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12 Hours of Sebring 1961 and 1971: 50 and 40 years ago

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Created on March 12, 2011

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Balz Schreier

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Porsche poster of the 12 Hours of Sebring 1971

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Poster of the 12 Hours of Sebring 1971

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Original starter list for the 1971 12 Hours of Sebring

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Martini & Rossi Racing Team Portrait: The Porsche 917 Armada with Vic Elford and Gérard Larrousse

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Poster of the 12 Hours of Sebring 1961

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Winning car Ferrari 250 TRI/61 Chassis #0792TR

Bild von Partner Porsche AMAG Mai Foto-Galerie 2026

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari Dino 246 SP 1961 Chassis #0790

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari Dino 246 S 1961

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari 250 TR 1959 Chassis#0768TR

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari 250 TR 1959 Chassis #0766TR

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari 250 TR 1959 Chassis #0770TR

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: 2nd place: Ferrari 250 TRI/60 Chassis #0780TR

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Winning car Ferrari 250 TRI/61 Chassis #0792TR

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari Dino 246 S 1961 Chassis #0778TR

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari Dino 246 SP 1961 Chassis #0790

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: 3rd place: Ferrari 250 TR/59 chassis #0746

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Porsche 718 RS 61 (Chassis #066) and Ferrari 246 S Dino (Chassis #0784S)

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Porsche 718 RS 61 1961

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Porsche 718 RS 61 1961 Chassis #043

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Hans Herrmann in the Porsche 718 RS 61 (Chassis #044)

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Porsche 718 RS 60 1960 Chassis #060

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Porsche 718 RS 61 1961

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta 1961 Chassis #2455GT

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Charles Vögele at Le Mans 1960 in the Lola Mk.1 with starting number 45

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Charles Vögele (left) on his return from Sebring at the Kloten Zurich airfield with his faithful mechanic Robert Schittli

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Maserati Tipo 61 1959 Driven by Stirling Moss and Graham Hill : Chassis #2472

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Maserati Tipo 61 1959 Chassis #2459

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Maserati Tipo 63 1961 Chassis #63002 SWB

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Maserati Tipo 61 1959 Chassis #2457

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Maserati Tipo 60 1959 Chassis #2468

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Maserati Tipo 61 1959 Chassis #2459

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Stirling Moss in the Maserati Tipo 63 chassis #63006

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Maserati Tipo 63 1961 Chassis #63006

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Aston Martin DB4 GT 1961

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Aston Martin DB4 GT 1961 Paddock

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Chevrolet Corvette C1 1961

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Lotus 19 1961 Chassis #960

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: MG A 1961 Chassis #100148

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: MG A 1961 Chassis #100149

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1st left-hand bend in the 1961 Sebring 12-hour race

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Starting signal for the 1961 12 Hours of Sebring

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Sunset at the 12 Hours of Sebring 1961

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Racing driver Denise McCluggage at the 12 Hours of Sebring 1961

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta 1961 Chassis #1931GT

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Race preparations Pete Lovely and Jack Nethercutt - retired due to defective oil pump

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Lola Mk.1 BR6 1960 by Charles Vögele with starting number 58: Class victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring

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Plakat des 12 Stunden Rennen Sebring 1971

Original Starterliste des 12 Stunden Rennen von Sebring 1971

Martini & Rossi Racing Team Portrait: Die Porsche 917 Armada mit Vic Elford und Gérard Larrousse

Plakat des 12 Stunden Rennen Sebring 1961

12 Stunden von Sebring 1961: Siegerfahrzeug Ferrari 250 TRI/61 Chassis #0792TR

12 Stunden von Sebring 1961: Ferrari Dino 246 SP 1961 Chassis #0790

Summary

Today, the 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the most famous and, due to the very bumpy asphalt of the former airport site, one of the toughest endurance races of all: teams that will also be competing at Le Mans in the same year know that Sebring is the first opportunity to test their strength against their rivals and assess whether the innovations or new designs developed over the winter will be good enough to win at Le Mans. Those who survive Sebring can look forward to Le Mans with peace of mind. In this article, we look back 50 and 40 years.

This article contains the following chapters

But first a little history
50 years ago
40 years ago

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the most famous and, due to the very bumpy asphalt of the former airport site, one of the toughest endurance races of all: teams that will also be competing at Le Mans in the same year know that Sebring is the first opportunity to test their strength against their rivals and assess whether the innovations or new designs developed over the winter will be good enough to win at Le Mans. Whoever survives Sebring can look forward to Le Mans with peace of mind. But even without the connection to Le Mans, Sebring is an international classic among endurance races: However, we are primarily interested in what happened at Sebring 40 and 50 years ago.

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Plakat des 12 Stunden Rennen Sebring 1971

Original Starterliste des 12 Stunden Rennen von Sebring 1971

Martini & Rossi Racing Team Portrait: Die Porsche 917 Armada mit Vic Elford und Gérard Larrousse

Plakat des 12 Stunden Rennen Sebring 1961

12 Stunden von Sebring 1961: Siegerfahrzeug Ferrari 250 TRI/61 Chassis #0792TR

12 Stunden von Sebring 1961: Ferrari Dino 246 SP 1961 Chassis #0790

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