Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Qualifying Report
Sebring, Fla. (November 13, 2020) The No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R will start the 68th Running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on the front row. Renger van der Zande qualified the car with a fastest lap time of 1.47.125 around the 3.74-mile, 17-turn permanent road course, placing the team second. Full-time co-pilot, Ryan Briscoe, will join van der Zande along with newly crowned six-time INDYCAR Series Champion, Scott Dixon for the 12-hour endurance event. The trio won the Motul Petit Le Mans last month and are looking for a strong finish tomorrow in order to clinch the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title.
“Sebring is so cool,” commented Renger van der Zande. “We had low fuel, new tires, and a clean track, so we just went for it. We finished second and I think that’s a great start, being on the front row. At the end it’s going to be a long race. Qualifying isn’t that important for a long race, but it shows where you are in terms of the speed of the car compared to the others. I enjoyed this last qualifying session. It’s my last time doing a qualifying with Wayne Taylor Racing, but I made the most out of it and pushed really hard. It’s going to be a long race tomorrow and a lot at stake.”
- ACURA TEAM PENSKE (No. 7 Acura DPi) Ricky Taylor, Helio Castroneves & Alexander Rossi (1:46.874 at 125.979 mph)
- Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R (No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R) Ryan Briscoe, Renger van der Zande & Scott Dixon (1:47.125 at 125.684 mph)
- ACURA TEAM PENSKE (No. 6 Acura DPi) Dane Cameron, Juan Pablo Montoya & Simon Pagenaud (1:47.140 at 125.667 mph)
- Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller MotorSports (No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi) Tristian Vautier, Sebastian Bourdais, Louic Duval (1:47.209 at 125.586 mph)
- Mazda (No. 55 Mazda DPi) Jonathan Bomarito, Harry Tincknell, Ryan Hunter-Reay (1:47.245 at 125.544 mph)
The green flag for the 68th Running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring will wave at 10:10 a.m. ET with live coverage beginning on NBC Sports at 10:00 a.m. ET. NBC will broadcast live from 3:00 p.m. ET – 6:00 p.m. before switching to NBC Sports for the remainder of the race.
About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is reshaping and revolutionizing the Workplace of the Future™ with its expansive smart office product portfolio from IT Services (All Covered), ECM, Managed Print Services and industrial and commercial print solutions. Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for twelve consecutive years, and is proud to be ranked on the Forbes 2017 America’s Best Employers list. The World Technology Awards recently named the company a finalist in the IT Software category. Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for eight consecutive years. It partners with its clients to give shape to ideas and work to bring value to our society. For more information, please visit us online and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook, YouTube, Linked In and Twitter. Konica Minolta, as title sponsor, highlights Wayne Taylor Racing’s existing lineup of partners that also features Cadillac V-Performance Racing, AMETEK Electronic Systems Protection (ESP /SurgeX) and Powervar, and CIT.
