The 2019 1,000 Miles of Sebring was an Endurance sportscar racing event held on 15 March 2019, as the sixth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was the inaugural running of the race, a 268-lap event, and the first FIA WEC race to be held at Sebring International Raceway since the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring.

Background

The provisional calendar for the 2018-19 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 the IMSA 12 hours. On 21 September 2017, the race became known as the 1500 Miles of Sebring, to avoid confusion between the 2 events, at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris. 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.

Entry list The entry list released on 8 February 2019 saw a number of changes, with the #4 ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 removed, after the team announced they would not compete due to an engine supply dispute with NISMO, and an additional Entry from the Corvette Racing team. Nathanael Berthon was added to the #3 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13, while Mathias Beche moved to the #1, replacing Andre Lotterer, who was unable to attend due to a clashing simulator test for the DS Techeetah Formula E team. Jenson Button and Matevos Isaakyan were replaced in the #11 and #17 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1s by Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin respectively.

Qualifying Qualifying Results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold Class Team Average Time 1 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:40.318 - 1 2 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:40.803 +0.485 2 3 LMP1 No. 3 Rebellion Racing 1:42.863 +2.545 3 4 LMP1 No. 17 SMP Racing 1:42.942 +2.624 4 5 LMP1 No. 11 SMP Racing 1:43.005 +2.687 5 6 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:43.015 +2.697 6 7 LMP1 No. 10 DragonSpeed 1:44.288 +3.970 7 8 LMP2 No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:47.558 +7.240 8 9 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:48.208 +7.890 9 10 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 1:48.524 +8.206 10 11 LMP2 No. 31 DragonSpeed 1:49.681 +9.363 11 12 LMP2 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:50.705 +10.387 12 13 LMP2 No. 28 TDS Racing 1:51.218 +10.900 13 14 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 1:57.500 +17.182 14 15 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:57.615 +17.297 15 16 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:57.714 +17.396 16 17 LMGTE Pro No. 82 BMW Team MTEK 1:57.841 +17.523 17 18 LMGTE Pro No. 63 Corvette Racing 1:57.844 +17.526 18 19 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 1:57.938 +17.620 19 20 LMGTE Pro No. 81 BMW Team MTEK 1:58.000 +17.682 20 21 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 1:58.113 +17.795 21 22 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:58.232 +17.914 22 23 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:58.366 +18.048 23 24 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:59.790 +19.472 24 25 LMGTE Am No. 56 Team Project 1 1:59.935 +19.617 25 28 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:00.076 +19.758 26 27 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:00.417 +20.099 27 28 LMGTE Am No. 90 TF Sport 2:00.543 +20.225 28 29 LMGTE Am No. 54 Spirit of Race 2:00.759 +20.441 29 30 LMGTE Am No. 70 MR Racing 2:01.679 +21.361 30 31 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:04.748 +24.430 31 32 LMGTE Am No. 61 Clearwater Racing 1:59.396 +19.078 WD 33 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing UK 1:59.436 +19.118 32 34 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland No Time — 33 – Stephane Sarrazin had his best lap time deleted for ignoring blue flags. – Thomas Flohr and Motoaki Ishakawa both had their fastest lap times deleted for speeding under the red flag. – Only one driver of the No. 61 Clearwater Racing set a lap time. – The No. 61 Clearwater Racing withdrew due to Perez-Companc's crash in qualifying. – 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. – All of Frits 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.

Race Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance was 178 laps. Class winners are in bold. Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS050 Hybrid 253 8:00:38.186 Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 2 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota TS050 Hybrid 252 +1 Lap Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 3 LMP1 11 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin Brendon Hartley Vitaly Petrov BR Engineering BR1 242 +11 Laps AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6 4 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Will Stevens Oreca 07 239 +14 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 5 LMP2 36 Singatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet Alpine A470 239 +14 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 6 LMP2 31 DragonSpeed Anthony Davidson Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado Oreca 07 237 +16 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 7 LMP1 3 Rebellion Racing Nathanaël Berthon Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Rebellion R13 237 +16 laps Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 8 LMP2 50 Larbre Compétition Erwin Creed Gunnar Jeannette Romano Ricci Ligier JS P217 234 +19 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 9 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries Dallara P217 230 +23 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 10 LMGTEPro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR 226 +27 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 11 LMGTEPro 81 BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg Alexander Sims Martin Tomczyk BMW M8 GTE 226 +27 laps BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8 12 LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Jonathan Bomarito Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Ford GT 225 +28 laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 13 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 225 +28 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 14 LMGTEPro 92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR 225 +28 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 15 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Sam Bird Miguel Molina Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 225 +28 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 16 LMGTEPro 82 BMW Team MTEK António Félix da Costa Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler BMW M8 GTE 225 +28 laps BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8 17 LMGTEPro 63 Corvette Racing Antonio Garcia Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 225 +28 laps Chevrolet 5.5L V8 18 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR 224 +29 laps Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8 19 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Darren Turner Aston Martin Vantage AMR 224 +29 laps Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8 20 LMGTEAm 77 Dempsey – Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR 221 +32 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 21 LMGTEAm 54 Spirit of Race Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 221 +32 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 22 LMGTEAm 56 Team Project 1 Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 RSR 221 +32 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 23 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing UK Ben Barker Thomas Preining Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR 221 +32 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 24 LMGTEAm 70 MR Racing Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 220 +33 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 25 LMGTEAm 90 TF Sport Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç Aston Martin Vantage GTE 220 +33 laps Aston Martin 4.5L V8 26 LMGTEAm 88 Dempsey – Proton Racing Matteo Cairoli Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Porsche 911 RSR 219 +34 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 27 LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE 219 +34 laps Aston Martin 4.5L V8 28 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Ford GT 216 +37 laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 29 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung Oreca 07 209 +44 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 NC LMP2 28 TDS Racing Loïc Duval François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 232 Not Classified Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 NC LMP1 17 SMP Racing Egor Orudzhev Stéphane Sarrazin Sergey Sirotkin BR Engineering BR1 62 Not Classified AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6 DNF LMP1 10 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande BR Engineering BR1 143 Electronics Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 DNF LMP1 1 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche Neel Jani Bruno Senna Rebellion R13 138 Electronics Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 DNS LMGTEAm 61 Clearwater Racing Matteo Cressoni Matt Griffin Luís Pérez Companc Ferrari 488 GTE Evo — Did Not Start Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8

Standings after the race

2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Fernando Alonso Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi 135 2 Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway José María López 120 3 Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes 81 4 1 Mathias Beche 73 5 1 Neel Jani André Lotterer 63

2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 151 2 Rebellion Racing 98 3 SMP Racing 71 4 ByKolles Racing Team 22 5 DragonSpeed 8.5 6 CEFC TRSM Racing 1

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Michael Christensen Kévin Estre 125 2 1 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 100 3 1 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 80.5 4 2 Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla 69 5 Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim 58.5

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 227 2 1 Ferrari 127 3 1 Ford 125 4 Aston Martin 102 5 BMW 87

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

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