Sebring 12-Hours: Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot Takes Top Honors

Team Oreca Matmut’s year-old Peugot beat the factory teams to win the 2011 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

The #10 Matmut Peugeot beat the factory Peugeots and Audis to win the 2011 Sebring 12 Hours. James Fish/The Epoch Times

Team Oreca Matmut owner Hugues de Chaunac and drivers Olivier Panis, Nicolas Lapierre and Loic Duval celebrate victory in the 2011 Sebring Twelve Hours. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times

SEBRING, Fla.—After twelve tough hours of racing, it was not a factory car, but rather a year-old privateer’s car which won the 59th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.