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March 17, 2008

'Bring out the champagne

Penske Porsche has won the 12 Hours of Sebring, ending Audi's eight-year domination of the event.

Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard and Emmanuel Collard took the win in Porsche's pretty RS Spyder after the Audis suffered turbo and brake problems and accident damage.

The Kristensen/McNish/Capello Audi R10 TDi finished an unaccustomed third, with the Luhr/Rockenfeller/Werner car coming home sixth.

The first two hours belonged to the Peugeot 908 HDi of Nicolas Minassian, Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin, but the French team lost 25 laps after a hydraulic problem.

The team will be pleased with their outright pace on the bumpy Sebring track, and will look to eradicate their reliability problems come the 'Big One' (Le Mans) in June.

The Penske Porsche of Leitzinger, Lally and Marino Franchitti (Dario's brother) finished second.

12 Hours of Sebring 2008 result

1. Dumas/Bernhard/Collard - Porsche RS Spyder - 351 laps
2. Lally/Leitzinger/Franchitti - Porsche RS Spyder - 351
3. Kristensen/McNish/Capello - Audi R10 TDi - 351
4. Smith/Dyson - Porsche RS Spyder - 350
5. Brabham/Sharp/Johansson - Acura ARX-01B - 349
6. Luhr/Rockenfeller/Werner - Audi R10 TDi - 333
7. Lienhard/Theys/Lammers - Porsche RS Spyder - 333
8. Fellows/O'Connell/Magnussen - Corvette C6.R - 328
9. Field/Dayton/Berry - Lola B06/10 AER - 327
10. Gavin/Beretta/Papis - Corvette C6.R - 320

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