The58thMobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida was the 2010 running of the12 Hours of Sebring and the opening round of the2010 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at theSebring International Raceway,Sebring, Florida on March 20, 2010. The race featured the debut of theLe Mans Prototype Challenge category forspec racing.
The duo of LMP1s fromPeugeot won the race by a three lap margin over fellow European manufacturerAston Martin, earning the company their first victory at Sebring. Winning driversMarc Gené andAlexander Wurz had previously won the2009 24 Hours of Le Mans for Peugeot, and were joined byAnthony Davidson for the Sebring win. The LMP2 category was won byTeam Cytosport, the first class victory for the team, while the new LMPC category was led byLevel 5 Motorsports who had a 16 lap margin over their nearest competitor.Risi CompetizioneFerrari won their second straight GT2 class at Sebring, while returning American Le Mans teamAlex Job Racing won the first participation for the GTC class at the 12 Hours.
Pole position winners in each class are marked inbold.[1][2]
| Pos | Class | Team | Driver | Lap Time | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | #07Team PeugeotTotal | Marc Gené | 1:45.214 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP1 | #08Team Peugeototal | Nicolas Minassian | 1:45.841 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP1 | #007Aston Martin Racing | Stefan Mücke | 1:46.079 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP1 | #8Drayson Racing | Emanuele Pirro | 1:46.460 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | #1PatrónHighcroft Racing | Marino Franchitti | 1:47.684 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | #6Muscle Milk Team Cytosport | Klaus Graf | 1:47.738 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | #16Dyson Racing Team | Guy Smith | 1:47.882 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP1 | #12 Autocon Motorsports | Bryan Willman | 1:54.441 | 8 |
| 9 | LMPC | #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar | Gunnar Jeannette | 1:55.279 | 9 |
| 10 | LMPC | #95Level 5 Motorsports | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:55.397 | 10 |
| 11 | LMPC | #55Level 5 Motorsports | Christophe Bouchut | 1:56.101 | 11 |
| 12 | LMPC | #89Intersport Racing | Mitch Pagerey | 1:59.580 | 12 |
| 13 | GT2 | #45Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister | 2:01.150 | 13 |
| 14 | GT2 | #17Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler | 2:01.201 | 14 |
| 15 | GT2 | #62Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo | 2:01.236 | 15 |
| 16 | GT2 | #3Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 2:01.358 | 16 |
| 17 | GT2 | #4Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 2:01.628 | 17 |
| 18 | GT2 | #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 2:01.914 | 18 |
| 19 | GT2 | #92BMWRahal Letterman Racing | Bill Auberlen | 2:01.922 | 19 |
| 20 | GT2 | #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Guy Cosmo | 2:02.242 | 20 |
| 21 | GT2 | #40 Robertson Racing | David Murry | 2:03.622 | 21 |
| 22 | GT2 | #75JaguarRSR | Marc Goossens | 2:04.804 | 31 |
| 23 | GTC | #81Alex Job Racing | Leh Keen | 2:05.959 | 22 |
| 24 | GT2 | #61Risi Competizione | Tracy Krohn | 2:06.680 | 23 |
| 25 | GTC | #80 Car AmigoAlex Job Racing | Patrick Kelly | 2:07.018 | 24 |
| 26 | GTC | #23Alex Job Racing | Romeo Kapudija | 2:07.205 | 25 |
| 27 | GTC | #88 Velox Motorsport | Shane Lewis | 2:07.412 | 30 |
| 28 | GTC | #32 GMG Racing | James Sofronas | 2:07.751 | 26 |
| 29 | GT2 | #44Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 2:07.874 | 29 |
| 30 | GTC | #69 WERKS II Racing | Galen Bieker | 2:10.312 | 32 |
| 31 | GTC | #63TRG | Henri Richard | 2:11.371 | 27 |
| – | LMPC | #11Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group | No Time | 28 | |
| – | LMPC | #36 Genoa Racing | J. R. Hildebrand | Disallowed | 33 |
| – | GT2 | #90BMWRahal Letterman Racing | Dirk Müller | Disallowed | 34 |
Class winners inbold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).[3]
‡ The #95Level 5 Motorsports entry and the #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar entry were initially disqualified from the results, but, following a rule clarification by the ALMS, the two cars have been reinstated into the results.[4]
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| Previous race: None | 2010 season | Next race: American Le Mans Series at Long Beach |
