By ALMS
Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Emmanuel Collard drove to an historic overall win at the 56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida.
The win was the first overall at Sebring by an LMP2 car and saw 27 overall lead changes, a race record, and three lead-lap finishers, tying a race record.
Dumas took the checkered flag by 1:02.084 over Dyson Racing's trio of Butch Leitzinger, Marino Franchitti and Andy Wallace in their Porsche RS Spyder. The Audi Sport North America trio of Dindo Capello, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen finished third overall and first in LMP1.
Third in P2 class and fourth overall was the second Dyson Porsche of Chris Dyson and Guy Smith as the P2 class took three of the top four spots.
The overall win for Porsche was its first since 1988 when Hans Stuck and Klaus Ludwig took victory in a Porsche 962. Roger Penske took his first win at Sebring in 40 years and became the first team owner to win overall at Sebring, the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.
Johnny O'Connell became the winningest driver in Sebring history with his seventh class victory as he broke a tie with Sebring legend Phil Hill. O'Connell teamed with Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows for a nearly flawless run in Corvette Racing's Corvette C6.R. The trio started from the head of the class and never trailed.
Flying Lizard Motorsports finally broke through in the 12 Hours after finishing second the last two years. Jörg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler and Marc Lieb drove their No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR to a two-lap victory.
The Risi Competizione/Krohn Racing Ferrari finished third in class, driven by Nic Jonsson, Eric van de Poele and Tracy Krohn.
Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz had finished second overall and in class but failed a post-race stall test in technical inspections. Their Lowe's Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01b was excluded as a result.
Final standings:
1 - R.Dumas/T.Bernhard/E.Collard (Porsche RS Spyder) - Penske - 351 tours (1er LMP2)
2 - A.Fernandez/L.Diaz (Acura ARX-01b) - Fernandez - 12.979
3 - B.Leitzinger/M.Franchitti/A.Lally (Porsche RS Spyder) - Dyson - 49.105
4 - R.Capello/A.McNish/T.Kristensen (Audi R10 TDI) - Joest - 5.613 (1er LMP1)
5 - C.Dyson/G.Smith (Porsche RS Spyder) - Dyson - 350
6 - D.Brabham/S.Sharp/S.Johansson (Acura ARX-01b) - Highcroft - 349
7 - L.Luhr/M.Werner/M.Rockenfeller (Audi R10 TDI) - Joest - 333
8 - F.Lienhard/D.Theys/J.Lammers (Porsche RS Spyder) - Horag - 333
9 - J.O'Connell/J.Magnussen/R.Fellows (Corvette C6.R) - Corvette - 328 (1er GT1)
10 - J.Field/D.Dayton/R.Berry (Lola B06/10 AER) - Intersport - 327
11 - O.Gavin/O.Beretta/M.Papis (Corvette C6.R) - Corvette - 320
12 - N.Minassian/S.Sarrazin/P.Lamy (Peugeot 908 HDi FAP) - Peugeot - 318
13 - J.Bergmeister/W.Henzler/M.Lieb (Porsche 997) - Flying L. - 314 (1er GT2)
14 - S.Neiman/D.Law/A.Davison (Porsche 997) - Flying L. - 311
15 - T.Krohn/N.Jonsson/E.van de Poele (Ferrari 430 GT) - Risi - 308
16 - J.Tafel/A.Simonsen/P.Ehret (Ferrari 430 GT) - Tafel - 305
17 - T.Borcheller/C.Ducote/A.Garcia (Aston Martin DBR9) - Bell - 299
18 - J.Feinberg/C.Hall (Dodge Viper Comp Coupe) - Primetime - 295
19 - B.Herta/C.Fittipaldi/M.Andretti (Acura ARX-01b) - AGR - 287
20 - U.Alzen/N.Swartzbaugh/C.Stanton (Porsche 997) - VICI - 286
21 - D.Farnbacher/D.Muller/R.Bell (Ferrari 430 GT) - Tafel - 280
22 - J.van Overbeek/P.Pilet/R.Lietz (Porsche 997) - Flying L. - 280
Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Emmanuel Collard drove to an historic overall win at the 56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida.
The win was the first overall at Sebring by an LMP2 car and saw 27 overall lead changes, a race record, and three lead-lap finishers, tying a race record.
Dumas took the checkered flag by 1:02.084 over Dyson Racing's trio of Butch Leitzinger, Marino Franchitti and Andy Wallace in their Porsche RS Spyder. The Audi Sport North America trio of Dindo Capello, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen finished third overall and first in LMP1.
Third in P2 class and fourth overall was the second Dyson Porsche of Chris Dyson and Guy Smith as the P2 class took three of the top four spots.
The overall win for Porsche was its first since 1988 when Hans Stuck and Klaus Ludwig took victory in a Porsche 962. Roger Penske took his first win at Sebring in 40 years and became the first team owner to win overall at Sebring, the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.
Johnny O'Connell became the winningest driver in Sebring history with his seventh class victory as he broke a tie with Sebring legend Phil Hill. O'Connell teamed with Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows for a nearly flawless run in Corvette Racing's Corvette C6.R. The trio started from the head of the class and never trailed.
Flying Lizard Motorsports finally broke through in the 12 Hours after finishing second the last two years. Jörg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler and Marc Lieb drove their No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR to a two-lap victory.
The Risi Competizione/Krohn Racing Ferrari finished third in class, driven by Nic Jonsson, Eric van de Poele and Tracy Krohn.
Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz had finished second overall and in class but failed a post-race stall test in technical inspections. Their Lowe's Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01b was excluded as a result.
Final standings:
1 - R.Dumas/T.Bernhard/E.Collard (Porsche RS Spyder) - Penske - 351 tours (1er LMP2)
2 - A.Fernandez/L.Diaz (Acura ARX-01b) - Fernandez - 12.979
3 - B.Leitzinger/M.Franchitti/A.Lally (Porsche RS Spyder) - Dyson - 49.105
4 - R.Capello/A.McNish/T.Kristensen (Audi R10 TDI) - Joest - 5.613 (1er LMP1)
5 - C.Dyson/G.Smith (Porsche RS Spyder) - Dyson - 350
6 - D.Brabham/S.Sharp/S.Johansson (Acura ARX-01b) - Highcroft - 349
7 - L.Luhr/M.Werner/M.Rockenfeller (Audi R10 TDI) - Joest - 333
8 - F.Lienhard/D.Theys/J.Lammers (Porsche RS Spyder) - Horag - 333
9 - J.O'Connell/J.Magnussen/R.Fellows (Corvette C6.R) - Corvette - 328 (1er GT1)
10 - J.Field/D.Dayton/R.Berry (Lola B06/10 AER) - Intersport - 327
11 - O.Gavin/O.Beretta/M.Papis (Corvette C6.R) - Corvette - 320
12 - N.Minassian/S.Sarrazin/P.Lamy (Peugeot 908 HDi FAP) - Peugeot - 318
13 - J.Bergmeister/W.Henzler/M.Lieb (Porsche 997) - Flying L. - 314 (1er GT2)
14 - S.Neiman/D.Law/A.Davison (Porsche 997) - Flying L. - 311
15 - T.Krohn/N.Jonsson/E.van de Poele (Ferrari 430 GT) - Risi - 308
16 - J.Tafel/A.Simonsen/P.Ehret (Ferrari 430 GT) - Tafel - 305
17 - T.Borcheller/C.Ducote/A.Garcia (Aston Martin DBR9) - Bell - 299
18 - J.Feinberg/C.Hall (Dodge Viper Comp Coupe) - Primetime - 295
19 - B.Herta/C.Fittipaldi/M.Andretti (Acura ARX-01b) - AGR - 287
20 - U.Alzen/N.Swartzbaugh/C.Stanton (Porsche 997) - VICI - 286
21 - D.Farnbacher/D.Muller/R.Bell (Ferrari 430 GT) - Tafel - 280
22 - J.van Overbeek/P.Pilet/R.Lietz (Porsche 997) - Flying L. - 280