Jump to content

2015 12 Hours of Sebring

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sebring International Raceway

The 63rd Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway from March 18-21st. The race was the second round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship as well as the second of four events in the North American Endurance Cup.

The race was won by Action Express Racing's No. 5 Corvette Daytona Prototype, piloted by Sébastien Bourdais, João Barbosa, and Christian Fittipaldi, finishing a full lap ahead of any else in the field. The Prototype Challenge class was won by the No. 52 entry from PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports piloted by Mike Guasch, Tom Kimber-Smith, and Andrew Palmer, securing their second consecutive victory in the season. In the GT Le Mans class, victory went to Corvette Racing's No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R driven by Antonio García, Ryan Briscoe, and Jan Magnussen. Finally, in GT Daytona, victory went to the No. 23 Porsche 911 GT America from Alex Job Racing and Team Seattle driven by Mario Farnbacher, Ian James, and Alex Riberas, though it only took the lead with roughly four minutes to go when the No. 33 Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3-R suffered overheating issues.[1]

Practice

[edit]

There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes; the fourth on Friday morning lasted an hour.[2][3]

Practice 1

[edit]

The first practice session took place at 10:15 am ET on Thursday and ended with João Barbosa topping the charts for Action Express Racing, with a lap time of 1:52.485.[4]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa 1:52.485 _
2 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:53.732 +1.247
3 P 57 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson 1:53.871 +1.386
Source:[5]

Practice 2

[edit]

The second practice session took place at 2:25 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Krohn Racing, with a lap time of 1:52.731.[6]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 57 Krohn Racing Olivier Pla 1:52.731 _
2 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:53.554 +0.823
3 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa 1:53.818 +1.087
Source:[7]

Night Practice

[edit]

The night practice session took place at 7:15 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Olivier Pla topping the charts for Krohn Racing, with a lap time of 1:51.973.[8]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 57 Krohn Racing Olivier Pla 1:51.973 _
2 P 5 Action Express Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:52.246 +0.273
3 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:52.536 +0.563
Source:[9]

Final Practice

[edit]

The fourth and final practice session took place at 9:50 am ET on Friday and ended with Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:52.096.[10]

Pos. Class No. Team Time Gap
1 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian 1:52.096 _
2 P 57 Krohn Racing 1:52.578 +0.482
3 P 5 Action Express Racing 1:52.588 +0.492
Source:[11]

Qualifying

[edit]

Qualifying was broken into four sessions. The first session of qualifying was for the GTD class. The No. 33 Riley Motorsports entry driven by Jeroen Bleekemolen set the fastest time in GTD.[12]

The second session of qualifying was for the GTLM class. Frédéric Makowiecki qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 912 Porsche North America, besting Patrick Pilet in the No. 911 Porsche North America entry.[12]

The third session of qualifying was for the PC class. Martin Plowman qualified on pole driving the No. 16 car for BAR1 Motorsports.[13]

The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Olivier Pla qualified on pole driving the No. 57 car for Krohn Racing, beating Ryan Dalziel in the No. 1 Tequila Patrón ESM by just over three tenths of a second.[14]

Qualifying results

[edit]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 57 United States Krohn Racing France Olivier Pla 1:51.152 _ 1 ‡
2 P 1 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 1:51.455 +0.303 2
3 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa 1:52.128 +0.976 3
4 P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:52.170 +1.018 4
5 P 31 United States Action Express Racing United States Dane Cameron 1:52.490 +1.338 5
6 P 90 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 1:52.691 +1.539 6
7 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor 1:52.720 +1.568 7
8 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Johannes van Overbeek 1:53.047 +1.895 8
9 P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand 1:53.329 +2.177 9
10 P 0 United States DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Mexico Memo Rojas 1:55.223 +4.071 10
11 PC 16 United States BAR1 Motorsports United Kingdom Martin Plowman 1:55.257 +4.105 11‡
12 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Colin Braun 1:55.327 +4.175 12
13 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith 1:55.416 +4.264 13
14 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Conor Daly 1:55.748 +4.596 14
15 PC 11 United States RSR Racing Canada Chris Cumming 1:56.450 +5.298 15
16 PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Rusty Mitchell 1:57.248 +6.096 16
17 P 70 United States SpeedSource United States Tristan Nunez 1:57.421 +6.269 17
18 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Venezuela Alex Popow 1:57.842 +6.690 18
19 GTLM 912 United States Porsche North America France Frédéric Makowiecki 1:58.587 +7.435 19‡
20 GTLM 911 United States Porsche North America France Patrick Pilet 1:58.806 +7.654 20
21 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:58.828 +7.676 21
22 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Dirk Werner 1:58.842 +7.690 22
23 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Germany Pierre Kaffer 1:58.927 +7.775 23
24 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Lucas Luhr 1:58.930 +7.778 24
25 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner 1:59.451 +8.299 25
26 GTLM 17 United States Team Falken Tire Germany Wolf Henzler 1:59.787 +8.635 26
27 GTLM 98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Portugal Pedro Lamy 1:59.896 +8.744 27
28 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 2:03.485 +12.333 28‡
29 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Germany Mario Farnbacher 2:03.538 +12.386 29
30 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey 2:04.106 +12.954 30
31 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Leh Keen 2:04.339 +13.187 31
32 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR North America Australia James Davison 2:04.855 +13.703 32
33 GTD 81 United States GB Autosport Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner 2:04.930 +13.778 33
34 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally 2:04.944 +13.792 34
35 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports Belgium Jan Heylen 2:05.059 +13.907 35
36 GTD 93 United States Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating 2:05.081 +13.929 36
37 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryce Miller 2:05.265 +14.113 37
38 GTD 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Marco Holzer 2:05.499 +14.347 38
39 GTD 49 Italy AF Corse Italy Marco Cioci 2:05.781 +14.629 39
40 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Anthony Lazzaro 2:06.479 +15.327 40
41 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Boris Said 2:07.373 +16.221 41
42 P 07 United States SpeedSource No Time Set 42
43 P 50 United States Fifty Plus Racing No Time Set 43
44 P 7 United States Starworks Motorsport Did Not Participate 44
45 GTD 18 Belgium Mühlner Motorsports America Did Not Participate 45
46 GTD 009 United States TRG-AMR North America Did Not Participate 46
Source:[15]

Race

[edit]

Start and early hours

[edit]

Afternoon

[edit]

Sunset to finish

[edit]

Post-race

[edit]

Race result

[edit]

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
France Sébastien Bourdais
Coyote Corvette DP C 340 12:01:40.097‡
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
2 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Jordan Taylor
United States Ricky Taylor
Italy Max Angelelli
Dallara Corvette DP C 339 +1 lap
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
3 P 90 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Canada Michael Valiante
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Coyote Corvette DP C 339 +1 lap
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
4 P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand
United States Scott Pruett
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Ford EcoBoost Riley DP C 339 +1 lap
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo
5 P 31 United States Action Express Racing United States Eric Curran
United States Dane Cameron
Italy Max Papis
Coyote Corvette DP C 338 +2 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
6 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Mike Guasch
United States Andrew Palmer
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 334 +6 Laps‡
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
United States James Gue
Oreca FLM09 C 334 +6 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8 P 57 United States Krohn Racing United States Tracy Krohn
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
France Olivier Pla
Ligier JS P2 C 334 +6 Laps
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
9 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Jerome Mee
United States James French
United States Conor Daly
Oreca FLM09 C 333 +7 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
10 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Australia Ryan Briscoe
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 330 +10 Laps‡
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
11 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Germany Pierre Kaffer
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 330 +10 Laps
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
12 GTLM 17 United States Team Falken Tire United States Bryan Sellers
Germany Wolf Henzler
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 RSR F 329 +11 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Jens Klingmann
BMW Z4 GTE M 329 +11 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
14 GTLM 911 United States Porsche North America United Kingdom Nick Tandy
France Patrick Pilet
Austria Richard Lietz
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Porsche 911 RSR M 328 +12 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing United Kingdom Ian James
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Spain Alex Riberas
Porsche 911 GT America C 318 +22 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6
16 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR North America Denmark Christina Nielsen
Australia James Davison
United States Brandon Davis
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 C 318 +22 Laps
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
17 GTLM 98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 318 +22 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Bill Sweedler
United States Townsend Bell
United States Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 318 +22 Laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 GTD 93 United States Riley Motorsports United States Al Carter
Belgium Marc Goossens
United States Ben Keating
United States Cameron Lawrence
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 317 +23 Laps
Dodge 8.3 L V10
20 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing Germany Christopher Haase
United States Bryce Miller
South Africa Dion von Moltke
Audi R8 LMS Ultra C 317 +23 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
21 GTLM 912 United States Porsche North America Germany Jörg Bergmeister
New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Frédéric Makowiecki
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR M 317 +23 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Brazil Augusto Farfus
BMW Z4 GTE M 317 +23 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
23 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports United States Madison Snow
Belgium Jan Heylen
Costa Rica Emilio Valverde
Porsche 911 GT America C 316 +24 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen
United States Andrew Davis
Porsche 911 GT America C 316 +24 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Marsal
Finland Markus Palttala
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United States Boris Said
BMW Z4 GT3 C 315 +25 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
26

DNF

GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 314 Did Not Finish
Dodge 8.3 L V10
27 P 50 United States Fifty Plus Racing United States Jim Pace
United States Bryon DeFoor
United States David Hinton
United States Dorsey Schroeder
Riley Mk XXVI DP C 309 +31 Laps
Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8
28 GTD 49 Italy AF Corse Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Italy Marco Cioci
Portugal Rui Águas
Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 308 +32 Laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29

DNF

PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Misha Goikhberg
United States Chris Miller
United States Rusty Mitchell
United States Gerry Kraut
Oreca FLM09 C 290 Did Not Finish
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
30 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Germany Mirco Schultis
Venezuela Alex Popow
Oreca FLM09 C 280 +60 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
31

DNF

PC 11 United States RSR Racing Brazil Bruno Junqueira
Canada Chris Cumming
United States Gustavo Menezes
Oreca FLM09 C 267 Did Not Finish
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
32

DNF

GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
France Simon Pagenaud
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 264 Did Not Finish
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
33

DNF

P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Jon Fogarty
HPD ARX-03b C 211 Did Not Finish
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
34 PC 16 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Marc Drumwright
United States Tomy Drissi
China David Cheng
United Kingdom Martin Plowman
Oreca FLM09 C 194 +146 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
35

DNF

GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally
Germany Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 GT America C 179 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36

DNF

P 1 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
HPD ARX-03b C 162 Did Not Finish
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
37

DNF

GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey
United States Spencer Pumpelly
United States Jim Norman
Porsche 911 GT America C 155 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38

DNF

P 70 United States Speedsource United States Tristan Nunez
United States Jonathan Bomarito
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Mazda Prototype C 111 Did Not Finish
Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel)
39

DNF

P 07 United States Speedsource United States Tom Long
United States Joel Miller
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Mazda Prototype C 104 Did Not Finish
Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel)
40

DNF

GTD 81 United States GB Autosport Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner
United States Mike Skeen
United States Michael Avenatti
Poland Kuba Giermaziak
Porsche 911 GT America C 97 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
41

DNF

P 0 United States DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Mexico Memo Rojas
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
DeltaWing DWC13 C 60 Did Not Finish
Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo
42

DNF

P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian United States John Pew
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
United Kingdom Justin Wilson
Ligier JS P2 C 46 Did Not Finish
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
43

DNF

GTD 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Marco Holzer
United States Robert Thorne
United States Colin Thompson
Audi R8 LMS Ultra C 23 Did Not Finish
Audi 5.2 L V10
DNS P 7 United States Starworks Motorsport United States Scott Mayer
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Riley Mk XXVI DP C - Did not start
Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8
DNS GTD 18 United States Mühlner Motorsports America Porsche 911 GT America C - Did not start
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNS GTD 009 United States TRG-AMR North America Aston Martin Vantage GT3 C - Did not start
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
Sources:[16][17]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin
F Falken Tire

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Pruett, Marshall (March 21, 2015). "IMSA: Action Express throttles field at Sebring". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Dagys, John (March 18, 2015). "Continental Tire Keys to the Race: 12H Sebring". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "RACER's 12 Hours of Sebring Resource Guide". racer.com. March 18, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "TUSCC: 12 Hours of Sebring, Free Practice 1 & 2 Round Up, Barbosa Sets Early Pace". dailysportscar.com. March 19, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. March 19, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  6. ^ DiZinno, Tony (March 19, 2015). "Pla Paces Second Practice at Sebring". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. March 19, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "TUSCC: 12 Hours of Sebring, Free Practice 3 & 4 Report, Krohn & Michael Shank Quickest". dailysportscar.com. March 20, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  9. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. March 20, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  10. ^ DiZinno, Tony (March 20, 2015). "Negri Leads Friday Morning Practice at Sebring". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. March 20, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  12. ^ a b Dagys, John (March 20, 2015). "Porsche 1-2 GTLM Qualifying at Sebring". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  13. ^ "TUSCC: 12 Hours of Sebring, Qualifying Report, Pla Puts Krohn On Pole". dailysportscar.com. March 21, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  14. ^ DiZinno, Tony (March 20, 2015). "Pla Powers Krohn Ligier-Judd to Pole at Sebring". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  15. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  16. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. March 22, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  17. ^ "tudor_championship_sebring_race_official_1.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-10.


United SportsCar Championship
Previous race:
24 Hours of Daytona
2015 season Next race:
Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase