Sebring 12 hour race 2014

Chevrolet Corvette C7.R

PR1 Mathiesen Motorsports-Oreca FLM09

The 62nd Sebring 12 Hours of Sebring , also known as the 62nd Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida , took place on March 15, 2014 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the second race of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship .

Before the race

After the American Le Mans Series ended , there was a new racing series, the United SportsCar Championship . The series emerged from the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series and thus formed the highest American sports car series. Both previous series were created after the end of the IMSA GT championship .

The race

The United SportsCar Championship combined the racing classes from the two previous series. Prototype Class (P): The former ALMS-LMP2 class and the Daytona Prototype class from the Rolex Sports Car Series were combined in this class. In addition, the DeltaWing , which was previously an LMP1 vehicle, competed in this class. Prototype Challenge (PC): This class was continued analogous to the current ALMS class of the same name. Gran Turismo Le Mans (GTLM): This class was continued in line with the current GT class of the ALMS. Gran Turismo Daytona (GTD): This class combined the former ALMS GTC class and the GT and GX classes of the Rolex Sports Car Series. The previous LMP1 class of the ALMS has been deleted without replacement.

The race was decided by a late caution phase , after half of the race distance had already been driven under yellow. The safety car had to go out on the track eleven times, a negative record in the history of the 12-hour race. In no other Sebring race was driving behind the safety car on a dry track as long as in 2014. After two serious accidents with PC vehicles, the race was even interrupted with the red flag . Eight vehicles with the winning car finished on the same lap. The overall winners were Scott Pruett , Memo Rojas and Marino Franchitti on a Riley MkXXVI , who had already made their last pit stop before the last caution and were never in the lead until this phase. Success was only possible because Ryan Dalziel and Sébastien Bourdais , who had been fighting for victory for hours, had to refuel under yellow and lost the victory.

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Marino Franchitti	Riley MkXXVI	291
2	P	1	Extreme speed motorsports	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Brabham	HPD ARX-03b	291
3	P	5	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais	Chevrolet Corvette DP	291
4th	P	42	OAK Racing	Olivier Pla Alex Brundle Gustavo Yacamán	Morgan LMP2	291
5	P	2	Extreme speed motorsports	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Simon Pagenaud	HPD ARX-03b	291
6th	P	02	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Dixon Tony Kanaan Sage Karam	Riley MkXXVI	291
7th	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli	Dallara Corvette DP	291
8th	P	9	Action Express Racing	Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Jon Fogarty	Chevrolet Corvette DP	291
9	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	John Pew Oswaldo Negri Justin Wilson	Riley MkXXVI	291
10	Pc	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun Jon Bennett James Gue	Oreca FLM09	288
11	Pc	09	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Duncan end David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca FLM09	288
12	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Patrick Long Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	286
13	GTLM	93	SRT Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer Rob Bell	SRT Viper GTS-R	286
14th	GTLM	55	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Andy Priaulx	BMW Z4 GTLM	286
15th	GTLM	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	286
16	GTLM	17th	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Marco Holzer	Porsche 911 RSR	285
17th	GTLM	4th	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin Robin Liddell	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	285
18th	GTLM	91	SRT Motorsports	Dominik Farnbacher Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay	SRT Viper GTS-R	284
19th	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García Ryan Briscoe	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	283
20th	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy Richard Lietz Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 RSR	282
21st	Pc	8th	Starworks Motorsport	Renger van der Zande Martin Fuentes Sam Bird David Cheng	Oreca FLM09	281
22nd	Pc	85	JDC Miller Motorsports	Gerry Kraut Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	Oreca FLM09	280
23	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally John Potter Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 GT America	278
24	GTD	555	AIM Autosport	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Jeff Segal Maurizio Mediani	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	278
25th	GTD	23	Team Seattle Alex Job Racing	Ian James Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas	Porsche 911 GT America	278
26th	GTD	22nd	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Philipp Frommenwiler	Porsche 911 GT America	278
27	GTD	35	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Dion by Moltke Filipe Albuquerque	Audi R8 LMS ultra	278
28	GTD	46	Fall-Line Motorsports	Charles Espenlaub Charlie Putnam Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS ultra	278
29	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette DP	278
30th	P	70	Speedsource	Sylvain Tremblay Tom Long Ben Devlin	Lola B12 / 80	278
31	GTLM	56	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Dirk Müller Dirk Werner	BMW Z4 GTLM	277
32	GTD	94	Turner Motorsport	Paul Dalla Lana Dane Cameron Shane Lewis Markus Palttala	BMW Z4 GT3	277
33	GTD	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly Alessandro Latif Nelson Canache Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS ultra	276
34	GTD	13	Rum Bum Snow Racing	Jan Heylen Madison Snow Matt Plumb Hugh Plumb	Porsche 911 GT America	273
35	GTD	81	GB Autosport	Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Damien Faulkner Duncan Huisman	Porsche 911 GT America	272
36	GTD	32	GMG Racing	Alex Welch James Sofronas Marc Basseng	Audi R8 LMS ultra	271
37	Pc	25th	8 Star Motorsports	Tom Kimber-Smith Mike Marsal Éric Lux Sean Rayhall	Oreca FLM09	271
38	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryce Miller Matt Bell Christopher Haase	Audi R8 LMS ultra	270
39	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	Matt Griffin Marco Cioci Michele Rugolo Jack Gerber	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	270
40	GTD	49	Spirit of Race	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Mirko Venturi	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	263
41	GTD	27	Dempsey Racing	Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Andrew Davis Norbert Siedler	Porsche 911 GT America	244
42	GTD	009	TRG-AMR	Brandon Davis Kris Wilson Max Riddle	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	242
43	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Mike Vess	Porsche 911 GT America	235
44	Pc	88	BAR1 Motorsports	Doug Biefield Tomy Drissi Chapman Ducote Martin Plowman	Oreca FLM09	228
45	GTD	007	TRG-AMR	James Davison Al Carter David Block	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	215
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46	P	31	Marsh Racing	Eric Curran Boris Said III Guy Cosmo	Chevrolet Corvette DP	249
47	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Jeff Westphal Alessandro Balzan Lorenzo Casé Kyle Marcelli	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	234
48	P	6th	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Jann Mardenborough	Oreca 03	204
49	P	50	Highway to Help	Bryon DeFoor Jim Pace David Hinton	Riley MkXXVI	200
50	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	Andy Meyrick Katherine Legge Gabby Chaves	DeltaWing DWC13	185
51	GTD	19th	Mühlner Motorsports America	Earl Bamber Kyle Gimple Ruggero Melgrati	Porsche 911 GT America	154
52	Pc	08	RSR Racing	Chris Cumming Alex Tagliani Rusty Mitchell	Oreca FLM09	125
53	GTD	28	Dempsey Racing	Franz Konrad Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen	Porsche 911 GT America	113
54	Pc	87	BAR1 Motorsports	Gaston Kearby Bruce Hamilton Tõnis Kasemets	Oreca FLM09	112
55	P	07	Speedsource	Tristan Nunez Joel Miller Tristan Vautier	Lola B12 / 80	104
56	Pc	52	PR1 Mathiesen Motorsports	Mike Guasch Frankie Montecalvo Gunnar Jeannette	Oreca FLM09	89
57	Pc	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Charlie Shears David Ostella Raphael Matos	Oreca FLM09	88
58	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella Matteo Malucelli Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	62
59	GTD	30th	MOMO NGT Motorsport	Henrique Cisneros Kuba Giermaziak Christina Nielsen	Porsche 911 GT America	61
60	GTD	71	Park Place Motorsports	Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Mike Vess	Porsche 911 GT America	34
61	P	78	Starworks Motorsport	Alex Popow Scott Mayer Sebastián Saavedra Pierre Kaffer	Riley MkXXVI	26th
62	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Ben Keating	SRT Viper GT3-R	13
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63	GTD	18th	Mühlner Motorsports America	Earl Bamber Nico Verdonck	Porsche 911 GT America	1

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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
64	Pc	7th	Starworks Motorsport		Oreca FLM09
65	P	24	Millennium Racing		Oreca 03
66	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa		Ferrari 458 Italia
67	GTLM	97	Aston Martin Racing		Aston Martin V8 Vantage
68	GTD	556	Level 5 motorsports		Ferrari 458 Italia

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P	Scott Pruett	Memo Rojas	Marino Franchitti	Riley MkXXVI	Overall victory
Pc	Colin Braun	Jon Bennett	James Gue	Oreca FLM09	Rank 10
GTLM	Patrick Long	Michael Christensen	Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	Rank 12
GTD	Andy Lally	John Potter	Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 GT America	Rank 23

Racing data

• Registered: 68
• Started: 62
• Rated: 45
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 6.019 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:00: 09.985 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 291
• Total distance of the winning team: 1751.529 km
• Winner's average: 145.926 km / h
• Pole position: Sébastien Bourdais - Chevrolet Corvette DP (# 5) - 1: 51.917 - 193.609 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Ryan Dalziel - HPD ARX-03b (# 1) - 1: 52.134
• Racing series: 2nd round of the United SportsCar Championship 2014

Web links

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars
• Race report