Sebring 12 hour race 2004

Frank Biela won the Sebring 12-hour race for the third time

The 52. 12-hour race at Sebring , and 52nd Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway , was on 20 March 2004 at the Sebring International Raceway place and was the first championship round of the 2004 American Le Mans Series season .

Before the race

As in the previous year , the American Le Mans Series began in Sebring. Marco Werner and JJ Lehto started the new season as defending champions .

The race

In 2004 Audi celebrated the fifth success in a row at Sebring, with the R8 winning the race. In 2004 there was a triple victory for the R8, led by Allan McNish , Frank Biela and Pierre Kaffer in the Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx R8. The LMP2 class won Ian James , Mike Borkowski and John Macaluso on a Lola B2K / 40 . With a gap of 96 laps on the winners, the trio finished 21st in the overall standings.

The GTS classification won fourth overall; Ron Fellows , Johnny O'Connell and Massimiliano Papis who drove a factory Chevrolet Corvette C5-R . The two Porsche drivers Timo Bernhard and Sascha Maassen were the winners in the GT class .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	28	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Allan McNish Frank Biela Pierre Kaffer	Audi R8	350
2	LMP1	38	Champion Racing	JJ Lehto Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	345
3	LMP1	88	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Johnny Herbert Jamie Davies Guy Smith	Audi R8	338
4th	GTS	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Massimiliano Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	329
5	LMP1	22nd	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Rob Barff Martin Short	Dallara LMP	326
6th	LMP1	16	Dyson Racing Team Inc.	James Weaver Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger	MG-Lola EX257	323
7th	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Tomy Drissi Michael Lewis Vic Rice	Riley & Scott Mk IIIC	321
8th	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Timo Bernhard Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	317
9	LMP1	96	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Luc Blanchemain Roland Bervillé	Panoz GTP	317
10	GT	24	Alex Job Racing	Lucas Luhr Romain Dumas Marc Lieb	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	317
11	GT	31	White Lightning Racing	David Murry Craig Stanton	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	311
12	GT	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Darren Law Jon Fogarty	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	311
13	GT	43	BAM! British American Motorsport	Mike Rockenfeller Peter Baron Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	309
14th	GT	79	J-3 Racing	Justin Jackson Tim Sugden Brian Cunningham	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	307
15th	GTS	25th	Barron Connor Racing	Danny Sullivan John Bosch Thomas Biagi	Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC	307
16	GT	35	Risi Competizione	Ralf Kellener's Anthony Lazzaro Matteo Bobbi	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	304
17th	GT	66	New Century Mortgage Racers Group	Patrick Long Cort Wagner Kelly Collins	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	302
18th	GT	68	New Century Mortgage Racers Group	Piers Masarati Gregor Fisken Ian Donaldson	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	299
19th	GT	49	Morgan Works Race Team	Neil Cunningham Keith Ahlers Adam Sharpe	Morgan Aero 8	281
20th	GT	78	J-3 Racing	Romeo Kapudija Niclas Jönsson Dorsey Porter	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	275
21st	LMP2	10	American Spirit Racing Inc.	Ian James Mike Borkowski John Macaluso	Lola B2K / 40	264
22nd	GT	91	Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport	Christopher Stockton Gareth Evans Amanda Stretton	TVR Tuscan T400R	262
23	GTS	63	ACEMCO Motorsports	Terry Borcheller David Brabham Johnny Mowlem	Saleen S7-R	257
24	LMP2	7th	Edge Racing	Mike Fitzgerald James Gue Bill Rand	Lola B2K / 40	248
25th	LMP2	30th	Intersport Racing	Clint Field William Binnie Rick Sutherland	Lola B2K / 40	232
Failed
26th	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Duncan Dayton Larry Connor	Lola B01 / 60	302
27	LMP1	15th	Taurus Racing	Justin Wilson Phil Andrews Milka Duno	Lola B2K / 10	270
28	GT	32	Cirtek Motorsport	Rob Wilson Frank Mountain Robert Brooks	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	215
29	GT	61	PK Sport	Alex Caffi David Warnock Tracy Krohn	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	214
30th	LMP2	56	Team Bucknum Racing	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry Bryan Willman	Pilbeam MP91	181
31	GT	60	PK Sport	Robin Liddell Hugh Plumb Peter Boss	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	167
32	GTS	71	Carsport America	Jean-Philippe Belloc Tom Weickardt Kevin Allen	Dodge Viper GTS-R	121
33	GT	92	Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge Lee Caroline Michael Caine	TVR Tuscan T400R	120
34	LMP2	11	American Spirit Racing Inc.	Jason Workman Scott Bradley Bobby Sak	Lola B2K / 40	108
35	LMP1	20th	Dyson Racing Team Inc.	Chris Dyson Jan Lammers Didier de Radiguès	MG-Lola EX257	106
36	GTS	26th	Barron Connor Racing	Mike Hezemans Jean-Denis Delétraz Ange Barde	Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC	101
37	GT	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Peter Cunningham	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	100
38	GT	67	New Century Mortgage Racers Group	Marc Bunting Pierre Ehret Jim Matthews	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	94
39	GTS	4th	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	83
40	LMP1	33	Intersport Racing	Mike Durand Chad Block Georges Forgeois	Riley & Scott Mk IIIC	62
41	GT	52	Seikel Motorsport	Tony Burgess Philip Collin Grady Willingham	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	47
42	LMP2	8th	Edge Racing	Marino Franchitti Derek Hill Andy Lally	Lola B2K / 40	12
43	LMP1	50	Team elite	Jay Cochran Damien Faulkner Ed Zabinski	Lotus Elise GT1	7th
44	LMP2	19th	Van der Steur Racing Inc.	Gunnar van der Steur Eric van der Steur	Lola B2K / 40	2

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
45	GT	04	Hyper sports		Panoz Esperante GT-LM
46	GT	07	United Nations Motorsports		Ferrari 360 Modena
47	GT	43	BAM! British American Motorsport	Peter Baron Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
48	GT	77	United Nations Motorsports		Ferrari 360 Modena
49	GTS	80	Care Racing		Ferrari 550 Maranello
50	GTS	83	Graham Nash Motorsport		Saleen S7-R
51	GTS	88	Care Racing		Ferrari 550 Maranello

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Allan McNish	Frank Biela	Pierre Kaffer	Audi R8	Overall victory
LMP2	Ian James	Mike Borkowski	John Macaluso	Lola B2K / 40	Rank 21
GTS	Ron Fellows	Johnny O'Connell	Massimiliano Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Rank 4
GT	Timo Bernhard	Sascha Maassen		Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 51
• Started: 44
• Valued: 25
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 115,000
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 5.955 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:01: 22.576 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 350
• Total distance of the winning team: 2084.101 km
• Winner's average: 173.344 km / h
• Pole position: JJ Lehto - Audi R8 (# 38) - 1: 48.710 - 197.190 km / h
• Fastest race lap: JJ Lehto - Audi R8 (# 38) - 1: 49.443 - 195.868 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 2004 ALMS season

Web links

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars

Predecessor race Petit Le Mans 2003

American Le Mans Series

Successor to the 2004 2.45-hour race of Mid-Ohio