Sebring 12 Hours 2004 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 52nd Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring		Date: 20.3.2004
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 5.955 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
American Le Mans Series (round 1)

Weather:	hot, dry
Start time:	10:31
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	115000

Entered:	55
Practiced:	49
Qualified:	44
Started:	44
Finished:	25

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	12	12
Le Mans Prototype 2	7	7
Grand Touring Sport	7	6
Grand Touring	23	19

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

Race notes:
6 full-course cautions for 106 minutes, 31 laps: laps 92-96 (car 4 stopped on course), laps 112-115 (car 20 stopped on course), laps 129-134 (car 44 stopped on course), laps 203-208 (car 56 lost its bodywork on the course), laps 211-214 (car 71 accident) and laps 273-279 (car 32 accident)

Pre-race sessions:
2 official test sessions held for a total of 270 minutes on 15-16/3
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 300 minutes on 17-19/3
1 qualifying session held for a total of 25 minutes on 18/3
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	28	Audi R8	Kaffer / McNish / Biela
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	James / Macaluso / Borkowski
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell / Papis
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Bernhard / Maassen
Leaders:
laps 1-12:	38	Audi R8	J J Lehto
laps 132-163:	28	Audi R8	Pierre Kaffer
laps 13-59:	28	Audi R8	Allan McNish
laps 164-174:	88	Audi R8	Guy Smith
laps 175-193:	28	Audi R8	Pierre Kaffer
laps 194-236:	28	Audi R8	Allan McNish
laps 237-298:	28	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 299-350:	28	Audi R8	Pierre Kaffer
laps 60-61:	28	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 62-85:	38	Audi R8	Marco Werner
laps 86-89:	28	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 90-96:	38	Audi R8	Marco Werner
laps 97-131:	88	Audi R8	Jamie Davies
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:49.4430	195.8684 km/h	lap 222
Le Mans Prototype 2:	30	Lola B2K/40 Judd	Clint Field (USA)	1:59.5060	179.3759 km/h	lap 7
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:57.1670	182.9567 km/h	lap 5
Grand Touring:	45	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Jon Fogarty (USA)	2:04.3530	172.3833 km/h	lap 292
Pole Positions:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:48.7100	197.1897 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Marino Franchitti (GB)	2:01.1710	176.9104 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:57.0520	183.1369 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	2:04.8040	171.7605 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), Lola (10), Audi (3), Ferrari (3), Chevrolet (2), Riley & Scott (2), TVR (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (15), Nissan (6), Judd (4), Audi (3), Chevrolet (3), Ferrari (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (7), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (6), Lola B2K/40 (6)
Driver nationalities:	USA (59), GB (31), D (10), F (7), I (5), NL (3), NZ (2), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (30), GB (10), NL (2)
Most used colours:	white (26%), blue (17%), silver (16%), red (14%), yellow (9%), black (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (45%), rear-engined (34%), front-engined (21%)
Average engine size:	4123 cc (with regard to 11% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4304 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (57), Leo Hindery (57), Danny Sullivan (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Pierre Kaffer (18), Mike Rockenfeller (21), Clint Field (21)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno, Amanda Stretton

Official Race Programme:

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