2020 12 Hours of Sebring
The 2020 12 Hours of Sebring (formally known as the 68th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts) was an endurance sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 11–14 November 2020, after being postponed from its original date on 14-15 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The race was the final round of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as the final round of the Michelin Endurance Cup. Action Express Racing entered as the defending overall winners of the 12-hour event.
Background
The 2020 12 Hours of Sebring event is run in conjunction with the 2020 1000 Miles of Sebring, held on the Friday before the 12 Hours of Sebring.[1][2] The two events are run in conjunction with each other as an agreement between the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), the governing body of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the FIA, to be a joint weekend, known colloquially as “Super Sebring.” The first joint weekend between the two events was run a year prior in 2019, to massive success, providing some of the largest attendance figures ever recorded in the history of the 12 Hours of Sebring.[3] Initially announced on a one-year deal, the success of the 2019 Super Sebring would lead to confirmation that the 1000 Miles of Sebring and 12 Hours of Sebring would run together again for the following year, however due to travel restrictions brought about by COVID-19 the 1000 Miles of Sebring would not return until 2022.[4]
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | DPi | 7 | Acura Team Penske | Ricky Taylor | 1:46.874 | _ | 1![]() |
2 | DPi | 10 | Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R | Renger van der Zande | 1:47.125 | +0.251 | 2 |
3 | DPi | 6 | Acura Team Penske | Dane Cameron | 1:47.140 | +0.266 | 3 |
4 | DPi | 5 | Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller MotorSports | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:47.209 | +0.335 | 4 |
5 | DPi | 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Harry Ticknell | 1:47.245 | +0.371 | 5 |
6 | DPi | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Pipo Derani | 1:47.327 | +0.453 | 6 |
7 | DPi | 77 | Mazda Motorsports | Oliver Jarvis | 1:47.474 | +0.600 | 7 |
8 | DPi | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Matheus Leist | 1:47.696 | +0.822 | 8 |
9 | LMP2 | 52 | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Patrick Kelly | 1:51.373 | +4.499 | 9![]() |
10 | LMP2 | 51 | Inter Europol Competition | Naveen Rao | 1:53.147 | +6.273 | 10 |
11 | LMP2 | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Don Yount | 1:54.045 | +7.171 | 11 |
12 | LMP2 | 8 | Tower Motorsport By Starworks | John Farano | 1:54.194 | +7.320 | 121 |
13 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 1:55.456 | +8.582 | 13![]() |
14 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Connor De Phillippi | 1:56.116 | +9.242 | 14 |
15 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | Jesse Krohn | 1:56.316 | +9.442 | 15 |
16 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:56.446 | +9.572 | 16 |
17 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche GT Team | Nick Tandy | 1:56.840 | +9.966 | 172 |
18 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche GT Team | Neel Jani | 1:57.774 | +10.900 | 183 |
19 | GTD | 16 | Wright motorsports | Jan Heylen | 2:00.844 | +13.970 | 19![]() |
20 | GTD | 30 | Team Hardpoint | Andrew Davis | 2:01.546 | +14.672 | 20 |
21 | GTD | 14 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Aaron Telitz | 2:01.605 | +14.731 | 21 |
22 | GTD | 11 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Richard Heistand | 2:01.652 | +14.778 | 22 |
23 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Cooper MacNeil | 2:01.802 | +14.928 | 23 |
24 | GTD | 12 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Frankie Montecalvo | 2:01.839 | +14.965 | 24 |
25 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Robby Foley | 2:02.210 | +15.336 | 25 |
26 | GTD | 86 | Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian | Shinya Michimi | 2:02.286 | +15.412 | 26 |
27 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Madison Snow | 2:02.435 | +15.561 | 27 |
28 | GTD | 74 | Riley Motorsports | Gar Robinson | 2:02.689 | +15.815 | 28 |
29 | GTD | 23 | Heart of Racing Team | Ian James | 2:02.705 | +15.831 | 29 |
30 | GTD | 57 | Heinricher Racing w/MSR Curb-Agajanian | Mikhail Goikhberg | 2:03.153 | +16.279 | 30 |
31 | GTD | 44 | GRT Magnus Racing | John Potter | 2:04.363 | +17.489 | 31 |
Source:[5][6] | |||||||
- 1 The No. 8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks entry was moved to the back of the LMP2 field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
- 2 The No. 911 Porsche GT Team entry was moved to the back of the GTLM field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
- 3 The No. 912 Porsche GT Team entry was moved to the back of the GTLM field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
Results
Race
Class winners are denoted in bold and .
References
- Dagys, John (21 September 2017). "1500 Miles of Sebring Confirmed". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- Watkins, David (4 April 2018). "Sebring WEC race moved to Friday, reduced to 1000 miles". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- "Super Sebring' Delivers All-Time Track Attendance Record". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- "2020 Super Sebring dates confirmed". FIA World Endurance Championship. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- "03_Results_Qualifying.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- "00_Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.