Tom Kristensen tops messy night practice for Audi at Sebring
Tom Kristensen led another all-Audi top three in Sebring 12 Hours night practice, despite two of the three R18s being involved in a multi-car accident
The incident occurred when a Porsche spun at the hairpin, forcing Nick Heidfeld to come to a halt in the Rebellion Lola-Toyota. Audi's Loic Duval then crashed into the ex-Formula 1 driver, with Duval in turn hit by team-mate Marcel Fassler. Allan McNish managed to avoid the incident in the third Audi, and while Duval's #3 car was left stranded on track in the resultant red flag, Fassler brought the #1 back to the pits with only minor damage.
Kristensen put Audi's #2 R18 on top with a 1m47.049s lap in the closing minutes of the session, which was extended by 25 minutes due to the number of red flag interruptions. Andre Lotterer lapped 0.330 seconds slower than Kristensen in the repaired #1, while the #3 remained third despite having to sit out the rest of the session following the tangle.
The Pickett and JRM HPDs were next up after the dominant Audis, followed by the #15 OAK Pescarolo and Rebellion's Lola.
Stephane Sarrazin put Starworks' HPD on top in LMP2, while BMW's Joey Hand edged out AF Corse Ferrari driver Gianmaria Bruni by just 0.065s in GTE Pro, followed by the Corvettes. Luxury Ferrari driver Pierre Ehret was quickest in GTE Am.
Raphael Matos (Performance Tech) and Spencer Pumpelly (TRG) led the one-make LMPC and GTC classes respectively.
Of the other red flag incidents, the most serious was a crash at Turn 11 for Maxime Jousse in the Gulf Lola-Nissan. Jousse was unhurt, but the car sustained heavy damage.
Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time 1. P1 Capello/Kristensen/McNish Audi 1m47.049s 2. P1 Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer Audi 1m47.377s 3. P1 Bernhard/Dumas/Duval Audi 1m48.752s 4. P1 Graf/Luhr/Pagenaud Pickett HPD 1m49.910s 5. P1 Brabham/Chandhok/Dumbreck JRM HPD 1m51.459s 6. P1 Baguette/Kraihamer/Moreau OAK Pescarolo-Judd 1m51.707s 7. P1 Heidfeld/Jani/Prost Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m51.709s 8. P2 Dalziel/Potolicchio/Sarrazin Starworks HPD 1m51.824s 9. P1 Kane/Leventis/Watts Strakka HPD 1m52.850s 10. P2 Lahaye/Nicolet/Pla OAK Morgan-Judd 1m52.867s 11. P1 Belicchi/Bleekemolen/Primat Rebellion Lola-Toyota 1m53.186s 12. P2 Diaz/Hunter-Reay/Tucker Level 5 HPD 1m53.190s 13. P1 Boullion/Collard/Jousse Pescarolo-Judd 1m53.263s 14. P1 Dyson/Smith/Kane Dyson Lola-Mazda 1m53.436s 15. P2 Barbosa/Bouchut/Tucker Level 5 HPD 1m53.797s 16. P2 Lombard/Mailleux/Tresson Signatech ORECA-Nissan 1m53.895s 17. P2 Companc/Kaffer/Ayari Pecom ORECA-Nissan 1m54.866s 18. P2 Julian/Gonzalez/Zugel Greaves Zytek-Nissan 1m55.308s 19. P2 Graves/Kerr/Martin ADR-Delta ORECA-Nissan 1m55.351s 20. P2 Curtis/Fogarty/Pappas Black Swan Lola-HPD 1m55.851s 21. P2 Dracone/Hansson/Plowman Conquest Morgan-Judd 1m55.971s 22. P2 Holzer/Moro/Shultis Lotus Lola 1m56.234s 23. PC Matos/Nicolosi/Vera Performance Tech FLM 1m56.789s 24. PC Ducote/Echeverria/Sanchez Merchant FLM 1m56.916s 25. PC Cameron/Ende/Richard Dempsey FLM 1m57.113s 26. PC Drissi/Gonzalez/Junqueira RSR FLM 1m57.384s 27. PC Downs/Marcelli/Stirling Merchant FLM 1m57.502s 28. PC Friselle/Popow/Viso CORE FLM 1m58.732s 29. PC Dobson/Leitzinger/Junco PR1 FLM 1m59.595s 30. GTE P Hand/Muller/Summerton RLL BMW 2m00.258s 31. GTE P Bruni/Fisichella/Vilander AF Corse Ferrari 2m00.323s 32. GTE P Garcia/Magnussen/Taylor Corvette 2m00.415s 33. GTE P Gavin/Milner/Westbrook Corvette 2m00.428s 34. PC Bennett/Braun/Lux CORE FLM 2m00.902s 35. GTE P Cosmo/Sharp/van Overbeek Extreme Speed Ferrari 2m01.271s 36. PC Gidley/Guasch/Wills Muscle Milk ORECA 2m01.295s 37. GTE P Fernandez/Mucke/Turner Aston Martin 2m01.384s 38. GTE P Bertolini/Beretta/Gioci AF Corse Ferrari 2m01.541s 39. GTE P Bergmeister/Holzer/Long Flying Lizard Porsche 2m01.848s 40. GTE P Alzen/Auberlen/Muller RLL BMW 2m01.859s 41. GTE A Farnbacher/Ehret/Jakubowski Luxury Ferrari 2m01.864s 42. GTE P Brown/Lazzaro/Segal Extreme Speed Ferrari 2m01.916s 43. GTE P Lieb/Lietz/Pilet Felbermayr Porsche 2m02.079s 44. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo Krohn Ferrari 2m02.388s 45. GTE P Makowiecki/Melo/Vernay Luxury Ferrari 2m02.552s 46. GTE P Henzler/Ragginger/Sellers Falken Porsche 2m02.686s 47. GTE A Aguas/Kauffman/Waltrip AF Corse Ferrari 2m03.663s 48. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy Larbre Corvette 2m04.202s 49. GTE A Ried/Roda/Ruberti Felbermayr Porsche 2m04.712s 50. GTE P Bell/Maassen/Miller Paul Miller Porsche 2m04.870s 51. GTE A Belloc/Bourret/Gibon Larbre Corvette 2m05.288s 52. P2 Giroix/Jousse/Charouz Gulf Lola-Nissan 2m05.482s 53. GTE A Binnie/Palttala/Camathias JWA-Avila Porsche 2m05.628s 54. GTE P Lally/Law/Neiman Flying Lizard Porsche 2m05.646s 55. GTC Bunting/di Guida/Pumpelly TRG Porsche 2m07.623s 56. GTC Bleekemolen/Faulkner/LeSaffre Green Hornet Porsche 2m07.677s 57. GTC Dumoulin/Keen/MacNeil Alex Job Porsche 2m07.993s 58. GTC Bullitt/Cumming/Estre JDX Porsche 2m08.264s 59. GTC Bell/Sweedler/von Moltke Alex Job Porsche 2m08.971s 60. GTC Avenatti/Faieta/Wagner Competition Porsche 2m10.963s 61. GTC Sofronas/Villeneuve/Welch GMC Porsche 2m11.696s 62. GTC Benitez/Benitez/Thiim NGT Porsche 2m12.884s 63. GTC Cisneros/Edwards/Kauffmann NGT Porsche 2m13.006s 64. P2 Fatien/Ihara/Johansson Gulf Lola-Nissan 2m45.748s
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