2023 1000 Miles of Sebring

2023 1000 Miles of Sebring

Event information
Round 1 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	17 March 2023
Location	Sebring, Florida
Venue	Sebring International Raceway
Duration	1000 miles or 8 hours
Results
Laps completed	239
Distance (km)	1438.541
Distance (miles)	894.099
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:45.067
Team	Ferrari AF Corse
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López
LMP2
Winners
Team	Hertz Team Jota
Drivers	David Beckmann Will Stevens Yifei Ye
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	Corvette Racing
Drivers	Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone

The 2023 1000 Miles of Sebring was an endurance sportscar racing event held at the Sebring International Raceway, Florida, United States on 17 March 2023, as the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. ^[1] It was the third running of the event.

Background

The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid on the front straight at sunset while leading the 1000 Miles of Sebring.

The 1000 Miles of Sebring was the first race for new and returning manufacturers to the top class of endurance racing: Porsche, Ferrari, Cadillac and Vanwall entered cars in the Hypercar category for the race. They joined returning manufacturers Toyota, Peugeot and Glickenhaus. Alpine was forced to leave the Hypercar class for a 1-year hiatus, with plans of returning for the 2024 season.

Customer teams also joined the Hypercar grid. Both Proton Competition and Jota Sport will receive a Porsche 963 later in the year. Unfortunately, these cars will not be delivered to the teams until at least mid-April, but in Proton's case probably until after Le Mans. ^[2]

This is the first year of the World Endurance Championship without the LMGTE Pro category, after it got dropped in 2022 since manufacturers did not express enough interest in the class. ^[3]

During the last 17 minutes of the race, on the official stream, the Falcon 9 carrying the SES-18 and SES-19 satellites was visible from the track.

Entry list

Main article: 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship § Entries

The entry list was revealed on 1 March 2023. The list of entries for the event consisted of 37 cars across three classes. There were 11 entries in Hypercar, 12 entries in LMP2, and 14 entries in LMGTE Am. Porsche customer Hertz Team Jota entered the No. 48 car in the LMP2 class, due to the fact that the customer Porsche 963's were not yet ready to be delivered. ^[4]

After an accident in FP2, Proton Competition withdrew their No. 88 Porsche 911 RSR-19 from the event after a collision with the No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R. The car sustained extensive chassis damage that prevented it from taking part in the race. This withdrawal brought the amount of starting cars down to 36. ^[5]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: ET)	Event
Wednesday, 15 March	10:55	Free Practice 1
	16:35	Free Practice 2
Thursday, 16 March	11:55	Free Practice 3
	18:30	Qualifying - LMGTE Am
	18:55	Qualifying - LMP2
	19:20	Qualifying - Hypercar
Friday, 17 March	12:00	Race
Source: [6]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Ryo Hirakawa	1:47.649
	LMP2	63	Prema Racing	Mirko Bortolotti	1:50.074
	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	Michelle Gatting	1:59.028
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi	1:46.954
	LMP2	28	Jota	Pietro Fittipaldi	1:50.326
	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	Daniel Serra	1:58.845
Free Practice 3	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi	1:45.783
	LMP2	28	Jota	Pietro Fittipaldi	1:50.128
	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	Nicki Thiim	1:59.030
Source: [7] [8] [9]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	1:45.067	-	1
2	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:45.281	+0.214	2
3	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:45.548	+0.481	3
4	Hypercar	51	Ferrari AF Corse	1:45.874	+0.807	4
5	Hypercar	2	Cadillac Racing	1:46.082	+1.015	5
6	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:47.193	+2.126	6
7	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:47.210	+2.143	7
8	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:47.455	+2.388	8
9	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:48.205	+3.138	9
10	Hypercar	708	Glickenhaus Racing	1:49.164	+4.097	10
11	Hypercar	4	Floyd Vanwall Racing Team	1:49.329	+4.262	11
12	LMP2	23	United Autosports	1:49.974	+4.907	12
13	LMP2	28	Jota	1:50.067	+5.000	13
14	LMP2	31	Team WRT	1:50.155	+5.088	14
15	LMP2	36	Alpine Elf Team	1:50.174	+5.107	15
16	LMP2	48	Hertz Team Jota	1:50.218	+5.151	16
17	LMP2	41	Team WRT	1:50.291	+5.224	17
18	LMP2	22	United Autosports	1:50.408	+5.341	18
19	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	1:50.417	+5.350	19
20	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	1:50.710	+5.643	20
21	LMP2	63	Prema Racing	1:50.726	+5.659	21
22	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	1:50.889	+5.822	22
23	LMP2	35	Alpine Elf Team	1:51.284	+6.217	23
24	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	1:58.949	+13.882	24
25	LMGTE Am	33	Corvette Racing	1:59.345	+14.278	25
26	LMGTE Am	25	ORT by TF	1:59.657	+14.590	26
27	LMGTE Am	83	Richard Mille AF Corse	1:59.733	+14.666	27
28	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	1:59.992	+14.925	28
29	LMGTE Am	56	Project 1 – AO	2:00.588	+15.521	29
30	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	2:00.591	+15.524	30
31	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	2:00.807	+15.740	31
32	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	2:00.941	+15.874	32
33	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	2:01.041	+15.974	33
34	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2:01.054	+15.987	34
35	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	2:02.588	+17.521	35
36	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	2:02.820	+17.753	36
Source: [10]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 136 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Final race classification Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 239 8:00:19.877‡ Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 239 +2.168 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P M 237 +2 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 4 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook Cadillac V-Series.R M 237 +2 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 5 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 M 235 +4 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 6 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 M 235 +4 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 7 LMP2 48 Hertz Team Jota David Beckmann Will Stevens Yifei Ye Oreca 07 G 230 +9 Laps‡ Gibson GK428 V8 engine 8 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin Oreca 07 G 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 9 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin Oreca 07 G 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 10 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07 G 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 11 LMP2 41 Team WRT Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 G 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 12 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 G 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 13 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg Oreca 07 G 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 14 LMP2 9 Prema Racing Andrea Caldarelli Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 G 229 +10 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 15 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P M 228 +11 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 16 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 G 228 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 17 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 221 +18 Laps‡ Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 18 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 219 +20 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 19 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 219 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 20 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 219 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 219 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 22 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 219 +20 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 23 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 218 +21 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 24 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 218 +21 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 25 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser Oreca 07 G 218 +21 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 26 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 217 +22 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 217 +22 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 28 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR Paul Dalla Lana Axcil Jefferies Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 216 +23 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 29 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO Matteo Cairoli P.J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 215 +24 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 30 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Tom Dillmann Esteban Guerrieri Jacques Villeneuve Vanwall Vandervell 680 M 215 +24 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 31 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 M 213 +26 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 NC Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Nico Müller Peugeot 9X8 M 141 Not Classified Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 Ret LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas Oreca 07 G 139 Retired Gibson GK428 V8 engine Ret LMP2 23 United Autosports Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Oreca 07 G 91 Electrical Gibson GK428 V8 engine Ret Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Olivier Pla Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH M 62 Electrical Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 Ret LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 4 Crash Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 Source: [11]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer G Goodyear M Michelin

Standings after the race

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López 38 2 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa 27 3 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen 24 4 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook 18 5 Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki 15

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 38 2 Ferrari 24 3 Cadillac 18 4 Porsche 10 5 Vanwall 6

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers Pos Drivers Points 1 Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin 38 2 Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin 27 3 Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski 23 4 Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica 18 5 Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen 15

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams Pos No. Team Points 1 22 United Autosports 38 2 63 Prema Racing 27 3 34 Inter Europol Competition 23 4 41 Team WRT 18 5 28 Jota 15

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers Pos Drivers Points 1 Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone 38 2 Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen 27 3 Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra 23 4 Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw 18 5 Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon 15

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams Pos No. Team Points 1 33 Corvette Racing 38 2 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 27 3 57 Kessel Racing 23 4 21 AF Corse 18 5 54 AF Corse 15

Source: ^[12]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.

References

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