Sebring 12 hour race in 1969
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The 17th 12 Hours of Sebring also Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance for the Alitalia airline Trophy, Sebring , took place on 22 March 1969 at the Sebring International Raceway place and was the second championship round of the World Sportscar Championship this year.
The race
After the disaster race in 1966 , the events in 1967 and 1968 suffered from a massive drop in spectators on race day. The Scuderia Ferrari came to different disputes with the organizer after years of absence with a factory car to Sebring. A new prototype, the 312P , was built in Maranello for the 1969 season . The 312P with its 60 ° V12 3-liter engine was based on the Ferrari 312F1 from Formula 1 . Ferrari introduced the designation 312 for racing vehicles in 1966 with the start of the 3-liter formula in Formula 1 and used it until 1979. The number 3 stood for the displacement of 3 liters, the number 12 for the respective 12-cylinder engines . The P stood for prototype, in contrast to S for the Ferrari 512S sports car, which was built in 25 copies . The racing car model made its racing debut at Sebring with Chris Amon and Mario Andretti at the wheel. Last year's winner, Porsche , registered five Porsche 908/02 and just by the number of vehicles showed how important the team took the endurance race in Florida . Autodelta competed with the Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 as well as the Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT from Roger Penske's racing team , which had won the season opening race in Daytona with this car . The aging Ford GT40 from John Wyer were given little chance of overall victory .
The pole position held Chris Amon in the Ferrari. The early phase of the race was dominated by the Porsche 908/02 from Joseph Siffert and Brian Redman . The Alfa Romeos all dropped out in the first hour of the race, and up to the point of mechanical failure, the Penske-Lola T70 of Ronnie Bucknam and Mark Donohue fought a spectacular duel with the Siffert / Redman Porsche. However, as the race progressed, all Porsches ran into technical problems, and two hours before the end of the race four different brands were in the first positions. In the end there was a dramatic duel between the Ferrari and the Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver . The engine of the GT40, which started from twelfth place on the grid, had to be changed after qualifying. John Wyer did not believe in a possible finish, but Ickx and Oliver came forward through the difficulties of the faster competition. Because the Ferrari had to drive slower due to an overheated engine, the Ford took the lead. When the race seemed already decided, Ickx came to the pits because of a puncture. As a result, the Ferrari came within 30 seconds of the opponent. When Andretti caught up against Ickx, his Ferrari ran out of fuel and was just about to get the car to the pits for refueling. He lost a whole lap and the race was decided. The winning team broke the 2000-kilometer distance mark for the first time with 2000.093 kilometers.
The attempt to combine the race with a European racing series failed. The event was also part of the French Circuit Championship , but not a single French team was at the start.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | S 5.0 | 22nd |
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Ford GT40 | 239 | ||
2 | P 3.0 | 25th |
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Ferrari 312P | 238 | ||
3 | P 3.0 | 27 |
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Porsche 908/02 | 235 | ||
4th | P 3.0 | 44 |
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Porsche 907 2.2 | 233 | ||
5 | P 3.0 | 29 |
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Porsche 908/02 | 232 | ||
6th | S 5.0 | 11 |
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Lola T70 Mk.III GT | 229 | ||
7th | P 3.0 | 30th |
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Porsche 908/02 | 228 | ||
8th | P 2.0 | 45 |
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Porsche 906E | 215 | ||
9 | P 2.0 | 37 |
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Ferrari Dino 206S | 215 | ||
10 | GT + 5.0 | 5 |
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Chevrolet Camaro Z / 28 | 209 | ||
11 | P 2.0 | 46 |
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Porsche 906E | 203 | ||
12 | GT 2.0 | 52 |
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Porsche 911T | 201 | ||
13 | GT 2.0 | 47 |
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Porsche 911T | 199 | ||
14th | GT + 5.0 | 2 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 196 | ||
15th | P 3.0 | 55 |
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MGC GT | 195 | ||
16 | GT 2.0 | 90 |
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Porsche 911 | 195 | ||
17th | T 2.0 | 63 |
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Porsche 911 | 192 | ||
18th | P 2.0 | 65 |
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Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato | 191 | ||
19th | T 5.0 | 94 |
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Chevrolet Camaro | 189 | ||
20th | P 2.0 | 71 |
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Austin-Healey Sprite | 184 | ||
21st | GT + 5.0 | 4th |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 184 | ||
22nd | T 5.0 | 17th |
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Chevrolet Camaro | 182 | ||
23 | P 2.0 | 72 |
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Austin-Healey Sprite | 182 | ||
24 | GT + 5.0 | 1 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 181 | ||
25th | T 5.0 | 16 |
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Chevrolet Camaro | 180 | ||
26th | T 2.0 | 59 |
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BMW 2002 | 179 | ||
27 | P 2.0 | 66 |
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Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato | 179 | ||
28 | GT 2.0 | 62 |
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MGB GT | 178 | ||
29 | T 2.0 | 84 |
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Porsche 911 | 175 | ||
30th | T 5.0 | 93 |
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Chevrolet Camaro | 174 | ||
31 | T 5.0 | 20th |
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Chevrolet Camaro | 174 | ||
32 | T 2.0 | 99T |
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MGB | 172 | ||
33 | P 2.0 | 73 |
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Austin-Healey Sprite | 170 | ||
34 | P 3.0 | 36 |
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MGC | 169 | ||
35 | T 2.0 | 41 |
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Alfa Romeo GTA junior | 167 | ||
36 | P 2.0 | 38 |
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Ferrari Dino 206GT | 166 | ||
37 | P 3.0 | 26th |
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Ferrari 250P | 163 | ||
38 | S 3.0 | 49 |
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Porsche 906 | 162 | ||
39 | GT 2.0 | 64 |
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MGB | 155 | ||
40 | T 2.0 | 85 |
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Alfa Romeo GTA | 153 | ||
41 | T 2.0 | 60 |
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Opel rally | 152 | ||
42 | S 5.0 | 24 |
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Ford GT40 | 148 | ||
43 | S 3.0 | 57 |
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Chevron B8 | 143 | ||
44 | P 2.0 | 43 |
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Heppenstall Special | 142 | ||
45 | T 5.0 | 18th |
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Chevrolet Camaro | 140 | ||
46 | GT 2.0 | 69 |
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Lotus Europe | 130 | ||
47 | T 2.0 | 98 |
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Volvo PV544 | 128 | ||
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48 | GT + 5.0 | 3 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | 55 | ||
49 | T 5.0 | 6th |
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Ford Mustang | 26th | ||
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50 | GT 5.0 | 63 |
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MGB | 150 | ||
51 | P 3.0 | 31 |
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Porsche 908/02 | 133 | ||
52 | GT 2.0 | 51 |
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Porsche 911S | 130 | ||
53 | S 5.0 | 23 |
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Ford GT40 | 99 | ||
54 | P 3.0 | 28 |
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Porsche 908/02 | 97 | ||
55 | S 5.0 | 9 |
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Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT | 96 | ||
56 | T 5.0 | 19th |
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Chevrolet Camaro | 85 | ||
57 | GT 2.0 | 50 |
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Porsche 911T | 62 | ||
58 | T 5.0 | 21st |
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Chevrolet Camaro | 62 | ||
59 | T 5.0 | 7th |
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Ford Mustang | 57 | ||
60 | T 2.0 | 54 |
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Porsche 911 | 53 | ||
61 | T 5.0 | 14th |
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Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT | 49 | ||
62 | GT 5.0 | 88 |
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Shelby GT350 | 45 | ||
63 | T 2.0 | 88 |
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BMW 2002 | 36 | ||
64 | S 3.0 | 48 |
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Porsche 906 | 31 | ||
65 | P 3.0 | 33 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 | 17th | ||
66 | P 3.0 | 32 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 | 15th | ||
67 | S 5.0 | 10 |
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Lola T70 Mk.III GT | 15th | ||
68 | P 2.0 | 68 |
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Zinc VSR | 13 | ||
69 | P 2.0 | 67 |
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Beach 4B | 6th | ||
70 | P 3.0 | 34 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 | 2 | ||
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71 | T 5.0 | 8th |
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Pontiac Firebird | 1 | ||
72 | P 2.0 | 61 |
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Lotus 47 | 2 | ||
73 | P 3.0 | 31T |
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Porsche 908/02 | 3 |
1 accident during training 2 engine damage during training 3 training cars
Only in the entry list
Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.
Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis |
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74 | T 2.0 |
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Porsche 911 | |
75 | S 3.0 |
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Chevron B8 | |
76 | GT + 5.0 |
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Chevrolet Corvette | |
77 | P 2.0 |
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Unipower GT | |
78 | T 2.0 |
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Porsche 911 | |
79 | GT 2.0 | T |
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MGC | |
80 | S 3.0 | 40T |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 |
81 | GT 2.0 | 83 |
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Porsche 911 |
82 | T 5.0 | 87 |
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Ford Mustang |
83 | GT 2.0 | 89 |
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MGB |
84 | P 2.0 | 91 |
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Abarth 2000SP |
85 | T 5.0 | 92 |
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Ford Mustang |
86 | T 2.0 | 95 |
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NSU Prince |
87 | GT 2.0 | 96 |
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Porsche 911 |
88 | T 5.0 | 97 |
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Chevrolet Camaro |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 88
- Started: 70
- Rated: 47
- Race classes: 8
- Spectators: 120000
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 8.369 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 12:01:24, 121 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 239
- Total distance of the winning team: 2000.093 km
- Winner's average: 166.347 km / h
- Pole position: Mario Andretti - Ferrari 312P (# 25) - 2: 40.140 = 188.129 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Chris Amon - Ferrari 312P (# 25) 2: 41,880 = 186.106 km / h
- Racing series: 2nd round of the 1969 sports car world championship
- Racing series: 1st round of the 1969 French Circuit Championship
literature
- Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
Web links
Previous race of the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 6-hour race at Brands Hatch in 1969 |