Audi Sport Team Joest has won the final American Le Mans Series 12 Hours of Sebring. Benoit Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler and Oliver Jarvis managed to beat their Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Lucas di Grassi after what could best be described as two-car battle for the overall victory. It was the first ever win for a hybrid diesel at Sebring and the 11th overall victory for the German manufacturer since 2000.[...]
Picking up where it last left off following a dominant 2012 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón season, Level 5 Motorsports and Scott Tucker will start the 61st annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida from the pole position after locking out the P2 front row in qualifying Friday at Sebring International Raceway.[...]
Nick Heidfeld proved today that he is not just a one trick pony by taking the reins of the #12 Rebellion B12/60 Lola-Toyota and qualifying it in third place for the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring. Heidfeld recorded a time of 1:46.456 on his first flying lap just ahead of Klaus Graff in the #6 Muscle Milk HPD. In addition to the second row starting position, the German driver claims the first place of the American Le Mans Series entrants.[...]
Two-time American Le Mans Series Prototype Challenge Champions and defending Twelve Hours of Sebring class winner CORE autosport took the first step to defending its victory by scoring the class pole at Sebring International Raceway today.[...]
The new BMW Z4 GTE experienced another first at Sebring (US) on Friday and took part in its maiden American Le Mans Series (ALMS) qualifying session. In the contest for the top grid positions for the classic 12-hour race, Maxime Martin (BE) was in action driving the “Frozen Black” No. 55 car. Joey Hand (US) took to the track at the wheel of the No. 56 BMW Z4 GTE. Martin clocked the eighth-fastest GT-class time, setting a 1:59.736-minute lap, while Hand was 0.111 seconds behind in ninth. Ferrari’s Gianmaria Bruni (IT) secured pole position for the 61st staging of the race, posting a lap time of 1:58.815 minutes.[...]
Paul Miller Racing, and drivers Bryce Miller, Marco Holzer and Richard Lietz, have been on the pace and making progress in practice all week in the team’s Michelin®-shod No. 48 Chopard/TOTAL Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in preparation for Saturday’s 61st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by “Fresh from Florida.”[...]
Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) continues its 2013 season with another first – qualifying the new Tequila Patrón-sponsored Honda Performance Development (HPD) ARX-03b racing machines.[...]
DeltaWing Racing Cars has made steady, gradual, daily improvements to the DeltaWing powered by Élan in advance of its debut in the LMP1 class this week at Sebring International Raceway.[...]
Porsche 911 racecars in two classes qualified successfully for Saturday’s 61st Edition of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, which takes the green flag at 10:45 AM Eastern time live on Speed[...]
Dyson Racing, winners of first place ALMS points in P1 in last year’s 12 Hours of Sebring, will start the 61st editon of America’s most demanding long-distance sport car race in sixth place. Butch Leitzinger qualified the #16 Thetford/RACER Lola Mazda, posting a time a second quicker than the car’s previous best in practice. Butch is sharing the driving duties this weekend with Chris Dyson and Guy Smith, last year’s Sebring P1 winners.[...]