Lexus set for twelve hours of sebring at historic florida. It requires 100% concentration every lap and there isnt much time to rest. That driver lineup, in fact, won the 12 hours of sebring in 2014, so theyre looking for the repeat this year as well. Following its win in the season opening rolex 24 at daytona, core autosport prepares for another trip to florida, this time for the mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring. The track opened in 1950 on an airfield and is a road racing course styled after those used in european grand prix motor racing. Turner bmw tuned up for 12 hours of sebring k1 speed. While the real mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring presented by advance auto parts has been rescheduled to the weekend of nov. Ford performance announces imsa driver lineup for 2016. Mar 02, 2017 the 12 hours of sebring is coming up in just a couple of weeks, and porsche is preparing to run their newfor2017 midengine 911 rsr competitor in imsas gtlm category. Saturday, march 18 with live streaming available on the fox sports go app with fox sports 1 authentication. Feb 21, 2014 eric lux has been drafted into the 8star motorsport line up for the sebring 12 hours.
What to expect at this weekends 12 hours of sebring. This is the 61st running of the mobil 1 12 hours of sebring fueled by fresh from florida. Here is the starting lineup for the 12 hours of sebring. Et on saturday, march 18, with fs1 picking up coverage at 12. Most of the 11 drivers competing in both the mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring and fridays miles of sebring fia world endurance championship are racing in cars that are familiar or at least in a similar class to the ones they race regularly in either the. At the allnew mazda display, located in the midway at sebring international raceway, spectators will have the chance to take an up close look at the full lineup of mazda consumer vehicles and the mazda rt24p dpi, race at sebring virtually on mazda racing simulators, meet the mazda team joest drivers during autograph sessions, and take part in. Last season hindaman partook in his first sebring 12hour with meyer shank racing resulting in a seventh place finish. Sebring, march 15, 2019 coming off a heartbreaking blow that saw an early exit from the season opener at the 24 hours of daytona, pfaff motorsports has returned for round two of the 2019 imsa weathertech sportscar championship and the 12 hours of sebring with a newlyrebuilt chassis and its sights set on redemption read more.
Porsche team prepares 911s to race the 12 hours of sebring. Aai motorsports set to enter 3 cars in 2014 asian le. Everything you need to know for the 12 hours of sebring. The sebring international raceway is the oldest circuit in north america and this year hosts the spectacular endurance race for the 60th time.
And there is no richer chapter in its history than the one written by mario andretti for ferrari in the 1970 12 hours endurance race. Red bull was victorious in iracings 12 hours of sebring, taking centrestage after the cancellation of the reallife event. In partnership with iracing, imsa is hosting a 90minute, singleclass shootout at sebring. Ford chip ganassi racing announces ford gt driver lineup for. Mazda motorsports announces sebring activation schedule. Sebring 12 hours is a go, wec race under threat the international motor sports association has announced that next weeks mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring will run as planned despite the stillrising number of coronavirus cases in the u. Scott tucker, level 5 announce driver lineup for 12 hours. Last weekend was the 60th running of the 12 hours of sebring, one americas most famous endurance race. The 62nd mobil 1 12 hours of sebring fueled by fresh from florida was an endurance sports. Bomarito therefore becomes the latest driver to commit to pulling double wecimsa duty at sebring. The ford f150 ecoboost engine wins the 12 hours of sebring. Nov 21, 2015 ford chip ganassi racing announces ford gt driver line up for imsa weathertech sportscar championship. The 20 running of the 12 hours of sebring endurance race might have heralded the final time the classic event would run under the banner of the american le mans series after a 15 year run, but the 61st edition signalled anything but the end. The 12 hours of sebring is one of the most prestigious and grueling endurance races of the year.
Imsa unveils 47car entry list for 12 hours of sebring get. The grt grasser racing team will not be racing both of their lamborghini huracan gt3 machines as well as manthey racings porsche 911 gt3 r and risi competiziones ferrari. What to expect at this weekends 12 hours of sebring the. Mar 19, 2016 everything you need to know for the 12 hours of sebring.
Sebring, march 15, 2019 coming off a heartbreaking blow. The 2014 12 hours of sebring was the 62nd running of this famous endurance classic. March 16, 2014 chip ganassi racing with felix sabates cgrfs made its. Bennett and braun were both part of the 2014 winning lineup. Scott tucker, level 5 announce driver lineup for 12 hours of sebring. Allen miller project leader, honda performance development on sebring qualifying. The first race was a sixhour race on new years eve 1950, with the next race held 14 months later as the first 12 hours of sebring. Mar 18, 2014 photos, results and race report from the 2014 12 hours of sebring, held march 15 at the 3. March 16, 2014 core autosport has kicked off its 2014 tudor united sportscar championship season by winning the two most prominent endurance races in north america. Triumphing this year was the 01 chip ganassi racing with felix sabates riley in the mkxxvi ford daytona prototype making this fords first win at the 12 hours since 1969. Lux bolsters 8star lineup for sebring sportscars news. In 2011, he signed with chevrolet as a factory driver and spent the next five years driving for the manufacturer as part of both their gt and prototype programs. But how any of this translates to sebring international raceway, for the 65th mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring fueled by fresh from florida endurance race, is anyones guess.
Tafel racing will leave nothing on the table as it makes its ferrari debut at the 56th annual mobil 1 12 hours of sebring. Heres a closer look at the mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring entry list. The driver lineup of ben keating, jeroen bleekemolen, and luca stolz will pilot the. While this will only be cgrfs second sports car appearance at sebring international raceway, the team is one for one at the track with a victory coming from their inaugural race in 2014 in the no.
The racing shoes of the retiring christian fittipaldi are large ones to step in to, but mustang sampling racing has secured an outstanding addition for the driver line up in the 2019 mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring as brendon hartley has been confirmed with the team. Christian fittipaldi and joao barbosa, who won the event in 2014, return to sebring on march 21. The track is very hard on the car and driver because of the bumps, and the darkness at night adds another challenge. Complete imsa mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring entry list by the. Brendon hartley joins mustang sampling racing for sebring. Imsa unveils 47car entry list for 12 hours of sebring. Nov 16, 2014 published on nov 16, 2014 a compilation of motorsport clips and the party atmosphere that happens every march in sebring florida at the sebring international raceway. The first race at sebring for the new tudor united sportscar championship has been slowed by eight caution periods, the sixth bringing out a red flag that halted the race for six minutes, in the first six hours. The worlds leading drivers and manufacturers have competed at the 12 hours of sebring for over six decades. Imsa sebring 12 hours qualifying round up sportscar.
March 18, 2014 spectators on saturday witnessed americas most punishing endurance race, the famous 12 hours of sebring, in its first year under nascar ownership. The weekend results helped to tighten in the sharp end of the point standings. Pit road is where the car refuel and get worked on along with the driver changes through out the 12 hour race. So imagine how stoked i was when we were able to send both marc and jamey to shoot the 12 hours of sebring this year. Ford chip ganassi racing announces ford gt driver line. Of 114 drivers on the provisional entry list, 39 drivers 34 percent.
R pilot oliver gavin, who owns six class wins gts in 2001 and 2002, gt1 in 2006 and 2007, gt in 20. The 12 hours of sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at. Travel, tickets and accommodation for the 12 hours of sebring. Imsa announced a 47car field on friday for the 63rd mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring that is set. It was a satisfying qualifying effort from both of our teams. Will we see c8 battles at sebring international raceway this year.
This will be my third 12 hours of sebring and in my opinion, its the most challenging endurance race of the year. Traditionally looked at as a tuneup for the 24 hours of le mans that takes place in june, sebring has played host to some of the worlds greatest drivers, cars, and teams over the course. Full season drivers michael marsal and markus palttala anchor a familiar driver lineup. The driver lineup will see sharp, twotime sportscar champion jon fogarty, and 2014 24 hours of le mans winner and fia wec champion david heinemeier hansson in one car. Four days of racing action culminating with the famed 12 hour endurance classic starting at 10. Prototype battle set to escalate for 65th twelve hours of. A nissan powered morgan race car and another honda rounded out the top five in the 2014 running of the 12 hours of sebring. Thats close to two full trips around the earth at its equator approx. Apr 01, 2010 1974 12 hours of sebring race profile.
The 65th 12 hours of sebring takes the green flag at 10. A lot of the cars, after 12 hours on one of the roughest, most challenging tracks in the world, wont be so pretty for long. Photos, results and race report from the 2014 12 hours of sebring, held march 15 at the 3. Ford gt driver lineup confirmed for imsa 2016 autoblog. Starting lineup for the 12 hours of sebring fox sports. Endurance racing ace and 2017 tpnaec champion, mario farnbacher will return to the no. Michael shank heads to the mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring. Complete imsa mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring entry list. After 11 hours 39 minutes of racing, the 62nd annual mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring still didnt have a clear leader. March 15, 2019 in the friday morning qualifying session for the 12 hours of sebring, tristan nunez drove the no. In addition, graham rahal and 2016 verizon indycar series champion simon pagenaud will join the program as endurance drivers when the team makes its competition debut with the new acura prototype sports cars at imsas 2018 seasonopening rolex 24 at daytona in january and the 12 hours of sebring in march.
Flying lizard motorsports announces sebring twelve hour line up. A sebring 12 hours worthy of the name the epoch times. To the sounds of bagpipes and the anthems of the 19 nations represented by the competitors, motorsports enthusiasts had the opportunity to rub shoulders with the stars of sportscar racing and at the same time get an up closeandpersonal look at the competing. Americas oldest sports car endurance race featuring the weathertech sportscar championship. Alexander rossi to make rolex 24 return with acurapenske.
By christopher deharde, staff writer for the 2018 mobil one 12 hours of sebring, the gtd class is the largest but loses only three cars from the rolex 24 at daytona. Bmw team rll launches the defence of its titles in the gt class of the american le mans series alms at the 12 hours of sebring us this saturday. This month, flying lizard motorsports will return to sebring international raceway to compete in their twelfth 12 hours of sebring tudor united sportscar championship endurance event. There are 17 teams on the entry list with at least one sebring victory. Hartley will join joao barbosa and filipe albuquerque. Dec 07, 2018 alexander rossi will make his first appearance in the rolex 24 at daytona since 2014 after being announced as acura team penskes sixth and final driver for the endurance classic. Mar 20, 2010 saturday, march 20, 2010 sebring, fla. Imsa teams with iracing for sebring supersaturday racer. Results with starting position from the 12 hours of sebring. Alexander rossi will make his first appearance in the rolex 24 at daytona since 2014 after being announced as acura team penskes sixth and final driver for the endurance classic. Core autosport wins 12 hours of sebring weathertech. Precision performance motorsports ppm has signed lawson aschenbach, brandon gdovic and don yount for the 67th annual mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring presented by advance auto parts. Roughly half an hour into the race, there was already one casualty as the. Mar 15, 2017 twelve hours of sebring stevenson motorsports will make its second entry into the iconic mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring with the teams no.
Super sebring 2020 featuring the 68th mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring presented by advance auto parts and the fia wec miles of sebring. Michael shank racing has a strong lineup of drivers for each event, and the twelve hours of sebring will be no different. Part of the daytonawinning driver lineup, james gue will reprise his role as co driver to jon bennett and colin braun. This time, rain played hazards for the almost 50strong grid. Audi with top lineup at sebring and le mans audiworld.
Level 5 announce driver lineup for 12 hours of sebring. Each of the six audi drivers has won the 24 hours of le mans and the 12 hour race at sebring at least once, as a group they have recorded 17 le mans and twelve sebring wins. Tafel racing announces full driver lineup for 12 hours of sebring. The real 12 hours of sebring was supposed be held this weekend but has been postponed until november. With the official pronouncement drivers, start your engines, given by racing legend vic elford, grand marshal for the 62nd mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring and a 2014 inductee into the sebring motorsports hall of fame, the high speed chess game was underway at 10. The 62nd mobil 1 12 hours of sebring fueled by fresh from florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at sebring international raceway near sebring, florida from 15 march 2014. Nov 21, 2015 in 2011, he signed with chevrolet as a factory driver and spent the next five years driving for the manufacturer as part of both their gt and prototype programs. Red bull victorious in iracing 12 hours of sebring the race. The mobil1 12 hours of sebring presented by fresh from florida marks the second stop on the calendar in the four round patron north american endurance cup adding significance to the already important endurance contest. The track opened in 1950 on an airfield and is a road racing course styled after those.
The 2014 historic sportscar racing hsr 12 hours of sebring support races brought some classic race cars to the 3. Acura grand prix of long beach 2020 daytona prototype international. Eleven cars are entered in the prototype class, four in prototype challenge, 10 in gtlm and 21 in gtd. Its not much of a stretch to see them on the top step at the end of 12 hours. Number of racing miles completed by corvette racing during the 12 hours of sebring.
Mar 16, 2014 fansofthe12hours presents the pits during the 2014 12 hours of sebring. Pfaff motorsports ready for first 12 hours of sebring with threedriver lineup. The 12 hours of sebring is coming up in just a couple of weeks, and porsche is preparing to run their newfor2017 midengine 911 rsr competitor in imsas gtlm category. Prior to that, competing in the michelin pilot challenge hindman stood on the podium in 2014 and followed that up with a victory in 2016. Imsa official home race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers.
The 2014 sebring 12 hours was decided by rules, not racing. The 12 hours of sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at sebring international raceway, on the site of the former hendricks army airfield world war ii air base in sebring, florida, us. Pla will be the third driver in the car in the sebring 12 hours imsa race. Founded in 1952 on the site of a former us air force base for b17 bombers, floridas famed sebring raceway has seen many great races. This years sebring 12 hours proves that americas oldest endurance race can still throw a curveball. Westbrook has recorded eight wins, including the 20 12 hours of sebring, the 2014 and 2015 sahlens six hours of the glen, and eight poles over his nineyear sports car career. Marino franchitti wins twelve hours of sebring usa today. Mar 14, 2014 headed by longtime motorsports broadcaster rick benjamin, cpg will be providing video highlights packages following tomorrows mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring and at future honda racinghpd events. Of 114 drivers on the provisional entry list, 39 drivers 34 percent of the field have won at least once previously in the mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring. Tafel racing announces full driver lineup for 12 hours of.
Ford gt driver lineup announced for imsa weathertech. Despite their driver lineup, they were the lowest placed finishers in the class largely because krohn ran out of fuel midway through the race and had to roll back to the pitlane. Colin braun core autosport wins 12 hours of sebring. Record attendance for mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring. Imsa announced a 47car field on friday for the 63rd mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring that is set for march 21. At the midpoint of the 62nd annual 12 hours of sebring bmw team rll races in the third and tenth positions in the gtlm class. The shuffle in the intersport teams driver line up didnt fair well for tomy drissi in no. Lmpc ranks for the 2014 mobil 1 12 hours of sebring. Bmw team rll races in p3 and p10 at 12 hours of sebring mid. But before you race the 12 hours of sebring, you must qualify. The welcome mat was out today at sebring international raceway, attracting a record crowd for the 62nd mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring. Bmw team manager jochen neerspasch entered two new csl models and a stellar driver line up of hans stuck, brian redman, ronnie peterson and sam posey.
Lexus currently ranks second in the imsa gtd manufacturer point standings following topfive finishes for both aim vasser sullivan rc f. The photos speak for themselves however they cant convey the sensory over load the drivers of historic cars such as the porsche 935, ford gt40, alfa romeo giulia gta, mini cooper and others. Brendon hartley joins mustang sampling racing for sebring 12. Ten great 12 hours of sebring winners winding road. In march each year thousands of race fans descend on the historic town of sebring in florida for the annual 12 hours race. Hpd ready for 12 hours of sebring honda motorsports. Jan 04, 2018 3gt racing announces final driver line up for 2018 imsa series. The 62nd annual mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring fueled by fresh from florida was the second race for the tudor united sportscar. Mustang sampling racing sets sights on sebring 12 hour. Mar 06, 2018 12 hours of sebring practice and setup with crew chief michi hoyer driver shaun cole shaun cole on march 6, 2018 the iracing 12 hours of sebring is another one of the pinnacle racing events in sim racing.
A look at the engine lineup for the 2015 ford f150. Heading the list is the dane tom kristensen 38 who has already won seven times at le mans and three times at sebring. Pfaff motorsports ready for first 12 hours of sebring with. The driver lineup for this seasons imsa weathertech sportscar championship, which begins in january, has been finalised. March, 2019 lexus and aim vasser sullivan avs will compete in the mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring on saturday with two rc f gt3 entries at floridas historic sebring international raceway. Nov 21, 2015 ford chip ganassi racing officially announced today the four drivers who will compete in the allnew ford gt for the 2016 imsa weathertech sportscar championship.
Pro drivers turn to virtual racing as real motorsports. Previous mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring winning drivers in 2019 field. Round two of the imsa weathertech sportscar championship will be the headliner series in the super sebring weekend, with the legendary racing facility also hosting. Given the freedom to race, the drivers and teams put on an awesome show. Pfaff motorsports ready for first 12 hours of sebring with threedriver. Here is the starting lineup for tomorrows 12 hours of sebring. James gue took on opening stint responsibilities, starting the no. Mar, 2015 imsa unveils 47car entry list for 12 hours of sebring.