The 2008 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida was the 56th running of this event and the opening round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Sebring International Raceway, Florida on March 15, 2008. Porsche was able to defeat Audi, marking the first loss for Audi at Sebring since 1999, while Porsche marks its first overall win at Sebring since 1988, the 20th anniversary since its last win.
The Porsche's win was also the first time in 14 years that the non-premier class of the race won the 12 Hours of Sebring overall, and the third time in history; it was also the first time an LMP2 car won the 12 Hours of Sebring since the race has become a part of the ALMS. The last time that the non-premier class won overall in Sebring was 1994, when Clayton Cunningham Racing, participating in the 1994 IMSA GT Championship season as a GTS-class entry, defeated the flagship World Sports Cars in a Nissan 300ZX.
Race 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 Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP2 7 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Emmanuel Collard Porsche RS Spyder Evo 351 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 2 LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Andy Lally Porsche RS Spyder Evo 351 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 3 LMP1 1 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Audi R10 TDI 351 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 4 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson Guy Smith Porsche RS Spyder Evo 350 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 5 LMP2 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Scott Sharp David Brabham Stefan Johansson Acura ARX-01B 349 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 6 LMP1 2 Audi Sport North America Marco Werner Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI 333 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 7 LMP2 27 Horag Lista Racing Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers Porsche RS Spyder Evo 333 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 8 GT1 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 328 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 9 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry Lola B06/10 327 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8(E85 ethanol) 10 GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 320 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 11 LMP1 07 Peugeot Sport Total Nicolas Minassian Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 318 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 12 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 314 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 13 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 Darren Law Seth Neiman Alex Davison Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 311 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 14 GT2 61 Risi Competizione Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele Ferrari F430GT 308 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 73 Tafel Racing Jim Tafel Pierre Ehret Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430GT 305 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 16 GT1 008 Bell Motorsports Terry Borcheller Chapman Ducote Antonio García Aston Martin DBR9 299 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 17 GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 295 Dodge 8.3 L V10 18DNF LMP2 26 Andretti Green Racing Marco Andretti Bryan Herta Christian Fittipaldi Acura ARX-01B 287 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 19 GT2 5 VICI Racing Uwe Alzen Craig Stanton Nathan Swartzbaugh Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 286 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 20 GT2 71 Tafel Racing Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller Rob Bell Ferrari F430GT 280 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 21 GT2 46 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 280 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 22DNF LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Chris McMurry Bryan Willman Tony Burgess Creation CA07 250 Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 23DNF GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Joey Hand Tommy Milner Tom Sutherland Panoz Esperante GT-LM 200 Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 24DNF GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry Ford GT-R Mk.VII 186 Ford 5.0 L V8 25DNF GT2 77 Autoracing Club Bratislava Miro Konôpka Miro Hornak Mauro Casadei Porsche 911 GT3-RS 173 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 26DNF GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo Mika Salo Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari F430GT 137 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 27DNF GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Marc Basseng Dirk Werner Bryce Miller Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 136 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 28DNF GT2 28 LG Motorsports Lou Gigliotti Doug Peterson Marc Goossens Chevrolet Corvette C6 99 Chevrolet LS3 6.0 L V8 29DNF LMP2 32 Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Jean-Christophe Ravier Zytek 07S/2 88 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 30DNF GT2 007 Drayson-Barwell Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Tim Sugden Aston Martin DBRS9 70 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12(E85 ethanol) 31DNF LMP2 6 Penske Racing Patrick Long Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe Porsche RS Spyder Evo 29 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 DSQ† LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández Luis Diaz Acura ARX-01B 351 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 DNS LMP2 8 B-K Motorsports Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin Raphael Matos Lola B07/46 - Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(E85 ethanol) DNS GT2 48 Corsa Motorsport Gunnar Jeannette Johnny Mowlem Ralf Kelleners Ferrari F430GT - Ferrari 4.0 L V8
† - #15 Fernández Racing was disqualified from the race results after the car failed post-race inspection. The car's airbox was found to have been broken, allowing an excess of air into the engine.
Statistics Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:43.195 Fastest Lap - #07 Peugeot Sport Total - 1:44.536
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