American Le Mans Series

Sebring 12H – Tuesday Morning Session Report

The green flag was shown this morning at 11.20 am for the first one-hour session at the Sebring International Raceway. In a session that was interrupted four times by red flags the works Aston Martin eventually topped the time sheets.

Within twenty minutes of the session there were already two red flag interruptions. The #08 Peugeot caused the first red flag in the opening minutes, while a car in the wall at Turn 6 meant another brief interruption just after the session had been restarted. Towards the end of the session two other red flags were caused by a GT2 Porsche and one of the Oreca FLM09s.

In between the interruptions teams were able to clock times in this – officially untimed – practice session. The red flag just before the checkered flag effectively ended the session, even though the #8 Drayson Racing Lola missed the red flag and pit entry and completed another lap. In the end it was the #007 Lola Aston Martin that had posted the fastest time (1:47.416), just 0.060s quicker than the #07 Peugeot. The Patrón Highcroft Racing car completed the top three, taking first in LMP2.

Green Earth Team Gunnar set the fastest lap time in LMPC, just over ten seconds from the fastest lap time. In GT2 it was again Risi Competizione that set the fastest lap time. The Ferrari F430 GT2 beat the #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team car by a full second.

Top 11 times of Tuesday Morning

1. #007 Aston Martin Racing – Lola Aston Martin – 1:47.416
2. #07 Team Peugeot Total – Peugeot 908 HDi FAP – 1:47.476
3. #1 Patrón Highcroft Racing – HPD ARX-01c – 1:48.318
4. #16 Dyson Racing Team – Lola B09/86 Mazda – 1:48.667
5. #8 Drayson Racing – Lola B09/60 Judd – 1:51.871
6. #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar – Oreca FLM09 – 1:57.803
7. #11 Primetime-Braille Batteries Race Group – Oreca FLM09 – 1:59.948
8. #62 Risi Competizione – Ferrari F430 GT – 2:01.429
9. #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team – BMW M3 E92 – 2:02.466
10. #81 Alex Job Racing – Porsche 911 GT3 Cup – 2:06.537
11. #88 Velox Motorsports – Porsche 911 GT3 Cup – 2:08.357