Sebring 12 Hours: Michael Shank Racing Ligier leads final practice
Michael Shank Racing Ligier driver Oswaldo Negri Jr claimed the top spot in final free practice ahead of Friday afternoon's qualifying session for the Sebring 12 Hours
The Brazilian, who was on pole for the opening round of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship at Daytona in January, set a best time 1m52.096s aboard the MSR Ligier-Honda JSP2.
That put him nearly half a second ahead of Joao Barbosa in the lead Action Express Racing Coyote-Chevrolet Corvette DP, which finished on 1m52.588s at the end of the one-hour session.
The Judd/BMW-engined Ligier LMP2 coupe fielded by Krohn Racing, which had been fastest in practice sessions two and three, ended up third in Nic Jonsson's hands on a 1m52.797s.
Ryan Dalziel was fourth fastest aboard Extreme Speed Motorsports' HPD ARX-03b with a time a further tenth back.
BMW was fastest in GT Le Mans for the third session out of four, with Dirk Werner leading the way in the #25 Rahal BMW Z4 GTE on a 1m59.085s.
Corvette Racing was second fastest with Tommy Milner, who was just two hundredths down on a 1m59.104s.
The Prototype Challenge class was led by Martin Plowman in the BAR1 Motorsports ORECA-Chevrolet FLM09 and GT Daytona by Spencer Pumpelly in the Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT America.
LEADING PRACTICE FOUR TIMES:
Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | P | J.Pew, O.Negri, J.Wilson | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Ligier/HPD | 1m52.096s | - |
2 | P | T.Krohn, N.Jonsson, O.Pla | Krohn Racing | Ligier/Judd | 1m52.578s | 0.482s |
3 | P | J.Barbosa, C.Fittipaldi, S.Bourdais | Action Express Racing | Corvette/Chevrolet | 1m52.588s | 0.492s |
4 | P | S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, D.H.Hansson | Tequila Patron ESM | HPD | 1m52.899s | 0.803s |
5 | P | E.Curran, D.Cameron, M.Papis | Action Express Racing | Corvette/Chevrolet | 1m53.270s | 1.174s |
6 | P | J.Hand, S.Pruett, S.Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Riley/Ford | 1m53.278s | 1.182s |
7 | P | R.Westbrook, M.Valiante, M.Rockenfeller | visitflorida.com Racing | Corvette/Chevrolet | 1m53.483s | 1.387s |
8 | P | R.Taylor, J.Taylor, M.Angelelli | Wayne Taylor Racing | Corvette/Chevrolet | 1m54.211s | 2.115s |
9 | PC | M.Drumwright, T.Drissi, D.Cheng, M.Plowman | BAR1 Motorsports | ORECA/Chevrolet | 1m54.857s | 2.761s |
10 | P | E.Brown, J.van Overbeek, J.Fogarty | Tequila Patron ESM | HPD | 1m54.924s | 2.828s |
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