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.
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.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTyreLaps
1LMP12 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello
Allan McNish
Tom Kristensen
Audi R10 TDI349
1LMP12 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello
Allan McNish
Tom Kristensen
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
349
2LMP237 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Liz Halliday
Lola B05/40345
2LMP237 Intersport Racing Jon Field
Clint Field
Liz Halliday
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4345
3GT14 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R338
3GT14 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8338
4GT1009 Aston Martin Racing Stéphane Sarrazin
Pedro Lamy
Jason Bright
Aston Martin DBR9337
4GT1009 Aston Martin Racing Stéphane Sarrazin
Pedro Lamy
Jason Bright
Aston Martin 6.0L V12337
5LMP116 Dyson Racing James Weaver
Butch Leitzinger
Andy Wallace
Lola B06/10336
5LMP116 Dyson Racing James Weaver
Butch Leitzinger
Andy Wallace
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8336
6GT1007 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Tomáš Enge
Nicolas Kiesa
Aston Martin DBR9324
6GT1007 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Tomáš Enge
Nicolas Kiesa
Aston Martin 6.0L V12324
7GT13 Corvette Racing Ron Fellows
Johnny O'Connell
Max Papis
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R324
7GT13 Corvette Racing Ron Fellows
Johnny O'Connell
Max Papis
Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8324
8
DNF
LMP26 Penske Racing Lucas Luhr
Sascha Maassen
Emmanuel Collard
Porsche RS Spyder323
8
DNF
LMP26 Penske Racing Lucas Luhr
Sascha Maassen
Emmanuel Collard
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8323
9GT250 Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz David Brabham
Scott Maxwell
Sébastien Bourdais
Panoz Esperante GT-LM320
9GT250 Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz David Brabham
Scott Maxwell
Sébastien Bourdais
Ford 5.0L V8320
10GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Marc Lieb
Johannes van Overbeek
Jon Fogarty
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR320
10GT245 Flying Lizard Motorsports Marc Lieb
Johannes van Overbeek
Jon Fogarty
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6320
11GT262 Risi Competizione Ralf Kelleners
Jaime Melo
Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari F430GT320
11GT262 Risi Competizione Ralf Kelleners
Jaime Melo
Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 4.0L V8320
12LMP241 Binnie Motorsports William Binnie
Allen Timpany
Rick Sutherland
Lola B05/42317
12LMP241 Binnie Motorsports William Binnie
Allen Timpany
Rick Sutherland
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8317
13GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law
Seth Neiman
Lonnie Pechnik
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR315
13GT244 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law
Seth Neiman
Lonnie Pechnik
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6315
14GT280 Team LNT Richard Dean
Lawrence Tomlinson
Tom Kimber-Smith
Panoz Esperante GT-LM312
14GT280 Team LNT Richard Dean
Lawrence Tomlinson
Tom Kimber-Smith
Ford 5.0L V8312
15GT223 Alex Job Racing Mike Rockenfeller
Klaus Graf
Graham Rahal
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR311
15GT223 Alex Job Racing Mike Rockenfeller
Klaus Graf
Graham Rahal
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6311
16LMP233 Barazi-Epsilon Michael Vergers
Juan Barazi
Elton Julian
Courage C65293
16LMP233 Barazi-Epsilon Michael Vergers
Juan Barazi
Elton Julian
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4293
17GT231 Petersen Motorsports
White Lightning Racing
Jörg Bergmeister
Tim Bergmeister
Niclas Jönsson
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR292
17GT231 Petersen Motorsports
White Lightning Racing
Jörg Bergmeister
Tim Bergmeister
Niclas Jönsson
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6292
18GT286 Spyker Squadron b.v. Jeroen Bleekemolen
Mike Hezemans
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R281
18GT286 Spyker Squadron b.v. Jeroen Bleekemolen
Mike Hezemans
Audi 3.8L V8281
19GT125 Konrad Motorsport Terry Borcheller
Jean-Philippe Belloc
Tom Weickardt
Saleen S7-R275
19GT125 Konrad Motorsport Terry Borcheller
Jean-Philippe Belloc
Tom Weickardt
Ford 7.0L V8275
20
DNF
GT279 J-3 Racing Tim Sugden
Wolf Henzler
Jim Matthews
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR267
20
DNF
GT279 J-3 Racing Tim Sugden
Wolf Henzler
Jim Matthews
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6267
21
DNF
GT278 J-3 Racing Spencer Pumpelly
Jep Thorton
Mark Patterson
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR263
21
DNF
GT278 J-3 Racing Spencer Pumpelly
Jep Thorton
Mark Patterson
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6263
22
DNF
LMP28 B-K Motorsports Guy Cosmo
James Bach
Raphael Matos
Courage C65262
22
DNF
LMP28 B-K Motorsports Guy Cosmo
James Bach
Raphael Matos
Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor262
23GT285 Spyker Squadron b.v. Donny Crevels
Peter Kox
Spyker C8 Spyder GT-2248
23GT285 Spyker Squadron b.v. Donny Crevels
Peter Kox
Audi 3.8L V8248
24
DNF
GT255 Farnbacher Loles Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Pierre Ehret
Lars-Erik Nielsen
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR198
24
DNF
GT255 Farnbacher Loles Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Pierre Ehret
Lars-Erik Nielsen
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6198
25
DNF
GT221 BMW Team PTG Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand
Ian James
BMW M3 GTR197
25
DNF
GT221 BMW Team PTG Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand
Ian James
BMW 3.2L I6197
26
DNF
LMP27 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Patrick Long
Porsche RS Spyder193
26
DNF
LMP27 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Patrick Long
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8193
27
DNF
LMP120 Dyson Racing Guy Smith
Chris Dyson
Lola B06/10173
27
DNF
LMP120 Dyson Racing Guy Smith
Chris Dyson
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8173
28
NC
GT256 Vonka Racing Jan Vonka
Mauro Casadei
Bo McCormick
Porsche 911 GT3-RS130
28
NC
GT256 Vonka Racing Jan Vonka
Mauro Casadei
Bo McCormick
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6130
29
DNF
LMP19 Highcroft Racing Duncan Dayton
Gregor Fisken
Richard Knoop
MG-Lola EX257128
29
DNF
LMP19 Highcroft Racing Duncan Dayton
Gregor Fisken
Richard Knoop
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4128
30
DNF
GT222 BMW Team PTG Justin Marks
Bryan Sellers
Martin Jensen
BMW M3 GTR124
30
DNF
GT222 BMW Team PTG Justin Marks
Bryan Sellers
Martin Jensen
BMW 3.4L I6124
31
DNF
LMP112 Autocon Motorsports Michael Lewis
Chris McMurry
Bryan Willman
MG-Lola EX257121
31
DNF
LMP112 Autocon Motorsports Michael Lewis
Chris McMurry
Bryan Willman
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4121
32
DNF
LMP11 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela
Marco Werner
Emanuele Pirro
Audi R10 TDI117
32
DNF
LMP11 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela
Marco Werner
Emanuele Pirro
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
117
33
DNF
GT251 Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Gunnar Jeannette
Tommy Milner
Bruno Junqueira
Panoz Esperante GT-LM71
33
DNF
GT251 Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Gunnar Jeannette
Tommy Milner
Bruno Junqueira
Ford 5.0L V871
34
DNF
GT126 Konrad Motorsport Fabio Babini
Paolo Ruberti
Jamie Davies
Saleen S7-R66
34
DNF
GT126 Konrad Motorsport Fabio Babini
Paolo Ruberti
Jamie Davies
Ford 7.0L V866
35
DNF
LMP210 Miracle Motorsports Andy Lally
James Gue
Courage C6562
35
DNF
LMP210 Miracle Motorsports Andy Lally
James Gue
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I462

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