VRS Coanda Simsport Takes iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring
March 15th, 2020 by Chris Leone
Continuing its dominance of iRacing special events, VRS Coanda Simsport backed up its top split victory in January’s 24 Hours of Daytona with another victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring on Saturday. This time, it was 24 Hours of Daytona winner Joshua Rogers teaming up with Mack Bakkum to lead 260 of 377 laps in the premier event to score a decisive victory over the Apex Racing Team trio of Peter Berryman, Kevin Ellis Jr., and Zac Campbell.
The pole-winning Coanda duo of Mitchell deJong and Jeremy Bouteloup completed the podium, scoring the final lead-lap finishing position after leading the first 81 laps of the race and 94 overall. Coanda and Apex entries completed the top five, and no other teams finished within two laps of the overall win.
In GTE, a thrilling battle between Red Bull Racing Esports and Team Redline ended in favor of the former, with Sebastian Job pressuring Maximilian Benecke and making the decisive pass with less than an hour remaining to take the class win in the #2 BMW M8 GTE. However, it was Porsche that dominated the top 10 spots in class, as its 911 RSRs took seven of the top 10 spots in class compared to three for BMW.
Vendaval Simracing had a strong showing in both GT classes, completing the GTE podium but winning the GT3 class with the duo of Max Esterson and Hayden Berns. Black Star Racing and CoRe SimRacing completed the podium as Audis swept the top 10 GT3 finishing positions.
A total of 31 splits were contested over the weekend, with four in the early event and a whopping 27 running throughout the day Saturday to combine for well over 1,500 team entries.
Top split results from the 2020 iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring were as follows:
Fin. |
St. |
No. |
Name |
Car |
Class |
Laps |
Interval |
Led |
Best |
1 | 3 | 8 | VRS Coanda Simsport $8 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 377 | 0 | 260 | 1:50.804 |
2 | 4 | 91 | Apex Racing Team #91 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 377 | -1:23.741 | 3 | 1:51.270 |
3 | 1 | 18 | VRS Coanda Simsport $18 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 377 | -1:28.660 | 94 | 1:51.187 |
4 | 5 | 90 | Apex Racing Team #90 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 376 | -1 L | 20 | 1:51.557 |
5 | 6 | 81 | VRS Coanda Simsport $81 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 376 | -1 L | 0 | 1:51.445 |
6 | 2 | 333 | Mivano Simracing C7DP | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 375 | -2 L | 0 | 1:51.373 |
7 | 10 | 78 | LEO RACING TEAM DP1 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 374 | -3 L | 0 | 1:51.687 |
8 | 12 | 117 | Team RSO #117 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 373 | -4 L | 0 | 1:51.663 |
9 | 11 | 127 | AlpineEagleRacing | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 372 | -5 L | 0 | 1:52.041 |
10 | 14 | 7 | DRS Wave Italy DP #1 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 372 | -5 L | 0 | 1:52.651 |
11 | 9 | 48 | Powerslide Motorsports | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 371 | -6 L | 0 | 1:52.428 |
12 | 13 | 16 | LEO RACING TEAM DP2 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 369 | -8 L | 0 | 1:52.478 |
13 | 17 | 79 | CTC Racing Black | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 368 | -9 L | 0 | 1:52.343 |
14 | 19 | 2 | Red Bull Racing Esports | BMW M8 GTE | GTE | 364 | -13 L | 0 | 1:55.339 |
15 | 18 | 1 | Team Redline Black | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 364 | -13 L | 0 | 1:55.267 |
16 | 20 | 42 | Vendaval Simracing Blue | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 363 | -14 L | 0 | 1:55.624 |
17 | 31 | 86 | Williams Esports BenQ | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 363 | -14 L | 0 | 1:55.972 |
18 | 24 | 14 | MSI eSports GTE | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 363 | -14 L | 0 | 1:55.897 |
19 | 21 | 3 | Triple A Esports Black | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 363 | -14 L | 0 | 1:55.654 |
20 | 35 | 32 | Radicals Online Trak Racer | BMW M8 GTE | GTE | 362 | -15 L | 0 | 1:55.983 |
21 | 22 | 72 | Team Redline Green | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 362 | -15 L | 0 | 1:55.687 |
22 | 34 | 211 | Triple A Esports White | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 362 | -15 L | 0 | 1:55.938 |
23 | 30 | 5 | MAHLE RACING TEAM | BMW M8 GTE | GTE | 362 | -15 L | 0 | 1:55.972 |
24 | 23 | 911 | Porsche24 driven by Redline | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 362 | -15 L | 0 | 1:55.496 |
25 | 32 | 23 | Positive SimRacing #27 | BMW M8 GTE | GTE | 361 | -16 L | 0 | 1:55.886 |
26 | 27 | 99 | Apex Racing Team #99 | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 361 | -16 L | 0 | 1:55.826 |
27 | 25 | 334 | Mivano Simracing Team GTE | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 361 | -16 L | 0 | 1:55.636 |
28 | 28 | 13 | CoRe SimRacing GTE #13 | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE | 361 | -16 L | 0 | 1:55.971 |
29 | 29 | 25 | MOTUL IMSA TEAM | BMW M8 GTE | GTE | 358 | -19 L | 0 | 1:56.061 |
30 | 37 | 24 | Vendaval Simracing Green | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 352 | -25 L | 0 | 1:59.091 |
31 | 39 | 10 | Black Star Racing | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 351 | -26 L | 0 | 1:59.365 |
32 | 43 | 4 | CoRe SimRacing GT3 | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 351 | -26 L | 0 | 1:59.252 |
33 | 47 | 37 | SIMMSA Esports GT3 Blue | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 351 | -26 L | 0 | 1:59.740 |
34 | 45 | 12 | S2V Esports | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 350 | -27 L | 0 | 1:59.733 |
35 | 49 | 6 | Orion Race Team HPP | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 350 | -27 L | 0 | 1:59.377 |
36 | 48 | 66 | Team Fordzilla GT3 | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 350 | -27 L | 0 | 1:59.308 |
37 | 46 | 76 | MSI eSports GT3 | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 350 | -27 L | 0 | 1:59.648 |
38 | 54 | 451 | Biela Racing Team EURONICS GT3 I | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 349 | -28 L | 0 | 1:59.092 |
39 | 44 | 27 | SRC Squadra Corse Black | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 349 | -28 L | 0 | 1:59.734 |
40 | 53 | 4 | #R4RMotorsport | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 | 348 | -29 L | 0 | 2:00.314 |
41 | 8 | 30 | SIMMSA Esports DP Black | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 328 | -49 L | 0 | 1:51.232 |
42 | 36 | 309 | Williams Esports Chillblast | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 295 | -82 L | 0 | 1:59.095 |
43 | 33 | 43 | Logitech G Altus Esports | BMW M8 GTE | GTE | 286 | -91 L | 0 | 1:55.927 |
44 | 41 | 11 | RaceKraft Esports Yellow | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 274 | -103 L | 0 | 1:59.332 |
45 | 26 | 89 | BS COMPETITION | BMW M8 GTE | GTE | 230 | -147 L | 0 | 1:55.808 |
46 | 50 | 888 | No Nonsense Racing #888 | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 218 | -159 L | 0 | 2:00.121 |
47 | 16 | 51 | World of SimRacing Team | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 192 | -185 L | 0 | 1:52.586 |
48 | 40 | 15 | Simucube ineX Racing | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 186 | -191 L | 0 | 1:59.220 |
49 | 7 | 93 | Drivex eSports Scalpers Team | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 164 | -213 L | 0 | 1:51.470 |
50 | 15 | 47 | DRS WAVE ITALY DP #2 | Corvette C7 DP | DP | 92 | -285 L | 0 | 1:52.333 |
51 | 42 | 73 | Pure Racing Team GT3 | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 0 | -377 L | 0 | |
52 | 38 | 9 | Vendaval Simracing White | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 0 | -377 L | 0 | |
53 | 52 | 303 | Mivano Simracing GT3 | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 0 | -377 L | 0 | |
54 | 51 | 69 | Devotion Simracing #69 | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 | 0 | -377 L | 0 |
Following the 2020 iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring, sports car special events resume on iRacing on Sunday with the IMSA 90 Minutes of Sebring. Modeled after the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge and featuring the Audi RS 3 LMS TCR and all-new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, the 90 Minutes of Sebring allows iRacers to tackle the iconic Florida track with a solo sports car event. The next iRacing endurance event will be the 24 Hours Nurburgring on April 25-26, as GT3, GT4, and TCR vehicles will go around the clock twice on the Gesamtstrecke 24H layout, which combines the iconic Nordschleife with the track’s current Grand Prix layout.