2022 1000 Miles of Sebring
The 2022 1000 Miles of Sebring was an endurance sportscar racing event held on the 18 March 2022, as the opening round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was the second running of the race, a 268-lap event or 8 hours (whichever comes first), and the first time the event had been held since the 2019 1000 Miles of Sebring, after due to the 2020 and 2021 races being cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
The provisional calendar for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship released in August 2021. It saw a few changes, with the return of the Sebring and Fuji races, whilst the Portimao and second Bahrain races were dropped.[1]
Entry list
The entry list was revealed on 9 March 2022.
Qualifying
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | Hypercar | 36 |  Alpine Elf Team |
1:47.407 | - | 1 |
| 2 | Hypercar | 708 |  Glickenhaus Racing |
1:48.471 | +1.334 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 83 |  AF Corse |
1:49.014 | +1.607 | 3 |
| 4 | Hypercar | 8 |  Toyota Gazoo Racing |
1:49.217 | +1.810 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 22 | United Autosports USA |
1:49.388 | +1.981 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 23 | United Autosports USA |
1:49.510 | +2.103 | 6 |
| 7 | Hypercar | 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
1:49.581 | +2.174 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | 31 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} WRT |
1:49.670 | +2.263 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 41 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} RealTeam by WRT |
1:49.688 | +2.281 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | 9 | Prema Orlen Team |
1:50.057 | +2.650 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 28 |  JOTA |
1:50.178 | +2.771 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 38 | JOTA |
1:50.596 | +3.189 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 | 5 | Team Penske |
1:50.629 | +3.222 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 | 1 | Richard Mille Racing Team |
1:50.916 | +3.509 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 35 | Ultimate |
1:50.954 | +3.547 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP2 | 10 | Vector Sport |
1:50.955 | +3.548 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 44 |  ARC Bratislava |
1:51.182 | +3.775 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 45 |  Algarve Pro Racing |
1:51.332 | +3.925 | 18 |
| 19 | LMGTE Pro | 92 |  Porsche GT Team |
1:57.233 | +9.826 | 19 |
| 20 | LMGTE Pro | 91 | Porsche GT Team |
1:57.383 | +9.976 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGTE Pro | 64 | Corvette Racing |
1:57.696 | +10.289 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGTE Am | 33 | TF Sport |
1:59.204 | +11.797 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGTE Pro | 51 | AF Corse |
1:59.299 | +11.892 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGTE Pro | 52 | AF Corse |
1:59.388 | +11.981 | 24 |
| 25 | LMGTE Am | 98 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Northwest AMR |
2:00.570 | +13.163 | 25 |
| 26 | LMGTE Am | 56 | Team Project 1 |
2:00.649 | +13.242 | 26 |
| 27 | LMGTE Am | 85 | Iron Dames |
2:01.140 | +13.733 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | 777 | D'Station Racing |
2:01.379 | +13.972 | 28 |
| 29 | LMGTE Am | 77 | Dempsey-Proton Racing |
2:02.079 | +14.672 | 29 |
| 30 | LMGTE Am | 54 | AF Corse |
2:02.264 | +14.857 | 30 |
| 31 | LMGTE Am | 71 | Spirit of Race |
2:02.800 | +15.393 | 31 |
| 32 | LMGTE Am | 21 | AF Corse |
2:03.116 | +15.709 | 32 |
| 33 | LMGTE Am | 88 | Dempsey-Proton Racing |
2:03.560 | +16.153 | 33 |
| 34 | LMGTE Am | 60 | Iron Lynx |
2:03.726 | +16.319 | 34 |
| 35 | LMGTE Am | 46 | Team Project 1 |
No Time | — | 35 |
| 36 | LMP2 | 34 |  Inter Europol Competition |
No Time | — | 36 |
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Race
The race was stopped twice during the course of the event with red flags. The first stoppage was after the crash of the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry, which required extensive time for car recovery and barrier repair. The second stoppage occurred in the final hour due to lightning strikes and heavy rain showers in the area. The race was ultimately ended early due to the weather conditions.
Race Result
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's distance) was 136 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.[3]
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Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.
References
- "6 Races for FIA WEC in 2022 – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- "2022 Sebring results - FIA World Endurance Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- "Race Classification" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- "Standings after the race (Hypercar drivers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- "Standings after the race (Hypercar manufacturers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- "Standings after the race (GTE drivers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- "Standings after the race (GTE manufacturers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-03-19.