2006 12 Hours of Sebring

The 2006 12 Hours of Sebring was the 54th running of this event, and took place on March 18, 2006. The race was sponsored by Mobil 1 and was the opening race of the 2006 American Le Mans Series season run by IMSA.

This race marked the first time that a diesel powered racing vehicle had won a major endurance sports car race, with Audi taking the victory in their new R10 TDI sportscar, which was also the car's first race ever. However the win was not without problems, as one of the two Audi R10s suffered overheating problems and did not finish. This victory would be a building block towards the diesel R10 winning the marquis ACO event the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans and taking 36 class wins in 48 career races entered.

Liz Halliday's second place overall is the best for any woman in the history of the 12 Hours of Sebring as of December 2012.

Official results

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

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R10 TDI	M	349
					Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP2	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Liz Halliday	Lola B05/40	G	345
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
3	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	338
					Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8
4	GT1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Jason Bright	Aston Martin DBR9	P	337
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
5	LMP1	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace	Lola B06/10	M	336
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
6	GT1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Tomáš Enge Nicolas Kiesa	Aston Martin DBR9	P	324
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
7	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	324
					Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8
8 DNF	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche RS Spyder	M	323
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
9	GT2	50	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	David Brabham Scott Maxwell Sébastien Bourdais	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	320
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
10	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Marc Lieb Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	320
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Ralf Kelleners Jaime Melo Anthony Lazzaro	Ferrari F430GT	M	320
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
12	LMP2	41	Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie Allen Timpany Rick Sutherland	Lola B05/42	M	317
					Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
13	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	315
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14	GT2	80	Team LNT	Richard Dean Lawrence Tomlinson Tom Kimber-Smith	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	312
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
15	GT2	23	Alex Job Racing	Mike Rockenfeller Klaus Graf Graham Rahal	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	311
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	LMP2	33	Barazi-Epsilon	Michael Vergers Juan Barazi Elton Julian	Courage C65	M	293
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
17	GT2	31	Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	292
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18	GT2	86	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	M	281
					Audi 3.8L V8
19	GT1	25	Konrad Motorsport	Terry Borcheller Jean-Philippe Belloc Tom Weickardt	Saleen S7-R	P	275
					Ford 7.0L V8
20 DNF	GT2	79	J-3 Racing	Tim Sugden Wolf Henzler Jim Matthews	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	267
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21 DNF	GT2	78	J-3 Racing	Spencer Pumpelly Jep Thorton Mark Patterson	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	263
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 DNF	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Guy Cosmo James Bach Raphael Matos	Courage C65	G	262
					Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor
23	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Donny Crevels Peter Kox	Spyker C8 Spyder GT-2	M	248
					Audi 3.8L V8
24 DNF	GT2	55	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Piere Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	198
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 DNF	GT2	21	BMW Team PTG	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Ian James	BMW M3 GTR	Y	197
					BMW 3.2L I6
26 DNF	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Patrick Long	Porsche RS Spyder	M	193
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
27 DNF	LMP1	20	Dyson Racing	Guy Smith Chris Dyson	Lola B06/10	M	173
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
28 NC	GT2	56	Vonka Racing	Jan Vonka Mauro Casadei Bo McCormick	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	130
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
29 DNF	LMP1	9	Highcroft Racing	Duncan Dayton Gregor Fisken Richard Knoop	MG-Lola EX257	D	128
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
30 DNF	GT2	22	BMW Team PTG	Justin Marks Bryan Sellers Martin Jensen	BMW M3 GTR	Y	124
					BMW 3.4L I6
31 DNF	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Michael Lewis Chris McMurry Bryan Willman	MG-Lola EX257	D	121
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
32 DNF	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro	Audi R10 TDI	M	117
					Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
33 DNF	GT2	51	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	Gunnar Jeanette Tommy Milner Bruno Junqueira	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	71
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
34 DNF	GT1	26	Konrad Motorsport	Fabio Babini Paolo Ruberti Jamie Davies	Saleen S7-R	P	66
					Ford 7.0L V8
35 DNF	LMP2	10	Miracle Motorsports	Andy Lally James Gue	Courage C65	Template:Kumho	62
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4

Statistics

• Pole Position - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:45.828
• Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.373
• Distance - 1,291.3 miles (2,078.1 km)
• Average Speed - 107.319 mph (172.713 km/h)

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