2012 12 Hours of Sebring

The 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring was the 60th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring, an auto race held at the Sebring International Raceway from 15–17 March 2012. The race served as the opening round for both the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championship and American Le Mans Series seasons. The field of 64 entries was divided into nine classes: five from the American Le Mans Series and four from the World Endurance Championship.

#2 Audi LMP1 fielded by Audi Sport Team Joest, overall winner.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap time	Grid
1	LMP1	#1 Audi Sport Team Joest	Benoît Tréluyer	1:45.820	1
2	LMP1	#2 Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen	1:46.215	2
3	LMP1	#3 Audi Sport Team Joest	Romain Dumas	1:46.935	3
4	P1	#6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf	1:47.536	4
5	LMP1	#15 OAK Racing	Guillaume Moreau	1:48.319	62
6	LMP1	#22 JRM	David Brabham	1:48.439	5
7	LMP1	#21 Strakka Racing	Danny Watts	1:48.590	6
8	LMP1	#12 Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani	1:48.630	7
9	LMP1	#13 Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi	1:48.956	8
10	LMP1	#16 Pescarolo Team	Emmanuel Collard	1:50.200	9
11	LMP2	#24 OAK Racing	Olivier Pla	1:50.467	10
12	LMP2	#44 Starworks Motorsport	Stéphane Sarrazin	1:50.823	11
13	LMP2	#41 Greaves Motorsport	Elton Julian	1:51.809	12
14	LMP2	#23 Signatech Nissan	Franck Mailleux	1:52.084	13
15	LMP2	#25 ADR-Delta	John Martin	1:52.113	14
16	P2	#055 Level 5 Motorsports	Christophe Bouchut	1:52.129	15
17	P2	#37 Conquest Endurance	Martin Plowman	1:52.493	63
18	P2	#95 Level 5 Motorsports	Luis Díaz	1:52.659	16
19	LMP2	#49 PeCom Racing	Pierre Kaffer	1:52.763	17
20	LMP2	#31 Lotus	Thomas Holzer	1:53.080	18
21	PC	#9 RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira	1:54.510	19
22	PC	#06 CORE Autosport	E. J. Viso	1:54.555	20
23	P1	#016 Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson	1:54.593	21
24	PC	#025 Dempsey Racing	Dane Cameron	1:54.628	22
25	PC	#7 Merchant Services Racing	Pablo Sanchez	1:55.160	23
26	PC	#05 CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:55.208	24
27	PC	#5 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Memo Gidley	1:55.420	25
28	PC	#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Butch Leitzinger	1:55.460	26
29	PC	#8 Merchant Services Racing	Kyle Marcelli	1:55.654	27
30	PC	#18 Performance Tech Motorsports	Raphael Matos	1:55.848	28
31	LMGTE Pro	#51 AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni	1:58.427	29
32	LMGTE Pro	#59 Luxury Racing	Jaime Melo	1:58.723	30
33	GT	#03 Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:58.996	31
34	GT	#4 Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1;59.007	32
35	LMGTE Pro	#71 AF Corse	Olivier Beretta	1:59.084	33
36	GT	#56 BMW Team RLL	Joey Hand	1:59.776	34
37	GT	#01 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	2:00.094	35
38	GT	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister	2:00.119	36
39	LMGTE Pro	#97 Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke	2:00.174	37
40	LMGTE Am	#58 Luxury Racing	Dominik Farnbacher	2:00.184	38
41	LMGTE Pro	#77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Richard Lietz	2:00.256	39
42	GT	#155 BMW Team RLL	Jörg Müller	2:00.337	40
43	GT	#02 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Anthony Lazzaro	2:00.344	41
44	LMGTE Am	#57 Krohn Racing	Niclas Jönsson	2:00.929	42
45	GT	#17 Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	2:01.632	43
46	LMGTE Am	#50 Larbre Compétition	Pedro Lamy	2:01.640	44
47	LMGTE Am	#88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Paolo Ruberti	2:01.787	45
48	GT	#48 Paul Miller Racing	Sascha Maassen	2:02.150	46
49	LMGTE Am	#70 Larbre Compétition	Jean-Philippe Belloc	2:02.732	47
50	LMGTE Am	#61 AF Corse-Waltrip	Rui Águas	2:03.331	48
51	LMGTE Am	#55 JWA-Avila	Joël Camathias	2:04.342	49
52	GTC	#30 NGT Motorsport	Sean Edwards	2:06.674	50
53	GTC	#34 Green Hornet Racing	Damien Faulkner	2:06.697	51
54	GTC	#022 Alex Job Racing	Leh Keen	2:06.711	52
55	GTC	#023 Alex Job Racing	Dion von Moltke	2:07.016	53
56	GTC	#11 JDX Racing	Kevin Estre	2:07.264	54
57	GT	#044 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	2:07.354	55
58	GTC	#031 NGT Motorsport	Nicki Thiim	2:07.434	56
59	GTC	#66 TRG	Spencer Pumpelly	2:07.550	57
60	GTC	#32 GMG Racing	James Sofronas	2:08.607	58
61	GTC	#024 Competition Motorsports	Cort Wagner	2:08.792	59
62	P2	#54 Black Swan Racing	Jon Fogarty	2:35.156	60
63	LMP2	#29 Gulf Racing Middle East	Jean-Denis Délétraz	14:43.720	EX^1
64	LMP2	#28 Gulf Racing Middle East	No Time		61

Notes

• ^1 — The No. 29 car of Gulf Racing Middle East was excluded for not meeting the minimum required time in practice/qualifying.[2]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance (227 laps) marked as not classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Audi R18 TDI	M	325
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Loïc Duval	Audi R18 TDI	M	321
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
3	LMP2	44	Starworks Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel Enzo Potolicchio Stéphane Sarrazin	HPD ARX-03b	D	319
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
4	P2	055	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker João Barbosa Christophe Bouchut	HPD ARX-03b	D	319
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
5	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Olivier Pla Matthieu Lahaye	Morgan LMP2	D	318
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
6	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Team	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Julien Jousse	Pescarolo 01	M	318
					Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10
7	LMP2	49	Pecom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Soheil Ayari Pierre Kaffer	Oreca 03	D	317
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8	P1	016	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith Steven Kane	Lola B12/60	D	317
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Butanol)
9	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Christian Zugel Ricardo González Elton Julian	Zytek Z11SN	D	316
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10	LMP1	21	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts	HPD ARX-03a	M	316
					Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
11	LMP2	25	ADR-Delta	John Martin Robbie Kerr Tor Graves	Oreca 03	D	315
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	PC	06	CORE Autosport	E. J. Viso Alex Popow Burt Frisselle	Oreca FLM09	M	312
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
13	PC	52	PR1 Mathiasen Racing	Butch Leitzinger Ken Dobson Rudy Junco, Jr.	Oreca FLM09	M	311
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
14 DNF	LMP2	31	Lotus	Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis Luco Moro	Lola B12/80	D	310
					Lotus (Judd) 3.6 L V8
15	PC	05	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun Jon Bennett Eric Lux	Oreca FLM09	M	310
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
16	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler	Audi R18 TDI	M	310
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
17	LMP1	22	JRM	Peter Dumbreck David Brabham Karun Chandhok	HPD ARX-03a	M	309
					Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
18	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	Dirk Müller Joey Hand Jonathan Summerton	BMW M3 GT2	D	307
					BMW 4.0 L V8
19	GT	03	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Jordan Taylor Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	307
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
20	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Olivier Beretta Marco Cioci	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	307
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Richard Westbrook	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	307
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
22	GT	155	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen	BMW M3 GT2	D	307
					BMW 4.0 L V8
23	LMGTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	306
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen Rob Bell	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	D	303
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25	PC	7	Merchant Services Racing	Chapman Ducote Javier Acheverria Pablo Sanchez	Oreca FLM09	M	303
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
26	GT	044	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Darren Law Andy Lally	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	303
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27	GT	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Jeff Segal Anthony Lazzaro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	303
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
28 DNF	P1	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Simon Pagenaud	HPD ARX-03a	M	302
					Honda 3.4 L V8
29	LMGTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	298
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30	P2	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Bret Curtis Jon Fogarty	Lola B11/80	D	298
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
31	LMGTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Pascal Gibon Christophe Bourret Jean-Philippe Belloc	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	297
					Corvette 5.5 L V8
32	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Nick Heidfeld	Lola B11/60	M	296
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
33	GTC	023	Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Dion von Moltke	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	292
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
34	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Adrián Fernández	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	292
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
35	GTC	022	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Louis-Philippe Dumoulin	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	291
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
36	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Harold Primat Jeroen Bleekemolen	Lola B11/60	M	291
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
37	GTC	34	Green Hornet Racing	Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	290
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
38	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	F	290
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
39 DNF	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Pedro Lamy	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	288
					Corvette 5.5 L V8
40	GTC	66	TRG	Spencer Pumpelly Marc Bunting Emilio Di Guida	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	287
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
41	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse-Waltrip	Robert Kauffman Michael Waltrip Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	283
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
42	PC	5	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Memo Gidley Michael Guasch Roger Wills	Oreca FLM09	M	282
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
43	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Chris Cumming Kevin Estre Mark Bullitt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	282
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
44	P2	37	Conquest Endurance	Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson Jan Heylen	Morgan LMP2	D	281
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
45	GTC	024	Competition Motorsports	Bob Faieta Cort Wagner Michael Avenatti	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	279
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
46	GT	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Guy Cosmo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	278
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
47	LMP2	28	Gulf Racing Middle East	Fabien Giroix Maxime Jousse Stefan Johansson	Lola B12/80	D	277
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
48	GTC	32	GMG Racing	James Sofronas Alex Welch René Villeneuve	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	276
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
49	PC	18	Performance Tech Motorsports	Anthony Nicolosi Ricardo Vera Raphael Matos	Oreca FLM09	M	274
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
50	LMGTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jonsson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	265
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
51	PC	9	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi Roberto González	Oreca FLM09	M	255
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
52	LMGTE Am	55	JWA-Avila	Bill Binnie Joël Camathias Markus Palttala	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	P	252
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
53	GT	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	251
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
54 DNF	GTC	031	NGT Motorsport	Nicki Thiim Angel Benitez, Sr. Angel Benitez, Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	236
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
55 DNF	LMP1	15	OAK Racing	Guillaume Moreau Dominik Kraihamer Bertrand Baguette	OAK Pescarolo 01	D	233
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
56 DNF	GTC	30	NGT Motorsport	Sean Edwards Henrique Cisneros Carlos Kauffman	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	205
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
57 DNF	PC	025	Dempsey Racing	Duncan Ende Henri Richard Dane Cameron	Oreca FLM09	M	172
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
58 DNF	P2	95	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Luis Díaz Ryan Hunter-Reay	HPD ARX-03b	D	85
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
59 DNF	LMP2	23	Signatech Nissan	Franck Mailleux Jordan Tresson Olivier Lombard	Oreca 03	D	85
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
60 DNF	LMGTE Pro	59	Luxury Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo Jean-Karl Vernay	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	83
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
61 DNF	PC	8	Merchant Services Racing	Kyle Marcelli Dean Sterling Lucas Downs	Oreca FLM09	M	38
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
62 DNF	LMGTE Am	58	Luxury Racing	Pierre Ehret Dominik Farnbacher François Jakubowski	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	0
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
EX	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	—
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
EX	LMP2	29	Gulf Racing Middle East	Frédéric Fatien Keiko Ihara Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lola B12/80	D	—
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References

1. "60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
2. Dagys, John (2012-03-17). "Audi Quickest In Warmup". SpeedTV.com. Speed Channel. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2012-03-17.

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