Monday, 20 March 2023

2023 1000 Miles of Sebring Review

Review of Round One of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship at Sebring International Raceway on the outskirts of Sebring, Florida, U.S.A.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing team won the race overall and the Hypercar class too of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid; Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6.



While, second place was the Toyota Gazoo Racing, with the team of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid; Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6; they were two seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Ferrari – AF Corse, with the team of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen in their Ferrari 499P, Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6; they were a two laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), Hertz Team Jota of David Beckmann, Will Stevens and Yifei Ye in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 class. They finish in seventh place overall and they were nine laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by Corvette Racing team of Nicky Catsburg, Ben Keating and Nicolás Varrone in their Chevrolet Corvette C8.R. They finish in seventeenth place overall and they were eighteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Highlights of the 1000 Miles of Sebring below, enjoy.



Next Stop 6 Hours of Portimão in four weeks time for Round Two of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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