2014 12 Hours of Sebring explained

The 62nd Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 13–15 March 2014. The race was the second round of the inaugural Tudor United SportsCar Championship, replacing the former American Le Mans Series that previously held the 12 Hours since 1999, as well as the second round of the North American Endurance Cup. Daytona Prototypes were introduced to the race for the first time as part of the development of the United SportsCar Championship.

The race was won by Chip Ganassi Racing's Riley-Ford driven by Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, and Marino Franchitti, ahead of Extreme Speed Motorsports' HPD-Honda and Action Express Racing's Chevrolet Corvette. Ford's victory was the company's first since 1969. The PC class winners were CORE Autosport in their second straight victory of the season, with drivers Colin Braun, Jon Bennett, and James Gue. Porsche North America also earned their second win of the year in GTLM with Patrick Long, Michael Christensen, and Jörg Bergmeister. The GTD category was led by Magnus Racing's Andy Lally, John Potter, and Marco Seefried.^[1]

Background

Preview

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in September 2013.^[2] It was the first year that the race was part of the series calendar, and the 62nd 12 Hours of Sebring. The race was the second of 2014's thirteen scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, and the second of four North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) events. It was held at the 17-turn, 3.741miles Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida on March 15, 2014.^[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with .

!!Class!!Team!Time!!

1	P	5	Action Express Racing	1:51.917	_	1
2	P	42	OAK Racing	1:52.086	+0.169	2
3	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	1:52.544	+0.627	3
4	P	1	Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:52.662	+0.745	4
5	P	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	1:52.667	+0.750	5
6	P	02	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	1:53.098	+1.181	6
7	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	1:53.147	+1.230	7
8	P	2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:53.393	+1.476	8
9	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	1:53.456	+1.539	9
10	P	9	Action Express Racing	1:53.590	+1.673	10
11	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	1:54.062	+2.145	11
12	PC	09	RSR Racing	1:54.839	+2.922	12
13	P	78	Starworks Motorsport	1:55.081	+3.164	13
14	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	1:55.468	+3.551	14
15	P	31	Marsh Racing	1:55.594	+3.677	15
16	PC	25	8Star Motorsports	1:55.599	+3.682	16
17	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	1:55.603	+3.686	17
18	PC	54	CORE Autosport	1:55.660	+3.743	18
19	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	1:56.152	+4.235	19
20	PC	08	RSR Racing	1:56.253	+4.336	20
21	PC	88	BAR1 Motorsports	1:56.300	+4.383	21
22	PC	52	PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports	1:56.929	+5.012	22
23	PC	87	BAR1 Motorsports	1:57.495	+5.578	23
24	P	50	Highway to Help	1:58.366	+6.449	24
25	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	1:58.559	+6.642	25
26	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	1:58.933	+7.016	26
27	GTLM	55	BMW Team RLL	1:59.024	+7.107	27
28	GTLM	56	BMW Team RLL	1:59.094	+7.177	28
29	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	1:59.222	+7.305	29
30	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	1:59.224	+7.307	30
31	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	1:59.248	+7.331	31
32	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	1:59.890	+7.973	32
33	GTLM	93	SRT Motorsports	2:00.111	+8.194	33
34	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	2:00.447	+8.530	34
35	GTLM	91	SRT Motorsports	2:00.509	+8.592	35
36	GTLM	57	Krohn Racing	2:00.538	+8.621	36
37	GTD	94	Turner Motorsport	2:04.258	+12.341	37
38	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	2:04.268	+12.351	38
39	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	2:04.311	+12.394	39
40	GTD	007	TRG-AMR	2:04.320	+12.403	40
41	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	2:04.460	+12.543	41
42	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	2:04.542	+12.625	42
43	GTD	13	Rum Bum/Snow Racing	2:04.561	+12.644	43
44	GTD	555	AIM Autosport	2:04.650	+12.733	44
45	GTD	28	Dempsey Racing	2:04.784	+12.867	45
46	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	2:04.965	+13.048	46
47	GTD	30	NGT Motorsport	2:05.029	+13.112	47
48	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	2:05.038	+13.121	48
49	GTD	27	Dempsey Racing	2:05.087	+13.170	49
50	GTD	49	Spirit of Race	2:05.146	+13.229	50
51	GTD	71	Park Place Motorsports	2:05.197	+13.280	51
52	GTD	32	GMG Racing	2:05.404	+13.487	52
53	GTD	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	2:05.606	+13.689	53
54	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	2:05.798	+13.881	54
55	GTD	009	TRG-AMR	2:05.863	+13.946	55
56	GTD	46	Fall-Line Motorsports	2:05.990	+14.073	56
57	GTD	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	2:07.077	+15.160	57
58	GTD	35	Flying Lizard Motorsports	2:09.154	+17.237	58
59	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	2:10.652	+18.735	59
60	P	07	Speedsource	2:14.095	+18.735	60
61	P	70	Speedsource	No Time Established		61
62	GTD	81	GB Autosport	No time		62
63	GTD	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	No Time Established		63
Sources:^[4] ^[5]

Race

Race result

!rowspan=2 Class Team Drivers Chassis Tire Time/Retired Engine 1 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Marino Franchitti Riley MkXXVI 291 12:00:09.985 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 P 1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Brabham HPD ARX-03b 291 + 4.682 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 3 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Coyote Corvette DP 291 + 8.965 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 P 42 OAK Racing Olivier Pla Alex Brundle Gustavo Yacamán Morgan LMP2 291 + 11.994 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 P 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Simon Pagenaud HPD ARX-03b 291 + 17.027 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 6 P 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Dixon Tony Kanaan Sage Karam Riley MkXXVI 291 + 17.837 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 7 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli Dallara Corvette DP 291 + 34.229 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 8 P 9 Action Express Racing Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Jon Fogarty Coyote Corvette DP 291 + 39.559 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 9 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr. Justin Wilson Riley MkXXVI 291 + 40.568 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 10 PC 54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun Jon Bennett James Gue Oreca FLM09 288 + 3 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 PC 09 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende David Heinemeier Hansson Oreca FLM09 288 + 3 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 12 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR 286 + 5 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTLM 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer Rob Bell SRT Viper GTS-R 286 + 5 Laps SRT 8.0 L V10 14 GTLM 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GTE 286 + 5 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 15 GTLM 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 286 + 5 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 16 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Marco Holzer Porsche 911 RSR 285 + 6 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin Robin Liddell Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 285 + 6 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 18 GTLM 91 SRT Motorsports Dominik Farnbacher Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay SRT Viper GTS-R 284 + 7 Laps SRT 8.0 L V10 19 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Ryan Briscoe Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 283 + 8 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 20 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Richard Lietz Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR 282 + 9 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande Martín Fuentes Sam Bird David Cheng Oreca FLM09 281 + 10 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 22 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Gerry Kraut Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Oreca FLM09 280 + 11 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 23 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Marco Seefried Porsche 911 GT America 278 + 13 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTD 555 AIM Autosport Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Jeff Segal Maurizio Mediani Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 278 + 13 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 25 GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas Porsche 911 GT America 278 + 13 laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Philipp Frommenwiler Porsche 911 GT America 278 + 13 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTD 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Filipe Albuquerque Audi R8 LMS 278 + 13 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 28 GTD 46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub Charlie Putnam Christopher Mies Audi R8 LMS 278 + 13 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 29 P 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller Coyote Corvette DP 278 + 13 Laps Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 30 P 70 SpeedSource Sylvain Tremblay Tom Long Ben Devlin Mazda Prototype 278 + 13 Laps Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 31 GTLM 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Dirk Müller Dirk Werner BMW Z4 GTE 277 + 14 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 32 GTD 94 Turner Motorsport Paul Dalla Lana Dane Cameron Shane Lewis Markus Palttala BMW Z4 GT3 277 + 14 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 33 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Alessandro Latif Nelson Canache Jr. Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS 276 + 15 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 34 GTD 13 Rum Bum/Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison Snow Matt Plumb Hugh Plumb Porsche 911 GT America 273 + 18 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 35 GTD 81 GB Autosport Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Damien Faulkner Porsche 911 GT America 272 + 19 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 36 GTD 32 GMG Racing Alex Welch James Sofronas Marc Basseng Audi R8 LMS 271 + 20 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 37 PC 25 8Star Motorsports Tom Kimber-Smith Mike Marsal Eric Lux Sean Rayhall Oreca FLM09 271 + 20 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 38 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Matthew Bell Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS 270 + 21 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 39 GTD 51 Spirit of Race Matt Griffin Marco Cioci Michele Rugolo Jack Gerber Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 270 + 21 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 40 GTD 49 Spirit of Race Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Mirko Venturi Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 263 + 28 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 41 DNF P 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris Said Guy Cosmo Coyote Corvette DP 249 mechanical Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 42 GTD 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Andrew Davis Norbert Siedler Porsche 911 GT America 244 + 47 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 43 GTD 009 TRG-AMR Brandon Davis Kris Wilson Max Riddle Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 242 + 49 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 44 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Mike Vess Porsche 911 GT America 235 + 56 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 45 DNF GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Jeff Westphal Alessandro Balzan Lorenzo Casé Kyle Marcelli Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 234 electrical Ferrari 4.5 L V8 46 PC 88 BAR1 Motorsports Doug Biefield Tomy Drissi Chapman Ducote Martin Plowman Oreca FLM09 228 + 63 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 47 GTD 007 TRG-AMR James Davison Al Carter David Block Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 215 + 76 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 48 DNF P 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Jann Mardenborough Oreca 03 204 power steering Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 49 DNF P 50 Highway to Help Bryon DeFoor Jim Pace David Hinton Riley MkXXVI 200 did not finish Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 50 DNF P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Andy Meyrick Katherine Legge Gabby Chaves DeltaWing DWC13 185 crash Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 51 GTD 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Earl Bamber Kyle Gimple Ruggero Melgrati Porsche 911 GT America 154 + 137 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 52 DNF PC 08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Alex Tagliani Rusty Mitchell Oreca FLM09 125 crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 53 DNF GTD 28 Dempsey Racing Franz Konrad Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen Porsche 911 GT America 113 suspension Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 54 DNF PC 87 BAR1 Motorsports Gaston Kearby Bruce Hamilton Tõnis Kasemets Oreca FLM09 112 crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 55 DNF P 07 SpeedSource Tristan Nunez Joel Miller Tristan Vautier Mazda Prototype 104 wheel Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 56 DNF PC 52 PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports Mike Gausch Frankie Montecalvo Gunnar Jeannette Oreca FLM09 89 crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 57 DNF PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Charlie Shears David Ostella Raphael Matos Oreca FLM09 88 crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 58 DNF GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Matteo Malucelli Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 62 crash Ferrari 4.5 L V8 59 DNF GTD 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Kuba Giermaziak Christina Nielsen Porsche 911 GT America 61 crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 60 DNF GTD 71 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Mike Vess Porsche 911 GT America 34 parked Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 61 DNF P 78 Starworks Motorsport Scott Mayer Alex Popow Sebastián Saavedra Pierre Kaffer Riley MkXXVI 26 engine Honda HR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 62 DNF GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Ben Keating SRT Viper GT3-R 13 fire SRT 8.0 L V10 DNS GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Earl Bamber Nico Verdonck Porsche 911 GT America  – did not start Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Sources:^[6] ^[7]

Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Continental Michelin Falken Tire

Notes and References

1. Web site: Provisional Race Report . . 16 March 2014 . 18 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319031141/http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/TUDOR%20Sebring%20Race%20Provisional.pdf . 19 March 2014 .
2. Web site: Dagys . John . 20 September 2013 . 2014 USCC Schedule Released . 25 February 2024 . sportscar365.com.
3. Web site: 19 September 2013 . IMSA Announces 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Schedule . 25 February 2024 . autoweek.com.
4. Web site: 14 March 2014 . ResultsQuery . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327095225/https://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/TUDOR%20Sebring%20Qualifying%20Unofficial.pdf . 27 March 2014 . 3 March 2014.
5. Web site: Sebring-2014-03-15.html . 3 March 2024 . racingsportscars.com.
6. Web site: 17 March 2014 . Official Race Report . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140713210329/https://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/TUDOR%20Sebring%20Race%20Official.pdf . 13 July 2014 . 3 March 2024.
7. Web site: 03/15/2014 race: Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (WSCC) - Racing-Reference.info. www.racing-reference.info. 2020-02-04.