Sebring 12 Hours 2006 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The 54th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring		Date: 18.3.2006
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 5.955 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
American Le Mans Series (round 1)

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

Entered:	37
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	20
Classified:	23

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	6	6	2
Le Mans Prototype 2	7	7	5
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	6	6	5
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	16	16	11

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

Race notes:
5 full-course cautions: laps 83-86 (no.51 off course), laps 147-150 (no.22 off course), laps 167-171 (attend to course), laps 208-212 (no.7 off course) and laps 330-333 (debris on track).

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Capello / Kristensen / McNish
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Field / Field / Halliday
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Gavin / Beretta / Magnussen
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	50	Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford	Maxwell / Brabham / Bourdais
Leaders:
laps 103-110:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
laps 111-136:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Tom Kristensen
laps 137-252:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 1-60:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Frank Biela
laps 253-305:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Rinaldo Capello
laps 306-349:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Tom Kristensen
laps 61-66:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Rinaldo Capello
laps 67-102:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Tom Kristensen
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish (GB)	1:48.373	197.803 km/h	lap 194
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:49.154	196.387 km/h	lap 221
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	007	Aston Martin DBR9	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:56.573	183.889 km/h	lap 284
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Jaime Melo (BR)	2:04.002	172.872 km/h	lap 272
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish (GB)	1:45.828	202.560 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:47.800	198.854 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	009	Aston Martin DBR9	Pedro Lamy (P)	1:55.286	185.942 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	50	Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford	David Brabham (AUS)	2:03.563	173.486 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Lola (6), Panoz (3), Courage (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Spyker (2), Saleen (2), BMW (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), AER (7), Ford (5), Audi (4), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (6), Panoz Esperante (3), Courage C65 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (39), D (14), GB (14), I (6), DK (6), F (5), NL (5), BR (3), CDN (2), CZ (2), AUS (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (51%), front-engined (25%), rear-engined (24%)
Average engine size:	4211 cc (with regard to 39% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4867 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (59), Seth Neiman (52), James Weaver (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Tom Kimber-Smith (22), Dominik Farnbacher (22), Mike Rockenfeller (23)
Female drivers:	Liz Halliday

Official Race Programme:

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