2019 1000 Miles of Sebring

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The 2019 1,000 Miles of Sebring was an Endurance sportscar racing event held on the 15th of March 2019, as the sixth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was the inaugural running of the race, a 268-lap event, and the first FIA WEC race to be held at Sebring International Raceway since the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring.

Background[]

The provisional calendar for the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, released on the 1st of September 2017 saw a raft of changes, with several races dropped, but included a return to Sebring for the first time since 2012.  In the provisional calendar issued, the race was originally planned to be run as a second 12-hour race after the IMSA Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring on the same weekend, and would start at midnight after the conclusion of the IMSA 12 hours.[1][2] On 21 September 2017, the race became known as the 1500 Miles of Sebring, to avoid confusion between the 2 events, at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris.[3] However, on 4 April 2018, it was announced that the race would become shortened to 1000 Miles or 268 laps, have a time limit of 8 Hours, and would take place on March 15 instead, prior to the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring, rather than after the race. In addition, it was also announced that there would be a new pitlane built to accommodate the WEC teams, located on the Ulman Straight.[4][5]

Entry list[]

The entry list released on the 8th of February 2019 saw a number of changes, with the #4 ByKolles Racing Team ENSO CLM P1/01 removed, after the team announced they would not compete due to an engine supply dispute with NISMO, and an additional Entry from the Corvette Racing team. Nathanael Berthon was added to the #3 Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13, while Mathias Beche moved to the #1, replacing Andre Lotterer, who was unable to attend due to a clashing simulator test for the DS Techeetah Formula E team. Jenson Button and Matevos Isaakyan were replaced in the #11 and #17 SMP Racing BR Engineering BR1s by Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin respectively.[6][7]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold[8][9]

Pos Class Team Average Time Gap Grid
1 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:40.318 - 1
2 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:40.803 +0.485 2
3 LMP1 No. 3 Rebellion Racing 1:42.863 +2.545 3
4 LMP1 No. 17 SMP Racing 1:42.9421 +2.624 4
5 LMP1 No. 11 SMP Racing 1:43.005 +2.687 5
6 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:43.015 +2.697 6
7 LMP1 No. 10 DragonSpeed 1:44.288 +3.970 7
8 LMP2 No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:47.558 +7.240 8
9 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1:48.208 +7.890 9
10 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 1:48.524 +8.206 10
11 LMP2 No. 31 DragonSpeed 1:49.681 +9.363 11
12 LMP2 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:50.705 +10.387 12
13 LMP2 No. 28 TDS Racing 1:51.218 +10.900 13
14 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 1:57.500 +17.182 14
15 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:57.615 +17.297 15
16 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1:57.714 +17.396 16
17 LMGTE Pro No. 82 BMW Team MTEK 1:57.841 +17.523 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 63 Corvette Racing 1:57.844 +17.526 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 1:57.938 +17.620 19
20 LMGTE Pro No. 81 BMW Team MTEK 1:58.000 +17.682 20
21 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 1:58.113 +17.795 21
22 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:58.232 +17.914 22
23 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:58.366 +18.048 23
24 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:59.790 +19.472 24
25 LMGTE Am No. 56 Team Project 1 1:59.935 +19.617 25
28 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:00.076 +19.758 26
27 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:00.417 +20.099 27
28 LMGTE Am No. 90 TF Sport 2:00.543 +20.225 28
29 LMGTE Am No. 54 Spirit of Race 2:00.7592 +20.441 29
30 LMGTE Am No. 70 MR Racing 2:01.6792 +21.361 30
31 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:04.748 +24.430 31
32 LMGTE Am No. 61 Clearwater Racing 1:59.3963 +19.078 WD4
33 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing UK 1:59.4365 +19.118 32
34 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland No Time6 33

^1 – Stephane Sarrazin had his best lap time deleted for ignoring blue flags.
^2 – Thomas Flohr and Motoaki Ishakawa both had their fastest lap times deleted for speeding under the red flag.
^3 – Only one driver of the No. 61 Clearwater Racing set a lap time.
^4 – The No. 61 Clearwater Racing withdrew due to Perez-Companc's crash in qualifying.
^5 – Michael Wainwright had his fastest lap time deleted for speeding under the red flag, resulting in only one driver of the No. 86 Gulf Racing UK being classified as setting a lap time.
^6 – All of Frits van Eerd's and Nyck de Vries' lap times were deleted for speeding in the pit lane, resulting in the No. 29 Racing Team Nederland having no times.

Race[]

Race Result[]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance was 178 laps. Class winners are in bold.[10][11]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Spain Fernando Alonso
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 253 8:00:38.186
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
2 LMP1 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 252 +1 Lap
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 11 Russia SMP Racing Russia Mikhail Aleshin
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Russia Vitaly Petrov
BR Engineering BR1 M 242 +11 Laps
AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6
4 LMP2 37 China Jackie Chan DC Racing Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
United Kingdom Jordan King
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Oreca 07 D 239 +14 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
5 LMP2 36 France Singatech Alpine Matmut France Nicolas Lapierre
Brazil André Negrão
France Pierre Thiriet
Alpine A470 M 239 +14 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
6 LMP2 31 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Mexico Roberto Gonzalez
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
Oreca 07 M 237 +16 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
7 LMP1 3 Switzerland Rebellion Racing France Nathanaël Berthon
France Thomas Laurent
United States Gustavo Menezes
Rebellion R13 M 237 +16 laps
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
8 LMP2 50 France Larbre Compétition France Erwin Creed
United States Gunnar Jeannette
France Romano Ricci
Ligier JS P217 M 234 +19 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
9 LMP2 29 Netherlands Racing Team Nederland Netherlands Frits van Eerd
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Dallara P217 M 230 +23 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10 LMGTE
Pro
91 Germany Porsche GT Team Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 226 +27 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
11 LMGTE
Pro
81 Germany BMW Team MTEK Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Germany Martin Tomczyk
BMW M8 GTE M 226 +27 laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
12 LMGTE
Pro
67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK United States Jonathan Bomarito
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Ford GT M 225 +28 laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
13 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 225 +28 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
14 LMGTE
Pro
92 Germany Porsche GT Team Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR M 225 +28 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
15 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Sam Bird
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 225 +28 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
82 Germany BMW Team MTEK Portugal António Félix da Costa
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW M8 GTE M 225 +28 laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
63 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio Garcia
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 225 +28 laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 224 +29 laps
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
Denmark Nicki Thiim
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 224 +29 laps
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
20 LMGTE
Am
77 Germany DempseyProton Racing France Julien Andlauer
Australia Matt Campbell
Germany Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR M 221 +32 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
21 LMGTE
Am
54 Switzerland Spirit of Race Italy Francesco Castellacci
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 221 +32 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
22 LMGTE
Am
56 Germany Team Project 1 Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR M 221 +32 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
23 LMGTE
Am
86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing UK United Kingdom Ben Barker
Austria Thomas Preining
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR M 221 +32 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
24 LMGTE
Am
70 Japan MR Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Eddie Cheever III
Japan Motoaki Ishikawa
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 220 +33 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
25 LMGTE
Am
90 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 220 +33 laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
26 LMGTE
Am
88 Germany DempseyProton Racing Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Giorgio Roda
Porsche 911 RSR M 219 +34 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
27 LMGTE
Am
98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 219 +34 laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
28 LMGTE
Pro
66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK United States Billy Johnson
Germany Stefan Mücke
France Olivier Pla
Ford GT M 216 +37 laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
29 LMP2 38 China Jackie Chan DC Racing France Gabriel Aubry
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
China Ho-Pin Tung
Oreca 07 D 209 +44 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
NC[N 1] LMP2 28 France TDS Racing France Loïc Duval
France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 D 232 Not Classified
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
NC[N 1] LMP1 17 Russia SMP Racing Russia Egor Orudzhev
France Stéphane Sarrazin
Russia Sergey Sirotkin
BR Engineering BR1 M 62 Not Classified
AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6
DNF LMP1 10 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Sweden Henrik Hedman
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
BR Engineering BR1 M 143 Electronics
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
DNF LMP1 1 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
Switzerland Neel Jani
Brazil Bruno Senna
Rebellion R13 M 138 Electronics
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
DNS LMGTE
Am
61 Singapore Clearwater Racing Italy Matteo Cressoni
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Argentina Luís Pérez Companc
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M Did Not Start
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
  1. ^ a b The TDS Racing No. 28 and the SMP Racing No. 17 did not complete the final lap of the race and therefore, were not classified as finishers.

Standings after the race[]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.


References[]

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External links[]


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