zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
This Year's 12 Hours Of Sebring Pole Sitter Also Set A New Lap Record
This Year's 12 Hours Of Sebring Pole Sitter Also Set A New Lap Record-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:16

The fastest ever year of the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship’s fastest Prototype class continues, this time, with a new Prototype class lap record at the 12 Hours of Sebring. Tristan Vautier will start Sebring out in front after claiming pole position with a 1:47.432 lap time in the No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Cadillac DPi-V.R.

The fastest lap of Sebring still belongs to the LMP1-class Peugeot 908 HDI FAP, which set a 1:44.27, according to . But to see these roughly LMP2-equivalent cars inching up closer and closer to those old LMP1s is kind of fun, not going to lie.

However, it wasn’t a great session for Mazda Team Joest, whose qualifying laps were only good for seventh and ninth in the results, and on top of that. To add insult to injury, both Mazdas will start from the back of the grid tomorrow. They had too much tape over their bodywork seams, per racing journo Either way, it’s a truly bizarre post-qualifying technical violation to get slapped with. What happened to the Team Joest who knew not to get busted over that sort of small stuff?

Last year’s winners and reigning Prototype class champions somehow qualified tenth after struggling to adjust the car to their liking and find speed, but luckily, they’ve got twelve hours to make up for it tomorrow.

United Autosports’ No. 32 Ligier LMP2 qualified last in the Prototype class, so they’re opting to swap their engine overnight for a fresh one, reports . The No. 32 was a full two seconds off the pace of the pole-winning lap.

In the GTLM classes, the BMW M8 GTE is no longer off the pace at all. The No. 25 BMW will start from pole position, followed by the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE and then the other No. 24 BMW M8 GTE in third.

The No. 51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE will start from pole in the GTD class. Jalopnik Bump-wearers HART will start eighth in the class with their Acura NSX GT3. Another NSX GT3, the No. 93 of Michael Shank Racing, was still rebuilding their car after a hard practice crash and did not make it out to qualify.

You can view the full results, as I start to wonder whether they’ll beat the overall distance record for the 12 Hours of Sebring this year, too. They set a new distance record at in January, so it’s definitely possible.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
The Perfect Gifts For Someone Who Wants To Understand Racing
The Perfect Gifts For Someone Who Wants To Understand Racing
Why do people care about racing? Why do they get up at 3:00 a.m. to do it? Maybe you have that one friend who’d probably be into it if they knew more about it, or someone else who wonders why you care so much. Here are some gifts you can...
May 19, 2026
The Porsche Cayman GT4: Why Buy A Supercar When You Can Buy A Race Car Instead?
The Porsche Cayman GT4: Why Buy A Supercar When You Can Buy A Race Car Instead?
You can have your fancy supercar with its air conditioning and its heated, massing seats. For $165,000, I’ll take this Clubsport, a helmet, a Nomex suit and a prayer that I’ll stay away from walls. Today at the LA Auto Show, Porsche unveiled the racing-only Cayman special that’s destined for...
May 19, 2026
What Do You Want To Know About NASA's New Spec Prototype Series?
What Do You Want To Know About NASA's New Spec Prototype Series?
“Spec prototype” seems like a contradiction in terms, but if you want to race a purpose-built race car but don’t love the crazy development costs of an open prototype series, here’s the Elan NP01. I’ve got some track time with it this morning, so what do you want to know...
May 19, 2026
Perhaps A Few Drivers In The Race Of Champions Are Hungover Right Now
Perhaps A Few Drivers In The Race Of Champions Are Hungover Right Now
Perhaps, posits Red Bull Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo in his Instagram video. Perhaps. Paracetamol, of course, is often marketed as Tylenol here—for the treatment of aches, pains, fevers and too much bourbon the previous night. If this is the conclusion Daniel gets from mere Tylenol, you may want to...
May 19, 2026
Circuit Of The Americas Still Hasn't Paid Formula One Hosting Fees: Report
Circuit Of The Americas Still Hasn't Paid Formula One Hosting Fees: Report
A $33 million dollar hosting fee that was supposed to be paid ahead of last month’s Formula One United States Grand Prix has yet to be paid by Circuit of the Americas, according to a report published in the . That fee was supposed to be paid ahead of the...
May 19, 2026
This Golf From Hell Will Pass Anything But Emissions
This Golf From Hell Will Pass Anything But Emissions
Volkswagen never turned the mark 2 Golf into an official Group B rally car, but somebody in Austria corrected that mistake. Banning all motorsports apart from hillclimb events after turned Switzerland into a heaven for high-downforce high-boost machinery like this silhouette racer that looks almost exactly like how a facelifted...
May 19, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved