Sebring 12 Hours 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 51st Annual Mobil1 Twelve Hours of Sebring		Date: 15.3.2003
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 5.955 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 1)

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

Entered:	68
Practiced:	56
Qualified:	55
Started:	55
Finished:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 900/Grand Touring Prototype	15	15	15
Le Mans Prototype 675	6	6	6
Grand Touring Sport	9	9	9
Grand Touring	27	25	25

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

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 8 laps, 31 minutes: laps 288-295 (car 34 fire)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 10-11/3 in 3 sessions for a total of 270 minutes
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 300 minutes on 12-14/3
1 qualifying session held for a total of 25 minutes on 11/3
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Biela / Werner / Peter
Le Mans Prototype 675:	20	Lola EX257 AER	de Radigues / Block / Dyson
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell / Fréon
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 126-150:	1	Audi R8	Werner
laps 1-4:	1	Audi R8	Biela
laps 151-188:	38	Audi R8	Johansson
laps 189-253:	38	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 254-289:	38	Audi R8	Lehto
laps 290-319:	38	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 320-367:	1	Audi R8	Werner
laps 5-63:	38	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 64-125:	38	Audi R8	Lehto
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Bentley Speed 8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:49.521	195.730 km/h	lap 228
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:50.953	193.203 km/h	lap 26
Grand Touring Sport:	80	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Darren Turner (GB)	1:59.591	179.600 km/h	lap 193
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Timo Bernhard (D)	2:06.289	169.741 km/h	lap 304
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:48.826	196.979 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:49.361	196.015 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:59.024	180.102 km/h
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Timo Bernhard (D)	2:06.023	170.100 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (17), Ferrari (8), Lola (6), Audi (3), Bentley (2), Panoz (2), Chevrolet (2), Riley & Scott (2), Saleen (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (17), Ferrari (8), Ford (6), Audi (3), Chevrolet (3), AER (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (13), Ferrari 360 Modena (5), Porsche 996 GT3-R (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (61), GB (32), I (11), D (10), F (7), CDN (6), B (6), CH (4), DK (3), A (3), NL (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (34), GB (13), D (6)
Most used colours:	white (24%), red (15%), silver (14%), blue (12%), yellow (12%), black (10%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (50%), rear-engined (30%), front-engined (20%)
Average engine size:	4259 cc (with regard to 18% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4565 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Joe Policastro (62), Chris Gleason (60), Tom Weickardt (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (20), Gunnar Jeannette (21), Ben Devlin (21)

Official Race Programme:

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