The 61st Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring was an endurance sports car race held on March 16, 2013, at the Sebring International Raceway in Florida, United States.

It was the last edition under the American Le Mans Series rules, marking the last year for the P1/LMP1 class at Sebring. The 2014 event was raced under the United SportsCar Racing brand.

Background

Preview American Le Mans Series (ALMS) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2013 American Le Mans Series schedule in October 2012. It was the fifteenth consecutive year the event was held as part of the American Le Mans Series. The 2013 12 Hours of Sebring was the first of ten scheduled sports car races of 2013 American Le Mans Series. It was held at the 17-turn Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida on March 16, 2013. Unlike in previous years where the event was run by the American Le Mans Series and FIA World Endurance Championship, the 2013 edition was an ALMS stand alone event.

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 P1 #1 Audi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler 1:43.886 1 2 P1 #2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish 1:43.895 2 3 P1 #12 Rebellion Racing Nick Heidfeld 1:46.456 3 4 P1 #6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf 1:46.478 4 5 P1 #13 Rebellion Racing Andrea Belicchi 1:46.689 5 6 P1 #16 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger 1:48.407 6 7 P2 #551 Level 5 Motorsports Ryan Briscoe 1:51.159 7 8 P2 #552 Level 5 Motorsports Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:51.271 8 9 P2 #41 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 1:51.366 9 10 P2 #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports David Brabham 1:52.703 10 11 P2 #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek 1:53.074 11 12 PC #05 CORE Autosport Colin Braun 1:53.404 12 13 PC #9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira 1:53.674 13 14 PC #81 DragonSpeed Mishumotors Pierre Kaffer 1:53.838 14 15 P1 #0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Olivier Pla 1:53.866 15 16 PC #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports David Ostella 1:54.311 16 17 PC #8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli 1:54.520 17 18 PC #500 Performance Tech MotorsportsTristan Nunez 1:54.598 18 19 PC #7 BAR1 Motorsports Rusty Mitchell 1:55.282 19 20 GT #62 Risi Competizione Gianmaria Bruni 1:58.815 20 21 GT #4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:58.934 21 22 GT #97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 1:58.990 22 23 GT #007 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy 1:59.208 23 24 GT #3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:59.348 24 25 GT #93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito 1:59.430 25 26 GT #48 Paul Miller Racing Marco Holzer 1:59.543 26 27 GT #55 BMW Team RLL Maxime Martin 1:59.736 27 28 GT #56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand 1:59.847 28 29 GT #91 SRT Motorsports Dominik Farnbacher 1:59.898 29 30 GT #23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Leh Keen 2:00.308 30 31 GT #17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler 2:00.365 31 32 GTC #27 Dempsey Racing Andy Lally 2:05.446 32 33 GTC #22 Alex Job Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen 2:05.747 33 34 GTC #30 NGT Motorsport Sean Edwards 2:05.747 34 35 GTC #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly 2:05.765 35 36 GTC #66 TRG Damien Faulkner 2:05.910 36 37 GTC #11 JDX Racing Jan Heylen 2:05.936 37 38 GTC #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Alexandre Imperatori 2:06.059 38 39 GTC #10 Dempsey Racing Andrew Davis 2:06.219 39 40 GTC #68 TRGKevin Éstre 2:06.246 40 41 GTC #31 NGT Motorsport Kuba Giermaziak 2:07.057 41 42 GTC #99 Competition MotorsportsLawson Aschenbach 2:07.366 42

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 P1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer Oliver Jarvis Audi R18 e-tron quattro 364 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 2 P1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Lucas di Grassi Audi R18 e-tron quattro 364 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 3 P1 12 Rebellion Racing Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani Nicolas Prost Lola B12/60 359 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 4 P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Romain Dumas HPD ARX-03a 358 Honda 3.4 L V8 5 P1 13 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche Congfu Cheng Andrea Belicchi Lola B12/60 354 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 6 P2 551 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti Ryan Briscoe HPD ARX-03b 346 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 7 P2 552 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Hunter-Reay Simon Pagenaud HPD ARX-03b 345 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 8 P2 41 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith Christian Zugel Eric Lux Zytek Z11SN 342 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports David Cheng Mike Guasch David Ostella Oreca FLM09 336 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 8 BAR1 Motorsports Kyle Marcelli Chris Cumming Stefan Johansson Oreca FLM09 336 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 PC 500 Performance Tech Motorsports Tristan Nunez Charlie Shears David Heinemeier Hansson Oreca FLM09 335 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 12 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Alex Popow Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 335 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 13 P2 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Anthony Lazzaro HPD ARX-03b 335 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 14 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Mark Wilkins Oreca FLM09 334 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 15 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Richard Westbrook Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 333 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 16 GT 62 Risi Competizione Olivier Beretta Matteo Malucelli Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 333 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 17 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 332 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Maxime Martin Jörg Müller BMW Z4 GTE 330 BMW 4.4 L V8 19 GT 91 SRT Motorsports Marc Goossens Ryan Dalziel Dominik Farnbacher SRT Viper GTS-R 329 SRT 8.0 L V10 20 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 329 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 PC 7 BAR1 Motorsports Tomy Drissi Rusty Mitchell Chapman Ducote Oreca FLM09 326 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 22 GT 56 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Joey Hand Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE 321 BMW 4.4 L V8 23 GT 97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Bruno Senna Aston Martin Vantage GTE 318 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 24 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Jeroen Bleekemolen Dion von Moltke Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 315 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTC 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Brian Wong Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache, Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 315 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTC 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards Marco Seefried Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 314 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTC 11 JDX Racing Mike Hedlund Jon Fogarty Jan Heylen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 314 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTC 66 TRG Ben Keating Craig Stanton Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 313 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 GTC 27 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Patrick Dempsey Andy Lally Joe Foster Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 311 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 GTC 10 Dempsey Del Piero Racing Andrew Davis Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 311 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 GTC 99 Competition Motorsports David Calvert-Jones Eric Curran Lawson Aschenbach Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 309 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 GTC 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Pierre Ehret Brett Sandberg Alexandre Imperatori Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 309 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33 GT 007 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Billy Johnson Pedro Lamy Aston Martin Vantage GTE 307 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 34 GT 93 SRT Motorsports Tommy Kendall Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer SRT Viper GTS-R 303 SRT 8.0 L V10 35 GTC 31 NGT Motorsport Mario Farnbacher Kuba Giermaziak Carlos Gómez Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 301 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 36 PC 81 DragonSpeed Mishumotors Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Pierre Kaffer Oreca FLM09 286 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 37 P2 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Guy Cosmo David Brabham HPD ARX-03b 281 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 38 GTC 68 TRG Al Carter Carlos de Quesada Kevin Estre Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 269 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 39DNF GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 213 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 40DNF GT 23 Team West/AJR/Boardwalk Ferrari Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Leh Keen Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 209 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 41DNF P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Butch Leitzinger Guy Smith Lola B12/60 81 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Butanol) 42DNF P1 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Olivier Pla Andy Meyrick DeltaWing LM12 9 Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer BridgestoneContinentalDunlop Falken Tire Michelin Yokohama

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