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

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