The pair of Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti (WTRAndretti) Acura ARX-06 GTP teams have seen the field set for Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The 15-minute session became a bit tricky when a red flag flew right just about halfway through the session, only allowing a few minutes remaining to lay down a lap time.

 

Louis Delétraz navigated the bumpy 3.74-mile Sebring International Raceway to place the No. 40 DEX Imaging Acura ARX-06 third for Saturday’s endurance event. Ricky Taylor piloted the No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-06 in those final few minutes of the session, but the No. 10 team received a penalty placing the team 11th on the GTP grid.

 

The 72nd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is set for 9:40 a.m. ET to kick off the 12-hour countdown. Peacock and IMSA Radio will serve host to flag-to-flag broadcast for all 12 hours with USA Network on air beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET until the checkered flag falls. 

 

TOP FIVE GTP STARTING GRID

1. No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing (Cadillac V-Series.R) P. Derani, J.Aitken, T. Blomqvist (124.491 mph)

2. No. 01 Cadillac Racing (Cadillac V-Series.R) R. van der Zande, S. Bourdais, S. Dixon (124.322 mph)

3. No. 40 WTRAndretti Acura ARX-06 (Acura ARX-06) J. Taylor, L. Delétraz, C. Herta (123.985 mph)

4. No. 24 BMW M Team RLL (BMW M Hybrid V8) J. Krohn, P. Eng, A. Farfus (123.716 mph)

5. No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsports (Porsche 963) D. Cameron, F. Nasr, M. Campbell (123.320 mph)

11. No. 10 WTRAndretti Acura ARX-06 (Acura ARX-06) R. Taylor, F. Albuquerque, B. Hartley (No Time)

 

 

Ricky Taylor, No. 10 WTRAndretti Acura ARX-06:

“I think we showed the car is strong, we’ve got good pace in our Acura this weekend. It’s a shame to miss out on the pole, but I think we could take a fast car any day. I’m really proud of the team for getting us such a good car, and we’ll transfer it for 12 hours tomorrow.”

 

Louis Delétraz, No. 40 WTRAndretti Acura ARX-06:

“Happy with the result, especially with a tough day yesterday with a lot of new components on the car. Everyone on the No. 40 DEX Imaging Acura ARX-06 crew did a great job to put it together and make it run for qualifying, so we were taking as a test session as well as a performance session. In the end, it’s still P3 and a good position to race for the 12 hours. Now, we’re going to focus on the race car.”

 

 

ABOUT WTRANDRETTI

Andretti Global and Wayne Taylor Racing announced a new, long-term partnership in 2023 that combines the resources of the two championship-caliber teams to compete in IMSA’s top classes. In 2024, Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti (WTRAndretti) has expanded to a two-car GTP program as well as competes in the GTD class. Coming off its 2023 championship winning effort, WTRAndretti continues its Driver Development Program competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America series with a full stable.

 

WTRAndretti’s global motorsports enterprise boasts two IMSA driver championships (2013 and 2017), and back-to-back IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Championships (2020, 2021) which contributed to nine IMSA manufacturer championships for Acura, Pontiac, Corvette and Cadillac. In its brief 17-year history, WTRAndretti has accumulated multiple victories in sportscar racing’s most iconic events: Rolex 24 At Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans, Mid-Ohio, Road America and the Six Hours of The Glen. With its back-to-back PRO Class Championship wins (2022, 2023), WTR also has ten North America Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship titles and a Lamborghini World Finals title. 

 

Andretti Global, a Championship-winning motorsports organization, competes in additional racing categories worldwide, including the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, Extreme E, Australian Supercars and the Mexico SuperCopa Championship. Additionally, the racing enterprise commits to driver development through competition in INDY NXT by Firestone and through support of Sebastian and Oliver Wheldon’s racing careers.

 

WTRAndretti’s long term partnerships include Acura, Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, DEX Imaging, Harrison Contracting Company and Gainbridge.