end of the race. This meant that it wasn’t so easy driving during the heat of the day. But once it cooled down we were very clearly the fastest on the track. The team did an excellent job. The strategy had been perfect. After the last pit stop we had a good chance to win. The tyre defect was annoying. It wasn’t a pit crew error, it was just bad luck.”
Werner also reflected on how close the No. 911 came to a better result: “The pace of the car was very good and under normal circumstances it would have been enough to win here. Patrick was running in a very good position when he got the puncture. It’s hard to lose the fight for victory like this. Still, we had a great weekend and we put in a good race. The performance of the entire team was outstanding and we were so close to winning our first race.” These statements are Porsche’s account of its own cars, not a complete race-wide chronology.
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Fastest laps by class
The provisional IMSA/Al Kamel results list these class fastest laps:
- P: Michael Conway, 1:49.629.
- PC: Patricio O’Ward, 1:54.549.
- GTLM: Patrick Pilet, 1:57.764.
- GTD: Jeroen Bleekemolen, 2:01.629.
What the results establish
The classification documents finishing order, lap totals, margins and fastest laps. It does not provide a full account of lead changes, cautions or the winning Cadillac’s strategy, so those details cannot be established from this results sheet alone.
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