The 2006 12 Hours of Sebring was the 54th running of this event, and took place on March 18, 2006. The race was sponsored by Mobil 1 and was the opening race of the 2006 American Le Mans Series season run by IMSA.
This race marked the first time that a diesel powered racing vehicle had won a major endurance sports car race, with Audi taking the victory in their new R10 TDI sportscar, which was also the car's first race ever. However the win was not without problems, as one of the two Audi R10s suffered overheating problems and did not finish. This victory would be a building block towards the diesel R10 winning the marquis ACO event the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans and taking 36 class wins in 48 career races entered.
Liz Halliday's second place overall is the best for any woman in the history of the 12 Hours of Sebring as of December 2012.
Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | LMP1 | 2 | Audi Sport North America | Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Tom Kristensen |
Audi R10 TDI | M | 349 |
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | |||||||
2 | LMP2 | 37 | Intersport Racing | Jon Field Clint Field Liz Halliday |
Lola B05/40 | G | 345 |
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
3 | GT1 | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 338 |
Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8 | |||||||
4 | GT1 | 009 | Aston Martin Racing | Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Jason Bright |
Aston Martin DBR9 | P | 337 |
Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | |||||||
5 | LMP1 | 16 | Dyson Racing | James Weaver Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace |
Lola B06/10 | M | 336 |
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
6 | GT1 | 007 | Aston Martin Racing | Darren Turner Tomáš Enge Nicolas Kiesa |
Aston Martin DBR9 | P | 324 |
Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | |||||||
7 | GT1 | 3 | Corvette Racing | Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Max Papis |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 324 |
Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8 | |||||||
8 DNF |
LMP2 | 6 | Penske Racing | Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen Emmanuel Collard |
Porsche RS Spyder | M | 323 |
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 | |||||||
9 | GT2 | 50 | Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz | David Brabham Scott Maxwell Sébastien Bourdais |
Panoz Esperante GT-LM | P | 320 |
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 | |||||||
10 | GT2 | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Marc Lieb Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 320 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
11 | GT2 | 62 | Risi Competizione | Ralf Kelleners Jaime Melo Anthony Lazzaro |
Ferrari F430GT | M | 320 |
Ferrari 4.0L V8 | |||||||
12 | LMP2 | 41 | Binnie Motorsports | William Binnie Allen Timpany Rick Sutherland |
Lola B05/42 | M | 317 |
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | |||||||
13 | GT2 | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 315 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
14 | GT2 | 80 | Team LNT | Richard Dean Lawrence Tomlinson Tom Kimber-Smith |
Panoz Esperante GT-LM | P | 312 |
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 | |||||||
15 | GT2 | 23 | Alex Job Racing | Mike Rockenfeller Klaus Graf Graham Rahal |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 311 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
16 | LMP2 | 33 | Barazi-Epsilon | Michael Vergers Juan Barazi Elton Julian |
Courage C65 | M | 293 |
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
17 | GT2 | 31 | Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing |
Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister Niclas Jönsson |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 292 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
18 | GT2 | 86 | Spyker Squadron b.v. | Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans |
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | M | 281 |
Audi 3.8L V8 | |||||||
19 | GT1 | 25 | Konrad Motorsport | Terry Borcheller Jean-Philippe Belloc Tom Weickardt |
Saleen S7-R | P | 275 |
Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
20 DNF |
GT2 | 79 | J-3 Racing | Tim Sugden Wolf Henzler Jim Matthews |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Y | 267 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
21 DNF |
GT2 | 78 | J-3 Racing | Spencer Pumpelly Jep Thorton Mark Patterson |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Y | 263 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
22 DNF |
LMP2 | 8 | B-K Motorsports | Guy Cosmo James Bach Raphael Matos |
Courage C65 | G | 262 |
Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor | |||||||
23 | GT2 | 85 | Spyker Squadron b.v. | Donny Crevels Peter Kox |
Spyker C8 Spyder GT-2 | M | 248 |
Audi 3.8L V8 | |||||||
24 DNF |
GT2 | 55 | Farnbacher Loles Racing | Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Y | 198 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
25 DNF |
GT2 | 21 | BMW Team PTG | Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Ian James |
BMW M3 GTR | Y | 197 |
BMW 3.2L I6 | |||||||
26 DNF |
LMP2 | 7 | Penske Racing | Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Patrick Long |
Porsche RS Spyder | M | 193 |
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 | |||||||
27 DNF |
LMP1 | 20 | Dyson Racing | Guy Smith Chris Dyson |
Lola B06/10 | M | 173 |
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | |||||||
28 NC |
GT2 | 56 | Vonka Racing | Jan Vonka Mauro Casadei Bo McCormick |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 130 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
29 DNF |
LMP1 | 9 | Highcroft Racing | Duncan Dayton Gregor Fisken Richard Knoop |
MG-Lola EX257 | D | 128 |
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
30 DNF |
GT2 | 22 | BMW Team PTG | Justin Marks Bryan Sellers Martin Jensen |
BMW M3 GTR | Y | 124 |
BMW 3.4L I6 | |||||||
31 DNF |
LMP1 | 12 | Autocon Motorsports | Michael Lewis Chris McMurry Bryan Willman |
MG-Lola EX257 | D | 121 |
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
32 DNF |
LMP1 | 1 | Audi Sport North America | Frank Biela Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro |
Audi R10 TDI | M | 117 |
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | |||||||
33 DNF |
GT2 | 51 | Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz | Gunnar Jeannette Tommy Milner Bruno Junqueira |
Panoz Esperante GT-LM | P | 71 |
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 | |||||||
34 DNF |
GT1 | 26 | Konrad Motorsport | Fabio Babini Paolo Ruberti Jamie Davies |
Saleen S7-R | P | 66 |
Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
35 DNF |
LMP2 | 10 | Miracle Motorsports | Andy Lally James Gue |
Courage C65 | K | 62 |
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 |
Statistics
- Pole Position - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:45.828
- Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.373
- Distance - 1,291.3 miles (2,078.1 km)
- Average Speed - 107.319 mph (172.713 km/h)
External links
- "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2006-08-22. (27.1 KiB)