IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship: Hélio Castroneves conquista o tÁ­tulo da temporada

Com o oitavo lugar nas 12 Horas de Sebring, no Sebring nternational Raceway, última etapa do IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship, a dupla formada pelo brasileiro Hélio Castroneves e o norte-americano Ricky Taylor conquistou o tÁ­tulo da temporada. O norte-americano Alexander Rossi completou o trio da Acura Team Penske Acura Acura DPi na prova.

O trio Jonathan Bomarito/Harry Tincknell/Ryan Hunter-Reay (Mazda Motorsports Mazda Mazda Dpi) venceu a prova, com 10s154 de vantage sobre o trio Juan Pablo Montoya/Dane Cameron/Simon Pagenaud (Acura Team Penske Acura Acura DPi).

O trio Oliver Jarvis /TristanNunez/Olivier Pla (Mazda Motorsports Mazda Mazda DPi) completou o pódio no geral, e na classe DPi.

Castroneves/Taylor somaram 265 pontos, um a mais do que a dupla Renger van der Zande /Ryan Briscoe (Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi), que ficou com tÁ­tulo do Michelin Enduranc Cup (as 4 provas de longa duração do campeonato).

Final:

1 5 DPi 55 Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell Ryan Hunter-Reay Mazda Motorsports Mazda Mazda DPi 348 voltas
2 3 DPi 6 Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron Simon Pagenaud Acura Team Penske Acura Acura DPi 348
3 7 DPi 77 Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez Olivier Pla Mazda Motorsports Mazda Mazda DPi 348
4 8 DPi 85 Matheus Leist Stephen Simpson Scott Andrews JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi 347
5 4 DPi 5 Tristan Vautier Sebastien Bourdais Loic Duval Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller Motorsports Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi 346
6 6 DPi 31 Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani Gabby Chaves Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi 346
7 2 DPi 10 Renger van der Zande Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi 341
8 1 DPi 7 Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Alexander Rossi Acura Team Penske Acura Acura DPi 341
9 9 LMP2 52 Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer Scott Huffaker PR1 / Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 340
10 12 LMP2 8 John Farano Mikkel Jensen Job van Uitert Tower Motorsport by Starworks Tower Events / Hey! ORECA LMP2 07 338
11 11 LMP2 38 Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo Don Yount Performance Tech Motorsports Centeniel Spine / Southwest Funding / AIG Technologies / Cardio Access / Ric Man Florida ORECA LMP2 07 332
12 17 GTLM 911 Frederic Makowiecki Nick Tandy Earl Bamber Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 332
13 18 GTLM 912 Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Neel Jani Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 332
14 15 GTLM 24 John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus BMW Team RLL BMW of North America BMW M8 GTE 331
15 14 GTLM 25 Connor De Phillippi Bruno Spengler Colton Herta BMW Team RLL BMW of North America BMW M8 GTE 330
16 13 GTLM 3 Jordan Taylor Antonio Garcia Nicky Catsburg Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R 323
17 10 LMP2 51 Jakub Smiechowski Naveen Rao Matt Bell Inter Europol Competition ORECA LMP2 07 320
18 19 GTD 16 Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long Jan Heylen Wright Motorsports 1st Phorm Porsche 911 GT3 R 319
19 29 GTD 23 Ian James Roman DeAngelis Darren Turner Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 319
20 26 GTD 86 Mario Farnbacher Matthew McMurry Shinya Michimi Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian AutoNation / Sirius XM Acura NSX GT3 319
21 23 GTD 63 Cooper MacNeil Alessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal Scuderia Corsa WeatherTech Ferrari 488 GT3 319
22 20 GTD 30 Rob Ferriol Pierre Kaffer Andrew Davis Team Hardpoint GridRival.com Audi R8 LMS GT3 319
23 30 GTD 57 Joey Hand Misha Goikhberg Trent Hindman Heinricher Racing w/ MSR Curb-Agajanian Mobil 1 / TodaQ Acura NSX GT3 319
24 31 GTD 44 John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly GRT Magnus Flex Box Lamborghini Huracan GT3 319
25 27 GTD 48 Madison Snow Bryan Sellers Corey Lewis Paul Miller Racing Total Lubricants / UIS / Paul Miller Auto Group Lamborghini Huracan GT3 318
26 28 GTD 74 Lawson Aschenbach Gar Robinson Marc Miller Riley Motorsports 74 Ranch Resort Mercedes AMG GT3 312
27 16 GTLM 4 Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fassler Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R 292
28 24 GTD 12 Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell Michael de Quesada AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RCF GT3 266
29 22 GTD 11 Richard Heistand Steijn Schothorst Franck Perera GRT Grasser Racing Team Orange1 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 263
30 25 GTD 96 Robby Foley III Nick Yelloly Dillon Machavern Turner Motorsport Liqui Moly BMW M6 GT3 235
31 21 GTD 14 Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz Kyle Kirkwood AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RCF GT3 70