Weather Washes Out Qualifying

Qualifying for the 12 Hours of Sebring was cancelled due to inclement weather, resulting in a provisional grid set by an aggregate of practice times.

Overall pole has been awarded to the first Audi R8 team of JJ Lehto, Marco Werner and Tom Kristensen. "The Audi R8 could have been a bit faster," Lehto said. "We weren't really pushing, as we were expecting to have qualifying. The track was very bad - it was very dirty and sandy."

The P2 class is headed by the Lola B05/40 of Jon Field, Duncan Dayton and Gregor Fisken, who have a time almost three seconds ahead of the next car in their class. "The new Lola seems to be a good car so far," Field said. " This car is built more like a prototype should be - it's real rugged and not as flimsy. We ordered the car late, but Lola did a great job putting it together so precisely."

GT1's pole was set by the Corvette C6-R of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen, just ahead of their sister car, while the GT2 pole was claimed by the privateer Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Long and Lucas Lehr.

The grid does not become official until one hour before Saturday's warm up session.

12 Hours of Sebring - Unofficial Starting Grid:

1.	JJ Lehto	Marco Werner	Tom Kristensen	Audi R8 (P1)	1:49.723
2.	Frank Biela	Emanuele Pirro	Allan McNish	Audi R8 (P1)	1:50.055
3.	Chris Dyson	Guy Smith		Lola EX257 AER (P1)	1:50.249
4.	James Weaver	Butch Leitzinger	Andy Wallace	Lola EX257 AER (P1)	1:51.351
5.	Jon Field	Duncan Dayton	Gregor Fisken	Lola B05/40/AER (P2)	1:51.752
6.	Ian James	Chris McMurry	Jeff Bucknum	Courage C-65 (P2)	1:54.669
7.	Phillip Bennett	Ian Mitchell	Harold Primat	Courage C-65 Judd (P2)	1:55.986
8.	Oliver Gavin	Olivier Beretta	Jan Magnussen	Corvette C6-R (GT1)	1:57.347
9.	Ron Fellows	Johnny O'Connell	Max Papis	Corvette C6-R (GT1)	1:57.686
10.	Michael Lewis	Tomy Drissi	Bryan Willman	Riley & Scott MRK IIIC (P1)	1:57.841
11.	Terry Borcheller	Johnny Mowlem	Ralf Kelleners	Saleen S7R (GT1)	1:57.881
12.	Joao Barbosa	Didier Theys	Michael Krumm	Dallara Nissan (P1)	1:58.001
13.	Peter Kox	Pedro Lamy	Stephane Sarrazin	Aston Martin DB9 (GT1)	1:58.370
14.	David Brabham	Darren Turner	Stephane Ortelli	Aston Martin DB9 (GT1)	1:58.519
15.	Alex Figgie	David Empringham	Ryan Dalziel	Corvette C5-R (GT1)	1:59.409
16.	Tom Weickardt	Jean-Philippe Belloc	Michele Rugulo	Dodge Viper (GT1)	2:00.079
17.	Sebastien Bourdais	Christophe Bouchut	Fabricio Gollin	Ferrari 550 Maranello (GT1)	2:00.099
18.	William Binnie	Adam Sharpe	Robert Julien	Lola B05/42 McLaren (P2)	2:00.219
19.	Andrea Bertolini	Fabio Babini	Fabrizio De Simone	Maserati MC12 (GT1)	2:00.381
20.	Lucas Luhr	Patrick Long	Jorg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:04.960
21.	Bill Auberlen	Robin Liddell	Emanuele Naspetti	Panoz Esperante eGTLM (GT2)	2:05.047
22.	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:05.078
23.	Johannes van Overbeek	Jon Fogarty	Darren Law	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:06.140
24.	Gunnar Jeannette	Scott Maxwell	Bryan Sellers	Panoz Esperante eGTLM (GT2)	2:06.479
25.	Randy Pobst	Ian Baas	Brian Cunningham	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:06.687
26.	Lonnie Pechnik	Seth Neiman	David Murry	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:07.304
27.	Pierre Ehret	Kevin Buckler	Andrew Davis	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:07.625
28.	Tony Burgess	Mike Rockenfeller	Martin Jensen	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:07.916
29.	Justin Jackson	Tim Sugden	Nic Jonsson	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:08.291
30.	Rick Sutherland	Nigel Smith		Saleen S7R (GT1)	2:08.346
31.	Marc Hynes	Richard Dean	Patrick Pearce	TVR 400R (GT2)	2:08.347
32.	Warren Hughes	Jonny Kane	Lawrence Tomilson	TVR 400R (GT2)	2:08.729
33.	Juan Barazi	Michael Vergers	Andrew Thompson	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:09.022
34.	Tracy Krohn	Marc Sluszny	Michael Cawley	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	2:09.110
35.	Clint Field	Gareth Ridpath	Liz Halliday	Lola B2K/40/Judd (P2)	2:10.031
36.	Tom Coronel	Marc Goosens	Donny Crevels	Spyker C-8 Spyder GT2 R (GT2)	2:10.840
37.	Steve Ivankovich	Spencer Pumpelly	Andy Lally	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT2)	2:13.176
38.	Peter van Merkensteyn	Frans Munsterhuis	Marino Franchitti	Spyker C-8 Spyder GT2 R (GT2)	2:16.733
39.	TBA			Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2)	No Time