The 58th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida was the 2010 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring and the opening round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida on March 20, 2010. The race featured the debut of the Le Mans Prototype Challenge category for spec racing.

The duo of LMP1s from Peugeot won the race by a three lap margin over fellow European manufacturer Aston Martin, earning the company their first victory at Sebring. Winning drivers Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz had previously won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans for Peugeot, and were joined by Anthony Davidson for the Sebring win. The LMP2 category was won by Team Cytosport, the first class victory for the team, while the new LMPC category was led by Level 5 Motorsports who had a 16 lap margin over their nearest competitor. Risi Competizione Ferrari won their second straight GT2 class at Sebring, while returning American Le Mans team Alex Job Racing won the first participation for the GTC class at the 12 Hours.

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP1 #07 Team Peugeot Total Marc Gené 1:45.214 1 2 LMP1 #08 Team Peugeot otal Nicolas Minassian 1:45.841 2 3 LMP1 #007 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 1:46.079 3 4 LMP1 #8 Drayson Racing Emanuele Pirro 1:46.460 4 5 LMP2 #1 Patrón Highcroft Racing Marino Franchitti 1:47.684 5 6 LMP2 #6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport Klaus Graf 1:47.738 6 7 LMP2 #16 Dyson 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 #95 Level 5 Motorsports Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:55.397 10 11 LMPC #55 Level 5 Motorsports Christophe Bouchut 1:56.101 11 12 LMPC #89 Intersport Racing Mitch Pagerey 1:59.580 12 13 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 2:01.150 13 14 GT2 #17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler 2:01.201 14 15 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 2:01.236 15 16 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen 2:01.358 16 17 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 2:01.628 17 18 GT2 #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek 2:01.914 18 19 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal 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 #75 Jaguar RSR Marc Goossens 2:04.804 31 23 GTC #81 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen 2:05.959 22 24 GT2 #61 Risi Competizione Tracy Krohn 2:06.680 23 25 GTC #80 Car Amigo Alex Job Racing Patrick Kelly 2:07.018 24 26 GTC #23 Alex 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 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 2:07.874 29 30 GTC #69 WERKS II Racing Galen Bieker 2:10.312 32 31 GTC #63 TRG Henri Richard 2:11.371 27 – LMPC #11 Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group No Time 28 – LMPC #36 Genoa Racing J. R. Hildebrand Disallowed 33 – GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller Disallowed 34

Race

Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP1 07 Team Peugeot Total Marc Gené Alexander Wurz Anthony Davidson Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 367 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 2 LMP1 08 Team Peugeot Total Sébastien Bourdais Nicolas Minassian Pedro Lamy Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 367 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 3 LMP1 007 Aston Martin Racing Adrian Fernández Stefan Mücke Harold Primat Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 364 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 4 LMP2 6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo 353 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 5 LMP2 1 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham Simon Pagenaud Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-01C 349 HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8 6 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430 GTE 331 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 7 GT2 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen Tommy Milner Dirk Werner BMW M3 GT2 330 BMW 4.0 L V8 8 GT2 90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller Joey Hand Andy Priaulx BMW M3 GT2 330 BMW 4.0 L V8 9 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 329 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 LMPC 55 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Mark Wilkins Oreca FLM09 327 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law Seth Neiman Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 325 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 LMP1 8 Drayson Racing Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Emanuele Pirro Lola B09/60 324 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 13 GT2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Guy Cosmo João Barbosa Ferrari F430 GTE 323 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 14 GT2 61 Risi Competizione Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele Ferrari F430 GTE 321 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 320 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 16 GT2 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Emmanuel Collard Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 320 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 17‡ LMPC 99 Green Earth Team Gunnar Gunnar Jeannette Christian Zugel Elton Julian Oreca FLM09 311 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 18 GTC 81 Alex Job Racing Butch Leitzinger Juan González Leh Keen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 308 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 19 GTC 23 Alex Job Racing Romeo Kapudija Bill Sweedler Jan-Dirk Lueders Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 305 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 20 GTC 80 Car Amigo Alex Job Racing Luis Díaz Ricardo González Patrick Kelly Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 304 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 21 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Andy Meyrick Lola B09/86 303 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 22 GTC 69 WERKS II Racing Galen Bieker Robert Rodriguez Cory Friedman Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 302 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 23 GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII 300 Ford 5.0 L V8 24 GTC 88 Velox Racing Shane Lewis Jerry Vento Lawson Aschenbach Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 299 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 25 GTC 63 TRG Henri Richard Duncan Ende Andy Lally Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 282 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 26 LMPC 36 Genoa Racing Andy Wallace J. R. Hildebrand Tom Sutherland Oreca FLM09 281 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 27 GTC 32 GMG Racing James Sofronas Bret Curtis Andy Pilgrim Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 280 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 28DNF GT2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Dominik Farnbacher Ferrari F430 GTE 271 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 29 GT2 17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Patrick Pilet Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 255 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 LMPC 11 Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group Joel Feinberg Tom Weickardt Kyle Marcelli Oreca FLM09 234 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 31DNF LMPC 89 Intersport Racing Mitch Pagerey Brian Wong David Ducote Oreca FLM09 232 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 32‡NC LMPC 95 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Hunter-Reay James Gue Oreca FLM09 224 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 33DNF GT2 75 Jaguar RSR Paul Gentilozzi Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens Jaguar XKRS 11 Jaguar 5.0 L V8 DNS LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman Tony Burgess Pierre Ehret Lola B06/10 – AER P32T 4.0 L Turbo V8

‡ The #95 Level 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.

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