Heavy accident for the race-leading Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Jose Maria Lopez caused a red flag three and a half hours into the 1000 Miles of Sebring.
Lopez’s No. 7 Toyota dramatically overturned after running hard into the right-side tire barriers at Turn 14.

The Argentine driver walked away from the scene of the crash, and Toytoa Gazoo Racing has stated that he attended the medical center with “no reported injuries”.
That impact came only a few moments after Lopez slid into the right-side barriers at the Turn 9 kink, following a touch between his car’s right-front corner and the left-front of Julien Andlauer’s Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19.

Lopez was managing a slender lead over Brendon Hartley in the No. 8 Toyota, although the two Toyotas were theoretically behind the Alpine A480 Gibson on pit strategy.
Alpine has controlled the first three and a half hours of the WEC season-opener, with Andre Negrao stepping into the grandfathered LMP1 car around 17 minutes before the red flag.

C8.R Corvette Racing held the upper hand in GTE-Pro as the two Porsche entries embarked on a joint recovery from 15-second penalties due to inappropriate actions during the starting procedure.

Tommy Milner possessed a 17-second buffer over Kevin Estre in the No. 92 factory Porsche when Lopez crashed, with Gianmaria Bruni third for the No. 91 Porsche crew.
Nick Tandy took the lead at the first round of stops when he opted for a double stint while the Porsches changed tires.
The gap reduced in the second hour, but Tandy kept Michael Christensen at bay up to the second stops, when Porsche observed its penalties.
The AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evos have not yet featured in the Pro battle, with the Italian marque’s No. 52