2010 12 Hours of Sebring

The race-winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

The 58th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida was the 2010 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring and the opening round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida on March 20, 2010. The race featured the debut of the Le Mans Prototype Challenge category for spec racing.

The duo of LMP1s from Peugeot won the race by a three lap margin over fellow European manufacturer Aston Martin, earning the company their first victory at Sebring. Winning drivers Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz had previously won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans for Peugeot, and were joined by Anthony Davidson for the Sebring win. The LMP2 category was won by Team Cytosport, the first class victory for the team, while the new LMPC category was led by Level 5 Motorsports who had a 16 lap margin over their nearest competitor. Risi Competizione Ferrari won their second straight GT2 class at Sebring, while returning American Le Mans team Alex Job Racing won the first participation for the GTC class at the 12 Hours.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1][2]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP1	#07 Team Peugeot Total	Marc Gené	1:45.214	1
2	LMP1	#08 Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian	1:45.841	2
3	LMP1	#007 Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke	1:46.079	3
4	LMP1	#8 Drayson Racing	Emanuele Pirro	1:46.460	4
5	LMP2	#1 Patrón Highcroft Racing	Marino Franchitti	1:47.684	5
6	LMP2	#6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Klaus Graf	1:47.738	6
7	LMP2	#16 Dyson Racing Team	Guy Smith	1:47.882	7
8	LMP1	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Bryan Willman	1:54.441	8
9	LMPC	#99 Green Earth Team Gunnar	Gunnar Jeannette	1:55.279	9
10	LMPC	#95 Level 5 Motorsports	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1:55.397	10
11	LMPC	#55 Level 5 Motorsports	Christophe Bouchut	1:56.101	11
12	LMPC	#89 Intersport Racing	Mitch Pagerey	1:59.580	12
13	GT2	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister	2:01.150	13
14	GT2	#17 Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	2:01.201	14
15	GT2	#62 Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo	2:01.236	15
16	GT2	#3 Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	2:01.358	16
17	GT2	#4 Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	2:01.628	17
18	GT2	#01 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek	2:01.914	18
19	GT2	#92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen	2:01.922	19
20	GT2	#02 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Guy Cosmo	2:02.242	20
21	GT2	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	2:03.622	21
22	GT2	#75 Jaguar RSR	Marc Goossens	2:04.804	31
23	GTC	#81 Alex Job Racing	Leh Keen	2:05.959	22
24	GT2	#61 Risi Competizione	Tracy Krohn	2:06.680	23
25	GTC	#80 Car Amigo Alex Job Racing	Patrick Kelly	2:07.018	24
26	GTC	#23 Alex Job Racing	Romeo Kapudija	2:07.205	25
27	GTC	#88 Velox Motorsport	Shane Lewis	2:07.412	30
28	GTC	#32 GMG Racing	James Sofronas	2:07.751	26
29	GT2	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman	2:07.874	29
30	GTC	#69 WERKS II Racing	Galen Bieker	2:10.312	32
31	GTC	#63 TRG	Henri Richard	2:11.371	27
–	LMPC	#11 Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group	No Time		28
–	LMPC	#36 Genoa Racing	J. R. Hildebrand	Disallowed	33
–	GT2	#90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller	Disallowed	34

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	07	Team Peugeot Total	Marc Gené Alexander Wurz Anthony Davidson	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	367
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	08	Team Peugeot Total	Sébastien Bourdais Nicolas Minassian Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	367
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
3	LMP1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Adrian Fernández Stefan Mücke Harold Primat	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	M	364
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4	LMP2	6	Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	353
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
5	LMP2	1	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Simon Pagenaud Marino Franchitti	HPD ARX-01C	M	349
					HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8
6	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	331
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
7	GT2	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Tommy Milner Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	D	330
					BMW 4.0 L V8
8	GT2	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller Joey Hand Andy Priaulx	BMW M3 GT2	D	330
					BMW 4.0 L V8
9	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	329
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10	LMPC	55	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Mark Wilkins	Oreca FLM09	M	327
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	325
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	LMP1	8	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Emanuele Pirro	Lola B09/60	M	324
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
13	GT2	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Guy Cosmo João Barbosa	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	323
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14	GT2	61	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	321
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15	GT2	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	320
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
16	GT2	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Emmanuel Collard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	320
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
17‡	LMPC	99	Green Earth Team Gunnar	Gunnar Jeannette Christian Zugel Elton Julian	Oreca FLM09	M	311
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
18	GTC	81	Alex Job Racing	Butch Leitzinger Juan González Leh Keen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	308
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19	GTC	23	Alex Job Racing	Romeo Kapudija Bill Sweedler Jan-Dirk Lueders	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	305
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20	GTC	80	Car Amigo Alex Job Racing	Luis Díaz Ricardo González Patrick Kelly	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	304
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
21	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith Andy Meyrick	Lola B09/86	D	303
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Butanol)
22	GTC	69	WERKS II Racing	Galen Bieker Robert Rodriguez Cory Friedman	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	302
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	D	300
					Ford 5.0 L V8
24	GTC	88	Velox Racing	Shane Lewis Jerry Vento Lawson Aschenbach	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	299
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
25	GTC	63	TRG	Henri Richard Duncan Ende Andy Lally	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	282
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
26	LMPC	36	Genoa Racing	Andy Wallace J. R. Hildebrand Tom Sutherland	Oreca FLM09	M	281
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
27	GTC	32	GMG Racing	James Sofronas Bret Curtis Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	280
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28 DNF	GT2	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Dominik Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	271
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
29	GT2	17	Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	F	255
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30	LMPC	11	Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group	Joel Feinberg Tom Weickardt Kyle Marcelli	Oreca FLM09	M	234
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
31 DNF	LMPC	89	Intersport Racing	Mitch Pagerey Brian Wong David Ducote	Oreca FLM09	M	232
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
32‡ NC	LMPC	95	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Ryan Hunter-Reay James Gue	Oreca FLM09	M	224
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
33 DNF	GT2	75	Jaguar RSR	Paul Gentilozzi Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens	Jaguar XKRS	Y	11
					Jaguar 5.0 L V8
DNS	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Bryan Willman Tony Burgess Pierre Ehret	Lola B06/10	D	–
					AER P32T 4.0 L Turbo V8

‡ The #95 Level 5 Motorsports entry and the #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar entry were initially disqualified from the results, but, following a rule clarification by the ALMS, the two cars have been reinstated into the results.^[4]

References

1. "ALMS Sebring Qualifying" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-03-19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
2. "ALMS Sebring Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-03-20. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
3. "ALMS Sebring Final Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-03-21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
4. "American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron - 2010: news". ALMS. 2010-04-07. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-08.