Weather Washes Out Qualifying
The grid has been set by combining the best times from both sessions held on Wednesday as well as the Thursday morning session. The qualifying session, due to be held on Thursday afternoon, was instead turned into an open practice - no teams made use of the track time
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 |
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