2015 12 Hours of Sebring

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.[1]

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.[2][3]

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.[4]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa 1:52.485 _
2 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:53.732 +1.247
3 P 57 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson 1:53.871 +1.386
Source:[5]

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.[6]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 57 Krohn Racing Olivier Pla 1:52.731 _
2 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:53.554 +0.823
3 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa 1:53.818 +1.087
Source:[7]

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.[8]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 57 Krohn Racing Olivier Pla 1:51.973 _
2 P 5 Action Express Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:52.246 +0.273
3 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:52.536 +0.563
Source:[9]

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.[10]

Pos. Class No. Team Time Gap
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian 1:52.096 _
2 P 57 Krohn Racing 1:52.578 +0.482
3 P 5 Action Express Racing 1:52.588 +0.492
Source:[11]

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.[12]

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.[12]

The third session of qualifying was for the PC class. Martin Plowman qualified on pole driving the No. 16 car for BAR1 Motorsports.[13]

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.[14]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 57 Krohn Racing Olivier Pla 1:51.152 _ 1 ‡
2 P 1 Tequila Patrón ESM Ryan Dalziel 1:51.455 +0.303 2
3 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa 1:52.128 +0.976 3
4 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:52.170 +1.018 4
5 P 31 Action Express Racing Dane Cameron 1:52.490 +1.338 5
6 P 90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Richard Westbrook 1:52.691 +1.539 6
7 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:52.720 +1.568 7
8 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Johannes van Overbeek 1:53.047 +1.895 8
9 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand 1:53.329 +2.177 9
10 P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Memo Rojas 1:55.223 +4.071 10
11 PC 16 BAR1 Motorsports Martin Plowman 1:55.257 +4.105 11‡
12 PC 54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun 1:55.327 +4.175 12
13 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Tom Kimber-Smith 1:55.416 +4.264 13
14 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Conor Daly 1:55.748 +4.596 14
15 PC 11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming 1:56.450 +5.298 15
16 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Rusty Mitchell 1:57.248 +6.096 16
17 P 70 SpeedSource Tristan Nunez 1:57.421 +6.269 17
18 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Alex Popow 1:57.842 +6.690 18
19 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Frédéric Makowiecki 1:58.587 +7.435 19‡
20 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Patrick Pilet 1:58.806 +7.654 20
21 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:58.828 +7.676 21
22 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Dirk Werner 1:58.842 +7.690 22
23 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer 1:58.927 +7.775 23
24 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL Lucas Luhr 1:58.930 +7.778 24
25 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:59.451 +8.299 25
26 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler 1:59.787 +8.635 26
27 GTLM 98 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy 1:59.896 +8.744 27
28 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen 2:03.485 +12.333 28‡
29 GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher 2:03.538 +12.386 29
30 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey 2:04.106 +12.954 30
31 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen 2:04.339 +13.187 31
32 GTD 007 TRG-AMR North America James Davison 2:04.855 +13.703 32
33 GTD 81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner 2:04.930 +13.778 33
34 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally 2:04.944 +13.792 34
35 GTD 58 Wright Motorsports Jan Heylen 2:05.059 +13.907 35
36 GTD 93 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating 2:05.081 +13.929 36
37 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller 2:05.265 +14.113 37
38 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Marco Holzer 2:05.499 +14.347 38
39 GTD 49 AF Corse Marco Cioci 2:05.781 +14.629 39
40 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Anthony Lazzaro 2:06.479 +15.327 40
41 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport Boris Said 2:07.373 +16.221 41
42 P 07 SpeedSource No Time Set 42
43 P 50 Fifty Plus Racing No Time Set 43
44 P 7 Starworks Motorsport Did Not Participate 44
45 GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Did Not Participate 45
46 GTD 009 TRG-AMR North America Did Not Participate 46
Source:[15]

Race

Start and early hours

Afternoon

Sunset to finish

Post-race

Race result

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa
Christian Fittipaldi
Sébastien Bourdais 		Coyote Corvette DP C 340 12:01:40.097‡
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor
Ricky Taylor
Max Angelelli 		Dallara Corvette DP C 339 +1 lap
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
3 P 90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Richard Westbrook
Michael Valiante
Mike Rockenfeller 		Coyote Corvette DP C 339 +1 lap
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
4 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand
Scott Pruett
Scott Dixon 		Ford EcoBoost Riley DP C 339 +1 lap
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo
5 P 31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran
Dane Cameron
Max Papis 		Coyote Corvette DP C 338 +2 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
6 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch
Andrew Palmer
Tom Kimber-Smith 		Oreca FLM09 C 334 +6 Laps‡
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7 PC 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
James Gue 		Oreca FLM09 C 334 +6 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8 P 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn
Niclas Jönsson
Olivier Pla 		Ligier JS P2 C 334 +6 Laps
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
9 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Jerome Mee
James French
Conor Daly 		Oreca FLM09 C 333 +7 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
10 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jan Magnussen
Ryan Briscoe 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 330 +10 Laps‡
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
11 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer
Giancarlo Fisichella
Andrea Bertolini 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 330 +10 Laps
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
12 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers
Wolf Henzler
Patrick Long 		Porsche 911 RSR F 329 +11 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards
Lucas Luhr
Jens Klingmann 		BMW Z4 GTE M 329 +11 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
14 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy
Patrick Pilet
Richard Lietz
Earl Bamber 		Porsche 911 RSR M 328 +12 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James
Mario Farnbacher
Alex Riberas 		Porsche 911 GT America C 318 +22 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6
16 GTD 007 TRG-AMR North America Christina Nielsen
James Davison
Brandon Davis 		Aston Martin Vantage GT3 C 318 +22 Laps
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
17 GTLM 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Darren Turner
Mathias Lauda 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 318 +22 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler
Townsend Bell
Anthony Lazzaro 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 318 +22 Laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 GTD 93 Riley Motorsports Al Carter
Marc Goossens
Ben Keating
Cameron Lawrence 		Dodge Viper GT3-R C 317 +23 Laps
Dodge 8.3 L V10
20 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase
Bryce Miller
Dion von Moltke 		Audi R8 LMS Ultra C 317 +23 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
21 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Jörg Bergmeister
Earl Bamber
Frédéric Makowiecki
Nick Tandy 		Porsche 911 RSR M 317 +23 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen
Dirk Werner
Augusto Farfus 		BMW Z4 GTE M 317 +23 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
23 GTD 58 Wright Motorsports Madison Snow
Jan Heylen
Emilio Valverde 		Porsche 911 GT America C 316 +24 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil
Leh Keen
Andrew Davis 		Porsche 911 GT America C 316 +24 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal
Markus Palttala
Andy Priaulx
Boris Said 		BMW Z4 GT3 C 315 +25 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
26

DNF

GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 		Dodge Viper GT3-R C 314 Did Not Finish
Dodge 8.3 L V10
27 P 50 Fifty Plus Racing Jim Pace
Bryon DeFoor
David Hinton
Dorsey Schroeder 		Riley Mk XXVI DP C 309 +31 Laps
Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8
28 GTD 49 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Rui Águas
Enzo Potolicchio 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 308 +32 Laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29

DNF

PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Misha Goikhberg
Chris Miller
Rusty Mitchell
Gerry Kraut 		Oreca FLM09 C 290 Did Not Finish
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
30 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande
Mirco Schultis
Alex Popow 		Oreca FLM09 C 280 +60 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
31

DNF

PC 11 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira
Chris Cumming
Gustavo Menezes 		Oreca FLM09 C 267 Did Not Finish
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
32

DNF

GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner
Simon Pagenaud 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 264 Did Not Finish
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
33

DNF

P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ed Brown
Johannes van Overbeek
Jon Fogarty 		HPD ARX-03b C 211 Did Not Finish
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
34 PC 16 BAR1 Motorsports Marc Drumwright
Tomy Drissi
David Cheng
Martin Plowman 		Oreca FLM09 C 194 +146 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
35

DNF

GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter
Andy Lally
Marco Seefried 		Porsche 911 GT America C 179 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36

DNF

P 1 Tequila Patrón ESM Scott Sharp
Ryan Dalziel
David Heinemeier Hansson 		HPD ARX-03b C 162 Did Not Finish
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
37

DNF

GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey
Spencer Pumpelly
Jim Norman 		Porsche 911 GT America C 155 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38

DNF

P 70 Speedsource Tristan Nunez
Jonathan Bomarito
Sylvain Tremblay 		Mazda Prototype C 111 Did Not Finish
Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel)
39

DNF

P 07 Speedsource Tom Long
Joel Miller
Ben Devlin
Sylvain Tremblay 		Mazda Prototype C 104 Did Not Finish
Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel)
40

DNF

GTD 81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner
Mike Skeen
Michael Avenatti
Kuba Giermaziak 		Porsche 911 GT America C 97 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
41

DNF

P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Memo Rojas
Katherine Legge
Andy Meyrick 		DeltaWing DWC13 C 60 Did Not Finish
Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo
42

DNF

P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Justin Wilson 		Ligier JS P2 C 46 Did Not Finish
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
43

DNF

GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Marco Holzer
Robert Thorne
Colin Thompson 		Audi R8 LMS Ultra C 23 Did Not Finish
Audi 5.2 L V10
DNS P 7 Starworks Motorsport Scott Mayer
Brendon Hartley 		Riley Mk XXVI DP C - Did not start
Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8
DNS GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Porsche 911 GT America C - Did not start
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNS GTD 009 TRG-AMR North America Aston Martin Vantage GT3 C - Did not start
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
Sources:[16][17]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin
F Falken Tire

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