JORDAN TAYLOR, RENGER VAN DER ZANDE, MATTHIEU VAXIVIÈRE Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Team Report Round 2 of 10 – 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring At-Track PR Contact: Laz Denes with True Speed Communication (256-717-8014 or [email protected]). Event: 12-hour IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway (3.74-mile, 17-turn road course). Live Broadcast (race time 10:40 a.m. EDT Saturday): CNBC – 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; NBC Sports App – 1 to 3 p.m.; NBCSN – 3 to 10 p.m. Friday qualifying – 9:45 to 11 a.m. (Prototype class at 9:45 a.m.) via IMSA.tv and the IMSA mobile app. Driver Lineup in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R for the 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring: Driver: Jordan Taylor Driver: Renger van der Zande Driver: Matthieu Vaxivière Birthdate: May 10, 1991 Birthdate: Feb. 16, 1986 Birthdate: Dec. 3, 1994 Birthplace: Orlando, Florida Birthplace: Dodewaard, Netherlands Birthplace: Limoges, France Residence: Apopka, Florida Residence: Amsterdam Residence: Bordeaux, France Personal: Single Personal: Wife, Carlijn Personal: Single Daughter, Lola Wayne Taylor Racing Sebring Performance Profile: Year Drivers Event Start Finish Status/Laps Laps Led Renger van der Zande, 2018 12 Hours of Sebring 10 2 Running/344 8 Jordan Taylor, Ryan Hunter-Reay Ricky Taylor, Alex Lynn, 2017 12 Hours of Sebring 6 1 Running/348 123 Jordan Taylor Rubens Barrichello, Jordan Taylor, 2016 12 Hours of Sebring 8 12 Electrical/169 2 Ricky Taylor, Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor, 2015 12 Hours of Sebring 7 2 Running/340 0 Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor, Max Angelelli, 2014 12 Hours of Sebring 3 7 Running/291 2 Jordan Taylor Wayne Taylor Racing History: Year Races Wins Podiums Top-5s Top-10s Poles 2019 1 1 1 1 1 0 2018 10 1 4 8 8 2 2017 10 5 7 7 10 5 2016 10 3 7 8 9 1 2015 10 2 5 6 9 3 2014 11 2 6 8 11 0 2013 12 5 6 6 10 3 2012 13 3 4 7 11 2 2011 12 3 8 10 10 6 2010 12 1 7 7 11 3 2009 12 2 6 7 9 0 2008 14 1 4 5 10 4 2007 14 2 9 11 12 1 TOTAL 141 31 74 91 121 30 -more- Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Team Report – 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Page Two Notes of Interest: Round two of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship takes the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R driving duo of Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande and new third driver Matthieu Vaxivière to iconic Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway for Saturday’s 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The team is coming off it second victory in the last three seasons at the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, where Formula One veteran Fernando Alonso and former Formula One and current FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) veteran Kamui Kobayashi joined Taylor and van der Zande in the cockpit. In 2017, Taylor scored the Rolex 24 victory for the team co-driving with his older brother Ricky Taylor, along with veteran Italian Max “The Ax” Angelelli and four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon. This weekend, the team will also be looking for its second Sebring victory in three seasons, having followed up its 2017 Rolex 24 win with a Sebring victory at the hands of the Taylor brothers and third driver Alex Lynn of Great Britain. Last year at Sebring, Jordan Taylor, van der Zande and former IndyCar series and Indy 500 champion Ryan Hunter-Reay co-drove to a second-place finish. It was the team’s third top-two finish in four seasons at the 12-hour endurance marathon. The 2017 Sebring victory was the team’s second of five consecutive race wins to open the season en route to that year’s driver and team championships. The team heads to Sebring this weekend riding a two-race winning streak, having won last year’s season-ending Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on a thrilling, last-lap pass by van der Zande. That win was the team’s first and only win of 2018 and extended its streak of 15 consecutive seasons with at least one victory. With the Petit Le Mans victory and four podium finishes in all, Taylor and van der Zande rallied to finish third in the final 2018 championship standings, seven points out of first. Taylor will be making his eighth career Sebring 12-hour start this weekend, the latter six with the No. 10 team and the first two racing for the GT- class Corvette Racing team, with whom he co-drove to a runner-up finish from the pole alongside Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia in 2012. This weekend marks the sixth career Sebring appearance for van der Zande. He drove for the Starworks Motorsport Prototype Challenge-class team from 2014 through 2016 and logged podium finishes of third in 2014 and 2016 and a fifth-place finish in 2015. Prior to joining the No. 10 team last year, he finished sixth overall in the 2017 Sebring 12-hour in the No. 90 Spirit of Daytona entry alongside Marc Goosens and Rene Rast. Vaxivière is a 24-year-old regular in the WEC. The Frenchman is also an R-Motorsport-contracted driver competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series. In 2018, he won from the pole in the series’ round at England’s Silverstone circuit, and also won the pole at France’s Paul Ricard circuit on his way to ninth in the championship. He also has competed in the WEC since 2017, scoring a podium finish at Silverstone in 2017 and a pair of top-fives at Japan’s Fuji circuit in 2017 and 2018 and another top-five at Belgium’s Spa Francourchamps circuit in 2018. He also competed in last year’s opening three European Le Mans Series events, bringing home runner-up finishes at Paul Ricard and Italy’s Monza circuit. Vaxivière began racing karts in France as a 10-year-old in 2005, and also competed in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, V de V Endurance Cup, French GT, and 2e Grand Prix Electrique in 2012 and 2013. This weekend marks Vaxivière’s Sebring debut, and he’ll be pulling double duty by also racing in Friday’s eight-hour WEC race at the track in an LMP2-class No. 28 TDS Racing-sponsored entry with co-drivers Francois Perrodo and Loic Duvall. Van der Zande also will be pulling double duty this weekend, joining Henrik Hendman and Ben Handley in the No. 10 Dragonspeed LMP1 entry. 2018 Results: Date Site Drivers Start Finish Laps Laps Led Status Points/Pos. Renger van der Zande 1/26- Daytona Fernando Alonso 259 6 1 593/593 Running 35/1st 27 (24 hours) Kamui Kobayashi (race-high) Jordan Taylor Poles: 1 Wins: 1 Podiums: 1 Top-5: 1 Top-10: 1 Laps led: 259 Laps completed: 593 of 593 (100%) Avg. start: 6.00 Avg. finish: 1.0 Primary Team Members: Over-The-Wall Crew: Owner: Wayne Taylor (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) Front Tire Changer: Michael Langston Team Manager: Travis Houge (Dolliver, Iowa) Rear Tire Changer: Chris Bennett Crew Chief: Chris Bennett (Indianapolis) Airjack: Chris Bennett Race Engineer: Brian Pillar (Alliston, Ontario, Canada) Fueler: Chris Seaman Asst. Engineer: Adam Banet (Floyd Knobs, Ind.) Fire Bottle: Paul Sheehan Mechanics/Crew: Derrick Barnes (Indianapolis), Levi Beasley (Indianapolis), Frank Driver Change Assist: Bill Mullen Camacho (Long Beach, Calif.), Chad Hurst (Speedway, Ind.), Tire Assist: Derrick Barnes, Paul Sheehan Brett Knostman (Orange, Calif.), Michael Langston (Pearl, Miss.), Deadperson: Hali Money Hali Money (Brownsburg, Ind.), Bill Mullen (Hamilton, Ohio), Chris Seaman (Hamburg, Pa.), Chris Sheffer (Mission Viejo, Tire Carrier: Nick Voils Calif.), Keith Stein (Highland, Ind.), Evan Thompson Signboard: Derrick Barnes (Brownsburg, Ind.), Nicholas Voils (Indianapolis). Fire Bottle: Chad Hurst Truck Driver: Paul Sheehan (Olivia, Minn.) -more- Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Team Report – 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Page Three Car Specifications: Car: No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Dallara Chassis: Carbon fiber monocoque with aluminum honeycomb and Zylon side panels. Carbon fiber bodywork with Kevlar panel inserts. Cadillac Engine: Cadillac V-Performance-based 5.5-liter V-8 with production-based aluminum block and heads. Earnhardt- Childress Racing-designed, semi-stressed engine mounting system with integral oil lubrication. Lubrication: self-contained dry sump system. Dynamic pressure (ram-air) intake system with IMSA-mandated sonic air restrictors. Rear-facing, top-exit, dual-outlet, multi-branch exhaust header system. Produces approximately 580 horsepower at 7,050 rpm (IMSA mandated power level). Fuel Capacity: 18.49 gallons (70 liters). Bosch Engine Management: MS5.0 ECU, C60 data logger, traction control. Cosworth Electronics: Power: IPS48, SSR300A, RLU, RSP20. Data: CLU Plus Pro. Gentex Rear-View Camera: GNTX-R, Rear-Camera Mirror. Cosworth Steering Wheel: CCW Mk2, paddle shift, 4.5-inch TFT LCD. Tilton Clutch: 5.5 Carbon Disc. XTRAC Gearbox: P1159F, transverse sequential six-speed. KYB Steering: Electrically assisted rack-and-pinion. Suspension: Front/rear double wishbone independent pushrod. Brembo Brakes: Monobloc six-piston light aluminum calipers, carbon fiber discs and pads. Weight/Length/Width/Height: 2,050 pounds (930 kg)/15.58 feet (187 inches)/6.23 feet (74.8 inches)/3.78 feet (45.3 inches). Motegi Racing Wheels: Forged AL6061-T6 rims. Front 18.0 inches x 12.5 inches; rear 18.0 inches x 13.0 inches.