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The full Sebring 12 Hours results and statistics

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ March 16, 2008 ⋅ E-mail this post ⋅ Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

The 2008 edition of the Sebring 12 Hours is over. Team Penske and Flying Lizard Motorsport secured wins for Porsche, so there will be some champagne flowing on Monday in Weissach we suspect. To end our own coverage from Sebring for today we present you the full (provisional) result, the fastest drivers, the caution periods and the leaders.

There are also some statistics that you will not find in the big list below, so we will give them to you straight away.

Penske winning at Sebring means the first non-Audi overall win in years and also the first ever Penske victory at Sebring. The 997 GT3 RSR has now won the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Spa 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours.

Update:
- Second placed Lowe’s Fernandez Racing Acura has been excluded after failing post-race scrutineering.

1 1 7 P2 Dumas/(Bernhard)/Collard 351 -.— 12:01:39.587 1:47.460 46 Porsche RS Spyder Running
2 2 20 P2 Franchitti/(Leitzinger)/Lally 351 1:02.084 12:02:41.671 1:47.813 228 Porsche RS Spyder Running
3 1 1 P1 (Capello)/McNish/Kristensen 351 1:07.697 12:02:47.284 1:45.904 264 Audi AG R10 / TDI Running
4 3 16 P2 Smith/(Dyson) 350 1 Laps 12:01:41.406 1:47.860 229 Porsche RS Spyder Running
5 4 9 P2 (Brabham)/Sharp/Johansson 349 2 Laps 12:02:50.872 1:48.026 191 Acura ARX-01B Running
6 2 2 P1 Luhr/Rockenfeller/(Werner) 333 18 Laps 12:01:58.390 1:45.918 254 Audi AG R10 / TDI Running
7 5 27 P2 Lienhard/Theys/(Lammers) 333 18 Laps 12:02:46.491 1:50.119 328 Porsche RS Spyder Running
8 1 3 GT1 O’Connell/(Magnussen)/Fellows 328 23 Laps 12:02:13.292 1:57.839 4 Chevrolet Corvette C Running
9 3 37 P1 (Field)/Field/Berry 327 24 Laps 12:02:02.029 1:49.236 214 Lola B06/10 Running
10 2 4 GT1 Beretta/(Gavin)/Papis 320 31 Laps 12:02:38.669 1:57.087 182 Chevrolet Corvette C Running
11 4 07 P1 (Minassian)/Sarrazin/Lamy 318 33 Laps 12:01:45.098 1:44.536 ‡ 218 Peugeot 908 Running
12 1 45 GT2 Bergmeister/(Henzler)/Lieb 314 37 Laps 12:02:57.447 2:03.193 49 Porsche 911 RSR Running
13 2 44 GT2 (Law)/Neiman/Davison 311 40 Laps 12:01:57.280 2:03.614 177 Porsche 911 RSR Running
14 3 61 GT2 Krohn/(Jonsson)/van de Poele 308 43 Laps 12:01:52.749 2:04.074 217 Ferrari 430 Berlinetta Running
15 4 73 GT2 (Simonsen)/Tafel/Ehret 305 46 Laps 12:01:40.290 2:03.370 111 Ferrari F430GT Running
16 3 008 GT1 Borcheller/Ducote/(Garcia) 299 52 Laps 12:02:41.349 1:59.802 203 Aston DBR9 Running
17 5 11 GT2 (Feinberg)/Hall 295 56 Laps 12:03:38.533 2:06.773 102 Dodge Viper Running
18 6 26 P2 Herta/Fittipaldi/(Andretti) 287 64 Laps 10:19:17.704 1:47.274 45 Acura ARX-01B Overheating
19 6 5 GT2 Alzen/(Stanton)/Swartzbaugh 286 65 Laps 12:03:34.970 2:05.538 150 Porsche 911 RSR Running
20 7 71 GT2 (Mueller)/Farnbacher/Bell 280 71 Laps 12:02:38.448 2:02.786 252 Ferrari 430 Berlinetta Running
21 8 46 GT2 (van Overbeek)/Pilet/Lietz 280 71 Laps 12:03:22.068 2:02.721 235 Porsche 911 RSR Running
22 5 12 P1 (McMurry)/Willman/Burgess 250 101 Laps 11:03:43.361 1:54.281 4 Creation CA07-002 Mechanical
23 9 21 GT2 Hand/(Milner)/Sutherland 200 151 Laps 11:15:18.338 2:04.985 149 Panoz Esperante Mechanical
24 10 40 GT2 Robertson/Robertson/(Murry) 186 165 Laps 8:39:40.176 2:06.786 4 Doran Ford GT-R Accident
25 11 77 GT2 (Konopka)/Casadei/Hornak 173 178 Laps 7:28:12.727 2:15.951 2 Porsche 911 RSR Gearbox
26 12 62 GT2 (Melo)/Salo/Bruni 137 214 Laps 5:31:13.968 2:02.434 ‡ 4 Ferrari 430 Berlinetta Accident
27 13 87 GT2 (Werner)/Basseng/Miller 136 215 Laps 5:31:11.952 2:03.660 4 Porsche 911 RSR Accident
28 14 28 GT2 Gigliotti/Peterson/(Goossens) 99 252 Laps 4:31:59.195 2:05.105 5 Chevrolet Riley Corve Overheating
29 7 32 P2 Barazi/(Vergers)/Ravier 88 263 Laps 3:09:31.543 1:51.148 40 Zytek 07S Accident
30 15 007 GT2 (Drayson)/Cocker/Sugden 70 281 Laps 2:44:01.392 2:07.103 52 Astin Martin DBRS 9 Accident
31 8 6 P2 (Maassen)/Long/Briscoe 29 322 Laps 1:19:19.584 1:49.190 3 Porsche RS Spyder Overheating
*32 9 15 P2 Fernandez/(Diaz) - - Acura ARX-01B Excluded
33 10 8 P2 (Devlin)/Matos/Bonilla 0 351 Laps -.— -.— 0 Lola B07 46 Mazda Excluded

(Starting Driver)
‡ New race lap record
*Car #15 excluded - 5.4.3 of the 2008 ALMS SSR (stall test)

Fastest Drivers:
GT1 Oliver Gavin
GT2 Jaime Melo
P1 Pedro Lamy
P2 Adrian Fernandez

Cautions
Laps Reason
15 - 18 Car #46 off course
84 - 88 Car #007 off course
93 - 100 Car #32 off course
132 - 147 Car #27 off course
250 - 254 Car #40 off course

Lap Leaders
Laps Car
1-44 07
45-46 26
47-48 7
49-70 07
71-71 1
72-85 07
86-99 1
100-118 2
119-126 1
127-133 2
134-134 7
135-143 1
144-168 2
169-172 1
173-175 16
176-199 7
200-200 1
201-208 16
209-230 7
231-238 16
239-251 7

Discussion

8 comments for “The full Sebring 12 Hours results and statistics”

Never underestimate the power of Porsche.

Posted by Gary N. Roussell | March 18, 2008, 12:14
Well said, Gary! The first sports car race I ever went to was the 1968 Daytona 24 hour endurance race when the three Porsche 907’s lined up to cross the finish line. I was 12 years old at the time and have been a faithful fan ever since. Since then, I consider myself very lucky to have seen in person Porsche 908’s, 917’s, the 917/30, 934’s, 935’s, 962’s, and now the RS Spyder all turn wheels in anger on race tracks such as Sebring, Pocono, Watkins Glen, and Road Atlanta. In all those years I think I saw them not take the top spot on the podium only once, and that was at the 1969 Daytona 24 hours when the 908’s all suffered from the same chasis problem. Porsche’s is a long legacy of victory and engineering excellence!

Posted by Tony Avila | March 18, 2008, 18:22
Romain Dumas must be the big dog in the Porsche camp. At about a bit past halfway in the race, they only subtituted Collard and Timo in the 7 car to save Romain for the night drive and the finish.

Every time they went down to the wire with Audi last year, he was always the driver at the wheel.

Posted by Bamba | March 19, 2008, 20:09
It looks like Acura will have a P2 and overall win this year though.

At least Karma played in the hands of the Lizards in GT2. This year the win was a breeze, too bad it wasn’t as memorable as Risi’s win. Nobody might not remember them winning Sebring 2008.

The Ford GT is the best looking GT car on track. That thing is sweet (and aggressive) looking, I can watch it all day. And in the hands of the right driver it has the pace. I want one. If I had the funds I would have Doran build me a GT1 spec version (just to try to get a podium).

Posted by Bamba | March 19, 2008, 20:21
Hey,

Got some great footage from inside a Corvette C6 at Sebring. Other highlights from the race too!

Inside a Corvette C6.R during 2008’s 12 Hours of Sebring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaHK4MUUY8c

2008 12 Hours of Sebring in 7 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7wOvcBhojo

Corvette’s Olivier Beretta, Ron Fellows & Max Papis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ocUoRigVMU

One on one w/ Corvette Racing’s Jan Magnussen & Oliver Gavin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nh154VvB5g

Inside Mission Control with Corvette Racing at Sebring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2hgvA12hI8

Posted by Jacquie Goetz | March 19, 2008, 22:14
Bamba:

Though Romain may in fact be the top dog, I think part of the reason he spent so little time behind the wheel was an injury to his left knee. He was limping notably around the paddock, and must have had some difficulty with getting in and out of the car rapidly.

Posted by Chris | March 22, 2008, 23:12
That might also be true. He did say so himself, I remember.

Yet to be allowed to handle the decisive end stint even while you’re injured means you’re very good.

Posted by Bamba | March 23, 2008, 4:17
Names of the pit crew for Car 7 - Sebring 12 Hour winner.

Posted by J. Adam Jefferson | April 5, 2008, 5:46