2010 12 Hours of Sebring

The 58th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida was the 2010 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring and the opening round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida on March 20, 2010. The race featured the debut of the Le Mans Prototype Challenge category for spec racing.

Track map of the Sebring International Raceway
The race-winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

The duo of LMP1s from Peugeot won the race by a three lap margin over fellow European manufacturer Aston Martin, earning the company their first victory at Sebring. Winning drivers Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz had previously won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans for Peugeot, and were joined by Anthony Davidson for the Sebring win. The LMP2 category was won by Team Cytosport, the first class victory for the team, while the new LMPC category was led by Level 5 Motorsports who had a 16 lap margin over their nearest competitor. Risi Competizione Ferrari won their second straight GT2 class at Sebring, while returning American Le Mans team Alex Job Racing won the first participation for the GTC class at the 12 Hours.

Qualifying

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Qualifying result

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1][2]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 LMP1 #07 Team Peugeot Total Marc Gené 1:45.214 1
2 LMP1 #08 Team Peugeot Total Nicolas Minassian 1:45.841 2
3 LMP1 #007 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 1:46.079 3
4 LMP1 #8 Drayson Racing Emanuele Pirro 1:46.460 4
5 LMP2 #1 Patrón Highcroft Racing Marino Franchitti 1:47.684 5
6 LMP2 #6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport Klaus Graf 1:47.738 6
7 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 1:47.882 7
8 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman 1:54.441 8
9 LMPC #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar Gunnar Jeannette 1:55.279 9
10 LMPC #95 Level 5 Motorsports Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:55.397 10
11 LMPC #55 Level 5 Motorsports Christophe Bouchut 1:56.101 11
12 LMPC #89 Intersport Racing Mitch Pagerey 1:59.580 12
13 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 2:01.150 13
14 GT2 #17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler 2:01.201 14
15 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 2:01.236 15
16 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 2:01.358 16
17 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 2:01.628 17
18 GT2 #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek 2:01.914 18
19 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen 2:01.922 19
20 GT2 #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Guy Cosmo 2:02.242 20
21 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 2:03.622 21
22 GT2 #75 Jaguar RSR Marc Goossens 2:04.804 31
23 GTC #81 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen 2:05.959 22
24 GT2 #61 Risi Competizione Tracy Krohn 2:06.680 23
25 GTC #80 Car Amigo Alex Job Racing Patrick Kelly 2:07.018 24
26 GTC #23 Alex Job Racing Romeo Kapudija 2:07.205 25
27 GTC #88 Velox Motorsport Shane Lewis 2:07.412 30
28 GTC #32 GMG Racing James Sofronas 2:07.751 26
29 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 2:07.874 29
30 GTC #69 WERKS II Racing Galen Bieker 2:10.312 32
31 GTC #63 TRG Henri Richard 2:11.371 27
LMPC #11 Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group No Time 28
LMPC #36 Genoa Racing J. R. Hildebrand Disallowed 33
GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller Disallowed 34

Race

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Race result

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 07   Team Peugeot Total   Marc Gené
  Alexander Wurz
  Anthony Davidson
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 367
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 08   Team Peugeot Total   Sébastien Bourdais
  Nicolas Minassian
  Pedro Lamy
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 367
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP1 007   Aston Martin Racing   Adrian Fernández
  Stefan Mücke
  Harold Primat
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 364
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4 LMP2 6   Muscle Milk Team Cytosport   Greg Pickett
  Klaus Graf
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 353
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5 LMP2 1   Patrón Highcroft Racing   David Brabham
  Simon Pagenaud
  Marino Franchitti
HPD ARX-01C M 349
HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8
6 GT2 62   Risi Competizione   Jaime Melo
  Gianmaria Bruni
  Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430 GTE M 331
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
7 GT2 92   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Bill Auberlen
  Tommy Milner
  Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 D 330
BMW 4.0 L V8
8 GT2 90   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Dirk Müller
  Joey Hand
  Andy Priaulx
BMW M3 GT2 D 330
BMW 4.0 L V8
9 GT2 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Patrick Long
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Marc Lieb
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 329
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10 LMPC 55   Level 5 Motorsports   Scott Tucker
  Christophe Bouchut
  Mark Wilkins
Oreca FLM09 M 327
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11 GT2 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Darren Law
  Seth Neiman
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 325
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 LMP1 8   Drayson Racing   Paul Drayson
  Jonny Cocker
  Emanuele Pirro
Lola B09/60 M 324
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
13 GT2 02   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Ed Brown
  Guy Cosmo
  João Barbosa
Ferrari F430 GTE M 323
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 GT2 61   Risi Competizione
  Krohn Racing
  Tracy Krohn
  Niclas Jönsson
  Eric van de Poele
Ferrari F430 GTE M 321
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 3   Corvette Racing   Johnny O'Connell
  Jan Magnussen
  Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 320
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
16 GT2 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
  Emmanuel Collard
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 320
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
17‡ LMPC 99   Green Earth Team Gunnar   Gunnar Jeannette
  Christian Zugel
  Elton Julian
Oreca FLM09 M 311
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
18 GTC 81   Alex Job Racing   Butch Leitzinger
  Juan González
  Leh Keen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 308
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19 GTC 23   Alex Job Racing   Romeo Kapudija
  Bill Sweedler
  Jan-Dirk Lueders
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 305
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20 GTC 80   Car Amigo Alex Job Racing   Luis Díaz
  Ricardo González
  Patrick Kelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 304
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
21 LMP2 16   Dyson Racing Team   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
  Andy Meyrick
Lola B09/86 D 303
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Butanol)
22 GTC 69   WERKS II Racing   Galen Bieker
  Robert Rodriguez
  Cory Friedman
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 302
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23 GT2 40   Robertson Racing   David Robertson
  Andrea Robertson
  David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk. VII D 300
Ford 5.0 L V8
24 GTC 88   Velox Racing   Shane Lewis
  Jerry Vento
  Lawson Aschenbach
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 299
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
25 GTC 63   TRG   Henri Richard
  Duncan Ende
  Andy Lally
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 282
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
26 LMPC 36   Genoa Racing   Andy Wallace
  J. R. Hildebrand
  Tom Sutherland
Oreca FLM09 M 281
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
27 GTC 32   GMG Racing   James Sofronas
  Bret Curtis
  Andy Pilgrim
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 280
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28
DNF
GT2 01   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Scott Sharp
  Johannes van Overbeek
  Dominik Farnbacher
Ferrari F430 GTE M 271
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
29 GT2 17   Team Falken Tire   Wolf Henzler
  Bryan Sellers
  Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 255
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 LMPC 11   Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group   Joel Feinberg
  Tom Weickardt
  Kyle Marcelli
Oreca FLM09 M 234
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
31
DNF
LMPC 89   Intersport Racing   Mitch Pagerey
  Brian Wong
  David Ducote
Oreca FLM09 M 232
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
32‡
NC
LMPC 95   Level 5 Motorsports   Scott Tucker
  Ryan Hunter-Reay
  James Gue
Oreca FLM09 M 224
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
33
DNF
GT2 75   Jaguar RSR   Paul Gentilozzi
  Ryan Dalziel
  Marc Goossens
Jaguar XKRS Y 11
Jaguar 5.0 L V8
DNS LMP1 12   Autocon Motorsports   Bryan Willman
  Tony Burgess
  Pierre Ehret
Lola B06/10 D
AER P32T 4.0 L Turbo V8

‡ The #95 Level 5 Motorsports entry and the #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar entry were initially disqualified from the results, but, following a rule clarification by the ALMS, the two cars have been reinstated into the results.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "ALMS Sebring Qualifying" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-03-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  2. ^ "ALMS Sebring Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-03-20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  3. ^ "ALMS Sebring Final Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-03-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  4. ^ "American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron - 2010: news". ALMS. 2010-04-07. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-08.


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