The 2023 1000 Miles of Sebring was an endurance sportscar racing event held at the Sebring International Raceway, Florida, United States on 17 March 2023, as the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the third running of the event. As of 2026, it is also the final running of the event.
Background The 1000 Miles of Sebring was the first race for new and returning manufacturers to the top class of endurance racing: Porsche, Ferrari, Cadillac and Vanwall entered cars in the Hypercar category for the race. They joined returning manufacturers Toyota, Peugeot and Glickenhaus. Alpine was forced to leave the Hypercar class for a 1-year hiatus, with plans of returning for the 2024 season.
Customer teams also joined the Hypercar grid. Both Proton Competition and Jota Sport will receive a Porsche 963 later in the year. Unfortunately, these cars will not be delivered to the teams until at least mid-April, but in Proton's case probably until after Le Mans.
This is the first year of the World Endurance Championship without the LMGTE Pro category, after it got dropped in 2022 since manufacturers did not express enough interest in the class.
During the last 17 minutes of the race, on the official stream, the Falcon 9 carrying the SES-18 and SES-19 satellites was visible from the track.
Entry list
The entry list was revealed on 1 March 2023. The list of entries for the event consisted of 37 cars across three classes. There were 11 entries in Hypercar, 12 entries in LMP2, and 14 entries in LMGTE Am. Porsche customer Hertz Team Jota entered the No. 48 car in the LMP2 class, due to the fact that the customer Porsche 963's were not yet ready to be delivered.
After an accident in FP2, Proton Competition withdrew their No. 88 Porsche 911 RSR-19 from the event after a collision with the No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R. The car sustained extensive chassis damage that prevented it from taking part in the race. This withdrawal brought the amount of starting cars down to 36.
Schedule Date Time (local: ET) Event Wednesday, 15 March 10:55 Free Practice 1 16:35 Free Practice 2 Thursday, 16 March 11:55 Free Practice 3 18:30 Qualifying - LMGTE Am 18:55 Qualifying - LMP2 19:20 Qualifying - Hypercar Friday, 17 March 12:00 Race Source:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Ryo Hirakawa 1:47.649 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Mirko Bortolotti 1:50.074 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Michelle Gatting 1:59.028 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Kamui Kobayashi 1:46.954 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi 1:50.326 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Daniel Serra 1:58.845 Free Practice 3 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Kamui Kobayashi 1:45.783 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi 1:50.128 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR Nicki Thiim 1:59.030 Source:
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Team Time 1 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:45.067 - 1 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:45.281 +0.214 2 3 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:45.548 +0.481 3 4 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:45.874 +0.807 4 5 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing 1:46.082 +1.015 5 6 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:47.193 +2.126 6 7 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:47.210 +2.143 7 8 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:47.455 +2.388 8 9 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:48.205 +3.138 9 10 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing 1:49.164 +4.097 10 11 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 1:49.329 +4.262 11 12 LMP2 23 United Autosports 1:49.974 +4.907 12 13 LMP2 28 Jota 1:50.067 +5.000 13 14 LMP2 31 Team WRT 1:50.155 +5.088 14 15 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team 1:50.174 +5.107 15 16 LMP2 48 Hertz Team Jota 1:50.218 +5.151 16 17 LMP2 41 Team WRT 1:50.291 +5.224 17 18 LMP2 22 United Autosports 1:50.408 +5.341 18 19 LMP2 9 Prema Racing 1:50.417 +5.350 19 20 LMP2 10 Vector Sport 1:50.710 +5.643 20 21 LMP2 63 Prema Racing 1:50.726 +5.659 21 22 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition 1:50.889 +5.822 22 23 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team 1:51.284 +6.217 23 24 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames 1:58.949 +13.882 24 25 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing 1:59.345 +14.278 25 26 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF 1:59.657 +14.590 26 27 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse 1:59.733 +14.666 27 28 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse 1:59.992 +14.925 28 29 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO 2:00.588 +15.521 29 30 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing 2:00.591 +15.524 30 31 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR 2:00.807 +15.740 31 32 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing 2:00.941 +15.874 32 33 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse 2:01.041 +15.974 33 34 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:01.054 +15.987 34 35 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing 2:02.588 +17.521 35 36 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx 2:02.820 +17.753 36Source:
Race
Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 136 laps. Class winners are in bold and .
+Final race classification Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid 239 8:00:19.877 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 239 +2.168 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 237 +2 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 4 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook Cadillac V-Series.R 237 +2 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 5 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 235 +4 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 6 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 235 +4 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 7 LMP2 48 Hertz Team Jota David Beckmann Will Stevens Yifei Ye Oreca 07 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin Oreca 07 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin Oreca 07 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 41 Team WRT Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg Oreca 07 230 +9 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 9 Prema Racing Andrea Caldarelli Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 229 +10 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 228 +11 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 16 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 228 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 221 +18 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 18 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen Porsche 911 RSR-19 219 +20 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 19 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 219 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 20 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 219 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 219 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 22 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni Porsche 911 RSR-19 219 +20 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 23 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR-19 218 +21 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 24 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 RSR-19 218 +21 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 25 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser Oreca 07 218 +21 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 26 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage AMR 217 +22 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR 217 +22 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 28 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR Paul Dalla Lana Axcil Jefferies Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 216 +23 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 29 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO Matteo Cairoli P.J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette Porsche 911 RSR-19 215 +24 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 30 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Tom Dillmann Esteban Guerrieri Jacques Villeneuve Vanwall Vandervell 680 215 +24 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 31 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 213 +26 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Nico Müller Peugeot 9X8 141 Not Classified Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas Oreca 07 139 Retired Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LMP2 23 United Autosports Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Oreca 07 91 Electrical Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing Ryan Briscoe Romain Dumas Olivier Pla Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH 62 Electrical Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 4 Crash Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8Source:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Goodyear Michelin
Standings after the race
2023 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship Driver Points1 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López382 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa273 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen244 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook185 Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki15
2023 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship Manufacturer Points1 Toyota382 Ferrari243 Cadillac184 Porsche105 Vanwall6
2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers Drivers Points 1 Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin 38 2 Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin 27 3 Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski 23 4 Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica 18 5 Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen 15
2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams Team Points1 22 United Autosports 382 63 Prema Racing 273 34 Inter Europol Competition 234 41 Team WRT 185 28 Jota 15
2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers Drivers Points1 Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone382 Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen273 Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra234 Stefano Costantini Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw185 Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon15
2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams Team Points1 33 Corvette Racing382 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing273 57 Kessel Racing234 21 AF Corse185 54 AF Corse15
Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.
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