2010 12 Hours of Sebring

Sports car endurance race February 2025 thumb|Track map of the Sebring International Raceway right|thumb|200px|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. http://www.imsaracing.net/2010/events/sebring/results/ALMS%20Sebring%20Qualifying.pdf ALMS Sebring Qualifying PDF International Motor Sports Association 2010-03-19 2010-03-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331084043/http://www.imsaracing.net/2010/events/sebring/results/ALMS%20Sebring%20Qualifying.pdf 2010-03-31 dead http://www.imsaracing.net/2010/events/sebring/results/ALMS%20Sebring%20Final%20Grid.pdf PDF ALMS Sebring Final Grid International Motor Sports Association 2010-03-20 2010-03-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20101124082832/http://imsaracing.net/2010/events/sebring/results/ALMS%20Sebring%20Final%20Grid.pdf 2010-11-24 dead Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP1 #07 Team Peugeot Total Marc Gené 1:45.214 1 2 LMP1 #08 Team Peugeot otal 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). http://americanlemans.com/files/results/2010/ALMS%20Sebring%20Final%20Race.pdf PDF ALMS Sebring Final Results International Motor Sports Association 2010-03-21 2010-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331134829/http://www.americanlemans.com/files/results/2010/ALMS%20Sebring%20Final%20Race.pdf 31 March 2010 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP1 07 FRA Team Peugeot Total ESP Marc GenéAUT Alexander WurzGBR Anthony Davidson Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Michelin 367 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 2 LMP1 08 FRA Team Peugeot Total FRA Sébastien BourdaisFRA Nicolas MinassianPOR Pedro Lamy Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Michelin 367 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 3 LMP1 007 GBR Aston Martin Racing MEX Adrian FernándezDEU Stefan MückeSUI Harold Primat Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Michelin 364 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 4 LMP2 6 USA Muscle Milk Team Cytosport USA Greg PickettDEU Klaus GrafDEU Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo Michelin 353 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 5 LMP2 1 USA Patrón Highcroft Racing AUS David BrabhamFRA Simon PagenaudGBR Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-01C Michelin 349 HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8 6 GT2 62 USA Risi Competizione BRA Jaime MeloITA Gianmaria BruniDEU Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 331 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 7 GT2 92 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Bill AuberlenUSA Tommy MilnerDEU Dirk Werner BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 330 BMW 4.0 L V8 8 GT2 90 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing DEU Dirk MüllerUSA Joey HandGBR Andy Priaulx BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 330 BMW 4.0 L V8 9 GT2 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Patrick LongDEU Jörg BergmeisterDEU Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 329 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 LMPC 55 USA Level 5 Motorsports USA Scott TuckerFRA Christophe BouchutCAN Mark Wilkins Oreca FLM09 Michelin 327 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 GT2 44 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports USA Darren LawUSA Seth NeimanAUT Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 325 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 LMP1 8 GBR Drayson Racing GBR Paul DraysonGBR Jonny CockerITA Emanuele Pirro Lola B09/60 Michelin 324 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 13 GT2 02 USA Extreme Speed Motorsports USA Ed BrownUSA Guy CosmoPOR João Barbosa Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 323 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 14 GT2 61 USA Risi CompetizioneUSA Krohn Racing USA Tracy KrohnSWE Niclas JönssonBEL Eric van de Poele Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 321 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 3 USA Corvette Racing USA Johnny O'ConnellDEN Jan MagnussenESP Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 320 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 16 GT2 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinMON Olivier BerettaFRA Emmanuel Collard Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 320 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 17‡ LMPC 99 USA Green Earth Team Gunnar USA Gunnar JeannetteDEU Christian ZugelUSA Elton Julian Oreca FLM09 Michelin 311 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 18 GTC 81 USA Alex Job Racing USA Butch LeitzingerMEX Juan GonzálezUSA Leh Keen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 308 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 19 GTC 23 USA Alex Job Racing USA Romeo KapudijaUSA Bill SweedlerDEU Jan-Dirk Lueders Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 305 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 20 GTC 80 USA Car Amigo Alex Job Racing MEX Luis DíazMEX Ricardo GonzálezUSA Patrick Kelly Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 304 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 21 LMP2 16 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Chris DysonGBR Guy SmithGBR Andy Meyrick Lola B09/86 Dunlop 303 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 22 GTC 69 USA WERKS II Racing USA Galen BiekerUSA Robert RodriguezUSA Cory Friedman Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 302 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 23 GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII Dunlop 300 Ford 5.0 L V8 24 GTC 88 USA Velox Racing USA Shane LewisUSA Jerry VentoUSA Lawson Aschenbach Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 299 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 25 GTC 63 USA TRG FRA Henri RichardUSA Duncan EndeUSA Andy Lally Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 282 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 26 LMPC 36 USA Genoa Racing GBR Andy WallaceUSA J. R. HildebrandUSA Tom Sutherland Oreca FLM09 Michelin 281 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 27 GTC 32 USA GMG Racing USA James SofronasUSA Bret CurtisUSA Andy Pilgrim Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Yokohama 280 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 28DNF GT2 01 USA Extreme Speed Motorsports USA Scott SharpUSA Johannes van OverbeekDEU Dominik Farnbacher Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 271 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 29 GT2 17 USA Team Falken Tire DEU Wolf HenzlerUSA Bryan SellersFRA Patrick Pilet Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Falken 255 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 LMPC 11 USA Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group USA Joel FeinbergUSA Tom WeickardtCAN Kyle Marcelli Oreca FLM09 Michelin 234 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 31DNF LMPC 89 USA Intersport Racing USA Mitch PagereyUSA Brian WongUSA David Ducote Oreca FLM09 Michelin 232 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 32‡NC LMPC 95 USA Level 5 Motorsports USA Scott TuckerUSA Ryan Hunter-ReayUSA James Gue Oreca FLM09 Michelin 224 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 33DNF GT2 75 USA Jaguar RSR USA Paul GentilozziGBR Ryan DalzielBEL Marc Goossens Jaguar XKRS Yokohama 11 Jaguar 5.0 L V8 DNS LMP1 12 USA Autocon Motorsports USA Bryan WillmanCAN Tony BurgessDEU Pierre Ehret Lola B06/10 Dunlop – 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. http://www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news%7c14649 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron - 2010: news ALMS 2010-04-07 2010-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100419211544/http://www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news 19 April 2010 live References 2010 American Le Mans Series None American Le Mans Series at Long Beach Sebring Category:12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours Of Sebring 12 Hours Of Sebring