2008 12 Hours of Sebring

The 2008 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida was the 56th running of this event and the opening round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Sebring International Raceway, Florida on March 15, 2008. Porsche was able to defeat Audi, marking the first loss for Audi at Sebring since 1999, while Porsche marks its first overall win at Sebring since 1988, the 20th anniversary since its last win.

Overall winner
Press box near the end of the event
LMP1 class winner
GT1 class winner
GT2 class winner

The Porsche's win was also the first time in 14 years that the non-premier class of the race won the 12 Hours of Sebring overall, and the third time in history; it was also the first time an LMP2 car won the 12 Hours of Sebring since the race has become a part of the ALMS. The last time that the non-premier class won overall in Sebring was 1994, when Clayton Cunningham Racing, participating in the 1994 IMSA GT Championship season as a GTS-class entry, defeated the flagship World Sports Cars in a Nissan 300ZX.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[1]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 7 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Emmanuel Collard
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 351
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
2 LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger
Marino Franchitti
Andy Lally
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 351
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
3 LMP1 1 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello
Allan McNish
Tom Kristensen
Audi R10 TDI M 351
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
4 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 350
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp
David Brabham
Stefan Johansson
Acura ARX-01B M 349
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
6 LMP1 2 Audi Sport North America Marco Werner
Lucas Luhr
Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R10 TDI M 333
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
7 LMP2 27 Horag Lista Racing Fredy Lienhard
Didier Theys
Jan Lammers
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 333
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8 GT1 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
Ron Fellows
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 328
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
9 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 327
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(E85 ethanol)
10 GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Max Papis
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 320
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
11 LMP1 07 Peugeot Sport Total Nicolas Minassian
Stéphane Sarrazin
Pedro Lamy
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 318
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
12 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister
Wolf Henzler
Marc Lieb
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 314
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
13 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Darren Law
Seth Neiman
Alex Davison
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 311
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
14 GT2 61 Risi Competizione
Krohn Racing
Tracy Krohn
Niclas Jönsson
Eric van de Poele
Ferrari F430GT M 308
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 73 Tafel Racing Jim Tafel
Pierre Ehret
Allan Simonsen
Ferrari F430GT M 305
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT1 008 Bell Motorsports Terry Borcheller
Chapman Ducote
Antonio García
Aston Martin DBR9 D 299
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
17 GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg
Chris Hall
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M 295
Dodge 8.3 L V10
18
DNF
LMP2 26 Andretti Green Racing Marco Andretti
Bryan Herta
Christian Fittipaldi
Acura ARX-01B M 287
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
19 GT2 5 VICI Racing Uwe Alzen
Craig Stanton
Nathan Swartzbaugh
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR K 286
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20 GT2 71 Tafel Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Dirk Müller
Rob Bell
Ferrari F430GT M 280
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21 GT2 46 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Patrick Pilet
Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 280
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22
DNF
LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Chris McMurry
Bryan Willman
Tony Burgess
Creation CA07 D 250
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10
23
DNF
GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Joey Hand
Tommy Milner
Tom Sutherland
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 200
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8
24
DNF
GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson
Andrea Robertson
David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk.VII D 186
Ford 5.0 L V8
25
DNF
GT2 77 Autoracing Club Bratislava Miro Konopka
Miro Hornak
Mauro Casadei
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 173
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26
DNF
GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Mika Salo
Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430GT M 137
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27
DNF
GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Marc Basseng
Dirk Werner
Bryce Miller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 136
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28
DNF
GT2 28 LG Motorsports Lou Gigliotti
Doug Peterson
Marc Goossens
Chevrolet Corvette C6 K 99
Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8
29
DNF
LMP2 32 Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi
Michael Vergers
Jean-Christophe Ravier
Zytek 07S/2 M 88
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
30
DNF
GT2 007 Drayson-Barwell Paul Drayson
Jonny Cocker
Tim Sugden
Aston Martin DBRS9 D 70
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
(E85 ethanol)
31
DNF
LMP2 6 Penske Racing Patrick Long
Sascha Maassen
Ryan Briscoe
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 29
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
DSQ LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández
Luis Diaz
Acura ARX-01B M 351
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8
DNS LMP2 8 B-K Motorsports Gerardo Bonilla
Ben Devlin
Raphael Matos
Lola B07/46 Y -
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(E85 ethanol)
DNS GT2 48 Corsa Motorsport Gunnar Jeannette
Johnny Mowlem
Ralf Kelleners
Ferrari F430GT H -
Ferrari 4.0 L V8

† - #15 Fernández Racing was disqualified from the race results after the car failed post-race inspection. The car's airbox was found to have been broken, allowing an excess of air into the engine.[2]

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:43.195[3]
  • Fastest Lap - #07 Peugeot Sport Total - 1:44.536[1]

References

  1. "ALMS Final Revised Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 16 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  2. "Lowe's Fernandez Racing excluded from Sebring 12H". Planet Le Mans. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  3. "ALMS Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 15 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
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