24h Le Mans
Two weeks from the 63rd edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring, second round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the North American Endurance Cup, the list of 47 entries has been revealed by IMSA, the American championship's regulatory body.
Photo : Michael L. LEVITT - IMSA
So far, only one former winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is set to take the start of the 63rd edition of the big race in Florida (entry list): Mike Rockenfeller, who won the race in 2010 with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas in an Audi R15. As in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, they will share the wheel of a Corvette DP with Michael Valiante and Richard Westbrook, who reached a class podium finish at Le Mans with Corvette Racing.
On the other hand, three drivers set for the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring (tickets) have already claimed an overall podium finish at Le Mans with Peugeot: Simon Pagenaud, current title-holder in IndyCar, who will once again support Corvette Racing's ranks in one of the two official C7.Rs, Sébastien Bourdais, winner at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2014 and second three times at Le Mans, and Pedro Lamy, now an Aston Martin Racing mainstay.
Several FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) drivers will take part, such as Olivier Pla, now an official Nissan driver, who will support Tracy Krohn-Nic Jönsson entered in the European Le Mans Series this year, Brendon Hartley, official Porsche driver, who will be at the wheel of a Riley, and Patrick Dempsey, newcomer to the FIA WEC in a Porsche entered in the LM GTE Am class.
The start of the 63rd edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring will be given on Saturday, March 21st at 10:45 a.m. (2:45 p.m. U.K. time) and the free practice will begin on March 19th (program).
Cécile Bonardel / ACO - Translation by Nikki Ehrhardt / ACO
PHOTO: SEBRING (FLORIDA, U.S.), SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, 12 HOURS OF SEBRING, SATURDAY MARCH 15 2014, RACE. 47 competitors are expected at the 2015 12 Hours of Sebring.
