2015 12 Hours of Sebring

The 63rd Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway from March 18-21st. The race was the second round of the 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship as well as the second of four events in the North American Endurance Cup.

The race was won by Action Express Racing's No. 5 Corvette Daytona Prototype, piloted by Sébastien Bourdais, João Barbosa, and Christian Fittipaldi, finishing a full lap ahead of any else in the field. The Prototype Challenge class was won by the No. 52 entry from PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports piloted by Mike Guasch, Tom Kimber-Smith, and Andrew Palmer, securing their second consecutive victory in the season. In the GT Le Mans class, victory went to Corvette Racing's No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R driven by Antonio García, Ryan Briscoe, and Jan Magnussen. Finally, in GT Daytona, victory went to the No. 23 Porsche 911 GT America from Alex Job Racing and Team Seattle driven by Mario Farnbacher, Ian James, and Alex Riberas, though it only took the lead with roughly four minutes to go when the No. 33 Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3-R suffered overheating issues.[1]

Race result

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
France Sébastien Bourdais
Coyote Corvette DP C 340
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
2 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Jordan Taylor
United States Ricky Taylor
Italy Max Angelelli
Dallara Corvette DP C 339
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
3 P 90 United States VistiFlorida.com Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Canada Michael Valiante
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Coyote Corvette DP C 339
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
4 P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand
United States Scott Pruett
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Ford EcoBoost Riley DP C 339
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo
5 P 31 United States Action Express Racing United States Eric Curran
United States Dane Cameron
Italy Max Papis
Coyote Corvette DP C 338
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
6 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Mike Guasch
United States Andrew Palmer
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 334
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
United States James Gue
Oreca FLM09 C 334
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8 P 57 United States Krohn Racing United States Tracy Krohn
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
France Olivier Pla
Ligier JS P2 C 334
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
9 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Jerome Mee
United States James French
United States Conor Daly
Oreca FLM09 C 333
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
10 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Australia Ryan Briscoe
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 330
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
11 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Germany Pierre Kaffer
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 330
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
12 GTLM 17 United States Team Falken Tire United States Bryan Sellers
Germany Wolf Henzler
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 RSR F 329
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Jens Klingmann
BMW Z4 GTE M 329
BMW 4.4 L V8
14 GTLM 911 United States Porsche North America United Kingdom Nick Tandy
France Patrick Pilet
Austria Richard Lietz
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Porsche 911 RSR M 328
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing United Kingdom Ian James
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Spain Alex Riberas
Porsche 911 GT America C 318
Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6
16 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR North America Denmark Christina Nielsen
Australia James Davison
United States Brandon Davis
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 C 318
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
17 GTLM 98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 318
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Bill Sweedler
United States Townsend Bell
United States Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 318
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 GTD 93 United States Riley Motorsports United States Al Carter
Belgium Marc Goossens
United States Ben Keating
United States Cameron Lawrence
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 317
Dodge 8.3 L V10
20 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing Germany Christopher Haase
United States Bryce Miller
South Africa Dion von Moltke
Audi R8 LMS Ultra C 317
Audi 5.2 L V10
21 GTLM 912 United States Porsche North America Germany Jörg Bergmeister
New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Frédéric Makowiecki
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR M 317
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Brazil Augusto Farfus
BMW Z4 GTE M 317
BMW 4.4 L V8
23 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports United States Madison Snow
Belgium Jan Heylen
Costa Rica Emilio Valverde
Porsche 911 GT America C 316
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen
United States Andrew Davis
Porsche 911 GT America C 316
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Marsal
Finland Markus Palttala
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United States Boris Said
BMW Z4 GT3 C 315
BMW 4.4 L V8
26
DNF
GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 314
Dodge 8.3 L V10
27 P 50 United States Fifty Plus Racing United States Jim Pace
United States Bryon DeFoor
United States David Hinton
United States Dorsey Schroeder
Riley Mk XXVI DP C 309
Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8
28 GTD 49 Italy AF Corse Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Italy Marco Cioci
Portugal Rui Águas
Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 308
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29
DNF
PC 85 United States JDC-Miller Motorsports Canada Misha Goikhberg
United States Chris Miller
United States Rusty Mitchell
United States Gerry Kraut
Oreca FLM09 C 290
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
30 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Germany Mirco Schultis
Venezuela Alex Popow
Oreca FLM09 C 280
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
31
DNF
PC 11 United States RSR Racing Brazil Bruno Junqueira
Canada Chris Cumming
United States Gustavo Menezes
Oreca FLM09 C 267
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
32
DNF
GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
France Simon Pagenaud
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 264
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
33
DNF
P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Jon Fogarty
HPD ARX-03b C 211
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
34 PC 16 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Marc Drumwright
United States Tomy Drissi
China David Cheng
United Kingdom Martin Plowman
Oreca FLM09 C 194
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
35
DNF
GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally
Germany Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 GT America C 179
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36
DNF
P 1 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
HPD ARX-03b C 162
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
37
DNF
GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey
United States Spencer Pumpelly
United States Jim Norman
Porsche 911 GT America C 155
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38
DNF
P 70 United States Speedsource United States Tristan Nunez
United States Jonathan Bomarito
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Mazda Prototype C 111
Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel)
39
DNF
P 07 United States Speedsource United States Tom Long
United States Joel Miller
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Mazda Prototype C 104
Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel)
40
DNF
GTD 81 United States GB Autosport Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner
United States Mike Skeen
United States Michael Avenatti
Poland Kuba Giermaziak
Porsche 911 GT America C 97
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
41
DNF
P 0 United States DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Mexico Memo Rojas
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
DeltaWing DWC13 C 60
Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo
42
DNF
P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian United States John Pew
Brazil Oswaldo Negri, Jr.
United Kingdom Justin Wilson
Ligier JS P2 C 46
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
43
DNF
GTD 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Marco Holzer
United States Robert Thorne
United States Colin Thompson
Audi R8 LMS Ultra C 23
Audi 5.2 L V10
DNS P 7 United States Starworks Motorsport United States Scott Mayer
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Riley Mk XXVI DP C -
Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8
DNS GTD 18 United States Mühlner Motorsports America Porsche 911 GT America C -
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT

References

  1. Pruett, Marshall (March 21, 2015). "IMSA: Action Express throttles field at Sebring". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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