Sebring 2000 12 hour race
The 48th Sebring 12 Hours of Sebring , also The 48th Annual Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Dodge, Sebring International Raceway , took place on March 18, 2000 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the first race of the ALMS season 2000 .
Before the race
With the season of 2000 the American Le Mans Series entered its second year. The 1999 ALMS season had ended for the drivers with the overall victory of Elliot Forbes-Robinson (LMP and overall), Olivier Beretta (GTS) and Cort Wagner (GT). Panoz secured the overall ranking of manufacturers . As in the previous year, the race in Sebring was the first race of the season.
The race
Cadillac's entry into international motorsport generated great interest in the US media . The Cadillac Northstar LMP made its racing debut at Sebring. At General Motors , those responsible decided that, unlike the Corvette program, no completely new vehicles should be built in the first few years of competition. Instead, they started with an already established chassis and used their own engine. For this purpose, they turned to Riley & Scott and the designers of the successful Riley & Scott Mk III chassis. GM used the basic chassis of the MK III, but developed an independent body.
A heavily developed 650 bhp (478 kW) version of the Northstar engine was initially used by the GM racing department for the Indy Racing League from 1995; from 2000 he was employed in the Northstar LMP program. The two engines were 4.0 liter, but the version for Northstar LMP had two turbochargers. The engine for the Northstar LMP was based on a smaller 4.0 liter variant of the Northstar, which was used in Cadillac production vehicles, the code number L47 and was installed in the Oldsmobile Aurora . It was adapted to the requirements of racing in the Indy Racing League as early as 1995, but has now been carefully revised so that not only the maximum performance increased, but also stability. McLaren supported GM in the development of the new racing machine, and IHI supplied the two turbochargers, which should improve the power output.
In the race, the Cadillac cars had no chance against the LMP vehicles from Audi and BMW . Only the Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S , which was driven by David Brabham , Pierre-Henri Raphanel and Jan Magnussen and was even in the lead twice in the initial phase, was able to keep up with technical problems. Two Audi R8s and two BMW V12 LMRs fought a race-long duel for overall victory, which ended with an Audi one-two thanks to perfect pit stops.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | LMP | 78 | Audi Sport North America |
Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro |
Audi R8 | 360 | ||
2 | LMP | 77 | Audi Sport North America |
Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Michele Alboreto |
Audi R8 | 360 | ||
3 | LMP | 42 | BMW Motorsport |
JJ Lehto Jörg Müller |
BMW V12 LMR | 359 | ||
4th | LMP | 43 | BMW Motorsport |
Bill Auberlen Jean-Marc Gounon Steve Soper |
BMW V12 LMR | 358 | ||
5 | LMP | 27 | Doran Lista Racing |
Didier Theys Mauro Baldi Fredy Lienhard |
Doran Special | 337 | ||
6th | LMP | 19th | Team Cadillac |
Eric van de Poele Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli |
Cadillac Northstar LMP | 331 | ||
7th | GTS | 91 | Viper Team Oreca |
Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Dominique Dupuy |
Dodge Viper GTS-R | 327 | ||
8th | GTS | 92 | Viper Team Oreca |
David Donohue Tommy Archer Marc Duez |
Dodge Viper GTS-R | 326 | ||
9 | GTS | 93 | Viper Team Oreca |
Jean-Philippe Belloc Ni Amorim Anthony Beltoise |
Dodge Viper GTS-R | 321 | ||
10 | GT | 5 | Dick Barbour Racing |
Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 313 | ||
11 | GT | 70 | Skea Racing International |
Johnny Mowlem David Murry |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 308 | ||
12 | GTS | 33 | Konrad Motorsport |
Franz Konrad Charles Slater John Paul junior |
Porsche 911 GT2 | 307 | ||
13 | GT | 03 | Reiser Callas Racing |
Craig Stanton Hurley Haywood Joel Reiser
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 306 | ||
14th | GT | 07 | RWS Motorsport |
Luca Riccitelli Philipp Peter Dieter Quester |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 302 | ||
15th | GT | 41 | Team LR organization |
Christophe Bouchut Angelo Zadra |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 302 | ||
16 | GTS | 4th | Corvette Racing |
Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins Franck Fréon |
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | 300 | ||
17th | GT | 71 | Skea Racing International |
Grady Willingham Lloyd Hawkins Rohan Skea
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 284 | ||
18th | GT | 87 | MCR Nygmatech |
Ian James Tim Robertson João Barbosa |
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 276 | ||
19th | GT | 66 | The Racers Group |
Kevin Buckler Robert Nagel Mike Fitzgerald
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 266 | ||
20th | GT | 89 | MCR Nygmatech |
Dave Dullum James McCormick Kurt Baumann
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 258 | ||
21st | LMP | 37 | Intersport Racing |
Jon Field Dale Whittington Don Whittington |
Lola B98 / 10 | 181 | ||
22nd | GT | 88 | MCR Nygmatech |
Peter Baron Tony Kester Leo Hindery
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 147 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
23 | GT | 51 | Dick Barbour Racing |
Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 251 | ||
24 | LMP | 1 | Panoz Motor Sports |
David Brabham Pierre-Henri Raphanel Jan Magnussen |
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S. | 249 | ||
25th | GT | 23 | MCR Aspen Knolls |
Shane Lewis Cort Wagner Bob Mazzuoccola
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 229 | ||
26th | GTS | 3 | Corvette Racing |
Ron Fellows Chris Kneifel Justin Bell |
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | 201 | ||
27 | LMP | 38 | Champion Racing |
James Waever Dorsey Schroeder Ralf Kelleners |
Lola B2K / 10 | 165 | ||
28 | LMP | 31 | Motorola DAMS |
Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard |
Cadillac Northstar LMP | 163 | ||
29 | GT | 30th | White Lightning Racing |
Rod McLeod Gunnar Jeannette Michael Lauer
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 143 | ||
30th | GT | 6th | Prototype Technology Group |
Boris Said III Johannes van Overbeek Hans-Joachim Stuck |
BMW M3 E46 | 141 | ||
31 | GTS | 08 | Roock Motorsport North America |
Vic Rice Claudia Hürtgen Hubert Haupt |
Porsche 911 GT2 | 125 | ||
32 | LMP | 06 | Multimatic Motorsport |
Scott Maxwell David Empringham John Graham |
Lola B98 / 10 | 124 | ||
33 | GT | 10 | Prototype Technology Group |
Peter Cunningham Brian Cunningham Darren Law |
BMW M3 E36 | 106 | ||
34 | GT | 52 | Seikel Motorsport |
Philip Collin Kurt Mathewson Tony Burgess |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | 105 | ||
35 | LMP | 9 | Team Cadillac |
Franck Lagorce Andy Wallace |
Cadillac Northstar LMP | 87 | ||
36 | LMP | 2 | Panoz Motor Sports |
Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Kato |
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S. | 79 | ||
37 | GTS | 09 | Roock Motorsport North America |
Zak Brown Manfred Jurasz Stephen Earle
|
Porsche 911 GT2 | 76 | ||
38 | LMP | 36 | Johansson Matthews Racing |
Stefan Johansson Guy Smith Jim Matthews |
Reynard 2KQ | 65 | ||
39 | GT | 23 | Alex Job Racing |
Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert Mike Conte
|
Porsche 996 GT3-R | 59 | ||
40 | LMP | 0 | Team Rafanelli SRL |
Pierluigi Martini Domenico Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès |
Lola B2K / 10 | 52 | ||
41 | LMP | 74 | Robinson Racing |
Jack Baldwin George Robinson Irv Hoerr |
Reynard 2KQ | 38 | ||
42 | LMP | 02 | Pole team |
Norman Simon Günther Blieninger Mark Simo
|
Riley & Scott Mk III | 38 | ||
Not started | ||||||||
43 | GT | 6T | Prototype Technology Group |
Mark Simo Boris Said III Bill Auberlen
|
BMW M3 E36 | 1 |
1 not trained
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
44 | LMP | 8th | Philip Creighton Motorsport Ltd. |
Scott Schubot Henry Camferdam
|
Lola B2K / 10 |
45 | LMP | 29 | Intersport Racing | Riley & Scott Mk III | |
46 | LMP | 32 | Motorola DAMS |
Christophe Tinseau Marc Goossens |
Cadillac Northstar LMP |
47 | LMP | 39 | Johansson Matthews Racing | Jim Matthews | Reynard 2KQ |
48 | GT | 69 | Kyser Racing |
Kye Wankum Greg Doff Rudy Bartling
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R |
49 | GT | 75 | Gunnar Porsche Racing |
Michael Lauer Mike Brockman Gunnar Jeannette
|
Porsche 911 GT3-R |
50 | LMP | 79 | Sezio Florida Racing Team |
Patrice Roussel John Macaluso
|
Norma M-2000-01 |
51 | GT | 94 | Trinkler Motorsports | Owen Trinkler | Chevrolet Corvette C5 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 51
- Started: 42
- Valued: 22
- Race classes: 3
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and windy
- Route length: 5.955 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 12: 02: 00.160 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 360
- Total distance of the winning team: 2143.646 km
- Winner's average: 178.141 km / h
- Pole position: Frank Biela - Audi R8 (# 78) - 1: 48.825 = 196.980 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Frank Biela - Audi R8 (# 78) - 1: 50.286 = 194.370 km / h
- Racing series: 1st run for the 2000 ALMS season
literature
- JA Martin and Ken Welles: Prototypes - the History of the IMSA GTP Series . Bull Publishing, Phoenix 2000, ISBN 1-893618-01-3 .
Web links
Previous race 2:45 hour Las Vegas 1999 |
American Le Mans Series |
Succession Race 2: 45-hour race at Charlotte in 2000 |