Sebring 12 hour race 2013

The DeltaWing Coupé retired early in the race

Audi R18 e-tron quattro

Rebellion Racing Lola B12 / 60

The 61st Sebring 12-hour race , also the 61st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida, Sebring International Raceway , took place on March 16, 2013 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the first race of the ALMS season 2013 .

Before the race

After only one year as a race of the FIA World Endurance Championship , Sebring lost its status as a World Championship run again in 2013. Therefore, the 2013 race was only part of the American Le Mans Series . This year was the last time LMP1 vehicles competed in Sebring.

The race

Although no world championship points were awarded, Audi entered the Audi R18 e-tron quattro one last time . The two racing cars were driven by the driver trios Benoît Tréluyer / Marcel Fässler / Oliver Jarvis and Tom Kristensen / Allan McNish / Lucas di Grassi . In the car with the number 1, Jarvis replaced the indispensable André Lotterer . At the number 2, di Grassi joined the team permanently for the retired Rinaldo Capello . Two more LMP1 cars came from Rebellion Racing in Switzerland. The two Lola B12 / 60s , powered by a Toyota 3.4 liter V8 engine, were driven by Nick Heidfeld , Nicolas Prost , Neel Jani , Andrea Belicchi , Mathias Beche and Cheng Congfu . Dyson Racing reported another Lola B12 / 60, which, unlike the Rebellion car, had a 2-liter, 4-cylinder in-line engine from Mazda that ran on biobutanol .

The most interesting vehicle in this Le Mans prototype class was the DeltaWing . The DeltaWing was developed to significantly optimize the aerodynamics of a vehicle and thus improve the speed on the straights and in the corners. As the name suggests, it had a delta wing shape, with an unusually narrow track at the front (0.60 m) and a more traditional track at the rear (1.70 m). The vehicle was missing any front or rear wings, and the downforce was generated from the underbody. It was powered by a four-cylinder turbo engine with direct injection (1600 cm³, 300 hp) from the Japanese manufacturer Nissan . The motor delivered a constant torque of 310 Nm at 4000 to 6750 revolutions per minute. The accelerator pedal was controlled by drive-by-wire .

The two Audis were without opponents in the race, but the finish was close. Just 7.6 seconds separated the victorious number 1 from the sister car. In the early stages, Allan McNish received a 60-second stop-and-go penalty after a collision with an LMPC car , which was ultimately decisive for the race. The driver trio almost made up for the deficit until the end, but it wasn't enough to win. Heidfeld, Prost and Jani finished third overall, six laps behind the problem-free Rebellion Toyota.

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	364
2	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish Lucas di Grassi	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	364
3	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nick Heidfeld Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Lola B12 / 60	359
4th	LMP1	6th	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Count Lucas Luhr Romain Dumas	HPD ARX-03c	358
5	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Mathias Beche Cheng Congfu	Lola B12 / 60	354
6th	LMP2	551	Level 5 motorsports	Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti Ryan Briscoe	HPD ARX-03b	346
7th	LMP2	552	Level 5 motorsports	Ryan Hunter-Reay Scott Tucker Simon Pagenaud	HPD ARX-03b	345
8th	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Tom Kimber-Smith Christian Zugel Éric Lux	Zytek Z11SN	342
9	LMPC	52	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	David Ostella David Cheng Mike Guasch	Oreca FLM09	336
10	LMPC	8th	BAR1 Motorsports	Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Stefan Johansson	Oreca FLM09	336
11	LMPC	500	Performance Tech Motorsports	Tristian Nunez Charlie Shears David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca FLM09	335
12	LMPC	9	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Alex Popow Duncan End	Oreca FLM09	335
13	LMP2	02	Extreme speed motorsports	Anthony Lazzaro Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek	HPD ARX-03b	335
14th	LMPC	05	Core autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Brown Mark Wilkins	Oreca FLM09	334
15th	GT	4th	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Richard Westbrook	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	333
16	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Gianmaria Bruni Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 458 Italia	333
17th	GT	17th	Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Nick Tandy	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	332
18th	GT	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin Jörg Müller	BMW Z4 GTE	330
19th	GT	91	SRT Motorsports	Marc Goossens Ryan Dalziel Dominik Farnbacher	SRT Viper GTS-R	329
20th	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Marco Holzer Bryce Miller Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	329
21st	LMPC	7th	BAR1 Motorsports	Rusty Mitchell Tomy Drissi Chapman Ducote	Oreca FLM09	326
22nd	GT	56	BMW Team RLL	Dirk Müller Joey Hand John Edwards	BMW Z4 GTE	321
23	GT	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Bruno Senna	Aston Martin Vantage V8	318
24	GTC	22nd	Alex Job Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen Cooper MacNeil Dion from Moltke	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	315
25th	GTC	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache Brian Wong	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	315
26th	GTC	30th	NGT Motorsports	Sean Edwards Henrique Cisneros Marco Seefried	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	314
27	GTC	11	JDX Racing	Jan Heylen Jon Fogarty Mike Hedlund	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	314
28	GTC	27	Dempsey Del Piero Racing	Andy Lally Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	311
29	GTC	10	Dempsey Del Piero Racing	Andrew Davis Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	311
30th	GTC	99	Competition motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach David Calvert-Jones Eric Curran	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	309
31	GTC	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Pierre Ehret Alexandre Imperatori Brett Sandberg	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	309
32	GT	007	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Billy Johnson	Aston Martin Vantage V8	307
33	GT	93	SRT Motorsports	Tom Kendall Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer	SRT Viper GTS-R	303
34	GTC	31	NGT Motorsport	Kuba Giermaziak Carlos Gomez Mario Farnbacher	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	301
35	LMPC	81	DragonSpeed ​​Mishumotors	Pierre Kaffer Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon	Oreca FLM09	286
36	LMP2	01	Extreme speed motorsports	David Brabham Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo	HPD ARX-03b	281
37	GTC	86	TRG	Al Carter Kévin Estre Carlos DeQuesada	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	269
Failed
38	GTC	66	TRG	Ben Keating Damien Faulkner Craig Stanton	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	313
39	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	213
40	GT	23	Team West AJR Boardwalk Ferrari	Leh Keen Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell	Ferrari 458 Italia	209
41	LMP1	16	Dyson Racing Team Inc.	Chris Dyson Guy Smith Butch Leitzinger	Lola B12 / 60	81
42	LMP1	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	Andrew Meyrick Olivier Pla	DeltaWing LM12	10

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	Benoît Tréluyer	Marcel Fässler	Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Overall victory
LMP2	Scott Tucker	Marino Franchitti	Ryan Briscoe	HPD ARX-03b	Rank 6
LMPC	David Ostella	David Cheng	Mike Guasch	Oreca FLM09	Rank 9
GT	Oliver Gavin	Tommy Milner	Richard Westbrook	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	Rank 15
GTC	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Cooper MacNeil	Dion von Moltke	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Rank 24

Racing data

• Registered: 42
• Started: 42
• Rated: 37
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 6.019 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:00: 11.638 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 364
• Total distance of the winning team: 2190.896 km
• Winner's average: 182.525 km / h
• Pole position: Marcel Fässler - Audi R18 e-tron quattro (# 1) - 1: 43.886 - 208.577 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Tom Kristensen - Audi R18 e-tron quattro (# 2) - 1: 44.870
• Racing series: 1st round of the 2013 ALMS season

Web links

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars
• Race report