American Le Mans Series

Peugeot fastest at Sebring on Tuesday

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Peugeot topped the time sheets again on the second day of testing ahead of the Sebring 12 Hours, which will take place this weekend. The Peugeot 908 was the quickest car out on the track, stopping the clocks on 1:43.710.

Second fastest on Tuesday afternoon was the Andretti Green Racing Acura ARX-01B, 0.725 seconds behind the Peugeot (1:44.435). Third fastest overall was the #2 Audi R10 in a time of 1:44.714.

In GT1 it was the number 3 Corvette that was quickest, just like yesterday afternoon, although the gap with its sister car was just over a tenth of a second, 1:56.742 vs. 1:56.897. The Bell Motorsports Aston Martin stayed in the paddock once more.

Down in GT2 it was the Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT2 number 62 of Salo/Melo/Bruni on top again (2:02.535). The Flying Lizard #45 was second with a lap time of 2:02.818 and the Farnbacher Loles Porsche set the third fastest time of the session, 0.011s behind the Lizard Porsche. The LG Motorsports Corvette improved its time, setting a 2:03.909, over 2 seconds quicker than it was yesterday.

The Tuesday session also meant the track debut for two cars. The Barazi-Epsilon Zytek 07S recorded a time of 1:51.413 while the VICI Racing Porsche completed its fastest lap in 2:05.312.

The ARC Bratislava Porsche and the ECO Racing Radical have not yet completed a lap at Sebring this week.

Tomorrow there will be two official timed practice sessions, one from 10:00-10:55 am and one from 2:15-3:10pm.