PORSCHE AIMS TO REPEAT LAST YEAR'S VICTORY AT FLORIDA'S SPORTS CAR CLASSIC, 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
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The schedule The 12 Hours of Sebring takes off on Saturday, 21 March, at 10.45 hrs local time (16.45 hrs CET) and can be viewed live in the Internet on www.imsa.com as well as on the motorsport channel Motors TV. Comments before the race Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Porsche Head of Motorsport: 'After Daytona, Sebring is the second great long distance classic on the Tudor United SportsCar Championship calendar. Although the race is only half the duration of Daytona, it is almost tougher because of the very demanding and bumpy track.' Patrick Pilet (#911): 'Sebring is a very special race on a very special circuit. It's always a hard fight for victory and the avid fans give the whole event a fantastic ambience.' Nick Tandy (#911): 'It's always a highlight to compete in Sebring, regardless in which series you compete for the rest of the year. On this storied track you truly breathe sports car history and that fascinates me.' Richard Lietz (#911): 'Sebring is a race that throws extremes at you. You can't afford to make the slightest error – if you do you have no chance.' Earl Bamber (#912): 'It didn't go so well for us at Daytona, so now I'm hoping we can make up lost ground in the championship at Sebring.' Jörg Bergmeister (#912): 'Sebring is a real classic. To drive at the limit on this bumpy track takes everything from a driver. But it's always huge fun.' Frédéric Makowiecki (#912): 'At Daytona we weren't able to really underline the potential of the 911 RSR over the whole distance. Now I'm hoping we can do this in Sebring and fight for victory.' Wolf Henzler (#17): 'Last year Sebring was the first race with the 911 RSR for my Falken Tire team. Since then we've won Petit Le Mans and now I reckon our chances for victory in Sebring look good as well.' Patrick Long (#17): 'Even though I'm concentrating on my WEC campaign with Patrick Dempsey, I'm looking forward to the chance of supporting Wolf and Bryan in Sebring.' This is the Tudor United SportsCar Championship The Tudor United SportsCar Championship is a new sports car race series contested in the USA and Canada which was run in 2014 for the first time. The series was formed from the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Series. Sports prototypes and sports cars start in four different classes: GTLM (GT Le Mans), GTD (GT Daytona), P (Prototype) and PC (Prototype Challenge). The Porsche 911 RSR runs in the GTLM class, with the Porsche 911 GT America contesting the GTD class.
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