Sebring 12 Hours: Penske on top during opening practice sessions
The Acura Penske team led the way in both opening sessions of free practice for this weekend's Sebring 12 Hours
The #7 Acura ARX-05 Daytona Prototype international was quickest in the morning session with Helio Castroneves driving and again in the afternoon with Ricky Taylor at the wheel.
A session one best of 1m48.237s from Castroneves stood as the fastest time of the day so far.
Taylor was over half a second slower in the hotter conditions of the afternoon with a 1m48.841s.
The Spirit of Daytona Cadillac team ended up second fastest over the first two sessions for round two of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Tristan Vautier posted a 1m48.387s in his Cadillac DPi-V.R to end up just a tenth a half down on Castroneves.
Jordan Taylor was third fastest in the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac with a 1m48.415 set in session one.
Fourth was the Onroak-Nissan DPi in which Olivier Pla posted a 1m48.461s in session one
Joest Mazda driver Jonathan Bomarito was fifth in the opening session with a 1m48.544s, before ending up second fastest in session two in his RT24-P.
The fastest LMP2 time was set in session two by CORE Autosport driver Colin Braun in the second practice period.
He ended up on a 1m49.456s in the CORE ORECA-Gibson 07.
The Ganassi Ford team was quickest in GT Le Mans in both sessions, its two cars ending up separated by just 0.001s
Dirk Muller was quickest in the morning session with a 1m57.567s, before team-mate Richard Westbrook posted a 1m56.566s in the sister Ford GT in the afternoon.
The Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE was second fastest in both sessions with James Calado setting the time on both occasions.
Michael Shank Racing was quickest in GT Daytona with its #93 Acura NSX GT3.
Lawson Aschenbach set the quickest GTD time of the day in the morning with a 2m00.337s.
Daniel Serra was second fastest in class in the AF Corse-run Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE.
Jack Hawksworth topped the times in session two in his Gentilozzi/3GT Lexus RC F GT3 ahead of Mario Farnbacher in the Acura.
Justin Marks crashed the #93 car at Tower Turn with 10 minutes of the afternoon session to go, bringing out the red flags.
Session one times
Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | P | H.Castroneves, R.Taylor, G.Rahal | Acura Team Penske | Acura | 1m48.237s | 20 |
2 | P | M.McMurry, T.Vautier, E.Cheever | Spirit of Daytona Racing | Cadillac | 0.150s | 24 |
3 | P | J.Taylor, R.van der Zande, R.H.-Reay | Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac | 0.178s | 19 |
4 | P | S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, O.Pla | Tequila Patron ESM | Nissan | 0.224s | 17 |
5 | P | J.Bomarito, H.Tincknell, S.Pigot | Mazda Team Joest | Mazda | 0.307s | 18 |
6 | P | J.van Overbeek, P.Derani, N.Lapierre | Tequila Patron ESM | Nissan | 0.438s | 19 |
7 | P | F.Nasr, E.Curran, M.Conway | Whelen Engineering Racing | Cadillac | 0.516s | 21 |
8 | P | O.Jarvis, T.Nunez, R.Rast | Mazda Team Joest | Mazda | 0.527s | 18 |
9 | P | D.Cameron, J.P.Montoya, S.Pagenaud | Acura Team Penske | Acura | 0.713s | 15 |
10 | P | F.Albuquerque, J.Barbosa, C.Fittipaldi | Mustang Sampling Racing | Cadillac | 1.149s | 21 |
11 | P | J.French, K.Masson, P.O'Ward | Performance Tech Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | 1.220s | 20 |
12 | P | S.Trummer, R.Alon, N.Panciatici | JDC-Miller Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | 2.141s | 16 |
13 | P | C.Miller, S.Simpson, M.Goikhberg | JDC-Miller Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | 2.414s | 8 |
14 | P | P.Hanson, A.Brundle, P.Di Resta | United Autosports | Ligier/Gibson | 2.522s | 21 |
15 | P | S.Saavedra, G.Yacaman, R.Gonzalez | AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Ligier/Gibson | 2.670s | 21 |
16 | GTLM | J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford | 9.330s | 17 |
17 | GTLM | T.Vilander, J.Calado, A.P.Guidi | Risi Competizione | Ferrari | 9.582s | 23 |
18 | GTLM | R.Briscoe, R.Westbrook, S.Dixon | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford | 9.584s | 16 |
19 | GTLM | P.Pilet, N.Tandy, F.Makowiecki | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 9.721s | 21 |
20 | GTLM | L.Vanthoor, E.Bamber, G.Bruni | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 9.879s | 20 |
21 | GTLM | J.Krohn, J.M.Edwards, N.Catsburg | BMW Team RLL | BMW | 10.123s | 19 |
22 | GTLM | A.Sims, C.De Phillippi, B.Auberlen | BMW Team RLL | BMW | 10.263s | 11 |
23 | GTLM | J.Magnussen, A.Garcia, M.Rockenfeller | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet | 10.525s | 24 |
24 | GTLM | O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet | 10.746s | 24 |
25 | GTD | J.Marks, L.Aschenbach, M.Farnbacher | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Acura | 12.100s | 19 |
26 | GTD | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda, D.Serra | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 12.187s | 21 |
27 | GTD | S.van der Linde, C.Mies, A.Picariello | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Audi | 12.224s | 19 |
28 | GTD | J.Potter, A.Lally, A.Davis | Magnus Racing | Audi | 12.294s | 20 |
29 | GTD | J.Hawksworth, D.H.Hansson, S.Rayhall | 3GT Racing | Lexus | 12.503s | 19 |
30 | GTD | P.Long, C.Nielsen, R.Renauer, M.Jaminet | Wright Motorsports | Porsche | 12.692s | 19 |
31 | GTD | D.Baumann, K.Marcelli, P.Frommenwiler | 3GT Racing | Lexus | 12.729s | 21 |
32 | GTD | K.Legge, A.Parente, T.Hindman | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Acura | 12.787s | 13 |
33 | GTD | D.Yount, D.Machavern, M.Palttala | Turner Motorsport | BMW | 12.823s | 22 |
34 | GTD | K.Habul, T.Jager, M.Grenier | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes | 12.898s | 18 |
35 | GTD | B.Sellers, M.Snow, C.Lewis | Paul Miller Racing | Lamborghini | 12.996s | 18 |
36 | GTD | B.Sweedler, T.Bell, F.Montecalvo | Scuderia Corsa | Ferrari | 13.007s | 20 |
37 | GTD | B.Keating, J.Bleekemolen, L.Stolz | Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports | Mercedes | 13.041s | 20 |
38 | GTD | C.MacNeil, A.Balzan, G.Jeannette | Scuderia Corsa | Ferrari | 13.192s | 20 |
39 | GTD | C.Gilsinger, R.Eversley, T.Dyer | HART | Acura | 13.268s | 17 |
40 | GTD | P.Lindsey, J.Bergmeister, T.Pappas | Park Place Motorsports | Porsche | 13.372s | 17 |
41 | GTD | M.Miller, T.Bechtolsheimer, K.Wittmer | CJ Wilson Racing | Acura | 13.730s | 23 |
42 | GTD | K.Koch, L.Spinelli, J.Perez | P1 Motorsports | Mercedes | 13.772s | 10 |
43 | P | J.Bennett, C.Braun, R.Dumas | CORE Autosport | ORECA/Gibson | - | 1 |
Session two times
Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | P | H.Castroneves, R.Taylor, G.Rahal | Acura Team Penske | Acura | 1m47.841s | 18 |
2 | P | J.Bomarito, H.Tincknell, S.Pigot | Mazda Team Joest | Mazda | 0.912s | 18 |
3 | P | F.Albuquerque, J.Barbosa, C.Fittipaldi | Mustang Sampling Racing | Cadillac | 0.964s | 21 |
4 | P | O.Jarvis, T.Nunez, R.Rast | Mazda Team Joest | Mazda | 1.222s | 19 |
5 | P | J.Bennett, C.Braun, R.Dumas | CORE Autosport | ORECA/Gibson | 1.615s | 20 |
6 | P | D.Cameron, J.P.Montoya, S.Pagenaud | Acura Team Penske | Acura | 1.618s | 15 |
7 | P | J.van Overbeek, P.Derani, N.Lapierre | Tequila Patron ESM | Nissan | 1.701s | 20 |
8 | P | P.Hanson, A.Brundle, P.Di Resta | United Autosports | Ligier/Gibson | 1.953s | 18 |
9 | P | J.Taylor, R.van der Zande, R.H.-Reay | Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac | 2.070s | 15 |
10 | P | S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, O.Pla | Tequila Patron ESM | Nissan | 2.233s | 17 |
11 | P | S.Saavedra, G.Yacaman, R.Gonzalez | AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Ligier/Gibson | 2.500s | 20 |
12 | P | C.Miller, S.Simpson, M.Goikhberg | JDC-Miller Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | 2.782s | 18 |
13 | P | F.Nasr, E.Curran, M.Conway | Whelen Engineering Racing | Cadillac | 2.925s | 13 |
14 | P | J.French, K.Masson, P.O'Ward | Performance Tech Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | 4.735s | 18 |
15 | P | S.Trummer, R.Alon, N.Panciatici | JDC-Miller Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | 5.355s | 14 |
16 | GTLM | R.Briscoe, R.Westbrook, S.Dixon | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford | 9.725s | 17 |
17 | GTLM | T.Vilander, J.Calado, A.P.Guidi | Risi Competizione | Ferrari | 9.761s | 21 |
18 | GTLM | J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford | 10.049s | 14 |
19 | GTLM | J.Krohn, J.M.Edwards, N.Catsburg | BMW Team RLL | BMW | 10.561s | 17 |
20 | GTLM | A.Sims, C.De Phillippi, B.Auberlen | BMW Team RLL | BMW | 10.636s | 16 |
21 | GTLM | L.Vanthoor, E.Bamber, G.Bruni | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 10.881s | 19 |
22 | GTLM | J.Magnussen, A.Garcia, M.Rockenfeller | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet | 10.902s | 19 |
23 | GTLM | O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet | 11.158s | 19 |
24 | GTLM | P.Pilet, N.Tandy, F.Makowiecki | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 11.326s | 19 |
25 | GTD | J.Hawksworth, D.H.Hansson, S.Rayhall | 3GT Racing | Lexus | 12.586s | 20 |
26 | GTD | J.Marks, L.Aschenbach, M.Farnbacher | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Acura | 12.679s | 17 |
27 | GTD | P.Long, C.Nielsen, R.Renauer, M.Jaminet | Wright Motorsports | Porsche | 12.794s | 19 |
28 | GTD | D.Baumann, K.Marcelli, P.Frommenwiler | 3GT Racing | Lexus | 13.231s | 18 |
29 | GTD | S.van der Linde, C.Mies, A.Picariello | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Audi | 13.266s | 19 |
30 | GTD | C.MacNeil, A.Balzan, G.Jeannette | Scuderia Corsa | Ferrari | 13.345s | 20 |
31 | GTD | K.Habul, T.Jager, M.Grenier | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes | 13.889s | 18 |
32 | GTD | B.Keating, J.Bleekemolen, L.Stolz | Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports | Mercedes | 13.922s | 18 |
33 | GTD | P.Lindsey, J.Bergmeister, T.Pappas | Park Place Motorsports | Porsche | 13.929s | 18 |
34 | GTD | K.Legge, A.Parente, T.Hindman | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Acura | 13.980s | 13 |
35 | GTD | C.Gilsinger, R.Eversley, T.Dyer | HART | Acura | 13.985s | 18 |
36 | GTD | K.Koch, L.Spinelli, J.Perez | P1 Motorsports | Mercedes | 14.292s | 17 |
37 | GTD | B.Sellers, M.Snow, C.Lewis | Paul Miller Racing | Lamborghini | 14.359s | 18 |
38 | GTD | J.Potter, A.Lally, A.Davis | Magnus Racing | Audi | 14.907s | 15 |
39 | GTD | B.Sweedler, T.Bell, F.Montecalvo | Scuderia Corsa | Ferrari | 14.972s | 22 |
40 | GTD | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda, D.Serra | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 15.059s | 19 |
41 | GTD | M.Miller, T.Bechtolsheimer, K.Wittmer | CJ Wilson Racing | Acura | 15.074s | 8 |
42 | GTD | D.Yount, D.Machavern, M.Palttala | Turner Motorsport | BMW | 15.892s | 5 |
43 | P | M.McMurry, T.Vautier, E.Cheever | Spirit of Daytona Racing | Cadillac | - | 3 |
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