The 2019 1,000 Miles of Sebring was an Endurance sportscar racing event held on 15 March 2019, as the sixth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was the inaugural running of the race, a 268-lap event, and the first FIA WEC race to be held at Sebring International Raceway since the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring.
The provisional calendar for the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, released on 1 September 2017 saw a raft of changes, with several races dropped, but included a return to Sebring for the first time since 2012. In the provisional calendar issued, the race was originally planned to be run as a second 12-hour race after the IMSA Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring on the same weekend, and would start at midnight after the conclusion of the IMSA 12 hours.[1] [2] On 21 September 2017, the race became known as the 1500 Miles of Sebring, to avoid confusion between the 2 events, at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris.[3] However, on 4 April 2018, it was announced that the race would become shortened to 1000 Miles or 268 laps, have a time limit of 8 Hours, and would take place on March 15 instead, prior to the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring, rather than after the race. In addition, it was also announced that there would be a new pitlane built to accommodate the WEC teams, located on the Ulman Straight.[4] [5]
The entry list released on 8 February 2019 saw a number of changes, with the #4 ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 removed, after the team announced they would not compete due to an engine supply dispute with NISMO, and an additional Entry from the Corvette Racing team. Nathanael Berthon was added to the #3 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13, while Mathias Beche moved to the #1, replacing Andre Lotterer, who was unable to attend due to a clashing simulator test for the DS Techeetah Formula E team. Jenson Button and Matevos Isaakyan were replaced in the #11 and #17 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1s by Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin respectively.[6] [7]
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold[8] [9]
| Class | Team | Average Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:40.318 | - | 1 | |
| 2 | LMP1 | No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:40.803 | +0.485 | 2 | |
| 3 | LMP1 | No. 3 Rebellion Racing | 1:42.863 | +2.545 | 3 | |
| 4 | LMP1 | No. 17 SMP Racing | 1:42.942 | +2.624 | 4 | |
| 5 | LMP1 | No. 11 SMP Racing | 1:43.005 | +2.687 | 5 | |
| 6 | LMP1 | No. 1 Rebellion Racing | 1:43.015 | +2.697 | 6 | |
| 7 | LMP1 | No. 10 DragonSpeed | 1:44.288 | +3.970 | 7 | |
| 8 | LMP2 | No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing | 1:47.558 | +7.240 | 8 | |
| 9 | LMP2 | No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing | 1:48.208 | +7.890 | 9 | |
| 10 | LMP2 | No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut | 1:48.524 | +8.206 | 10 | |
| 11 | LMP2 | No. 31 DragonSpeed | 1:49.681 | +9.363 | 11 | |
| 12 | LMP2 | No. 50 Larbre Compétition | 1:50.705 | +10.387 | 12 | |
| 13 | LMP2 | No. 28 TDS Racing | 1:51.218 | +10.900 | 13 | |
| 14 | LMGTE Pro | No. 92 Porsche GT Team | 1:57.500 | +17.182 | 14 | |
| 15 | LMGTE Pro | No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 1:57.615 | +17.297 | 15 | |
| 16 | LMGTE Pro | No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 1:57.714 | +17.396 | 16 | |
| 17 | LMGTE Pro | No. 82 BMW Team MTEK | 1:57.841 | +17.523 | 17 | |
| 18 | LMGTE Pro | No. 63 Corvette Racing | 1:57.844 | +17.526 | 18 | |
| 19 | LMGTE Pro | No. 71 AF Corse | 1:57.938 | +17.620 | 19 | |
| 20 | LMGTE Pro | No. 81 BMW Team MTEK | 1:58.000 | +17.682 | 20 | |
| 21 | LMGTE Pro | No. 91 Porsche GT Team | 1:58.113 | +17.795 | 21 | |
| 22 | LMGTE Pro | No. 51 AF Corse | 1:58.232 | +17.914 | 22 | |
| 23 | LMGTE Pro | No. 95 Aston Martin Racing | 1:58.366 | +18.048 | 23 | |
| 24 | LMGTE Am | No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing | 1:59.790 | +19.472 | 24 | |
| 25 | LMGTE Am | No. 56 Team Project 1 | 1:59.935 | +19.617 | 25 | |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | No. 98 Aston Martin Racing | 2:00.076 | +19.758 | 26 | |
| 27 | LMGTE Am | No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing | 2:00.417 | +20.099 | 27 | |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | No. 90 TF Sport | 2:00.543 | +20.225 | 28 | |
| 29 | LMGTE Am | No. 54 Spirit of Race | 2:00.759 | +20.441 | 29 | |
| 30 | LMGTE Am | No. 70 MR Racing | 2:01.679 | +21.361 | 30 | |
| 31 | LMGTE Pro | No. 97 Aston Martin Racing | 2:04.748 | +24.430 | 31 | |
| 32 | LMGTE Am | No. 61 Clearwater Racing | 1:59.396 | +19.078 | WD | |
| 33 | LMGTE Am | No. 86 Gulf Racing UK | 1:59.436 | +19.118 | 32 | |
| 34 | LMP2 | No. 29 Racing Team Nederland | No Time | — | 33 |
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance was 178 laps. Class winners are in bold.[10] [11]
| +/– | Driver | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fernando Alonso Kazuki NakajimaSébastien Buemi | 135 | ||
| 2 | Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway  José María López | 120 | ||
| 3 |  Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes | 81 | ||
| 4 | 1 |  Mathias Beche | 73 | |
| 5 | 1 | Neel Jani André Lotterer | 63 |
| +/– | Team | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 151 | ||
| 2 | Rebellion Racing | 98 | ||
| 3 |  SMP Racing | 71 | ||
| 4 |  ByKolles Racing Team | 22 | ||
| 5 | DragonSpeed | 8.5 | ||
| 6 |  CEFC TRSM Racing | 1 |
| +/– | Driver | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Christensen Kévin Estre | 125 | ||
| 2 | 1 |  Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz | 100 | |
| 3 | 1 |  James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi | 80.5 | |
| 4 | 2 | Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla | 69 | |
| 5 | Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim | 58.5 |
| +/– | Constructor | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Porsche | 227 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Ferrari | 127 | |
| 3 | 1 | Ford | 125 | |
| 4 | Aston Martin | 102 | ||
| 5 | BMW | 87 |
Henrik Hedman