Sebring 12 hour race 2007

Andretti Green Racing's Acura ARX-01a - here at the 2007 Road America 4-hour race - was driven into second place overall by Marino Franchitti , Tony Kanaan and Bryan Herta

The 55th Sebring 12 Hours of Sebring , also The 55th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway , took place on March 17, 2007 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the first race of the 2007 ALMS season .

The race

After the success in the debut race of the Audi R10 TDI in the previous year , some changes had to be made to the vehicle for the 2007 season. According to the regulations, the tank content had to be reduced by 10%; This reduced the tank volume from 90 to 81 liters . This was done to take into account the 10% higher calorific value of diesel fuel compared to racing gasoline. Nevertheless, the R10 TDI was clearly the superior vehicle. Frank Biela , Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner won by a clear margin.

As in the previous year, the second-placed vehicle in the overall ranking came from the LMP2 class. The Acura ARX-01a , which Michael Andretti reported for his team, was driven by Marino Franchitti , Tony Kanaan and Bryan Herta and was six laps behind the victorious Audi.

Corvette Racing won the GT1 class with the Corvette C6.R and the drivers Oliver Gavin , Olivier Beretta and Massimiliano Papis . The small GT class, the GT2, ended with the success of Jaime Melo , Mika Salo and Johnny Mowlem in a Ferrari F430 GT .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro Marco Werner	Audi R10 TDI	364
2	LMP2	26th	Andretti Green Racing Inc.	Marino Franchitti Tony Kanaan Bryan Herta	Acura ARX-01a	358
3	LMP2	15th	Lowe's Fernandez Racing	Luis Díaz Adrián Fernández	Lola B06 / 43	356
4th	LMP1	1T	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI	353
5	LMP2	7th	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Hélio Castroneves	Porsche RS Spyder	351
6th	LMP2	9	Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Stefan Johansson Duncan Dayton	Acura ARX-01a	346
7th	GT1	4th	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Massimiliano Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	341
8th	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	341
9	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing Team	Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger Andy Lally	Porsche RS Spyder	340
10	LMP2	20th	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche RS Spyder	333
11	GT1	63	Team Modena	Antonio García Darren Turner Liz Halliday	Aston Martin DBR9	331
12	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo Liz Halliday	Ferrari F430 GT	330
13	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Johannes van Overbeek Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	330
14th	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Richard Berry Clint Field Jon Field	Creation CA06 / H	325
15th	GT2	71	Blackboard Racing	Wolf Henzler Robin Liddell Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	322
16	GT2	82	Farnbacher Loles Motorsports	Dirk Werner Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	316
17th	GT2	73	Blackboard Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Jim Tafel Ian James	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	314
18th	GT2	18th	Rahal Letterman Racing	Ralf Kellener's Tommy Milner Graham Rahal	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	313
19th	GT2	24	JMB Racing	Joe Macari Ben Aucott Rob Wilson	Ferrari F430 GT	305
20th	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry Bryan Willman Michael Lewis	MG-Lola EX257	303
21st	LMP2	6th	Penske Racing	Sascha Maassen Emmanuel Collard Ryan Briscoe	Porsche RS Spyder	297
22nd	GT2	61	Risi Competizione	Niclas Jönsson Colin Braun Tracy Krohn	Ferrari F430 GT	290
23	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron	Peter Kox Jaroslav Janiš	Spyker C8	286
24	GT2	22nd	Panoz Team PTG	Scott Maxwell Bryan Sellers Ross Smith	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	270
25th	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	268
26th	LMP2	8th	BK Motorsports	Ben Devlin James Bach Raphael Matos	Lola B07 / 40	224
Failed
27	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Eric van de Poele	Lola B05 / 40	307
28	GT2	31	Petersen White Lightning	Tomáš Enge Tim Bergmeister	Ferrari F430 GT	300
29	GT2	21st	Panoz Team PTG	Joey Hand Bill Auberlen Tom Kimber-Smith	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	275
30th	GT2	10	Konrad Motorsport	Luciano da Silva Philip Collin Antônio de Azevedo Hermann	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	252
31	GT2	54	Team Trans Sport Racing	Terry Borcheller Marc Basseng Tim Pappas	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	235
32	GT2	32	Corsa White Lightning	Maurizio Mediani Rui Águas José María López	Ferrari F430 GT	206
33	GT2	77	Autoracing Club Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Bo McCormick Mauro Casadei	Porsche 996 GT3-R	129
34	GT2	53	Robertson Racing LLC	Arie Luyendyk junior David Robertson Andrea Robertson	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	64
Not started
35	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America		Audi R10 TDI	1

¹ accident in training

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Frank Biela	Emanuele Pirro	Marco Werner	Audi R10 TDI	Overall victory
LMP2	Marino Franchitti	Tony Kanaan	Bryan Herta	Acura ARX-01a	Rank 2
GT1	Oliver Gavin	Olivier Beretta	Massimiliano Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Rank 7
GT2	Jaime Melo	Mika Salo	Johnny Mowlem	Ferrari F430 GT	Rank 12

Racing data

• Registered: 35
• Started: 34
• Valued: 26
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 5.955 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:01: 14.838 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 364
• Total distance of the winning team: 2167.465 km
• Winner's average: 180.309 km / h
• Pole position: Marco Werner - Audi R10 TDI (# 2) - 1: 44.974 - 204.208 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Tom Kristensen - Audi R10 TDI (# 1T) - 1: 46.634 - 201.028 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 2007 ALMS season

Web links

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars

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