2002 12 Hours of Sebring

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The 2002 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring was the 50th running of this event, and the opening round of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Sebring International Raceway, Florida, on March 16, 2002.

[edit] Official Results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP900	2	Audi Sport North America	Johnny Herbert Christian Pescatori Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	M	346
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2	LMP900	38	Champion Racing	Andy Wallace Stefan Johansson Jan Lammers	Audi R8	M	345
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3	LMP900	36	Riley & Scott Racing Jim Matthews Racing	Jim Matthews Marc Goossens Guy Smith	Riley & Scott MkIIIC	G	337
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
4	LMP900	16	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger Elliott Forbes-Robinson James Weaver	Riley & Scott MkIIIA	G	330
					Lincoln (Élan) 6.0L V8
5	LMP900	1	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Audi R8	M	327
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
6	LMP900	21	Team Ascari	Christian Vann Ben Collins Justin Wilson	Ascari KZR-1	G	323
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
7	LMP675	37	Intersport	Jon Field Duncan Dayton Mike Durand	MG-Lola EX257	A	323
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
8	LMP900	51	Panoz Motor Sports	Bryan Herta Bill Auberlen David Donohue	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	319
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
9	GTS	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	317
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
10	GTS	26	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Terry Borcheller Toni Seiler	Saleen S7-R	P	309
					Ford 7.0L V8
11	GTS	86	Larbre Compétition Chereau	Christophe Bouchut Vincent Vosse	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	309
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
12	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	306
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13	GTS	4	Corvette Racing	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins Franck Fréon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	306
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
14	GT	52	Seikel Motorsport	Hugh Plumb Philip Collin Andrew Bagnall	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	295
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15	GT	60	P.K. Sport	Robin Liddell Fabio Babini Giovanni Anapoli	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	P	295
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Larry Schumacher Robert Nagel Jim Pace	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	295
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT	61	P.K. Sport	Piers Masarati Basil Demeroutis Keith Alexander	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	291
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18	GTS	45	American Viperacing	Shane Lewis Norman Goldrich Rick Fairbanks	Dodge Viper GTS-R	P	289
					Dodge 8.0L V10
19	GT	43	Orbit	Leo Hindery Peter Baron Mike Borkowski	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	287
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20	GT	85	917 Racing Team Larbre Compétition	Hervé Clément Bernard Simmenauer André Ahrle	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	286
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21	GT	53	Seikel Motorsport	Alex Caffi Luca Riccitelli Gabrio Rosa	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	285
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 DNF	GT	22	Alex Job Racing	Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister Marc Lieb	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	277
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23	GT	58	Freisinger Motorsport	Chip Vance Stephen Southard Georges Forgeois	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	275
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24	LMP900	20	Dyson Racing Team	Dorsey Schroeder Chris Dyson Rob Dyson	Riley & Scott MkIIIA	G	273
					Lincoln (Élan) 6.0L V8
25	LMP675	40	Racing Organisation Course	Ryan Jones Jeff Jones Jeffrey Jones	Reynard 2KQ-LM	M	271
					Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4
26	LMP675	24	AutoExe Motorsports	Jim Downing John Fergus Yojiro Terada	AutoExe (WR) LMP-02	G	267
					Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
27 DNF	LMP900	7	Team Cadillac	Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard JJ Lehto	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	256
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
28	LMP675	11	KnightHawk Racing	Andy Lally Steven Knight Jonny Kane	MG-Lola EX257	A	256
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
29	LMP900	19	Team Ascari	Timothy Bell Werner Lupberger Kristian Kolby	Ascari KZR-1	G	255
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
30	GTS	77	Prodrive	Tomáš Enge Rickard Rydell Alain Menu	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	252
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
31	LMP900	8	Team Cadillac	Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Christophe Tinseau	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	M	236
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
32 DNF	LMP675	28	Welter Racing	A.J. Smith Stéphane Daoudi Jean-René de Fournoux	WR LMP02	M	232
					Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4
33 DNF	GTS	5	Park Place Racing	Chris Bingham Vic Rice Peter MacLeod	Saleen S7-R	Y	228
					Ford 7.0L V8
34	GT	32	JMB Racing	Oswaldo Negri, Jr. Joe Vannini Andrea Garbagnati	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	P	228
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
35 DNF	GTS	46	Carsport Holland Racing Box	Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen Luca Cappellari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	P	194
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
36 DNF	LMP900	00	Gunnar Racing	Gunnar Jeannette Chad Block Wayne Johnson	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	G	148
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
37 DNF	LMP900	18	MBD Sportscar	Rick Sutherland Didier de Radigues Bruno Lambert	Panoz LMP07	G	146
					Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8
38 DNF	GT	65	Harlow Motorsport	Terry Rymer Mike Youles Johnny Mowlem	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	144
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
39 DNF	LMP675	69	Kyser Racing	Kyle Wankum Joe Foster Doc Bundy	Lola B2K/40	D	139
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
40 DNF	LMP675	41	Noël del Bello Racing Racing Organisation Course	Mark Smithson Jean-Denis Délétraz Christophe Pillon	Reynard 2KQ-LM	M	134
					Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4
41 DNF	GT	99	Cirtek Motorsport	Chris Gleason Paul Dawson Rob Wilson	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	134
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
42 DNF	GT	42	Orbit	Gary Schultheis Grady Willingham Tony Kester	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	107
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
43 DNF	GTS	44	American Viperacing	Simon Gregg Marc Bunting Tom Weickardt	Dodge Viper GTS-R	P	104
					Dodge 8.0L V10
44 DNF	GT	12	Spyker Squadron	Derek Hill Peter Kox Hans Hugenholtz	Spyker C8 Double-12R	D	92
					BMW 4.0L V8
45 DNF	LMP900	17	MBD Sportscars	Scott Maxwell John Graham Milka Duno	Panoz LMP07	G	78
					Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8
46 DNF	LMP900	50	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen Eric van de Poele	Panoz LMP01 Evo	M	56
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
47 DNF	LMP900	30	Intersport	John Macaluso Mark Neuhaus Butch Birckell	Lola B2K/10B	G	53
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
48 DNF	GT	79	J-3 Racing	David Murry Justin Jackson Mike Fitzgerald	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	53
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
49 DNF	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Michael Schrom Darren Law	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	42
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
50 DNF	GT	29	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Bart Hayden Mark Griffiths Stephen Earle	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	37
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
51 DNF	GTS	83	Graham Nash Motorsport	Ian McKellar Thomas Erdos Ron Johnson	Saleen S7-R	P	36
					Ford 7.0L V8
52 DNF	GT	31	JMB Racing	Peter Argentsinger Ryan Hunter-Reay Andrea Montermini	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	P	28
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
53 DNF	LMP675	55	Team Bucknum Racing	Chris McMurry Bryan Willman Pierre Ehret	Pilbeam MP84	A	21
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
54 DNF	LMP900	27	Doran Lista Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Mauro Baldi	Dallara SP1	Y	20
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
55 DNF	GT	57	Freisinger Motorsport	Hans Fertl Romain Dumas Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	19
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
56 DNF	GT	33	MSB Motorsport	Marino Franchitti Ralf Kelleners	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	G	12
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
57 DNF	LMP675	56	Team Bucknum Racing	Jeff Bucknum Dick Downs Allan Ziegelman	Pilbeam MP84	A	11
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
58 DNF	GTS	0	Team Olive Garden	Mimmo Schiattarella Emanuele Naspetti Johnny Cecotto	Ferrari 550 Maranello	M	11
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
DSQ†	GTS	25	Konrad Motorsport	Charles Slater Gavin Pickering Walter Brun	Saleen S7-R	P	44
					Ford 7.0L V8
DNS	LMP675	89	Porschehaus Racing	Stephane Veilleux Robert Julien Adam Merzon	Lola B2K/40	D	-
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
DNS	LMP900	87	Sezio Florida Racing Team	John Mirro Georges Forgeois François O'Born	Norma M2000	P	-
					Ford (Kinetic) 6.0L V8

† - #25 Konrad Motorsport was disqualified during the race for receiving outside assistance for repairs while still on the track.

[edit] Statistics

• Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.029
• Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.418
• Distance - 2060.282 km
• Average Speed - 171.406 km/h

[edit] External links

• Official ResultsPDF (96.3 KiB)
• World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results

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