GT Academy winner Lucas Ordonez and his Signatech Nissan team finished second in class during their first race: the challenging 12 Hours of Sebring. After starting on pole, the team was forced to battle with gearbox and electrical issues, but still managed to bring the car home in one piece with a very respectable finish. Check the official race report for a complete overview of all the results.
A huge congratulations is in order for Lucas, GT Academy, and Signatech. This is a great day for GT fans and sim racers everywhere! Next up for the team: a 6-hour endurance race at Spa Francorchamps in May – then on to the 24 Hours of Le Mans…
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hopefully that LMP is included in the next update..
Loser Ordonez !
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Second winner is actually just the first loser.
That’s fantastic Lucky!!!
I watched most of the race as well, and if it hadn’t been for their Nissan gearbox they would’ve won their class by a number of laps. They were by far the fastest car in their class, but spent so much time in the pits they went from leading by 4 laps to being down by more than 4 laps.
I attend the Petit Le Mans every year at Road Atlanta, hopefully he’ll be in the race and I can meet him in the pits before the race.
Good job Lucas
i wonder if he’ll have in-race saves by the time he gets to the 24hr at Le Mans :)
No, but he won’t drive all 24 hours either :P
I was watching this race today on Speed channel, poor green Ferrari when the porshe hit the vette, that was pretty nasty.
It was cool to see his face on screen when he was leading he race at certain points. Congrats to the team, and I would love to see Sebring in GT one day, amazing circuit. ///M POWER with a 1 – 2 finish!
whoa, whoa…
it’s kind of misleading what did he get second in? did he get 2nd overall? or did he get 2nd in his class? and if so what class?
LMP 2 – 2nd place out of 4 cars…
WOW, Congratulations Lucas and good luck in the 6 hours endurance in SPA !!
Congrats Lucas! Sebring would make a great addition to the gt series and spa.
He makes me so proud to be a GT gamer.
Wonderful news indeed….way to go Lucas!!
Calm down. He’s not a couch jockey like many of you. He was racing karts since he was young. He did great and is talented and he also honed a lot of that skill in real life.
2nd in class out of 4….
Good luck at Spa in May Lucas!
wow Congratulations to Lucas and the team . 2nd in your first race in new series must feel amazing.
forget the car being in gt5 i want the track to be in the GT franchise. Please let this happen as it is such a demandind circuit. Please PD listen to us some more.
Had they not broken down they would have easily taken first. This car needs to be in GT5 or GT6.
Woah, let them finish GT5 before they start GT6
I don’t know where you got your info , but this is what i found. 30. (11) Franck Mailleux, France; Lucas Ordonez, Spain; Soheil Ayari, Aix-les-Bains; Oreca 03 Nissan (7, LMP2), 290
I also read this, and was surprised by this article in gtplanet. Nevertheless, congratulations Lucas for your first race with prototypes.
2nd in class is a correct Headline. LMP2 overall wins are rare. Last time i remember one in the ALMS was at the Grand Prix of Houston won by the Penske Porsche RS Spyder.
A link to the source (the official American LeMans website) is in the article above. Official results sheet is here. You’re looking at their overall results (30th). Sports car races are divided by class.
Correct, but if you knew how to read(or wasn’t a dumbass) you would have realized it said “2nd in Class”.
Study up before being stupid please.
There were only 3 or 4 LMP2 cars in the finish, but congrats nevertheless.
Nice! wp Lucas
Congratulations! This is the prove that a good driver can come out also from video games, not only from the professional circuit.
Yes, and PATIENCE is the key! COUGH fanboys COUGH
Nice work!
I hope to see that car in GT5
Wow. I, living in Florida, was able to attend this race and it was really cool! I was lucky enough to get a pit tour (through BMW) and was able to shake Lucas Ordonez hand as I strayed from our group who was at the BMW GT2 area. It was a really eat experience & I have pictures and video from the entire thing.
I even got to drive 2 laps on the track on Friday in a BMW parade. If any of you have never been to an ALMS, your really missing out because it’s a great experience! =)
I hope that cars in GT5 at some point :)
Congratulations!
Nice! :)
YES, YES, YES! CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL OF US!
Great news! well done to Lucas and team!
Spa is one of the greatest tracks of all time!
The greatest.
Would LOVE to see it on GT one day
Great Job!!! Awesome race!!!
yup, nice job !
very good! we will wait for you’r next victories, Lucas;)!
WTG!
How did LO perform relative to his teammates? same level? slower? faster? more racing incidents? less racing incidents? etc. curious people want to know!!
:)