Sebring 12-hour race 2016

Oreca 05

The 64th Sebring 12 Hours Race , also the 64th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida , took place on March 18, 2016 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2016 .

Before the race

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship racing season began early in 2016 with the Daytona 24-hour race . At the end of January, the teams met for the 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway . The event ended with the overall victory of a racing team in the LMP2 class. Ed Brown , Johannes van Overbeek , Scott Sharp and Luís Felipe Derani won on a Ligier JS P2 reported by Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports .

The race

The decision about overall victory in the 12-hour race was made late and in the final minutes of the race was largely shaped by the Brazilian extreme-speed motorsport driver Felipe Derani. After the last of 13 caution phases, which was triggered by an accident involving Andrew Meyrick in the DeltaWing DWC13 , Derani was in fourth place. Fifteen minutes before the end of the race, he was the only one of the leaders to have had fresh tires fitted at the last service, making him the fastest car. First he overtook Nicolas Lapierre in the Oreca 05 and five minutes before the checkered flag fell, first Filipe Albuquerque and then Dane Cameron in the Action Express Racing- Chevrolet Corvette DP . Olivier Pla, who had been in the lead for a long time, had to park his Ligier on the last lap due to a defect in the pit lane.

Results

Final ranking

Item	Class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Scott Sharp Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Luís Felipe Derani	Ligier JS P2	238
2	P	31	Action Express Racing	Dane Cameron Eric Curran Scott Pruett	Chevrolet Corvette DP	238
3	P	5	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque	Chevrolet Corvette DP	238
4th	P	81	DragonSpeed	Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 05	238
5	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Marc Goossens Ryan Dalziel Ryan Hunter-Reay	Oreca 05	238
6th	P	55	Mazda Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito Tristan Nunez Spencer Pigot	Lola B12 / 80	238
7th	P	70	Mazda Motorsports	Tom Long Joel Long Ben Devlin Keiko Ihara	Lola B12 / 80	237
8th	Pc	54	CORE Authorsport	Jon Bennett Colin Brown Mark Wilkins	Oreca FLM09	236
9	Pc	52	PR1 / Mathiasen Motorsports	Tom Kimber-Smith Jose Gutiérrez Robert Alon	Oreca FLM09	236
10	GTLM	4th	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	235
11	GTLM	25th	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner Bruno Spengler	BMW M6 GTLM	235
12	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR	235
13	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE	235
14th	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	235
15th	GTLM	100	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Lucas Luhr Kuno Wittmer	BMW M6 GTLM	235
16	Pc	8th	Starworks Motorsport	Alex Popow Renger van der Zande David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca FLM09	233
17th	GTLM	68	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Pier Guidi Daniel Serra Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 488 GTE	233
18th	Pc	85	JDC - Miller MotorSport	Mikhail Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Kenton Cook	Oreca FLM09	232
19th	Pc	38	Performance tech	James French Kyle Marcelli Josh Norman	Oreca FLM09	231
20th	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan Jeff Segal	Ferrari 488 GT3	229
21st	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bret Curtis Jens Klingmann Ashley Freiberg	BMW M6 GT3	229
22nd	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally Marco Seefried	Audi R8 LMS ultra	229
23	GTD	34	Team Seattle Alex Job Racing	Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas Ian James	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	229
24	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	229
25th	GTD	22nd	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Gunnar Jeannette	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	229
26th	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryce Miller Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	229
27	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal Markus Palttala Jesse Krohn	BMW M6 GT3	229
28	GTD	6th	Stevenson Motorsports	Robin Liddell Andrew Davis Connor De Phillippi	Audi R8 LMS ultra	229
29	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	Matteo Cressoni Raffaele Giammaria Peter Ashley Mann	Ferrari 458 Italia	229
30th	GTD	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	229
31	Pc	20th	BAR1 Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Mark Drumwright Ryan Lewis	Oreca FLM09	228
32	GTD	16	Change racing	Spencer Pumpelly Corey Lewis Al Carter	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	227
33	GTD	33	Riley Technologies	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Marc Miller	Dodge Viper GT3-R	227
34	GTD	540	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Nicky Catsburg Patrick Long Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	226
35	GTD	28	Konrad Motorsport	Terry Borcheller Franz Konrad Christopher Brück Josh Webster	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	226
36	GTD	45	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Pierre Kaffer	Audi R8 LMS ultra	220
37	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	202
38	P	24	Alegra Motorsports	Carlos de Quesada Daniel Morad Cameron Lawrence	Riley DP	195
Failed
39	P	60	Michael Shank Racing	John Pew Oswaldo Negri Olivier Pla	Ligier JS P2	237
40	P	0	Panoz DeltaWing Racing	Katherine Legge Sean Rayhall Andrew Meyrick	DeltaWing DWC13	229
41	P	50	Highway to Help	Jim Pace Bryon de Foor David Hinton Dorsey Schroeder	Riley DP	212
42	Pc	88	Starworks Motorsport	Sean Johnston Maro Angel Michael Lyons	Oreca FLM09	209
43	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli Rubens Barrichello	Chevrolet Corvette DP	169
44	GTD	9	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Matt Bell Dion von Moltke	Audi R8 LMS ultra	165
45	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Jörg Bergmeister Matt McMurry	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	145
46	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	116
47	GTD	11	O'Gara Motorsport	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Richard Antinucci	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	30th
48	GTD	27	Dream Racing Competition	Paolo Ruberti Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Fabio Babini Luca Persiani	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	27
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49	GTD	21st	Konrad Motorsport	Pierre Ehret Christopher Zöchling Jürgen Krebs	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	1

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Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P	Scott Sharp	Ed Brown	Johannes van Overbeek	Luís Felipe Derani	Ligier JS P2	Overall victory
Pc	Jon Bennett	Colin Braun	Mark Wilkins		Oreca FLM09	Rank 8
GTLM	Oliver Gavin	Tommy Milner	Marcel Fässler		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Rank 10
GTD	Christina Nielsen	Alessandro Balzan	Jeff Segal		Ferrari 488 GT3	Rank 20

Racing data

• Registered: 49
• Started: 48
• Rated: 37
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry, rain showers and thunderstorms
• Route length: 6.019 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:00: 59.881 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 238
• Total distance of the winning team: 1432.522 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: Olivier Pla - Ligier JS P2 (# 60) - 1: 51.217
• Fastest race lap: Luís Felipe Derani - Ligier JS P2 (# 2) - 1: 52.419
• Racing series: 2nd round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2016

Web links

• Race results
• Race report