Practice: Audi one-two
Practice for the ALMS round at Laguna Seca was an Audi benefit, with the works cars ending the session in first and second places, the best part of a second quicker than their nearest rivals
The in-form partnership of Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello, who have won three of the last four ALMS races, set the pace, lapping the undulating California track in 1m15.679s, just over a tenth up on the sister car of Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela.
Once again it was the number one Panoz of Jan Magnussen and David Brabham that took the fight to the silver cars, but the LMP-1's best lap was only 1m15.800s. Still, this was enough to put the American machine ahead of the privateer R8 of Johnny Herbert and fellow former F1 man Stefan Johansson.
The LMP 675 pacesetter was the KnightHawk Lola of German female racer Claudia Huertgen and team-mates Chad Block and Steve Knight. The MG-powered car was seventh fastest overall, ahead of a few of the more powerful LMP 900 cars.
Once again the GTS class pace was set by the works Chevrolet Corvette of Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins, while Lucas Lohr was the fastest GT runner in his Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3.
Tom Kristensen/Rinaldo Capello Audi R8 (LMP 900) 1m15.679s
Frank Biela.Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 (LMP 900) 1m15.800s
Jan Magnussen/David Brabham Panoz LMP-1 (LMP 900) 1m16.785s
Johnny Herbert/Stefan Johansson Audi R8 (LMP 900) 1m17.563s
JJ Lehto/Max Angelelli Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 (LMP 900) 1m17.954s
Bryan Herta/Bill Auberlen Panoz LMP-1 (LMP 900) 1m18.299s
Claudia Huertgen/Chad Bloack/Steve Knight Lola EX257-MG (LMP 675) 1m19.564s
Eric Bernard/Emmanuel Collard Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 (LMP 900) 1m19.862s
Jon Field/Rick Sutherland Lola EX257-MG (LMP 675) 1m20.390s
Clint Field/Mark Neuhaus Lola B2K10-Judd (LMP 900) 1m21.113s
Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins Chevrolet Corevette C5-R (GTS) 1m25.077s
Timo Bernhard/Jorg Bergemeister Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT) 1m29.335s
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