2013 12 Hours of Sebring

Track map of the Sebring International Raceway

Audi R18

The 61st Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring was an endurance sports car race held on March 16, 2013, at the Sebring International Raceway in Florida, United States.

It was the last edition under the American Le Mans Series rules, marking the last year for the P1/LMP1 class at Sebring. ^[1] The 2014 event was raced under the United SportsCar Racing brand.

Background

Preview

American Le Mans Series (ALMS) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2013 American Le Mans Series schedule in October 2012. ^[2] It was the fifteenth consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 12 Hours of Sebring was the first of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. ^[3] It was held at the 17-turn 3.741-mile (6.021 km) Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida on March 16, 2013. ^[3] Unlike in previous years where the event was run by the American Le Mans Series and FIA World Endurance Championship, the 2013 edition was an ALMS stand alone event. ^{[3] [4]}

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. ^[5]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	P1	#1 Audi Sport Team Joest	Marcel Fässler	1:43.886	1
2	P1	#2 Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish	1:43.895	2
3	P1	#12 Rebellion Racing	Nick Heidfeld	1:46.456	3
4	P1	#6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf	1:46.478	4
5	P1	#13 Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi	1:46.689	5
6	P1	#16 Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger	1:48.407	6
7	P2	#551 Level 5 Motorsports	Ryan Briscoe	1:51.159	7
8	P2	#552 Level 5 Motorsports	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1:51.271	8
9	P2	#41 Greaves Motorsport	Tom Kimber-Smith	1:51.366	9
10	P2	#01 Extreme Speed Motorsports	David Brabham	1:52.703	10
11	P2	#02 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	1:53.074	11
12	PC	#05 CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:53.404	12
13	PC	#9 RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	1:53.674	13
14	PC	#81 DragonSpeed Mishumotors	Pierre Kaffer	1:53.838	14
15	P1	#0 DeltaWing Racing Cars	Olivier Pla	1:53.866	15
16	PC	#52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	David Ostella	1:54.311	16
17	PC	#8 BAR1 Motorsports	Kyle Marcelli	1:54.520	17
18	PC	#500 Performance Tech Motorsports	Tristan Nunez	1:54.598	18
19	PC	#7 BAR1 Motorsports	Rusty Mitchell	1:55.282	19
20	GT	#62 Risi Competizione	Gianmaria Bruni	1:58.815	20
21	GT	#4 Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:58.934	21
22	GT	#97 Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke	1:58.990	22
23	GT	#007 Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy	1:59.208	23
24	GT	#3 Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:59.348	24
25	GT	#93 SRT Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito	1:59.430	25
26	GT	#48 Paul Miller Racing	Marco Holzer	1:59.543	26
27	GT	#55 BMW Team RLL	Maxime Martin	1:59.736	27
28	GT	#56 BMW Team RLL	Joey Hand	1:59.847	28
29	GT	#91 SRT Motorsports	Dominik Farnbacher	1:59.898	29
30	GT	#23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari	Leh Keen	2:00.308	30
31	GT	#17 Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	2:00.365	31
32	GTC	#27 Dempsey Racing	Andy Lally	2:05.446	32
33	GTC	#22 Alex Job Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen	2:05.747	33
34	GTC	#30 NGT Motorsport	Sean Edwards	2:05.747	34
35	GTC	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly	2:05.765	35
36	GTC	#66 TRG	Damien Faulkner	2:05.910	36
37	GTC	#11 JDX Racing	Jan Heylen	2:05.936	37
38	GTC	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Alexandre Imperatori	2:06.059	38
39	GTC	#10 Dempsey Racing	Andrew Davis	2:06.219	39
40	GTC	#68 TRG	Kevin Éstre	2:06.246	40
41	GTC	#31 NGT Motorsport	Kuba Giermaziak	2:07.057	41
42	GTC	#99 Competition Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach	2:07.366	42

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). ^[6]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer Oliver Jarvis Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 364 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) 2 P1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Lucas di Grassi Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 364 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) 3 P1 12 Rebellion Racing Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani Nicolas Prost Lola B12/60 M 359 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 4 P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Romain Dumas HPD ARX-03a M 358 Honda 3.4 L V8 5 P1 13 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche Congfu Cheng Andrea Belicchi Lola B12/60 M 354 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 6 P2 551 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti Ryan Briscoe HPD ARX-03b M 346 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 7 P2 552 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Hunter-Reay Simon Pagenaud HPD ARX-03b M 345 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 8 P2 41 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith Christian Zugel Eric Lux Zytek Z11SN D 342 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports David Cheng Mike Guasch David Ostella Oreca FLM09 C 336 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Stefan Johansson Oreca FLM09 C 336 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 PC 500 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears David Heinemeier Hansson Oreca FLM09 C 335 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 12 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Alex Popow Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 C 335 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 13 P2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Anthony Lazzaro HPD ARX-03b M 335 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 14 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Mark Wilkins Oreca FLM09 C 334 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 15 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Richard Westbrook Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 333 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 16 GT 62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 333 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 17 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 332 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin Jörg Müller BMW Z4 GTE M 330 BMW 4.4 L V8 19 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Ryan Dalziel Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R M 329 SRT 8.0 L V10 20 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 329 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 PC 7 BAR1 Motorsports Tomy Drissi Rusty Mitchell Chapman Ducote Oreca FLM09 C 326 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 22 GT 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Joey Hand Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE M 321 BMW 4.4 L V8 23 GT 97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Bruno Senna Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 318 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 24 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen Dion von Moltke Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 315 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTC 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Brian Wong Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache, Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 315 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards Marco Seefried Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 314 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTC 11 JDX Racing Mike Hedlund Jon Fogarty Jan Heylen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 314 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTC 66 TRG Ben Keating Craig Stanton Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 313 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 GTC 27 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally Joe Foster Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 311 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 GTC 10 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Andrew Davis Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 311 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 GTC 99 Competition Motorsports David Calvert-Jones Eric Curran Lawson Aschenbach Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 309 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 GTC 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Pierre Ehret Brett Sandberg Alexandre Imperatori Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 309 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33 GT 007 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Billy Johnson Pedro Lamy Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 307 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 34 GT 93 SRT Motorsports Tommy Kendall Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer SRT Viper GTS-R M 303 SRT 8.0 L V10 35 GTC 31 NGT Motorsport Mario Farnbacher Kuba Giermaziak Carlos Gómez Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 301 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 36 PC 81 DragonSpeed Mishumotors Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Pierre Kaffer Oreca FLM09 C 286 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 37 P2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo David Brabham HPD ARX-03b M 281 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 38 GTC 68 TRG Al Carter Carlos de Quesada Kevin Estre Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 269 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 39 DNF GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 213 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 40 DNF GT 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Leh Keen Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Y 209 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 41 DNF P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Butch Leitzinger Guy Smith Lola B12/60 M 81 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Butanol) 42 DNF P1 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Olivier Pla Andy Meyrick DeltaWing LM12 B 9 Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer B Bridgestone C Continental D Dunlop F Falken Tire M Michelin Y Yokohama

References

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