“Getting a second pole (in-a-row) felt really good, and it made things easier in the race,” Iglesias mentioned post-race. “It took a while to get in the groove, and I was definitely feeling the pressure… Then in the second half, the car felt perfect. I don’t think I’ve had a more perfect car than this, to be honest. Everything worked out today, and it was incredible.”

There was an opening lap incident involving a quarter of the GTP field, including the #8 Coanda Esports Porsche, the #14 Simufy Esports Acura, the #3 CrowdStrike Racing Acura, and perhaps the most notably, the #89 BMW M Team BS+COMPETITION entry, the same team that entered the race second in the GTP standings. Both the #8 and #89 were able to continue, the other two would retire early on.
With action as close as it was throughout, there were sometimes passes off of the racing surface. The #20 Team Redline BMW got away with one early as they split a GTD with the #95 Cadillac. Later in the race, the #95 went for a similar move while battling both Coanda Esports Porsche entries. The #95 was redressed behind the #8 while the #18 was given a penalty for contact a few laps prior with another GTD.
As for the GTD start, the #118 AO Racing by Coanda Porsche was solid as the field fanned out behind. There were a few casualties on the opening lap, including the #170 Team Redline Ferrari driven by Gianni Vecchio, who slammed the tire wall exiting Sunset Bend hard, collecting a couple of other GTDs in the process. The #198 Mercedes-AMG Esports Team ART entry, with Yohann Harth behind the wheel, also got turned in a similar spot in Sunset Bend a few laps later, ending their day early as well.


IMSA Esports Global Championship GTP points standings following Race #3 at Sebring

THE RACE

Despite the interclass competition heating up from there, it mellowed out, with strategies straightforward for the rest of the show.
Janney then added that he learned a lot from Road Atlanta and Indianapolis to put him in a more comfortable position to dominate at Sebring. “I think staying calm has been the biggest takeaway (from Road Atlanta). It was the first race I had done in a while that was team-oriented, and I always feel more pressure when it’s not just up to me… Indy proved to me that I didn’t have to worry about that, and this race was even more of a validation of that.”
Through the chaos, the #20 BMW M Team Redline entry of Chris Lulham and Diogo Pinto managed to sneak through to second place from seventh on the grid. Behind them, the #95 Channel 199 Sim Racing Cadillac of Casey Kirwan and Owen Caryl made their way into a podium spot from eighth.
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The action started immediately with the #4 CrowdStrike Racing Acura, driven by Pablo Lazar at the start, leading the field to the green flag. The officials didn’t like the way he did start the race, and immediately docked him with a 10-second pit road penalty. This handed the lead to the #5 Williams Esports Chillblast BMW as the rest of the field tried to figure it out behind.
As for the GTD class, fan-favorite “Rexy”, the #118 AO Racing by Coanda Porsche driven by Tristan Iglesias and Michael Janney, went wire-to-wire, winning from the pole position ahead of the points leading #171 Team Redline Ferrari driven by Florian Lebigre and Enzo Bonito. “Rexy” and Co. picked up 33 points on their quest for the championship, now only 110 back of the dominant Redline machine, winners of the opening two rounds at Road Atlanta and Indianapolis.
IMSA Esports Global Championship Race #3 at Sebring – GTD results
Behind Rexy, DRAGO Racing had both of their Lamborghinis in the top-five, with the #105 Mercedes-AMG Esports Team Williams Esports crew also vying for a podium early on. The championship leaders in the #171 Team Redline Ferrari didn’t get the best of starts, which allowed for the #118 to pull away to an early gap before the classes started mingling.
Traffic management was as important as ever, with some warnings handed down to some of the front runners throughout the show. On the 29th GTD lap, the leading GTP of the #5 Williams Esports Chillblast BMW was warned for a hasty move on the #177 Valkyrie Competition Ford Mustang.
“It was probably one of my best stints in sim racing,” Munoz commented post-race. “The pace was insane, the car was so fast. I worked really hard for this event, so yeah, it paid off a ton.” When asked about his feelings when he got into the car as the leader, Farrow responded with one word: “Terrified.”
At the end, the dominant cars in both classes prevailed without too much more in the extra curricular department. Now it all comes down to one final race at Daytona to decide both of the class titles.
IMSA Esports Global Championship Race #3 at Sebring – GTP results

Fin.	St.	No.	Team	Driver 1	Driver 2	Manufacturer	Pts
1	2	5	Williams Esports Chillblast	Jaden Munoz	Matt J. Farrow	BMW	382
2	7	20	BMW M Team Redline	Chris Lulham	Diogo C. Pinto	BMW	344
3	10	60	SOELPEC Precision Racing	Agustin Canapino	Maximilian Muir	Porsche	321
4	6	33	Williams Esports Racing Prodigy	Moreno Sirica	Robin Glerum	BMW	305
5	14	11	Fiercely Forward	Patrick Wolf	Christian Hildgaard	Cadillac	277
6	12	6	Grid-and-Go.com eSports	Yoann Rouyer	Peter Zuba	Porsche	269
7	4	8	Coanda Esports	Mitchell deJong	Elvis Rankin	Porsche	268
8	5	23	Race Clutch Black	Sean D Campbell	Jake Denehan	Cadillac	256
9	8	95	Channel 199 Sim Racing	Casey Kirwan	Owen Caryl	Cadillac	243
10	9	99	Apex Racing Team	Maxime Brient	Martial Hubert	Acura	232
11	11	18	Coanda Esports	Oscar Py	Xander Reed	Porsche	220
12	1	4	CrowdStrike Racing	Pablo Lazar	Scott Michaels	Acura	225
13	3	15	Race Clutch Red	Jere Lehtinen	Balazs Remenyik	Cadillac	210
14	13	89	BMW M Team BS+COMPETITION	Daniel Alves Lourenco	Phil Denes	BMW	188
15	16	14	Simufy eSports	Manel Cubo Torres	Marc Perez	Acura	175
16	15	3	CrowdStrike Racing	Wesley Kaspers	Marcus Hamilton	Acura	166

After two hours and 40 minutes of respecting the bumps, the #5 Williams Esports Chillblast BMW team of Jaden Munoz and Matt Farrow were able to claim their second victory of the season in the GTP class from the second starting spot. After inheriting the lead from the penalized #4 CrowdStrike Racing Acura that took the pole, Munoz and Farrow never looked back, leading the majority of the laps to extend their points lead to 102 points heading to Daytona in just a week.

Fin.	St.	No.	Team	Driver 1	Driver 2	Manufacturer	Pts
1	1	118	AO Racing by Coanda	Tristan Iglesias	Michael Janney	Porsche	385
2	2	171	Team Redline	Florian A Lebigre	Enzo Bonito	Ferrari	352
3	6	105	Mercedes-AMG Esports Team Williams Esports	Parker White	Alessandro Bico	Mercedes-AMG	325
4	4	168	DRAGO RACING	Nicolás Rubilar	Manuel Troncoso	Lamborghini	308
5	21	199	Mercedes-AMG Esports Team ART	Alejandro Sánchez	Salva Talens	Mercedes-AMG	270
6	16	120	Dörr Esports	Jonas Rütten	Damon Woods	Chevrolet	265
7	12	110	MAHLE RACING TEAM	Oskari Rinne	Felix Quirmbach	BMW	269
8	3	169	DRAGO RACING	Ricardo Rico	Nicolas Mateo	Lamborghini	260
9	29	121	Dörr Esports	Luca Wunsch	Alexander Thiebe	Ford	222
10	10	177	Valkyrie Competition	Thibaud Prevot	Gaetan Anger	Ford	231
11	5	119	Team PGZ	Christian Steenburgh	Matthieu Victorino	Porsche	226
12	17	102	Grid-and-Go.com eSports	Jarno Koch	Miguel Costa	Ferrari	204
13	7	114	Team PGZ	Samuel L Ward	Lewis Woods	Porsche	204
14	20	131	Sontek Racing – OverPower	Lassi Juurinen	Jesse Hiiliaho	Ford	181
15	27	107	Zero7 Racing	Lorenzo Castellani	Alessio Bonino	McLaren	164
16	14	156	56 Racing Team	Gaël Valero	Antoine Bastard	Chevrolet	167
17	8	123	WSR Esports ButtKicker	Andrew Caron	Lukas Prada	Lamborghini	163
18	13	162	G2 Esports	Isaac Price	Joni Katila	Ford	148
19	19	113	Sontek Racing	Sami-Matti Trogen	Tatu Siipola	BMW	132
20	30	150	MAG – Performance SRT	Mark Calver	Yiling Huang	McLaren	111
21	28	157	Impulse Racing	Norbert Leitner	Piotr Smialek	McLaren	103
22	26	144	Visceral Esports	Matias Orjuela	Matteo Kuenzer	Mercedes-AMG	95
23	23	160	SOELPEC Precision Racing	Garrett Berry	Rob B Clark	Porsche	88
24	31	178	Maniti Racing	Marlon Duczek	Chris van de Nesse	McLaren	71
25	24	172	Channel 199 Sim Racing	Oscar Mangan	Oskar Biksrud	BMW	67
26	18	103	Grid-and-Go.com eSports	Dino Lombardi	Kody Deith	Ferrari	63
27	32	151	MAG – Performance SRT	Lorenzo Azzolari	Gabriel Moretto	Chevrolet	41
28	25	152	Vesta Sport	Chris Cappello	Jaden Conwright	Chevrolet	36
29	22	198	Mercedes-AMG Esports Team ART	Yohann Harth	Peter Berryman	Mercedes-AMG	29
30	11	132	WSR Esports ButtKicker	Ross Macfarlane	Alexander Davidson	Lamborghini	30
31	15	196	BS+TURNER	Ryan Barneveld	Rainer Talvar	BMW	26
32	9	170	Team Redline	Gianni Vecchio	Josh Thompson	Ferrari	32

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The final round of the championship season will take place in just a week’s time, on January 12th at the Daytona International Speedway. With there no Wild Card entry at Sebring, Daytona will have two, one in each class. Verstappen.com will have an Acura GTP entry with four-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen sharing a seat with Gustavo Ariel. Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports will also have an entry in GTP, driving the Ferrari 296, with their drivers still to be announced.

1. #5 Williams Esports Chillblast, 1096
2. #20 BMW M Team Redline, 994
3. #60 SOELPEC Precision Racing, 931
4. #89 BMW M Team BS+COMPETITION, 886
5. #8 Coanda Esports, 828
6. #23 Race Clutch Black, 799
7. #95 Channel 199 Sim Racing, 760
8. #99 Apex Racing Team, 742
9. #33 Williams Esports Racing Prodigy, 734
10. #11 Fiercely Forward, 732

The final round of the championship season will take place in just a week’s time, on January 12th at the Daytona International Speedway. With there no Wild Card entry at Sebring, Daytona will have two, one in each class. Verstappen.com will have an Acura GTP entry with four-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen sharing a seat with Gustavo Ariel. Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports will also have an entry in GTP, driving the Ferrari 296, with their drivers still to be announced.

1. #171 Team Redline, 1114
2. #118 AO Racing by Coanda, 1004
3. #105 Mercedes-AMG Esports Team Williams Esports, 879
4. #169 DRAGO RACING, 829
5. #114 Team PGZ, 803
6. #102 Grid-and-Go.com eSports, 749
7. #168 DRAGO RACING, 710
8. #156 56 Racing Team, 664
9. #131 Sontek Racing – OverPower, 660
10. #120 Dörr Esports, 567

“Being handed such a big lead, you don’t want to mess it up,” Farrow added.

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