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Sebring 12 H: Porsche beat Audi and Peugeot

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Khatir Soltani
Team Penske Porsche RS Spyder have secured victory in the 56th Sebring 12 Hours - ending Audi's eight-year winning streak at the event.

Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard and Emmanuel Collard moved to the front as the LMP1 cars faltered, and then fended off challenges from Dyson Porsche and the Fernandez Acura in the closing stages.

Having earlier lost time with fuel pick-up problems, the Fernandez car edged into contention in the final hours, and at one stage narrowed the gap to the No.7 Penske Porsche to just seven seconds.

But Dumas was able to pull away and clinch the win by 13 seconds.

The best Audi R10 arrived in 4th place while the Peugeot 908 HDI suffered from gearbox problems and was classified a lowly 12th.

Three LMP2 cars finished at the top three positions.

A full report will follow shortly.
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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