2006 12 Hours of Sebring

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Track map of the Sebring International Raceway

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Audi R10 TDI

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 sports car, 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	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello Template:Flagicon Allan McNish Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen	Audi R10 TDI	M	349
					Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP2	37	Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	Template:Flagicon Jon Field Template:Flagicon Clint Field Template:Flagicon Liz Halliday	Lola B05/40	G	345
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
3	GT1	4	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	338
					Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8
4	GT1	009	Template:Flagicon Aston Martin Racing	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy Template:Flagicon Jason Bright	Aston Martin DBR9	P	337
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
5	LMP1	16	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon James Weaver Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace	Lola B06/10	M	336
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
6	GT1	007	Template:Flagicon Aston Martin Racing	Template:Flagicon Darren Turner Template:Flagicon Tomáš Enge Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiesa	Aston Martin DBR9	P	324
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
7	GT1	3	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell Template:Flagicon Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	324
					Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8
8 DNF	LMP2	6	Template:Flagicon Penske Racing	Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard	Porsche RS Spyder	M	323
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
9	GT2	50	Template:Flagicon Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	Template:Flagicon David Brabham Template:Flagicon Scott Maxwell Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	320
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
10	GT2	45	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb Template:Flagicon Johannes van Overbeek Template:Flagicon Jon Fogarty	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	320
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11	GT2	62	Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione	Template:Flagicon Ralf Kelleners Template:Flagicon Jaime Melo Template:Flagicon Anthony Lazzaro	Ferrari F430GT	M	320
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
12	LMP2	41	Template:Flagicon Binnie Motorsports	Template:Flagicon William Binnie Template:Flagicon Allen Timpany Template:Flagicon Rick Sutherland	Lola B05/42	M	317
					Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
13	GT2	44	Template:Flagicon Flying Lizard Motorsports	Template:Flagicon Darren Law Template:Flagicon Seth Neiman Template:Flagicon Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	315
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14	GT2	80	Template:Flagicon Team LNT	Template:Flagicon Richard Dean Template:Flagicon Lawrence Tomlinson Template:Flagicon Tom Kimber-Smith	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	312
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
15	GT2	23	Template:Flagicon Alex Job Racing	Template:Flagicon Mike Rockenfeller Template:Flagicon Klaus Graf Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	311
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	LMP2	33	Template:Flagicon Barazi-Epsilon	Template:Flagicon Michael Vergers Template:Flagicon Juan Barazi Template:Flagicon Elton Julian	Courage C65	M	293
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
17	GT2	31	Template:Flagicon Petersen Motorsports Template:Flagicon White Lightning Racing	Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister Template:Flagicon Tim Bergmeister Template:Flagicon Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	292
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18	GT2	86	Template:Flagicon Spyker Squadron b.v.	Template:Flagicon Jeroen Bleekemolen Template:Flagicon Mike Hezemans	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	M	281
					Audi 3.8L V8
19	GT1	25	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Terry Borcheller Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Belloc Template:Flagicon Tom Weickardt	Saleen S7-R	P	275
					Ford 7.0L V8
20 DNF	GT2	79	Template:Flagicon J-3 Racing	Template:Flagicon Tim Sugden Template:Flagicon Wolf Henzler Template:Flagicon Jim Matthews	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	267
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21 DNF	GT2	78	Template:Flagicon J-3 Racing	Template:Flagicon Spencer Pumpelly Template:Flagicon Jep Thorton Template:Flagicon Mark Patterson	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	263
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 DNF	LMP2	8	Template:Flagicon B-K Motorsports	Template:Flagicon Guy Cosmo Template:Flagicon James Bach Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos	Courage C65	G	262
					Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor
23	GT2	85	Template:Flagicon Spyker Squadron b.v.	Template:Flagicon Donny Crevels Template:Flagicon Peter Kox	Spyker C8 Spyder GT-2	M	248
					Audi 3.8L V8
24 DNF	GT2	55	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher Loles Racing	Template:Flagicon Dominik Farnbacher Template:Flagicon Pierre Ehret Template:Flagicon Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	198
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 DNF	GT2	21	Template:Flagicon BMW Team PTG	Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen Template:Flagicon Joey Hand Template:Flagicon Ian James	BMW M3 GTR	Y	197
					BMW 3.2L I6
26 DNF	LMP2	7	Template:Flagicon Penske Racing	Template:Flagicon Timo Bernhard Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas Template:Flagicon Patrick Long	Porsche RS Spyder	M	193
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
27 DNF	LMP1	20	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon Guy Smith Template:Flagicon Chris Dyson	Lola B06/10	M	173
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
28 NC	GT2	56	Template:Flagicon Vonka Racing	Template:Flagicon Jan Vonka Template:Flagicon Mauro Casadei Template:Flagicon Bo McCormick	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	130
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
29 DNF	LMP1	9	Template:Flagicon Highcroft Racing	Template:Flagicon Duncan Dayton Template:Flagicon Gregor Fisken Template:Flagicon Richard Knoop	MG-Lola EX257	D	128
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
30 DNF	GT2	22	Template:Flagicon BMW Team PTG	Template:Flagicon Justin Marks Template:Flagicon Bryan Sellers Template:Flagicon Martin Jensen	BMW M3 GTR	Y	124
					BMW 3.4L I6
31 DNF	LMP1	12	Template:Flagicon Autocon Motorsports	Template:Flagicon Michael Lewis Template:Flagicon Chris McMurry Template:Flagicon Bryan Willman	MG-Lola EX257	D	121
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
32 DNF	LMP1	1	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	Template:Flagicon Frank Biela Template:Flagicon Marco Werner Template:Flagicon Emanuele Pirro	Audi R10 TDI	M	117
					Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
33 DNF	GT2	51	Template:Flagicon Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	Template:Flagicon Gunnar Jeannette Template:Flagicon Tommy Milner Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	71
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
34 DNF	GT1	26	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Fabio Babini Template:Flagicon Paolo Ruberti Template:Flagicon Jamie Davies	Saleen S7-R	P	66
					Ford 7.0L V8
35 DNF	LMP2	10	Template:Flagicon Miracle Motorsports	Template:Flagicon Andy Lally Template:Flagicon James Gue	Courage C65	K	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 - Template:Convert
• Average Speed - Template:Convert

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