Porsche 917k – Vic Elford & Gérard Larrousse – 12h of Sebring 1971. Limited edition

The entry for the 12 hours of Sebring was an improvement over the previous Sports Car Championship round, the Daytona 24 hours, for Ferrari had entered their exciting 3-litre flat-12 312P prototype which had been beefed-up since its first race in the Argentine and was now about 100 lb. heavier. Andretti and Ickx comprised the very powerful driving combination. Also reappearing after their Daytona absence were three Autodelta Alfa Romeo T33/3s for Vacarella/ Hezemans, Galli/Stommelen and de Adamich/Pescarolo.

The Martini Porsche team had not yet rebuilt the two Daytona cars so entered just the one spare car for Elford/Larrousse. Once again Roger Penske Racing Enterprises had entered their Ferrari 512M and, as usual, it was immaculate, all the scars from Daytona were completely gone. Donohue and Hobbs, as predicted, set up fastest practice lap and the team were definitely the favourites for the race.

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