Sebring 12 hour race in 2002

The Labre Compétition Chrysler Viper GTS-R here at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2002 . Christophe Bouchut and Vincent Vosse drove this vehicle in 11th place in the overall standings at Sebring

Spyker C8 Double

The 50th Sebring 12-hour race , also the 50th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Dodge, Sebring International Raceway , took place on March 16, 2002 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the first race of the 2002 ALMS season .

Before the race

In contrast to the previous year , when the American Le Mans Series started with the 2.45-hour race in Texas , the 2002 Sebring 12-hour race was the opening race of the season.

The race

This year, completely new vehicle developments were largely missing. The Audi prototypes were once again the favorites for overall victory . In addition to the two Audi R8s used by Joest Racing for Audi Sport North America - which were driven by Rinaldo Capello , Christian Pescatori , Johnny Herbert , Tom Kristensen , Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela - Champion Racing also set an R8 for Andy Wallace , Stefan Johansson and Jan Lammers a.

The race was won by Capello / Pescatori / Herbert in the factory Audi R8 by one lap ahead of the champion Audi of Andy Wallace, Stefan Johansson and Jan Lammers. Johnny Herbert, who in 1991 together with Bertrand Gachot and Volker Weidler on a Mazda 787B , the 24-hour race in Le Mans had won, this success now added the victory added in Sebring.

Jon Field , Duncan Dayton and Mike Durand on a MG-Lola EX257 won the LMP675 class , finishing seventh overall. The lead over the second vehicle in this racing class, the Reynard 2KQ of the Racing Organization Course and driven by the three Jones brothers, was 52 laps.

Two places behind came Corvette Racing's Chevrolet Corvette C5-R driven by Ron Fellows , Johnny O'Connell and Oliver Gavin , who won the GTS class. In the GT class, Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr remained victorious in a Porsche 911 GT3-RS . In the overall ranking, this duo reached 12th place.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP900	2	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Christian Pescatori Johnny Herbert	Audi R8	346
2	LMP900	38	Champion Racing	Andy Wallace Stefan Johansson Jan Lammers	Audi R8	345
3	LMP900	36	Riley & Scott Racing	Marc Goossens Guy Smith Jim Matthews	Riley & Scott Mk IIIC	337
4th	LMP900	16	Dyson Racing Team Inc	James Waever Butch Leitzinger Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Riley & Scott Mk III	330
5	LMP900	1	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Audi R8	327
6th	LMP900	21st	Team Ascari	Ben Collins Christian Vann Justin Wilson	Ascari KZR-1	323
7th	LMP675	37	Intersport	Jon Field Duncan Dayton Mike Durand	MG-Lola EX257	323
8th	LMP900	51	Panoz Motor Sports	Bryan Herta Bill Auberlen David Donohue	Panoz LMP01	319
9	GTS	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	317
10	GTS	26th	Konrad Motorsport	Terry Borcheller Toni Seiler Franz Konrad	Saleen S7-R	315
11	GTS	86	Larbre Compétition Chereau	Christophe Bouchut Vincent Vosse	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	309
12	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	306
13	GTS	4th	Corvette Racing	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins Franck Fréon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	306
14th	GT	52	Seikel Motorsport	Hugh Plumb Andrew Bagnall Philip Collin	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	295
15th	GT	60	PK Sport Ltd.	Fabio Babini Giovanni Anapoli Robin Liddell	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	295
16	GT	67	The Racers Group	Larry Schumacher Robert Nagel Jim Pace	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	295
17th	GT	61	PK Sport Ltd.	Piers Masarati Keith Alexander Basil Demeroutis	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	295
18th	GTS	45	American viperacing	Shane Lewis Norman Goldrich Rick Fairbanks	Dodge Viper GTS-R	289
19th	GT	43	orbit	Mike Borkowski Peter Baron Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	287
20th	GT	85	917 Racing Team	Hervé Clément André Ahrlé Bernard Simmenauer	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	286
21st	GT	53	Seikel Motorsport	Alex Caffi Luca Riccitelli Gabrio Rosa	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	285
22nd	GT	22nd	Freising Motorsport	Chip Vance Georges Forgeois Stephen Southard	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	275
23	LMP900	20th	Dyson Racing Team Inc.	Dorsey Schroeder Chris Dyson Rob Dyson	Riley & Scott Mk IIIA	273
24	LMP675	40	Racing Organization Course	Ryan Jones Jeff Jones Jeffrey Jones	Reynard 2KQ	271
25th	LMP675	24	AutoExe Motorsports	John Fergus Jim Downing Yōjirō Terada	AutoExe LMP-02	267
26th	LMP675	11	KnightHawk Racing LLC	Jonny Kane Steve Knight Andy Lally	MG-Lola EX257	256
27	LMP900	19th	Team Ascari	Werner Lupberger Timothy Bell Kristian Kolby	Ascari KZR-1	255
28	GTS	77	Prodrive	Alain Menu Rickard Rydell Tomáš Enge	Ferrari 550 Maranello	252
29	LMP900	8th	Team Cadillac	Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Christophe Tinseau	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	236
30th	GT	32	JMB Racing	Oswaldo Negri Andrea Garbagnati Joe Vannini	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	228
31	GTS	44	American viperacing	Simon Gregg Marc Bunting Tom Weickardt	Dodge Viper GTS-R	104
Disqualified
32	GTS	25th	Konrad Motorsport	Charles Slater Gavin Pickering Walter Brun	Saleen S7-R	44
Failed
33	GT	22nd	Alex Job Racing	Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister Marc Lieb	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	277
34	LMP900	7th	Team Cadillac	Emmanuel Collard JJ Lehto Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	256
35	LMP675	28	Welter Racing	Stéphane Daoudi Jean-René de Fournoux AJ Smith	WR LMP	232
36	GTS	5	Park Place Racing	Chris Bingham Vic Rice Peter MacLeod	Saleen S7-R	228
37	GTS	46	Team Carsport Holland	Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen Luca Cappellari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	194
38	LMP900	00	Gunnar Racing	Gunnar Jeannette Chad Block Wayne Jackson	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	148
39	LMP900	18th	MBD sports car	Didier de Radiguès Bruno Lambert Rick Sutherland	Panoz LMP07	146
40	GT	65	Harlow Motorsport - Ricardo	Terry Rymer Mike Youles Johnny Mowlem	Porsche 911 GT3-R	144
41	LMP675	69	Kyser Racing	Kye Wankum Joe Foster Doc Bundy	Lola B2K / 40	139
42	LMP675	41	Noël del Bello Racing	Jean-Denis Delétraz Mark Smithson Christophe Pillon	Reynard 2KQ	134
43	GT	99	Cirtek Motorsport	Rob Wilson Chris Gleason Paul Dawson	Porsche 911 GT3-R	134
44	GT	42	orbit	Gary Schultheis Grady Willingham Tony Kester	Porsche 911 GT3-R	107
45	GT	12	Spyker Squadron	Peter Kox Derek Hill Hans Hugenholtz Junior	Spyker C8 Double 12R	92
46	LMP900	17th	MBD sports car	Scott Maxwell Milka Duno John Graham	Panoz LMP07	78
47	LMP900	50	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen Eric van de Poele	Panoz LMP01	56
48	LMP900	30th	InterSport	John Macaluso Mark Neuhaus Butch Brickell	Lola B2K / 10B	53
49	GT	79	J3 Racing	David Murry Justin Jackson Mike Fitzgerald	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	53
50	GT	66	The Racers Group	Kevin Buckler Michael Schrom Darren Law	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	42
51	GT	29	Sebah Automotive Limited	Stephen Earle Bart Hayden Mark Griffiths	Porsche 911 GT3-R	37
52	GTS	83	Graham Nash Motorsport	Thomas Erdos Ian McKellar Ron Johnson	Saleen S7-R	36
53	GT	31	JMB Racing	Andrea Montermini Peter Argetsinger Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	28
54	LMP675	55	Team Bucknum Racing	Chris McMurry Bryan Willman Pierre Ehret	Pilbeam MP84	21st
55	LMP900	27	Doran Lista Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Mauro Baldi	Dallara LMP	20th
56	GT	57	Freising Motorsport	Romain Dumas Ni Amorim Hans Fertl	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	19th
57	GT	33	MSB Motorsport	Ralf Kellener's Marino Franchitti	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	12
58	LMP675	56	Team Bucknum Racing	Jeff Bucknum Dick Downs Allan Ziegelman	Pilbeam MP84	11
59	GTS	0	Team Olive Garden	Domenico Schiattarella Emanuele Naspetti Johnny Cecotto	Ferrari 550 Maranello	11
Not started
60	LMP675	89	Porsche House Racing	Stephane Veilleux Robert Julien Adam Merzon	Lola B2K / 40	1
61	LMP900	87	Sezio Florida Racing Team	John Mirro Georges Forgeois François O'Born	Norma M-2000-02	2

¹ accident during training ² gearbox damage during training

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
62	LMP900	37	InterSport	Jon Field Duncan Dayton Mike Durand	Lola B2K / 10
63	GTS	48	Brookspeed	Grahame Bryant	Chrysler Viper GTS-R
64	LMP675	62	Team Spencer Motorsports	Dennis Spencer Rich Grupp Ryan Hampton	Lola B2K / 42
65	GT	72	MAC Racing SRL	Derek Clark Mauro Casadei	Porsche 911 GT3-R
66	GT	84	Graham Nash Motorsport	Dino Steiner Chris Ellis Geoff Lister	Porsche 911 GT3-R
67	GT	98	Cirtek Motorsport	Chris Gleason Robert Nearn Larry Schumacher	Porsche 911 GT3-RS

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP900	Rinaldo Capello	Christian Pescatori	Johnny Herbert	Audi R8	Overall victory
LMP675	Jon Field	Duncan Dayton	Mike Durand	MG-Lola EX257	Rank 7
GTS	Ron Fellows	Johnny O'Connell	Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Rank 9
GT	Sascha Maassen	Lucas Luhr		Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Rank 12

Racing data

• Registered: 67
• Started: 59
• Rated: 31
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 160,000
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 5.955 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:01: 11.558 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 346
• Total distance of the winning team: 2060.282 km
• Winner average: 171.406 km / h
• Pole position: Frank Biela - Audi R8 (# 1) - 1: 48.029 - 198.432 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Tom Kristensen - Audi R8 (# 1) - 1.48.418 - 197.721 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 2002 ALMS season

Web links

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars

Predecessor race Petit Le Mans 2001

American Le Mans Series

Succession race 2.45-hour race at Sears Point in 2002