Audi scored its 11th overall victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend, in 61st running of the event.
Marcel Fassler, Benoit Treluyer and Oliver Jarvis drove the No. 1 R18 e-tron quattro to the top step of the podium, followed by Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Lucas di Grassi in the sister car, scoring an eighth – and maybe last 1-2 finish for Audi.
LMP1 prototypes will disappear at the end of the year, when the ALMS changes rules to become the Unified SportsCar Racing championship.
Neel Jani, Nick Heidfeld and Nico Prost rounded out the top 3 in Rebellion Racing's No. 12 Lola-Toyota.
Corvette led Ferrari in GT. Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and Richard Westbrook celebrated a dramatic win over Risi Competizione. In the No. 4 ZR1 Corvette, Westbrook overtook Matteo Malucelli's F458 Italia for the lead with only 13 minutes to spare.
Level 5 Motorsports scored another 1-2 finish, with team owner Scott Tucker earning his fourth consecutive class win at Sebring. Greaves Motorsports fell short in third.
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports bagged its first PC win thanks to the late pass of driver David Ostella over Canadian Kyle Marcelli (BAR1). Alex Job completed the winner's board in GTC.
Race results – 12 Hours of Sebring (Sebring International Raceway)
1 Fässler/Jarvis/Tréluyer (Audi R18 e-tron quattro) 364 laps in 12h 00m11.638s
2 di Grassi/Kristensen/McNish (Audi R18 e-tron quattro) + 7.679s
3 Prost/Heidfeld/Jani (Lola-Toyota) - 5 laps
4 Graf/Luhr/Dumas (HPD-Honda) - 6 laps
5 Beche/Cheng/Belicchi (Lola-Toyota) - 10 laps
6 Tucker/Franchitti/Briscoe (HPD-Honda) - 18 laps
7 Tucker/Hunter-Reay/Pagenaud (HPD-Honda) - 19 laps
8 Kimber-Smith/Zugel/Lux (Zytek) - 22 laps
9 Cheng/Guasch/Ostella (ORECA) - 28 laps
10 Marcelli/Cumming/Johansson (ORECA) - 28 laps
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| The start of the 61st 12 Hours of Sebring (Photo: Audi Motorsport) |
Marcel Fassler, Benoit Treluyer and Oliver Jarvis drove the No. 1 R18 e-tron quattro to the top step of the podium, followed by Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Lucas di Grassi in the sister car, scoring an eighth – and maybe last 1-2 finish for Audi.
LMP1 prototypes will disappear at the end of the year, when the ALMS changes rules to become the Unified SportsCar Racing championship.
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| The winning Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Photo: Audi Motorsport) |
Neel Jani, Nick Heidfeld and Nico Prost rounded out the top 3 in Rebellion Racing's No. 12 Lola-Toyota.
Corvette led Ferrari in GT. Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and Richard Westbrook celebrated a dramatic win over Risi Competizione. In the No. 4 ZR1 Corvette, Westbrook overtook Matteo Malucelli's F458 Italia for the lead with only 13 minutes to spare.
Level 5 Motorsports scored another 1-2 finish, with team owner Scott Tucker earning his fourth consecutive class win at Sebring. Greaves Motorsports fell short in third.
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports bagged its first PC win thanks to the late pass of driver David Ostella over Canadian Kyle Marcelli (BAR1). Alex Job completed the winner's board in GTC.
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| The podium (Photo: Audi Motorsport) |
Race results – 12 Hours of Sebring (Sebring International Raceway)
1 Fässler/Jarvis/Tréluyer (Audi R18 e-tron quattro) 364 laps in 12h 00m11.638s
2 di Grassi/Kristensen/McNish (Audi R18 e-tron quattro) + 7.679s
3 Prost/Heidfeld/Jani (Lola-Toyota) - 5 laps
4 Graf/Luhr/Dumas (HPD-Honda) - 6 laps
5 Beche/Cheng/Belicchi (Lola-Toyota) - 10 laps
6 Tucker/Franchitti/Briscoe (HPD-Honda) - 18 laps
7 Tucker/Hunter-Reay/Pagenaud (HPD-Honda) - 19 laps
8 Kimber-Smith/Zugel/Lux (Zytek) - 22 laps
9 Cheng/Guasch/Ostella (ORECA) - 28 laps
10 Marcelli/Cumming/Johansson (ORECA) - 28 laps