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The '''2019 1000 Miles of Sebring''' is an upcoming Endurance sportscar racing event to scheduled to be held on the 15th of March 2019, as the 6th round of the [[2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship]]. This will be the inaugural running of the [[1000 Miles of Sebring|race]], and the first FIA WEC race to be held at Sebring International Raceway since the [[2012 12 Hours of Sebring]].
== Background ==
The Provisional Calendar for the [[2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship]], released on the 1st of September 2017 saw a raft of changes, with several races dropped, but included a return to Sebring for the first time since 2012. In the provisional calendar issued, the race was originally planned to be run as a second 12-hour race after the IMSA Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring on the same weekend, and would start at midnight after the conclusion of the [[12 Hours of Sebring|IMSA 12 hours]].<ref></ref><ref></ref> On 21 September 2017, the race became known as the 1500 Miles of Sebring, to avoid confusion between the 2 events, at the [[FIA World Motor Sport Council]] meeting in Paris.<ref></ref> However, on 4 April 2018, it was announced that the race would become shortened to 1000 Miles, have a time limit of 8 Hours, and would take place on March 15 instead, prior to the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring, rather than after the race. In addition, it was also announced that there would be a new pitlane built to accommodate the WEC teams, located on the Ulman Straight.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
== Entry List ==
The entry list released on the 8th of February 2019 saw a number of changes, with the #4 [[ByKolles Racing|ByKolles Racing Team]] [[CLM P1/01|ENSO CLM P1/01]] removed, after the team announced they would not compete due to an engine supply dispute with [[Nismo|NISMO]], and an additional Entry from the [[Corvette Racing]] team. [[Nathanaël Berthon|Nathanael Berthon]] was added to the #3 [[Rebellion Racing]] [[Rebellion R13]], while the [[Mathias Beche]] moved to the #1, replacing [[Andre Lotterer]], who was unable to attend due to a clashing simulator test for the [[Techeetah|DS Techeetah]] Formula E team. [[Jenson Button]] and [[Matevos Isaakyan]] was replaced in the #11 and #17 [[SMP Racing]] [[BR Engineering BR1]]<nowiki/>s by Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin respectively.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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The '''2019 1000 Miles of Sebring''' is an upcoming Endurance sportscar racing event to scheduled to be held on the 15th of March 2019, as the 6th round of the [[2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship]]. This will be the inaugural running of the [[1000 Miles of Sebring|race]], and the first FIA WEC race to be held at Sebring International Raceway since the [[2012 12 Hours of Sebring]].
== Background ==
The Provisional Calendar for the [[2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship]], released on the 1st of September 2017 saw a raft of changes, with several races dropped, but included a return to Sebring for the first time since 2012. In the provisional calendar issued, the race was originally planned to be run as a second 12-hour race after the IMSA Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring on the same weekend, and would start at midnight after the conclusion of the [[12 Hours of Sebring|IMSA 12 hours]].<ref></ref><ref></ref> On 21 September 2017, the race became known as the 1500 Miles of Sebring, to avoid confusion between the 2 events, at the [[FIA World Motor Sport Council]] meeting in Paris.<ref></ref> However, on 4 April 2018, it was announced that the race would become shortened to 1000 Miles, have a time limit of 8 Hours, and would take place on March 15 instead, prior to the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring, rather than after the race. In addition, it was also announced that there would be a new pitlane built to accommodate the WEC teams, located on the Ulman Straight.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
== Entry List ==
The entry list released on the 8th of February 2019 saw a number of changes, with the #4 [[ByKolles Racing|ByKolles Racing Team]] [[CLM P1/01|ENSO CLM P1/01]] removed, after the team announced they would not compete due to an engine supply dispute with [[Nismo|NISMO]], and an additional Entry from the [[Corvette Racing]] team. [[Nathanaël Berthon|Nathanael Berthon]] was added to the #3 [[Rebellion Racing]] [[Rebellion R13]], while the [[Mathias Beche]] moved to the #1, replacing [[Andre Lotterer]], who was unable to attend due to a clashing simulator test for the [[Techeetah|DS Techeetah]] Formula E team. [[Jenson Button]] and [[Matevos Isaakyan]] was replaced in the #11 and #17 [[SMP Racing]] [[BR Engineering BR1]]<nowiki/>s by Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin respectively.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== References List ==
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