Sebring 12 Hours 2002 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 50th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring		Date: 16.3.2002
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 5.955 kms	Organiser: IMSA
Sebring 12 Hours
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 1)

Weather:	hot, dry
Start time:	10:30
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	160000

Entered:	67
Practiced:	60
Qualified:	60
Started:	59
Finished:	31

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	18	17
Le Mans Prototype 675	10	9
Grand Touring Sport	12	12
Grand Touring	21	21

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
3 full-course cautions for 99 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
test session held on 11-12/3
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 300 minutes on 13-15/3
1 qualifying session held for a total of 25 minutes on 14/3
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Capello / Pescatori / Herbert
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Field / Dayton / Durand
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell / Gavin
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 10-15:	2	Audi R8	Capello
laps 137-142:	1	Audi R8	Biela
laps 143-193:	2	Audi R8	Herbert
laps 16-23:	1	Audi R8	Kristensen
laps 1-9:	1	Audi R8	Kristensen
laps 194-227:	2	Audi R8	Pescatori
laps 228-290:	2	Audi R8	Capello
lap 24:	8	Audi R8	Angelelli
laps 25-27:	50	Panoz	Brabham
laps 28-81:	1	Audi R8	Kristensen
laps 291-346:	2	Audi R8	Herbert
laps 82-136:	1	Audi R8	Pirro
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:48.4180	197.7208 km/h	lap 201
Le Mans Prototype 675:	11	Lola EX257 AER	Jonny Kane (GB)	1:51.5610	192.1508 km/h	lap 116
Grand Touring Sport:	77	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:58.6070	180.7358 km/h	lap 236
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr (D)	2:07.9690	167.5134 km/h	lap 118
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:48.0290	198.4321 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	11	Lola EX257 AER	Jonny Kane (GB)	1:50.5430	193.9195 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:59.6990	179.0862 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	2:07.4600	168.1813 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (17), Panoz (5), Ferrari (5), Lola (4), Saleen (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (17), Ford (6), Ferrari (5), Elan (4), Judd (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (13), Saleen S7-R (4), Porsche 996 GT3-R (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (76), GB (22), I (15), F (11), D (10), B (7), CH (6), NL (4), CDN (4), DK (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (31), D (8), GB (8), F (7), NL (2)
Most used colours:	white (31%), blue (12%), silver (11%), yellow (10%), red (10%), black (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (49%), rear-engined (28%), front-engined (23%)
Average engine size:	4425 cc (with regard to 16% turbocharged cars and 1% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4755 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (66), Jim Downing (60), Walter Brun (60)
Youngest known drivers:	Gunnar Jeannette (20), Timo Bernhard (21), Marc Lieb (22)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

Official Race Programme:

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