SEBRING, Fla. — Sebastien Bourdais grabbed the lead on a restart with 19 minutes remaining within the Twelve Hours of Sebring, then held off a livid problem from the defending winner Saturday night time to offer JDC-Miller Motorsports the victory within the IMSA sports activities automobile endurance occasion.

Bourdais was lacking the rear wing on his Cadillac DPi when he crossed the end line 1.435 seconds forward of Harry Tincknell within the Multimatic Motorsports entry. Tincknell was a part of the profitable Mazda group final yr at Sebring, which was run in November as a substitute of its conventional March date due to the pandemic.

Kamui Kobayashi crossed the end line third within the No. 48 Cadillac for Motion Specific Racing however the group was anticipated to be dropped to the again of the DPi class due to a drive-time infraction,. It could transfer Dane Cameron and Meyer Shank Racing onto the rostrum.

Bourdais was a part of an all-French driver lineup that included Tristan Vautier and Loic Duval that gave the group its first win since 2018. Bourdais and Duval are two-time winners at Sebring, whereas Vautier gained for the primary time.

Jimmie Johnson returned for his second IMSA race of the season however the seven-time NASCAR champion had a rocky weekend. He is the central driver within the No. 48 Cadillac that’s sponsored by Ally, his sponsor his remaining two NASCAR seasons, and fielded by each Hendrick Motorsports and Motion Specific.

Johnson crashed the Cadillac in Friday qualifying, then spun the repaired automobile quarter-hour into the race to wreck it once more. A wing change put the No. 48 again into rivalry till IMSA dominated the group violated drive time laws when Simon Pagenaud was within the automobile 50 seconds too lengthy throughout a six-hour window.