The2019 1,000 Miles of Sebring was an Endurance sportscar racing event held on 15 March 2019, as the sixth round of the2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was the inaugural running of therace, a 268-lap event, and the first FIA WEC race to be held atSebring International Raceway since the2012 12 Hours of Sebring.
The provisional calendar for the2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, released on 1 September 2017 saw a raft of changes, with several races dropped, but included a return to Sebring for the first time since 2012. In the provisional calendar issued, the race was originally planned to be run as a second 12-hour race after the IMSA Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring on the same weekend, and would start at midnight after the conclusion of theIMSA 12 hours.[1][2] On 21 September 2017, the race became known as the 1500 Miles of Sebring, to avoid confusion between the 2 events, at theFIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris.[3] However, on 4 April 2018, it was announced that the race would become shortened to 1000 Miles or 268 laps, have a time limit of 8 Hours, and would take place on March 15 instead, prior to the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring, rather than after the race. In addition, it was also announced that there would be a new pitlane built to accommodate the WEC teams, located on the Ulman Straight.[4][5]
The entry list released on 8 February 2019 saw a number of changes, with the #4ByKolles Racing TeamENSO CLM P1/01 removed, after the team announced they would not compete due to an engine supply dispute withNISMO, and an additional Entry from theCorvette Racing team.Nathanael Berthon was added to the #3Rebellion RacingRebellion R13, whileMathias Beche moved to the #1, replacingAndre Lotterer, who was unable to attend due to a clashing simulator test for theDS Techeetah Formula E team.Jenson Button andMatevos Isaakyan were replaced in the #11 and #17SMP RacingBR Engineering BR1s by Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin respectively.[6][7]
Pole position winners in each class are marked inbold[8][9]
| Pos | Class | Team | Average Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | LMP1 | No. 8Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:40.318 | - | 1 |
| 2 | LMP1 | No. 7Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:40.803 | +0.485 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP1 | No. 3Rebellion Racing | 1:42.863 | +2.545 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP1 | No. 17SMP Racing | 1:42.9421 | +2.624 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP1 | No. 11SMP Racing | 1:43.005 | +2.687 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP1 | No. 1Rebellion Racing | 1:43.015 | +2.697 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP1 | No. 10DragonSpeed | 1:44.288 | +3.970 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | No. 38Jackie Chan DC Racing | 1:47.558 | +7.240 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | No. 37Jackie Chan DC Racing | 1:48.208 | +7.890 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | No. 36Signatech Alpine Matmut | 1:48.524 | +8.206 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | No. 31DragonSpeed | 1:49.681 | +9.363 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | No. 50Larbre Compétition | 1:50.705 | +10.387 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 | No. 28TDS Racing | 1:51.218 | +10.900 | 13 |
| 14 | LMGTE Pro | No. 92Porsche GT Team | 1:57.500 | +17.182 | 14 |
| 15 | LMGTE Pro | No. 67Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 1:57.615 | +17.297 | 15 |
| 16 | LMGTE Pro | No. 66Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 1:57.714 | +17.396 | 16 |
| 17 | LMGTE Pro | No. 82BMW Team MTEK | 1:57.841 | +17.523 | 17 |
| 18 | LMGTE Pro | No. 63Corvette Racing | 1:57.844 | +17.526 | 18 |
| 19 | LMGTE Pro | No. 71AF Corse | 1:57.938 | +17.620 | 19 |
| 20 | LMGTE Pro | No. 81BMW Team MTEK | 1:58.000 | +17.682 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGTE Pro | No. 91Porsche GT Team | 1:58.113 | +17.795 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGTE Pro | No. 51AF Corse | 1:58.232 | +17.914 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGTE Pro | No. 95Aston Martin Racing | 1:58.366 | +18.048 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGTE Am | No. 77Dempsey-Proton Racing | 1:59.790 | +19.472 | 24 |
| 25 | LMGTE Am | No. 56Team Project 1 | 1:59.935 | +19.617 | 25 |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | No. 98Aston Martin Racing | 2:00.076 | +19.758 | 26 |
| 27 | LMGTE Am | No. 88Dempsey-Proton Racing | 2:00.417 | +20.099 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | No. 90TF Sport | 2:00.543 | +20.225 | 28 |
| 29 | LMGTE Am | No. 54Spirit of Race | 2:00.7592 | +20.441 | 29 |
| 30 | LMGTE Am | No. 70MR Racing | 2:01.6792 | +21.361 | 30 |
| 31 | LMGTE Pro | No. 97Aston Martin Racing | 2:04.748 | +24.430 | 31 |
| 32 | LMGTE Am | No. 61Clearwater Racing | 1:59.3963 | +19.078 | WD4 |
| 33 | LMGTE Am | No. 86Gulf Racing UK | 1:59.4365 | +19.118 | 32 |
| 34 | LMP2 | No. 29Racing Team Nederland | No Time6 | — | 33 |
^1 – Stephane Sarrazin had his best lap time deleted for ignoring blue flags.[10]
^2 – Thomas Flohr and Motoaki Ishakawa both had their fastest lap times deleted for speeding under the red flag.[10]
^3 – Only one driver of the No. 61 Clearwater Racing set a lap time.[11]
^4 – The No. 61 Clearwater Racing withdrew due to Perez-Companc's crash in qualifying.[12]
^5 – Michael Wainwright had his fastest lap time deleted for speeding under the red flag, resulting in only one driver of the No. 86 Gulf Racing UK being classified as setting a lap time.[10]
^6 – All ofFrits van Eerd's and Nyck de Vries' lap times were deleted for speeding in the pit lane, resulting in the No. 29 Racing Team Nederland having no times.[10]
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance was 178 laps. Class winners are inbold.[13][14]
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| Previous race: 6 Hours of Shanghai | 2018–19 season | Next race: 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps |
