Sebring 12 hour race 2014
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 | ||
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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 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
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 |
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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
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