2006 12 Hours of Sebring

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.

Audi R10 TDI

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
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)
  • "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2006-08-22. (27.1 KiB)
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