Porsche 911 racing customers showed competitive flashes during today’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the opening round of the 2011 American Le Mans Series, but, when the checkered flag fell, there was disappointment among the Porsche faithful in the crowd of more than 100,000 in perfect weather at Sebring International Raceway in Central Florida.[...]
Robertson Racing emerged from a battle of attrition in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón season opener – the 59th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida – today to take an excellent eighth place GT class finish.[...]
The Muscle Milk team saw its 12 consecutive podium streak in the American Le Mans Series come to an unfortunate end Saturday afternoon in Sebring when it was forced to retire from the 12 Hour event, after being hit by a GT car.[...]
Krohn Racing captured the GTE AM Class victory in the inaugural race for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup Series and the 59th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida at Sebring International Raceway, March 19th.[...]
The Audi R15 TDI was on par with the new LMP1 sports cars from Peugeot and Acura/Honda in its last ever race. But Audi Sport Team Joest missed racing luck in the season opener of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) at Sebring[...]
With the Peugeot no.8 taking third and the no.7 car finishing eighth, both Team Peugeot Total cars completed this demanding edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring. The entire team was therefore able to pursue preparations for the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans, already displaying both good levels of performance, especially seen in taking pole position, and reliability.[...]
Team ORECA-Matmut loves racing in America and the feeling is mutual. In 2000, in its last participation in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the team finished 1-2-3 in GTS. Hugues de Chaunac’s team returned to Florida in the best possible way: overall victory for Nicolas Lapierre, Loïc Duval et Olivier Panis.[...]
Team Oreca Matmut won the 59th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented By Fresh from Florida. The French squad wiped out all memories of the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans and beat the works teams from Audi and Peugeot to win the first Intercontinental Le Mans Cup race of the 2011 season.[...]
After nine hours of racing in Florida it is far from clear who is going to win the 59th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh from Florida. Peugeot Sport Total, Team Oreca Matmut and even Highcroft Racing are still in for it. In the GT category the battle between Ferrari and BMW is also undecided.[...]
Six hours into the Twelve Hours of Sebring and lots has changed. Audi and Peugeot have had problems with themselves and each other and that resulted in just one works diesel out at the front. An interesting six hours of racing so far at Sebring[...]