Saturday, March 15, 2003 |
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#1 Biela took lead ahead of #38 Pirro and #9 Salo at the start |
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#38 Pirro passed #1 Biela in traffic on lap 5 |
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#1 Biela lost windscreen on his car during second hour |
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#9 Salo dropped to 4th during second hour |
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#9 Kane had various contacts during third and fourth hour resulting in |
replacement of nose section |
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#1 Werner briefly took lead from #38 Johansson during fourth hour when |
doing a triple stint without changing tyres |
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Loose wastegate sensor of car #9 McCarthy fixed after five hours |
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#9 Salo had contact with another car in hour seven damaging right rear |
bodywork extension |
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#9 Kane had rear part of car changed at the beginning of ninth hour. Lost |
18 minutes and dropped to 6th |
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#38 Pirro has severe cramps with 90 minutes to go and needs to be |
replaced by Johansson, losing his 10-second lead to #1 Werner |
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#1 Werner defended lead until the end and won by just 13.403s from #38 |
Johansson |
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It was the fourth consecutive Sebring victory for Audi and Joest Racing |
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Second Sebring victory for Frank Biela after 2001, first for Marco Werner |
and Philipp Peter |
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Champion Racing finished on the podium at Sebring for a third time in |
succession |
12h Sebring |
Marco Werner (Infineon Team Joest Audi R8 #1) |
1. |
Biela/Peter/Werner | Audi R8 | 367 laps |
2. |
Johansson/Lehto/Pirro | Audi R8 | + 13.493s |
3. |
Herbert/Brabham/Blundell | Bentley | - 4 laps |
4. |
Kristensen/Capello/Smith | Bentley | - 5 laps |
5. |
Beretta/Jeannette/Papis | Panoz | - 15 laps |
6. |
Kane/McCarthy/Salo | Audi R8 | - 16 laps |
7. |
Theys/Lienhard/van de Poele | Dallara-MG | - 31 laps |
8. |
Fellows/O’Connell/Freon | Chevrolet | - 35 laps |
9. |
Leuenberger/Graham/Maxwell | Panoz | - 43 laps |
10. |
Luhr/Maassen | Porsche | - 47 laps |
Drivers |