2023 1000 Miles of Sebring

Track map of the Sebring International Raceway

The 2023 1000 Miles of Sebring was a endurance sportscar racing event held on 17 March 2023, as the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the third running of the event.

Background

The 1000 Miles of Sebring is the first race for a lot of new and returning manufacturers to the top class of endurance racing: Porsche, Ferrari, Cadillac and Vanwall have all entered cars in the Hypercar category for this race. They join the returning manufacturers of Toyota, Peugeot and Glickenhaus. Alpine is forced to leave the Hypercar class for a 1-year hiatus, returning in 2024.

Customer teams will also join the Hypercar grid. Both Proton Competition and Jota Sport will receive a Porsche 963 later in the year. Unfortunately, these cars will not be delivered to the teams until at least mid-April, but in Proton's case probably until after Le Mans.

This is the first year of the World Endurance Championship without the LMGTE Pro category, after it got dropped in 2022. It was dropped since manufacturers did not express enough interest in the class.

Entry list

Main article: 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship#Entries

The entry list was revealed on 1 March 2023. The list of entries for the event consists of 37 cars across three classes. There are 11 entries in Hypercar, 12 entries in LMP2, and 14 entries in LMGTE Am. Porsche customer Hertz Team Jota have entered a car in the LMP2 class, due to the fact that the customer Porsche 963's are not yet ready to be delivered.

After an accident in FP2, Proton Competition withdrew their No. 88 Porsche 911 RSR-19 from the event after a collision with the No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R. The car sustained extensive chassis damage that prevents it from taking part in the race. This withdrawal brings the amount of starting cars down to 36.

Schedule

Date	Time (local: ET)	Event
Wednesday, 15 March	10:55	Free Practice 1
	16:35	Free Practice 2
Thursday, 16 March	11:55	Free Practice 3
	18:30	Qualifying - LMGTE Am
	18:55	Qualifying - LMP2
	19:20	Qualifying - Hypercar
Friday, 17 March	12:00	Race
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Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	HY	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Ryo Hirakawa	1:47.649
	P2	63	Prema Racing	Mirko Bortolotti	1:50.074
	Am	85	Iron Dames	Michelle Gatting	1:59.028
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	HY	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi	1:46.954
	P2	28	Jota	Pietro Fittipaldi	1:50.326
	Am	57	Kessel Racing	Daniel Serra	1:58.845
Free Practice 3	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	HY	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi	1:45.783
	P2	28	Jota	Pietro Fittipaldi	1:50.128
	Am	98	Northwest AMR	Nicki Thiim	1:59.030
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Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	50	Ferrari – AF Corse	1:45.067	-	1
2	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:45.281	+0.214	2
3	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:45.548	+0.481	3
4	Hypercar	51	Ferrari – AF Corse	1:45.874	+0.807	4
5	Hypercar	2	Cadillac Racing	1:46.082	+1.015	5
6	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:47.193	+2.126	6
7	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:47.210	+2.143	7
8	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:47.455	+2.388	8
9	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:48.205	+3.138	9
10	Hypercar	708	Glickenhaus Racing	1:49.164	+4.097	10
11	Hypercar	4	Floyd Vanwall Racing Team	1:49.329	+4.262	11
12	LMP2	23	United Autosports	1:49.974	+4.907	12
13	LMP2	28	Jota	1:50.067	+5.000	13
14	LMP2	31	Team WRT	1:50.155	+5.088	14
15	LMP2	36	Alpine Elf Team	1:50.174	+5.107	15
16	LMP2	48	Hertz Team Jota	1:50.218	+5.151	16
17	LMP2	41	Team WRT	1:50.291	+5.224	17
18	LMP2	22	United Autosports	1:50.408	+5.341	18
19	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	1:50.417	+5.350	19
20	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	1:50.710	+5.643	20
21	LMP2	63	Prema Racing	1:50.726	+5.659	21
22	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	1:50.889	+5.822	22
23	LMP2	35	Alpine Elf Team	1:51.284	+6.217	23
24	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	1:58.949	+13.882	24
25	LMGTE Am	33	Corvette Racing	1:59.345	+14.278	25
26	LMGTE Am	25	ORT by TF	1:59.657	+14.590	26
27	LMGTE Am	83	Richard Mille AF Corse	1:59.733	+14.666	27
28	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	1:59.992	+14.925	28
29	LMGTE Am	56	Project 1 – AO	2:00.588	+15.521	29
30	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	2:00.591	+15.524	30
31	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	2:00.807	+15.740	31
32	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	2:00.941	+15.874	32
33	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	2:01.041	+15.974	33
34	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2:01.054	+15.987	34
35	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	2:02.588	+17.521	35
36	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	2:02.820	+17.753	36
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Race

Race Result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 136 laps. Class winners are in bold and .

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	239	8:00:19.877
					Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
2	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	239	+2.168
					Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
3	Hypercar	50	Ferrari – AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 499P	M	237	+2 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
4	Hypercar	2	Cadillac Racing	Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook	Cadillac V-Series.R	M	237	+2 Laps
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
5	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 963	M	235	+4 Laps
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
6	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 963	M	235	+4 Laps
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
7	LMP2	48	Hertz Team Jota	David Beckmann Will Stevens Yifei Ye	Oreca 07	G	230	+9 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
8	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin	Oreca 07	G	230	+9 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
9	LMP2	63	Prema Racing	Mirko Bortolotti [[Image:Template:Country flag alias white|||22x20px}}|white]] Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin	Oreca 07	G	230	+9 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
10	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski	Oreca 07	G	230	+9 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
11	LMP2	41	Team WRT	Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica	Oreca 07	G	230	+9 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
12	LMP2	28	Jota	Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen	Oreca 07	G	230	+9 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
13	LMP2	31	Team WRT	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07	G	230	+9 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
14	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	Andrea Caldarelli Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	229	+10 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
15	Hypercar	51	Ferrari – AF Corse	James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 499P	M	228	+11 Laps
					Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
16	LMP2	36	Alpine Elf Team	Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07	G	228	+11 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
17	LMGTE Am	33	Corvette Racing	Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	M	221	+18 Laps
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
18	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	219	+20 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
19	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	219	+20 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	219	+20 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
21	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	219	+20 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	219	+20 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
23	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	218	+21 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
24	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	218	+21 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Gabriel Aubry Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser	Oreca 07	G	218	+21 Laps
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
26	LMGTE Am	25	ORT by TF	Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	217	+22 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
27	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	217	+22 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
28	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	Paul Dalla Lana Axcil Jefferies Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	216	+23 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
29	LMGTE Am	56	Project 1 – AO	Matteo Cairoli P.J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	215	+24 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
30	Hypercar	4	Floyd Vanwall Racing Team	Tom Dillmann Esteban Guerrieri Jacques Villeneuve	Vanwall Vandervell 680	M	215	+24 Laps
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
31	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne	Peugeot 9X8	M	213	+26 Laps
					Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
NC	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Nico Müller	Peugeot 9X8	M	141	Not Classified
					Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
Ret	LMP2	35	Alpine Elf Team	Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas	Oreca 07	G	139	Retired
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
Ret	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson	Oreca 07	G	91	Electrical
					Gibson GK428 V8 engine
Ret	Hypercar	708	Glickenhaus Racing	Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Olivier Pla	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	M	62	Electrical
					Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8
Ret	LMGTE Am	83	Richard Mille AF Corse	Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	4	Crash
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
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Standings after the race

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López 38 2 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa 27 3 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen 24 4 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook 18 5 Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki 15

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 38 2 Ferrari 24 3 Cadillac 18 4 Porsche 10 5 Vanwall 6

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers Pos Drivers Points 1 Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin 38 2 Mirko Bortolotti [[Image:Template:Country flag alias white|||22x20px}}|white]] Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin 27 3 Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski 23 4 Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica 18 5 Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen 15

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams Pos No. Team Points 1 22 United Autosports 38 2 63 Prema Racing 27 3 34 Inter Europol Competition 23 4 41 Team WRT 18 5 28 Jota 18

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers Pos Drivers Points 1 Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone 38 2 Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen 27 3 Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra 23 4 Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw 18 5 Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon 15

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams Pos No. Team Points 1 33 Corvette Racing 38 2 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 27 3 57 Kessel Racing 23 4 21 AF Corse 18 5 54 AF Corse 15

Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.

External links

• Official website

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