French squad paces final 60-minute session prior to qualifying for Saturday's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring...
Team ORECA Matmut's Loic Duval surprised the field with posting the
quickest time in final practice at Sebring. (Photo: John Dagys)
Team ORECA Matmut led the way in the final practice for Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and American Le Mans Series competitors prior to this afternoon's qualifying at Sebring International Raceway. Frenchman Loic Duval in ORECA's No. 10 Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP laid down a 1:48.704 lap time late in the one-hour session, outpacing the No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest R15 plus plus of Tom Kristensen by 1.020 seconds.
Audi's second R15 of Romain Dumas held the top spot for the majority of the session but was knocked back to third after some late improvements. The No. 8 Team Peugeot Total 908 of Stephane Sarrazin was fourth, with Highcroft Racing's Simon Pagenaud clocking in as the best of the gasoline-powered prototypes in fifth.
Signatech Nissan recaptured the top spot in LMP2, thanks to Soheil Ayari's 1:55.104 lap time in the No. 26 Oreca 03 Nissan. The French squad outpaced the two Level 5 Motorsports Lola-Honda, which were second and fourth quickest, respectively.
Fred Makoweicki turned a 2:02.576 lap time late in the session to top the GT time charts in his Luxury Racing Ferrari F458 Italia. The French squad edged out fellow ILMC competitor AF Corse, which wound up second quickest with its Ferrari F430 GT driven by Gimmi Bruni. Dirk Werner posted the third quickest time in his No. 55 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT.
LMPC was paced by the No. 036 Genoa Racing Oreca FLM09 of Dane Cameron, while Sean Edwards led the way in GTC aboard the NGT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. However, Edward's co-driver Henrique Cisneros suffered a crash mid-way through the session, which brought out one of two red flags. The other red was for the No. 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche of Seth Neiman, who hit the tire barriers in Turn 6.
Qualifying is on tap for 3 p.m.
RESULTS: Practice 4
John Dagys is SPEED.com’s Sportscar Racing Reporter, focusing on all major domestic and international championships. You can follow him on Twitter @johndagys or email him at askdagys@gmail.com
Audi's second R15 of Romain Dumas held the top spot for the majority of the session but was knocked back to third after some late improvements. The No. 8 Team Peugeot Total 908 of Stephane Sarrazin was fourth, with Highcroft Racing's Simon Pagenaud clocking in as the best of the gasoline-powered prototypes in fifth.
Signatech Nissan recaptured the top spot in LMP2, thanks to Soheil Ayari's 1:55.104 lap time in the No. 26 Oreca 03 Nissan. The French squad outpaced the two Level 5 Motorsports Lola-Honda, which were second and fourth quickest, respectively.
Fred Makoweicki turned a 2:02.576 lap time late in the session to top the GT time charts in his Luxury Racing Ferrari F458 Italia. The French squad edged out fellow ILMC competitor AF Corse, which wound up second quickest with its Ferrari F430 GT driven by Gimmi Bruni. Dirk Werner posted the third quickest time in his No. 55 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT.
LMPC was paced by the No. 036 Genoa Racing Oreca FLM09 of Dane Cameron, while Sean Edwards led the way in GTC aboard the NGT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. However, Edward's co-driver Henrique Cisneros suffered a crash mid-way through the session, which brought out one of two red flags. The other red was for the No. 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche of Seth Neiman, who hit the tire barriers in Turn 6.
Qualifying is on tap for 3 p.m.
RESULTS: Practice 4
John Dagys is SPEED.com’s Sportscar Racing Reporter, focusing on all major domestic and international championships. You can follow him on Twitter @johndagys or email him at askdagys@gmail.com
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