2015 12 Hours of Sebring

Sports car endurance race February 2025 thumb|right|250px|Sebring International Raceway The 63rd Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway from March 18-21st. The race was the second round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship as well as the second of four events in the North American Endurance Cup. The race was won by Action Express Racing's No. 5 Corvette Daytona Prototype, piloted by Sébastien Bourdais, João Barbosa, and Christian Fittipaldi, finishing a full lap ahead of any else in the field. The Prototype Challenge class was won by the No. 52 entry from PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports piloted by Mike Guasch, Tom Kimber-Smith, and Andrew Palmer, securing their second consecutive victory in the season. In the GT Le Mans class, victory went to Corvette Racing's No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R driven by Antonio García, Ryan Briscoe, and Jan Magnussen. Finally, in GT Daytona, victory went to the No. 23 Porsche 911 GT America from Alex Job Racing and Team Seattle driven by Mario Farnbacher, Ian James, and Alex Riberas, though it only took the lead with roughly four minutes to go when the No. 33 Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3-R suffered overheating issues.IMSA: Action Express throttles field at Sebring http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/114647-imsa-sebring Marshall Pruett March 21, 2015 June 21, 2017 Racer.com Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805154826/http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/114647-imsa-sebring August 5, 2015 dead Practice There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted an hour.Dagys John March 18, 2015 Continental Tire Keys to the Race: 12H Sebring https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/continental-tire-keys-to-the-race-12h-sebring/ July 14, 2023 sportscar365.comMarch 18, 2015 RACER's 12 Hours of Sebring Resource Guide https://racer.com/2015/03/18/racer-s-12-hours-of-sebring-resource-guide-114514/ July 14, 2023 racer.com Practice 1 The first practice session took place at 10:15 am ET on Thursday and ended with João Barbosa topping the charts for Action Express Racing, with a lap time of 1:52.485. March 19, 2015 TUSCC: 12 Hours of Sebring, Free Practice 1 & 2 Round Up, Barbosa Sets Early Pace https://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/03/19/tuscc-sebring-12-hours-thursday-practice-round-up-barbosa-sets-early-pace.html July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in seconds1P5Action Express RacingJoão Barbosa1:52.485_2P60Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianOswaldo Negri Jr.1:53.732 +1.2473P57Krohn RacingNiclas Jönsson1:53.871 +1.386Source:March 19, 2015 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015_TUSCC_Sebring_Practice_1.pdf July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Practice 2 The second practice session took place at 2:25 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Krohn Racing, with a lap time of 1:52.731.DiZinno Tony March 19, 2015 Pla Paces Second Practice at Sebring https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/pla-paces-second-practice-at-sebring/ July 11, 2023 sportscar365.com John Dagys Media Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in seconds1P57Krohn RacingOlivier Pla1:52.731_2P60Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianOswaldo Negri Jr.1:53.554 +0.8233P5Action Express RacingJoão Barbosa1:53.818 +1.087Source:March 19, 2015 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015_TUSCC_Sebring_Practice_2.pdf July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Night Practice The night practice session took place at 7:15 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Krohn Racing, with a lap time of 1:51.973. March 20, 2015 TUSCC: 12 Hours of Sebring, Free Practice 3 & 4 Report, Krohn & Michael Shank Quickest https://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/03/20/tuscc-sebring-12-hours-free-practice-3-report-pla-keeps-krohn-quickest-during-night-practice.html July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in seconds1P57Krohn RacingOlivier Pla1:51.973_2P5Action Express RacingSébastien Bourdais1:52.246 +0.2733P60Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianOswaldo Negri Jr.1:52.536 +0.563Source:March 20, 2015 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015_TUSCC_Sebring_Practice_3.pdf July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Final Practice The fourth and final practice session took place at 9:50 am ET on Friday and ended with Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:52.096.DiZinno Tony March 20, 2015 Negri Leads Friday Morning Practice at Sebring https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/negri-leads-friday-morning-practice-at-sebring/ July 11, 2023 sportscar365.com John Dagys Media Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamTimeGap Gap in seconds1P60Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian1:52.096_2P57Krohn Racing1:52.578 +0.4823P5Action Express Racing1:52.588 +0.492Source:March 20, 2015 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015_TUSCC_Sebring_Practice_4.pdf July 11, 2023 dailysportscar.com Qualifying Qualifying was broken into four sessions. The first session of qualifying was for the GTD class. The No. 33 Riley Motorsports entry driven by Jeroen Bleekemolen set the fastest time in GTD.Dagys John March 20, 2015 Porsche 1-2 GTLM Qualifying at Sebring https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/porsche-1-2-gtlm-qualifying-at-sebring/ July 14, 2023 sportscar365.com The second session of qualifying was for the GTLM class. Frédéric Makowiecki qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 912 Porsche North America, besting Patrick Pilet in the No. 911 Porsche North America entry. The third session of qualifying was for the PC class. Martin Plowman qualified on pole driving the No. 16 car for BAR1 Motorsports.March 21, 2015 TUSCC: 12 Hours of Sebring, Qualifying Report, Pla Puts Krohn On Pole https://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/03/21/tuscc-12-hours-of-sebring-qualifying-report-pla-puts-krohn-on-pole.html July 14, 2023 dailysportscar.com The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Olivier Pla qualified on pole driving the No. 57 car for Krohn Racing, beating Ryan Dalziel in the No. 1 Tequila Patrón ESM by just over three tenths of a second.DiZinno Tony March 20, 2015 Pla Powers Krohn Ligier-Judd to Pole at Sebring https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/pla-powers-to-pole-at-sebring/ July 14, 2023 sportscar365.com Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in secondsGrid Final grid position1P57USA Krohn RacingFRA Olivier Pla1:51.152_1 2P1USA Tequila Patrón ESMGBR Ryan Dalziel1:51.455 +0.30323P5USA Action Express RacingPOR João Barbosa1:52.128 +0.97634P60USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianBRA Oswaldo Negri Jr.1:52.170 +1.01845P31USA Action Express RacingUSA Dane Cameron1:52.490 +1.33856P90USA VisitFlorida.com RacingGBR Richard Westbrook1:52.691 +1.53967P10USA Wayne Taylor RacingUSA Ricky Taylor1:52.720 +1.56878P2USA Tequila Patrón ESMUSA Johannes van Overbeek1:53.047 +1.89589P01USA Chip Ganassi RacingUSA Joey Hand1:53.329 +2.177910P0USA DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFoneMEX Memo Rojas1:55.223 +4.0711011PC16USA BAR1 MotorsportsGBR Martin Plowman1:55.257+4.1051112PC54USA CORE AutosportUSA Colin Braun1:55.327 +4.1751213PC52USA PR1/Mathiasen MotorsportsGBR Tom Kimber-Smith1:55.416 +4.2641314PC38USA Performance Tech MotorsportsUSA Conor Daly1:55.748 +4.5961415PC11USA RSR RacingCAN Chris Cumming1:56.450 +5.2981516PC85USA JDC-Miller MotorSportsUSA Rusty Mitchell1:57.248 +6.0961617P70USA SpeedSourceUSA Tristan Nunez1:57.421 +6.2691718PC8USA Starworks MotorsportVEN Alex Popow1:57.842 +6.6901819GTLM912USA Porsche North AmericaFRA Frédéric Makowiecki1:58.587+7.4351920GTLM911USA Porsche North AmericaFRA Patrick Pilet1:58.806 +7.6542021GTLM3USA Corvette RacingESP Antonio García1:58.828 +7.6762122GTLM25USA BMW Team RLLDEU Dirk Werner1:58.842 +7.6902223GTLM62USA Risi CompetizioneDEU Pierre Kaffer1:58.927 +7.7752324GTLM24USA BMW Team RLLDEU Lucas Luhr1:58.930 +7.7782425GTLM4USA Corvette RacingUSA Tommy Milner1:59.451 +8.2992526GTLM17USA Team Falken TireDEU Wolf Henzler1:59.787 +8.6352627GTLM98GBR Aston Martin RacingPOR Pedro Lamy1:59.896 +8.7442728GTD33USA Riley MotorsportsNLD Jeroen Bleekemolen2:03.485+12.3332829GTD23USA Team Seattle/Alex Job RacingDEU Mario Farnbacher2:03.538 +12.3862930GTD73USA Park Place MotorsportsUSA Patrick Lindsey2:04.106 +12.9543031GTD22USA Alex Job RacingUSA Leh Keen2:04.339 +13.1873132GTD007USA TRG-AMR North AmericaAUS James Davison2:04.855 +13.7033233GTD81USA GB AutosportIRL Damien Faulkner2:04.930 +13.7783334GTD44USA Magnus RacingUSA Andy Lally2:04.944 +13.7923435GTD58USA Wright MotorsportsBEL Jan Heylen2:05.059 +13.9073536GTD93USA Riley MotorsportsUSA Ben Keating2:05.081 +13.9293637GTD48USA Paul Miller RacingUSA Bryce Miller2:05.265 +14.1133738GTD45USA Flying Lizard MotorsportsDEU Marco Holzer2:05.499 +14.3473839GTD49ITA AF CorseITA Marco Cioci2:05.781 +14.6293940GTD63USA Scuderia CorsaUSA Anthony Lazzaro2:06.479 +15.3274041GTD97USA Turner MotorsportUSA Boris Said2:07.373 +16.2214142P07USA SpeedSourceNo Time Set4243P50USA Fifty Plus Racing No Time Set4344P7USA Starworks MotorsportDid Not Participate4445GTD18BEL Mühlner Motorsports AmericaDid Not Participate4546GTD009USA TRG-AMR North AmericaDid Not Participate46Source:ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015_TUSCC_Sebring_Qualifying.pdf July 14, 2023 dailysportscar.com Race January 2024 Start and early hours January 2024 Afternoon January 2024 Sunset to finish January 2024 Post-race January 2024 Race result Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. +Final race classificationPos PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriversChassisTireLaps Laps completedTime/Retired Engine 1 P 5 USA Action Express Racing POR João BarbosaBRA Christian FittipaldiFRA Sébastien Bourdais Coyote Corvette DP Continental 340 12:01:40.097 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 2 P 10 USA Wayne Taylor Racing USA Jordan TaylorUSA Ricky TaylorITA Max Angelelli Dallara Corvette DP Continental 339 +1 lap Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 3 P 90 USA VisitFlorida.com Racing GBR Richard WestbrookCAN Michael ValianteDEU Mike Rockenfeller Coyote Corvette DP Continental 339 +1 lap Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 4 P 01 USA Chip Ganassi Racing USA Joey HandUSA Scott PruettNZL Scott Dixon Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Continental 339 +1 lap Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo 5 P 31 USA Action Express Racing USA Eric CurranUSA Dane CameronITA Max Papis Coyote Corvette DP Continental 338 +2 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 6 PC 52 USA PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports USA Mike GuaschUSA Andrew PalmerGBR Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 Continental 334 +6 Laps Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 7 PC 54 USA CORE Autosport USA Jon BennettUSA Colin BraunUSA James Gue Oreca FLM09 Continental 334 +6 Laps Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 8 P 57 USA Krohn Racing USA Tracy KrohnSWE Niclas JönssonFRA Olivier Pla Ligier JS P2 Continental 334 +6 Laps Judd HK 3.6 L V8 9 PC 38 USA Performance Tech Motorsports USA Jerome MeeUSA James FrenchUSA Conor Daly Oreca FLM09 Continental 333 +7 Laps Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 10 GTLM 3 USA Corvette Racing ESP Antonio GarcíaDEN Jan MagnussenAUS Ryan Briscoe Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Michelin 330 +10 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 11 GTLM 62 USA Risi Competizione DEU Pierre KafferITA Giancarlo FisichellaITA Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 330 +10 Laps Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 12 GTLM 17 USA Team Falken Tire USA Bryan SellersDEU Wolf HenzlerUSA Patrick Long Porsche 911 RSR Falken 329 +11 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTLM 24 USA BMW Team RLL USA John EdwardsDEU Lucas LuhrDEU Jens Klingmann BMW Z4 GTE Michelin 329 +11 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 14 GTLM 911 USA Porsche North America GBR Nick TandyFRA Patrick PiletAUT Richard LietzNZL Earl Bamber Porsche 911 RSR Michelin 328 +12 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GTD 23 USA Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing GBR Ian JamesDEU Mario FarnbacherESP Alex Riberas Porsche 911 GT America Continental 318 +22 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6 16 GTD 007 USA TRG-AMR North America DEN Christina NielsenAUS James DavisonUSA Brandon Davis Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Continental 318 +22 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 17 GTLM 98 GBR Aston Martin Racing CAN Paul Dalla LanaPOR Pedro LamyGBR Darren TurnerAUT Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE Michelin 318 +22 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 18 GTD 63 USA Scuderia Corsa USA Bill SweedlerUSA Townsend BellUSA Anthony Lazzaro Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Continental 318 +22 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 19 GTD 93 USA Riley Motorsports USA Al CarterBEL Marc GoossensUSA Ben KeatingUSA Cameron Lawrence Dodge Viper GT3-R Continental 317 +23 Laps Dodge 8.3 L V10 20 GTD 48 USA Paul Miller Racing DEU Christopher HaaseUSA Bryce MillerRSA Dion von Moltke Audi R8 LMS Ultra Continental 317 +23 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 21 GTLM 912 USA Porsche North America DEU Jörg BergmeisterNZL Earl BamberFRA Frédéric MakowieckiGBR Nick Tandy Porsche 911 RSR Michelin 317 +23 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GTLM 25 USA BMW Team RLL USA Bill AuberlenDEU Dirk WernerBRA Augusto Farfus BMW Z4 GTE Michelin 317 +23 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 23 GTD 58 USA Wright Motorsports USA Madison SnowBEL Jan HeylenCRI Emilio Valverde Porsche 911 GT America Continental 316 +24 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 24 GTD 22 USA Alex Job Racing USA Cooper MacNeilUSA Leh KeenUSA Andrew Davis Porsche 911 GT America Continental 316 +24 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTD 97 USA Turner Motorsport USA Michael MarsalFIN Markus PalttalaGBR Andy PriaulxUSA Boris Said BMW Z4 GT3 Continental 315 +25 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 26 DNF GTD 33 USA Riley Motorsports USA Ben KeatingNED Jeroen BleekemolenNED Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Dodge Viper GT3-R Continental 314 Did Not Finish Dodge 8.3 L V10 27 P 50 USA Fifty Plus Racing USA Jim PaceUSA Bryon DeFoorUSA David HintonUSA Dorsey Schroeder Riley Mk XXVI DP Continental 309 +31 Laps Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 28 GTD 49 ITA AF Corse ITA Piergiuseppe PerazziniITA Marco CiociPOR Rui ÁguasVEN Enzo Potolicchio Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Continental 308 +32 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 29 DNF PC 85 USA JDC-Miller MotorSports CAN Misha GoikhbergUSA Chris MillerUSA Rusty MitchellUSA Gerry Kraut Oreca FLM09 Continental 290 Did Not Finish Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 30 PC 8 USA Starworks Motorsport NED Renger van der ZandeDEU Mirco SchultisVEN Alex Popow Oreca FLM09 Continental 280 +60 Laps Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 31 DNF PC 11 USA RSR Racing BRA Bruno JunqueiraCAN Chris CummingUSA Gustavo Menezes Oreca FLM09 Continental 267 Did Not Finish Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 32 DNF GTLM 4 USA Corvette Racing GBR Oliver GavinUSA Tommy MilnerFRA Simon Pagenaud Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Michelin 264 Did Not Finish Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 33 DNF P 2 USA Tequila Patrón ESM USA Ed BrownUSA Johannes van OverbeekUSA Jon Fogarty HPD ARX-03b Continental 211 Did Not Finish Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo 34 PC 16 USA BAR1 Motorsports USA Marc DrumwrightUSA Tomy DrissiCHN David ChengGBR Martin Plowman Oreca FLM09 Continental 194 +146 Laps Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 35 DNF GTD 44 USA Magnus Racing USA John PotterUSA Andy LallyDEU Marco Seefried Porsche 911 GT America Continental 179 Did Not Finish Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 36 DNF P 1 USA Tequila Patrón ESM USA Scott SharpGBR Ryan DalzielDEN David Heinemeier Hansson HPD ARX-03b Continental 162 Did Not Finish Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo 37 DNF GTD 73 USA Park Place Motorsports USA Patrick LindseyUSA Spencer PumpellyUSA Jim Norman Porsche 911 GT America Continental 155 Did Not Finish Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 38 DNF P 70 USA Speedsource USA Tristan NunezUSA Jonathan BomaritoCAN Sylvain Tremblay Mazda Prototype Continental 111 Did Not Finish Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel) 39 DNF P 07 USA Speedsource USA Tom LongUSA Joel MillerGBR Ben DevlinCAN Sylvain Tremblay Mazda Prototype Continental 104 Did Not Finish Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel) 40 DNF GTD 81 USA GB Autosport IRL Damien FaulknerUSA Mike SkeenUSA Michael AvenattiPOL Kuba Giermaziak Porsche 911 GT America Continental 97 Did Not Finish Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 41 DNF P 0 USA DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone MEX Memo RojasGBR Katherine LeggeGBR Andy Meyrick DeltaWing DWC13 Continental 60 Did Not Finish Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo 42 DNF P 60 USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian USA John PewBRA Oswaldo Negri Jr.GBR Justin Wilson Ligier JS P2 Continental 46 Did Not Finish Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo 43 DNF GTD 45 USA Flying Lizard Motorsports DEU Marco HolzerUSA Robert ThorneUSA Colin Thompson Audi R8 LMS Ultra Continental 23 Did Not Finish Audi 5.2 L V10 DNS P 7 USA Starworks Motorsport USA Scott MayerNZL Brendon Hartley Riley Mk XXVI DP Continental - Did not start Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8 DNS GTD 18 USA Mühlner Motorsports America Porsche 911 GT America Continental - Did not start Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNS GTD 009USA TRG-AMR North America Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Continental - Did not start Aston Martin 6.0 L V12Sources:March 22, 2015 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015_TUSCC_Sebring_Result.pdf July 14, 2023 dailysportscar.comtudor_championship_sebring_race_official_1.pdf http://sportscarchampionship.imsa.com/sites/default/files/tudor_championship_sebring_race_official_1.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160910123358/http://sportscarchampionship.imsa.com/sites/default/files/tudor_championship_sebring_race_official_1.pdf 2016-09-10 + Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturerContinental ContinentalMichelin MichelinFalken Falken Tire References 2015 United SportsCar Championship 24 Hours of Daytona Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase Category:12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours of Sebring Category:2015 United SportsCar Championship season Category:2015 in American motorsport