Pietari Poikela and Dominik Hofmann Win Top Split of 2021 iRacing Sebring 12HR

March 29th, 2021 by

On a massive weekend of racing that saw a whopping 61 splits of racing across four time slots, Pietari Poikela and Dominik Hofmann teamed up to win the top split of the 2021 iRacing Sebring 12HR overall, completing 396 laps and leading 237 of them at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday. The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship-inspired event ran one week after the real-world race at Sebring, and also preceded the IndyCar iRacing Challenge finale at the track later this week.

Poikela and Hofmann boasted a 46.951-second margin of victory over teammates Marc Elkemann and Patrick Wolf, while Ross Woodford and Josh Lad completed the podium in the Dallara P217 LMP2. Dion Fiallo and Maxime Brent were the only other lead lap finishers in fourth, and combined for 112 laps led of their own. The top qualifiers, a four-car entry shared by Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup drivers Yohann Harth and Kevin Ellis Jr. plus Michele Costantini and Peter Berryman, led 43 laps before contact with a lapped car put an early end to their race.

In the GTE class, Jonas Wallmeier, Maximilian Benecke, and Enzo Bonito teamed up for the top spot, as BMW M8 GTEs swept the podium. Laurin Heinrich and Ryan Barneveld shared the second place car, while Lasse Bak and Martin Christensen teamed up to place third. The GTD victory also went to a BMW team, with Mikkel Gade and Felix Quirmbach winning the class by a lap over the Lamborghini of Lukas Jestadt and Gregory Tanson. Quentiin Vialatte, Scott Andrews, Alexander Wolters, and Maarten van Loozenoord completed the GTD podium.

Full results from the top split of the 2021 iRacing Sebring 12HR were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Team

Car

Class

Laps

Interval

Led

Best
1 3 11 Team Redline Ice Blue Dallara P217 LMP2 396 237 1:44.512
2 12 17 Team Redline Purple Dallara P217 LMP2 396 -46.951 0 1:44.592
3 8 23 YAS HEAT Microsoft Dallara P217 LMP2 396 -1:07.770 4 1:44.515
4 2 3 Mivano Simracing Rosso Dallara P217 LMP2 396 -1:32.010 112 1:44.503
5 6 169 R8G Esports #8 Dallara P217 LMP2 395 -1 L 0 1:44.605
6 4 46 YAS HEAT Pirelli Dallara P217 LMP2 395 -1 L 0 1:44.697
7 7 16 Race Clutch #15 Dallara P217 LMP2 395 -1 L 0 1:44.589
8 9 9 Mivano Simracing Bianco Dallara P217 LMP2 395 -1 L 0 1:44.653
9 11 56 Impulse Racing #56 Dallara P217 LMP2 394 -2 L 0 1:44.875
10 15 64 Moradness Satellite eStars Neon Dallara P217 LMP2 393 -3 L 0 1:45.526
11 18 98 Team RSO #98 Dallara P217 LMP2 393 -3 L 0 1:45.045
12 14 97 Team RSO #97 Dallara P217 LMP2 392 -4 L 0 1:45.227
13 19 28 WILD ANIMALS .ORCA Dallara P217 LMP2 383 -13 L 0 1:45.545
14 20 71 BMW Team Redline BMW M8 GTE GTE 367 -29 L 0 1:54.259
15 21 96 BS TURNER BMW M8 GTE GTE 367 -29 L 0 1:54.363
16 23 1 Williams Esports Chillblast BMW M8 GTE GTE 367 -29 L 0 1:54.374
17 26 911 Porsche24 driven by Redline Porsche 911 RSR GTE 367 -29 L 0 1:54.529
18 27 994 Comrade Gaming BMW M8 GTE GTE 367 -29 L 0 1:54.469
19 22 20 Team Redline Blue BMW M8 GTE GTE 367 -29 L 0 1:54.284
20 29 176 SimRC $176 BMW M8 GTE GTE 366 -30 L 0 1:54.830
21 30 15 Triple A Esports $218 BMW M8 GTE GTE 366 -30 L 0 1:54.720
22 24 55 BMW Team GB BMW M8 GTE GTE 365 -31 L 0 1:54.493
23 31 26 R8G esports Junior 1 BMW M8 GTE GTE 365 -31 L 0 1:54.763
24 36 27 Lotema Racing Team BMW M8 GTE GTE 365 -31 L 0 1:54.747
25 38 90 BS COMPETITION BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 352 -44 L 0 1:59.243
26 39 452 Biela Racing Team EURONICS $GTD II Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 351 -45 L 0 1:59.421
27 42 8 R8G Esports #10 BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 351 -45 L 0 1:59.317
28 44 178 Maniti Racing GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 351 -45 L 0 1:59.534
29 45 10 DV1 TRITON Racing BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 351 -45 L 0 1:59.492
30 40 6 Vendaval Simracing Blue BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 351 -45 L 0 1:59.414
31 43 2 Team Fordzilla Kiwi BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 350 -46 L 0 1:59.487
32 50 5 CoRe SimRacing BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 350 -46 L 0 1:59.620
33 48 19 Ronin SimSport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 350 -46 L 0 1:59.625
34 55 21 MSI eSports Red Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 349 -47 L 0 1:59.655
35 25 7 Team BMW Bank BMW M8 GTE GTE 301 -95 L 0 1:54.462
36 46 76 SimRC $76 BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 261 -135 L 0 1:59.578
37 10 404 R8G Esports Junior 2 Dallara P217 LMP2 254 -142 L 0 1:44.694
38 35 276 SimRC $276 BMW M8 GTE GTE 247 -149 L 0 1:54.924
39 16 117 Puresims Esports Dallara P217 LMP2 238 -158 L 0 1:44.847
40 37 13 Vendaval Simracing Green BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 228 -168 L 0 1:59.295
41 28 43 Logitech G Altus Esports Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE GTE 214 -182 L 0 1:54.721
42 54 453 Biela Racing Team EURONICS $GTD III Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 212 -184 L 0 1:59.621
43 47 451 Biela Racing Team EURONICS $GTD I Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 190 -206 L 0 1:59.458
44 34 25 DRS Wave Italy GTLM #1 Porsche 911 RSR GTE 159 -237 L 0 1:55.492
45 5 45 YAS HEAT Richard Mille Dallara P217 LMP2 84 -312 L 0 1:44.654
46 17 18 Williams Esports Fanatec Dallara P217 LMP2 4 -392 L 0
47 1 72 Apex Racing Team Dallara P217 LMP2 0 -396 L 43
48 53 4 MAHLE RACING TEAM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 0 -396 L 0
49 33 24 Triple A esports #2 BMW M8 GTE GTE 0 -396 L 0
50 13 12 Triple A Esports $3 Dallara P217 LMP2 0 -396 L 0
51 41 89 BMW Team BS COMPETITION BMW M4 GT3 – Prototype GTD 0 -396 L 0
52 32 78 Maniti Racing Blue BMW M8 GTE GTE 0 -396 L 0
53 51 22 SRC Squadra Corse Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 0 -396 L 0
54 52 14 MSI eSports Blue Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 0 -396 L 0
55 49 116 Puresims Esports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO GTD 0 -396 L 0

 

The iRacing special events calendar continues on April 11 with the first annual North Wilkesboro Throwback Cup, which will see the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series Ford Thunderbird and Chevrolet Monte Carlo take on the historic .625-mile oval. Sports car special events result on April 23-25 with the Nurburging 24HR, while the IMSA setup of LMP2, GTE, and GTD cars return for the Watkins Glen 6HR in late June. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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