Porsche 911 GT3 with Falken Tire Porsche Team Place 3rd at Sebring
Published by Autobahn Buzz (Porsche 911 GT3)
Henzler, Tandy, Sellers Third in GT at 12 Hours of Sebring in Falken Porsche
Stuttgart. At the wheel of a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR handled by the Falken Tire squadron, Porsche works motorist Wolf Henzler (Germany) as well as the teammate Bryan Sellers (USA) and Nick Tandy (GIGABYTES) finished the first round of the American Le Mans Series on GT podium in 3rd place. Using this end result, they were the most effective of the Porsche pilots on the uneven 17-turn Sebring circuit, which hosts America’s oldest endurance automotive race.
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The team certified in 12th position in the entire field at the start of the race, but Henzler timed his acceleration at the green flag flawlessly, shooting to sixth spot in the 500 yards in between the start line signalling of the green flag. Using quick pitstops as well as some exceptional driving in between stops from all three racers, the Porsche entry outran as well as outlasted all the other manufacturing plant teams through Corvette, BMW, SRT Viper and Aston Martin.
“When the week started, I definitely would not have actually believed our company had a chance to make it on podium considering that our team didn’t possess the speed of other teams. Our Porsche was constant, along with the engine, brakes and taking care of the car, and our team gained track placements at a precious time until our squad finished into the top three. We are really pleased with third place. One of the formulas that contributed to our effectiveness today was rapid as well as consistent driving of my associates Bryan and also Nick,” stated Henzler, the 2008 ALMS co-champion.
The additional Porsche team in the GT class was the Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, along with manufacturing facility motorists Richard Lietz (AUS) as well as Marco Holzer (GER) joining Bryce Miller (USA), finished in 6th spot.
“This was not a simple race from our company considering that our setup in the beginning needed customization, but we moved up four places in the second fifty percent of the contest to offer Paul Miller Racing its greatest Sebring appearance ever before. Bryce and Richard drove the Porsche very well and a sixth place finish provides our team important positioning for going forward into the 2013 race season,” said Holzer.
In the GTC class for matched Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race automobiles, no less than seven cars led the class during the 12-hour race, with the # 66 TRG Porsche along with Damien Faulkner (IRL) lost major time when an air handgun failure during a tire improvement permitted the # 22 Alex Job Racing Porsche entry, driven by Jeroen Bleekemolen (NL) to have the lead with 90 minutes remaining. Bleekemolen, previous Porsche Mobil1 Supercup champ, that shared the steering duties with Cooper MacNeil and Dion von Moltke (each USA), at that point grabbed the checkered flag to gain the victory in the 911 GT3 Cup class.
Race two of the American Le Mans Series occurs on TWENTY April on the street circuit in Long Beach, California USA.
