ALMS Twelve Hours of Sebring After Five Hours: Audi in Control

Audi leads after five hours of the Twelve Hours of Sebring.
ALMS Twelve Hours of Sebring After Five Hours: Audi in Control
3/16/2013
Updated:
3/16/2013

SEBRING, Fla.—The final ALMS Sebring 12 Hours has not been a disappointment—there is non-stop action all around the track as cars in pairs and small groups constantly battle.

Audi. With its huge budget and amazing technology, leads comfortably, while Muscle Milk Pickett Racing and Rebellion Racing scrap over the final spot on the podium. The Delta Wing burst into flames early on, and a few drivers have run off course or busted up a nose cone (You know who you are BMW, ESM,and Bar 1,) but there have been no serious accidents.

The #91 Viper leads GTE, something no one envisioned. Risi is an unsurprising second, and Falken is third (Bravo to the little tire that apparently can.)

Bar 1 leads PC and AJR leads GTC, but likely all of this will change many times before the checkered flag.

A more comprehensive report is on the way but here is the running order after five hours.

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In

class

Class

#

Team

Car

Laps comp

Behind lead

Behind

next

Behind

next in class

Current driver

1

1

P1

2

Audi

Audi R18 e-tron quattro

150

- - -

 

- - -

Lucas di Grassi

2

2

P1

1

Audi

Audi R18 e-tron quattro

149

1 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Benoit Treluyer

3

3

P1

12

Rebellion

Lola B12/60

148

2 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Nicolas Prost

4

4

P1

6

Muscle Milk Pickett

HPD ARX-03c

147

3 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Romain Dumas

5

5

P1

13

Rebellion

Lola B12/60

146

4 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Mathias Beche

6

1

P2

01

Extreme Speed

HPD ARX-03b

142

8 laps

4 laps

- - -

Guy Cosmo

7

2

P2

552

Level 5

HPD ARX-03b

141

9 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Ryan Hunter-Reay

8

3

P2

551

Level 5

HPD ARX-03b

141

9 laps

54.10s

54.10s

Ryan Briscoe

9

4

P2

41

Greaves

Zytek Z11SN

139

11 laps

2 laps

2 laps

Christian Zugel

10

1

PC

8

Bar 1

ORECA FLM09

138

12 laps

1 laps

- - -

Stefan Johansson

11

1

GT

91

SRT Viper

SRT Viper GTS-R

138

12 laps

15.10s

- - -

Ryan Dalziel

12

2

GT

62

Risi

Ferrari F458 Italia

138

12 laps

1.61s

1.61s

Gianmaria Bruni

13

3

GT

17

Falken

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

138

12 laps

21.65s

21.65s

Wolf Henzler

14

2

PC

52

PR1

ORECA FLM09

138

12 laps

0.72s

39.07s

Mike Guasch

15

4

GT

55

BMW RLL

BMW Z4 GTE

138

12 laps

10.15s

10.86s

Maxime Martin

16

3

PC

500

Performance

Tech

ORECA FLM09

137

13 laps

1 laps

1 laps

David Heinemeier Hansson

17

5

GT

56

BMW RLL

BMW Z4 GTE

137

13 laps

19.92s

1 laps

John Edwards

18

6

GT

007

Aston Martin

Aston Marin Vantage V8

137

13 laps

21.28s

21.28s

Paul Dalla Lana

19

4

PC

9

RSR

ORECA FLM09

137

13 laps

7.08s

48.27s

Alex Popow

20

7

GT

23

AJR West

Ferrari F458 Italia

137

13 laps

25.89s

32.97s

Leh Keen

21

8

GT

4

Corvette Racing

Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1

136

14 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Tommy Milner

22

5

PC

05

Core Autosport

ORECA FLM09

136

14 laps

26.30s

1 laps

Colin Braun

23

6

PC

81

DragonSpeed

ORECA FLM09

136

14 laps

10.25s

10.25s

Patrick Simon

24

9

GT

48

Paul Miller Racing

Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

135

15 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Marco Holzer

25

5

P2

02

Extreme Motorsport

HPD ARX-03b

134

16 laps

1 laps

5 laps

Johannes van Overbeek

26

7

PC

7

Bar 1

ORECA FLM09

134

16 laps

49.75s

2 laps

Chapman Ducote

27

1

GTC

22

AJR

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

131

19 laps

3 laps

- - -

Jeroen Bleekemolen

28

2

GTC

31

NGT Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

131

19 laps

17.52s

17.52s

Kuba Giermaziak

29

3

GTC

45

Flying Lizard Motorsport

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

130

20 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Nelson Canache Jr.

30

4

GTC

11

JDX Racing

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

130

20 laps

116.45s

116.45s

Mike Hedlund

31

5

GTC

44

Flying Lizard Motorsport

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

130

20 laps

1.98s

1.98s

Pierre Ehret

32

6

GTC

30

NGT Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

130

20 laps

8.61s

8.61s

Sean Edwards

33

7

GTC

10

Dempsey/Del Piero Racing

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

130

20 laps

20.34s

20.34s

Andrew Davis

34

8

GTC

68

TRG

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

129

21 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Al Carter

35

9

GTC

66

TRG

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

129

21 laps

53.88s

53.88s

Craig Stanton

36

10

GTC

99

Competition Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

128

22 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Eric Curran

37

11

GTC

27

Dempsey/Del Piero Racing

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

127

23 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Andy Lally

38

10

GT

97

Aston Martin

Aston Martin Vantage V8

121

29 laps

6 laps

14 laps

Bruno Senna

39

11

GT

3

Corvette Racing

Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1

111

39 laps

10 laps

10 laps

Jordan Taylor

40

12

GT

93

SRT Motorsports

SRT Viper GTS-R

110

40 laps

1 laps

1 laps

Kuno Wittmer

41

6

P1

16

Dyson

Lola B12/60

81

69 laps

29 laps

65 laps

Guy Smith

42

7

P1

0

Delta Wing Racing

DeltaWing LM12

10

140 laps

71 laps

71 laps

Andy Meyrick