2012 12 Hours of Sebring
#2 Audi LMP1 fielded by Audi Sport Team Joest, overall winner.
The 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is the 60th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring, an auto race held at the Sebring International Raceway from 15–17 March 2012. The race serves as the opening round for both the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championship and American Le Mans Series seasons. The field of 64 entries is divided into nine classes: five from the American Le Mans Series and four from the World Endurance Championship.
Qualifying
Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]
| Pos | Class | Team | Driver | Lap time | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | #1 Audi Sport Team Joest | André Lotterer | 1:45.820 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP1 | #2 Audi Sport Team Joest | Tom Kristensen | 1:46.215 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP1 | #3 Audi Sport Team Joest | Romain Dumas | 1:46.935 | 3 |
| 4 | P1 | #6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Klaus Graf | 1:47.536 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP1 | #15 OAK Racing | Guillaume Moreau | 1:48.319 | 62 |
| 6 | LMP1 | #22 JRM | David Brabham | 1:48.439 | 5 |
| 7 | LMP1 | #21 Strakka Racing | Danny Watts | 1:48.590 | 6 |
| 8 | LMP1 | #12 Rebellion Racing | Neel Jani | 1:48.630 | 7 |
| 9 | LMP1 | #13 Rebellion Racing | Andrea Belicchi | 1:48.956 | 8 |
| 10 | LMP1 | #16 Pescarolo Team | Emmanuel Collard | 1:50.200 | 9 |
| 11 | LMP2 | #24 OAK Racing | Olivier Pla | 1:50.467 | 10 |
| 12 | LMP2 | #44 Starworks Motorsport | Stéphane Sarrazin | 1:50.823 | 11 |
| 13 | LMP2 | #41 Greaves Motorsport | Elton Julian | 1:51.809 | 12 |
| 14 | LMP2 | #23 Signatech Nissan | Franck Mailleux | 1:52.084 | 13 |
| 15 | LMP2 | #25 ADR-Delta | John Martin | 1:52.113 | 14 |
| 16 | P2 | #055 Level 5 Motorsports | Christophe Bouchut | 1:52.129 | 15 |
| 17 | P2 | #37 Conquest Endurance | Martin Plowman | 1:52.493 | 63 |
| 18 | P2 | #95 Level 5 Motorsports | Luis Díaz | 1:52.659 | 16 |
| 19 | LMP2 | #49 PeCom Racing | Pierre Kaffer | 1:52.763 | 17 |
| 20 | LMP2 | #31 Lotus | Thomas Holzer | 1:53.080 | 18 |
| 21 | PC | #9 RSR Racing | Bruno Junqueira | 1:54.510 | 19 |
| 22 | PC | #06 CORE Autosport | E. J. Viso | 1:54.555 | 20 |
| 23 | P1 | #016 Dyson Racing | Chris Dyson | 1:54.593 | 21 |
| 24 | PC | #025 Dempsey Racing | Dane Cameron | 1:54.628 | 22 |
| 25 | PC | #7 Merchant Services Racing | Pablo Sanchez | 1:55.160 | 23 |
| 26 | PC | #05 CORE Autosport | Colin Braun | 1:55.208 | 24 |
| 27 | PC | #5 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | Memo Gidley | 1:55.420 | 25 |
| 28 | PC | #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Butch Leitzinger | 1:55.460 | 26 |
| 29 | PC | #8 Merchant Services Racing | Kyle Marcelli | 1:55.654 | 27 |
| 30 | PC | #18 Performance Tech Motorsports | Raphael Matos | 1:55.848 | 28 |
| 31 | LMGTE Pro | #51 AF Corse | Gianmaria Bruni | 1:58.427 | 29 |
| 32 | LMGTE Pro | #59 Luxury Racing | Jaime Melo | 1:58.723 | 30 |
| 33 | GT | #03 Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 1:58.996 | 31 |
| 34 | GT | #4 Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 1;59.007 | 32 |
| 35 | LMGTE Pro | #71 AF Corse | Olivier Beretta | 1:59.084 | 33 |
| 36 | GT | #56 BMW Team RLL | Joey Hand | 1:59.776 | 34 |
| 37 | GT | #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 2:00.094 | 35 |
| 38 | GT | #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister | 2:00.119 | 36 |
| 39 | LMGTE Pro | #97 Aston Martin Racing | Stefan Mücke | 2:00.174 | 37 |
| 40 | LMGTE Am | #58 Luxury Racing | Dominik Farnbacher | 2:00.184 | 38 |
| 41 | LMGTE Pro | #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton | Richard Lietz | 2:00.256 | 39 |
| 42 | GT | #155 BMW Team RLL | Jörg Müller | 2:00.337 | 40 |
| 43 | GT | #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Anthony Lazzaro | 2:00.344 | 41 |
| 44 | LMGTE Am | #57 Krohn Racing | Niclas Jönsson | 2:00.929 | 42 |
| 45 | GT | #17 Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler | 2:01.632 | 43 |
| 46 | LMGTE Am | #50 Larbre Compétition | Pedro Lamy | 2:01.640 | 44 |
| 47 | LMGTE Am | #88 Team Felbermayr-Proton | Paolo Ruberti | 2:01.787 | 45 |
| 48 | GT | #48 Paul Miller Racing | Sascha Maassen | 2:02.150 | 46 |
| 49 | LMGTE Am | #70 Larbre Compétition | Jean-Philippe Belloc | 2:02.732 | 47 |
| 50 | LMGTE Am | #61 AF Corse-Waltrip | Rui Águas | 2:03.331 | 48 |
| 51 | LMGTE Am | #55 JWA-Avila | Joël Camathias | 2:04.342 | 49 |
| 52 | GTC | #30 NGT Motorsport | Sean Edwards | 2:06.674 | 50 |
| 53 | GTC | #34 Green Hornet Racing | Damien Faulkner | 2:06.697 | 51 |
| 54 | GTC | #022 Alex Job Racing | Leh Keen | 2:06.711 | 52 |
| 55 | GTC | #023 Alex Job Racing | Dion von Moltke | 2:07.016 | 53 |
| 56 | GTC | #11 JDX Racing | Kevin Estre | 2:07.264 | 54 |
| 57 | GT | #044 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 2:07.354 | 55 |
| 58 | GTC | #031 NGT Motorsport | Nicki Thiim | 2:07.434 | 56 |
| 59 | GTC | #66 TRG | Spencer Pumpelly | 2:07.550 | 57 |
| 60 | GTC | #32 GMG Racing | James Sofronas | 2:08.607 | 58 |
| 61 | GTC | #024 Competition Motorsports | Cort Wagner | 2:08.792 | 59 |
| 62 | P2 | #54 Black Swan Racing | Jon Fogarty | 2:35.156 | 60 |
| 63 | LMP2 | #29 Gulf Racing Middle East | Jean-Denis Délétraz | 14:43.720 | EX1 |
| 64 | LMP2 | #28 Gulf Racing Middle East | No Time | 61 | |
- Notes
- ^1 — The No. 29 car of Gulf Racing Middle East was excluded for not meeting the minimum required time in practice/qualifying.[2]
Race
Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance (227 laps) marked as not classified (NC).
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tire | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | LMP1 | 2 |  Audi Sport Team Joest |
 Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello |
Audi R18 TDI | M | 325 |
| Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel) | |||||||
| 2 | LMP1 | 3 | Audi Sport Team Joest |
Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Loïc Duval |
Audi R18 TDI | M | 321 |
| Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel) | |||||||
| 3 | LMP2 | 44 |  Starworks Motorsport |
Ryan Dalziel Enzo Potolicchio Stéphane Sarrazin |
HPD ARX-03b | D | 319 |
| Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 4 | P2 | 055 | Level 5 Motorsports |
Scott Tucker João Barbosa Christophe Bouchut |
HPD ARX-03b | D | 319 |
| Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 5 | LMP2 | 24 | OAK Racing |
Jacques Nicolet Olivier Pla Matthieu Lahaye |
Morgan LMP2 | D | 318 |
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 6 | LMP1 | 16 | Pescarolo Team |
Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Julien Jousse |
Pescarolo 01 | M | 318 |
| Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10 | |||||||
| 7 | LMP2 | 49 |  Pecom Racing |
Luís Pérez Companc Soheil Ayari Pierre Kaffer |
Oreca 03 | D | 317 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | P1 | 016 | Dyson Racing Team |
Chris Dyson Guy Smith Steven Kane |
Lola B12/60 | D | 317 |
| Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Butanol) | |||||||
| 9 | LMP2 | 41 | Greaves Motorsport |
Christian Zugel Ricardo González Elton Julian |
Zytek Z11SN | D | 316 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | LMP1 | 21 | Strakka Racing |
Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts |
HPD ARX-03a | M | 316 |
| Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 11 | LMP2 | 25 | ADR-Delta |
 John Martin Robbie Kerr Tor Graves |
Oreca 03 | D | 315 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 12 | PC | 06 | CORE Autosport |
E. J. Viso Alex Popow Burt Frisselle |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 312 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 13 | PC | 52 | PR1 Mathiasen Racing |
Butch Leitzinger Ken Dobson Rudy Junco, Jr. |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 311 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 14 DNF |
LMP2 | 31 | Lotus |
Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis Luco Moro |
Lola B12/80 | D | 310 |
| Lotus (Judd) 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 15 | PC | 05 | CORE Autosport |
Colin Braun Jon Bennett Eric Lux |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 310 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 16 | LMP1 | 1 | Audi Sport Team Joest |
André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler |
Audi R18 TDI | M | 310 |
| Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel) | |||||||
| 17 | LMP1 | 22 | JRM |
Peter Dumbreck David Brabham Karun Chandhok |
HPD ARX-03a | M | 309 |
| Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 18 | GT | 56 | BMW Team RLL |
Dirk Müller Joey Hand Jonathan Summerton |
BMW M3 GT2 | D | 307 |
| BMW 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 19 | GT | 03 | Corvette Racing |
Jan Magnussen Jordan Taylor Antonio García |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 307 |
| Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 20 | LMGTE Pro |
71 | AF Corse |
Andrea Bertolini Olivier Beretta Marco Cioci |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 307 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 21 | GT | 4 | Corvette Racing |
Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Richard Westbrook |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 307 |
| Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 22 | GT | 155 | BMW Team RLL |
Bill Auberlen Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen |
BMW M3 GT2 | D | 307 |
| BMW 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 23 | LMGTE Pro |
77 | Team Felbermayr-Proton |
Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Patrick Pilet |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 306 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 24 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing |
Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen Rob Bell |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | D | 303 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 25 | PC | 7 | Merchant Services Racing |
Chapman Ducote Javier Acheverria Pablo Sanchez |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 303 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 26 | GT | 044 | Flying Lizard Motorsports |
Seth Neiman Darren Law Andy Lally |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 303 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 27 | GT | 02 | Extreme Speed Motorsports |
Ed Brown Jeff Segal Anthony Lazzaro |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 303 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 28 DNF |
P1 | 6 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing |
Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Simon Pagenaud |
HPD ARX-03a | M | 302 |
| Honda 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 29 | LMGTE Am |
88 | Team Felbermayr-Proton |
Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 298 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 30 | P2 | 54 | Black Swan Racing |
Tim Pappas Bret Curtis Jon Fogarty |
Lola B11/80 | D | 298 |
| Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 31 | LMGTE Am |
70 | Larbre Compétition |
Pascal Gibon Christophe Bourret Jean-Philippe Belloc |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 297 |
| Corvette 5.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 32 | LMP1 | 12 | Rebellion Racing |
Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Nick Heidfeld |
Lola B11/60 | M | 296 |
| Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 33 | GTC | 023 | Alex Job Racing |
Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Dion von Moltke |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 292 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 34 | LMGTE Pro |
97 | Aston Martin Racing |
Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Adrián Fernández |
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | M | 292 |
| Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 35 | GTC | 022 | Alex Job Racing |
Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Louis-Philippe Dumoulin |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 291 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 36 | LMP1 | 13 | Rebellion Racing |
Andrea Belicchi Harold Primat Jeroen Bleekemolen |
Lola B11/60 | M | 291 |
| Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 37 | GTC | 34 | Green Hornet Racing |
Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner Sebastiaan Bleekemolen |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 290 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 38 | GT | 17 | Team Falken Tire |
Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Martin Ragginger |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | F | 290 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 39 DNF |
LMGTE Am |
50 | Larbre Compétition |
Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Pedro Lamy |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 288 |
| Corvette 5.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 40 | GTC | 66 | TRG |
Spencer Pumpelly Marc Bunting Emilio Di Guida |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 287 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 41 | LMGTE Am |
61 | AF Corse-Waltrip |
Robert Kauffman Michael Waltrip Rui Águas |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 283 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 42 | PC | 5 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing |
Memo Gidley Michael Guasch Roger Wills |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 282 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 43 | GTC | 11 | JDX Racing |
Chris Cumming Kevin Estre Mark Bullitt |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 282 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 44 | P2 | 37 | Conquest Endurance |
Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson.svg.png){kind=small} Jan Heylen |
Morgan LMP2 | D | 281 |
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 45 | GTC | 024 | Competition Motorsports |
Bob Faieta Cort Wagner Michael Avenatti |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 279 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 46 | GT | 01 | Extreme Speed Motorsports |
Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Guy Cosmo |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 278 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 47 | LMP2 | 28 |  Gulf Racing Middle East |
Fabien Giroix Maxime Jousse Stefan Johansson |
Lola B12/80 | D | 277 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 48 | GTC | 32 | GMG Racing |
James Sofronas Alex Welch René Villeneuve |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 276 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 49 | PC | 18 | Performance Tech Motorsports |
Anthony Nicolosi Ricardo Vera Raphael Matos |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 274 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 50 | LMGTE Am |
57 | Krohn Racing |
Tracy Krohn Niclas Jonsson Michele Rugolo |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | D | 265 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 51 | PC | 9 | RSR Racing |
Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi Roberto González |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 255 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 52 | LMGTE Am |
55 | JWA-Avila |
Bill Binnie Joël Camathias Markus Palttala |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | P | 252 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 53 | GT | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports |
Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Marco Holzer |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 251 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 54 DNF |
GTC | 031 | NGT Motorsport |
Nicki Thiim Angel Benitez, Sr. Angel Benitez, Jr. |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 236 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 55 DNF |
LMP1 | 15 | OAK Racing |
Guillaume Moreau Dominik Kraihamer Bertrand Baguette |
OAK Pescarolo 01 | D | 233 |
| Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 56 DNF |
GTC | 30 | NGT Motorsport |
Sean Edwards Henrique Cisneros Carlos Kauffman |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Y | 205 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 57 DNF |
PC | 025 | Dempsey Racing |
Duncan Ende Henri Richard Dane Cameron |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 172 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 58 DNF |
P2 | 95 | Level 5 Motorsports |
Scott Tucker Luis Díaz Ryan Hunter-Reay |
HPD ARX-03b | D | 85 |
| Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 59 DNF |
LMP2 | 23 | Signatech Nissan |
Franck Mailleux Jordan Tresson Olivier Lombard |
Oreca 03 | D | 85 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 60 DNF |
LMGTE Pro |
59 | Luxury Racing |
Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo Jean-Karl Vernay |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 83 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 61 DNF |
PC | 8 | Merchant Services Racing |
Kyle Marcelli Dean Sterling Lucas Downs |
Oreca FLM09 | M | 38 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 62 DNF |
LMGTE Am |
58 | Luxury Racing |
Pierre Ehret Dominik Farnbacher François Jakubowski |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 0 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| EX | LMGTE Pro |
51 | AF Corse |
Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | — |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| EX | LMP2 | 29 | Gulf Racing Middle East |
 Frédéric Fatien Keiko Ihara Jean-Denis Délétraz |
Lola B12/80 | D | — |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
References
- ↑ "60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ↑ Dagys, John (2012-03-17). "Audi Quickest In Warmup". SpeedTV.com (Speed Channel). Retrieved 2012-03-17.
| FIA World Endurance Championship | ||
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| Previous race: None |
2012 season | Next race: 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps |
| American Le Mans Series | ||
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| Previous race: None |
2012 season | Next race: American Le Mans Series at Long Beach |
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