2010 12 Hours of Sebring explained

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.

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

Qualifying result

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

Race result

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

Notes and References

Web site: ALMS Sebring Qualifying . PDF . . 2010-03-19 . 2010-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100331084043/http://www.imsaracing.net/2010/events/sebring/results/ALMS%20Sebring%20Qualifying.pdf . 2010-03-31 . dead .
Web site: ALMS Sebring Final Grid . PDF . . 2010-03-20 . 2010-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124082832/http://imsaracing.net/2010/events/sebring/results/ALMS%20Sebring%20Final%20Grid.pdf . 2010-11-24 . dead .
Web site: ALMS Sebring Final Results . PDF . . 2010-03-21 . 2010-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100331134829/http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2010/ALMS%20Sebring%20Final%20Race.pdf . 31 March 2010 . dead .
Web site: American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron - 2010: news . ALMS . 2010-04-07 . 2010-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20100419211544/http://www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news. 19 April 2010 . live.