Sebring 12h: Cadillac 1-2-3 in second practice
Balance of Performance mods have blunted the fangs of the Cadillac DPi-V.Rs but they still have serious bite, as Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express Racing dominated the times during second practice for the 65th 12 Hours of Sebring.
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The Action Express Cadillacs of first Mike Conway and then Joao Barbosa hit the top of the Prototype times, despite Albuquerque briefly suffering a broken throttle.
However, this pair were shoved aside by the similar Wayne Taylor Racing Caddy as Jordan Taylor became the first and only driver in this session to crack the 1min50sec barrier, ringing up a 1m49.888s.
That put him 0.215 ahead of Barbosa’s best in the #5 car, and almost half a second clear of Conway’s time in the entry of reigning champions Dane Cameron/Eric Curran.
Reigning WEC champion Neel Jani eventually whittled the Rebellion Racing Oreca’s deficit down to seven tenths of a second, with Tristan Nunez in the #55 Mazda a further 0.7sec behind. Brendon Hartley spun the #22 Extreme Speed Motorsport Nissan-Ligier in the closing minutes and wound up sixth.
GT Le Mans saw Corvette Racing back where it belongs, the defending Sebring winner Tommy Milner putting the #4 at the top, and Antonio Garcia grabbing third. The yellow pair were split by last week’s St. Petersburg IndyCar winner Sebastien Bourdais in the #66 Ford GT which was less than two-tenths off top spot.
Patrick Pilet drove his #911 Porsche 911 RSR to fourth, just ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella’s best in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488, and the other two Fords of Stefan Mucke and Scott Dixon.
GT Daytona continued to see the Audi R8 LMS machines of Stevenson Motorsports and Land-Motorsport looking strong, with Andrew Davis putting the #57 car some 0.2sec clear at the head of the charts. However, this time the R8s were split by a superlative effort from Austin Cindric in the #15 Lexus RC F of 3GT Racing. Behind Christopher Mies in the Land-Motorsport car was Patrick Lindsey in the Park Place Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R, Spencer Pumpelly in Alegra Motorsport’s similar Porsche and Sage Karam in the second Lexus.
Colin Thompson put BAR1 on top in Prototype Challenge, 0.13sec up on Pato O’Ward’s Performance Tech entry.
Sebring FP2 times
Pos | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Alex Lynn |
P | Cadillac DPi | 21 | 1'49.888 | |
2 | Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque Joao Barbosa |
P | Cadillac DPi | 23 | 1'50.103 | 0.215 |
3 | Mike Conway Dane Cameron Eric Curran |
P | Cadillac DPi | 17 | 1'50.370 | 0.482 |
4 | Nick Heidfeld Sébastien Buemi Neel Jani |
P | ORECA | 27 | 1'50.602 | 0.714 |
5 | Spencer Pigot Jonathan Bomarito Tristan Nunez |
P | Mazda DPi | 22 | 1'51.281 | 1.393 |
6 | Bruno Senna Brendon Hartley Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek |
P | Nissan DPi | 23 | 1'51.610 | 1.722 |
7 | Mikhail Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson |
P | ORECA | 22 | 1'51.786 | 1.898 |
8 | Tom Long Joel Miller Marino Franchitti |
P | Mazda DPi | 21 | 1'52.233 | 2.345 |
9 | Tom Kimber-Smith Jose Gutierrez Mike Guasch |
P | Ligier | 25 | 1'52.549 | 2.661 |
10 | René Rast Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande |
P | Multimatic/Riley | 20 | 1'53.062 | 3.174 |
11 | Gustavo Yacaman Colin Thompson Marc Drumwright Chapman Ducote |
PC | ORECA FLM09 | 23 | 1'54.741 | 4.853 |
12 | James French Kyle Masson Patricio O'Ward |
PC | ORECA FLM09 | 23 | 1'54.875 | 4.987 |
13 | Marcel Fassler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 23 | 1'57.206 | 7.318 |
14 | Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller |
GTLM | Ford GT | 20 | 1'57.372 | 7.484 |
15 | Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Mike Rockenfeller |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 21 | 1'57.433 | 7.545 |
16 | Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 14 | 1'57.441 | 7.553 |
17 | Giancarlo Fisichella James Calado Toni Vilander |
GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | 22 | 1'57.501 | 7.613 |
18 | Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson |
GTLM | Ford GT | 25 | 1'57.528 | 7.640 |
19 | Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook |
GTLM | Ford GT | 17 | 1'57.571 | 7.683 |
20 | Garett Grist Max Hanratty James Dayson |
PC | ORECA FLM09 | 22 | 1'57.817 | 7.929 |
21 | Don Yount Buddy Rice Daniel Burkett |
PC | ORECA FLM09 | 22 | 1'58.246 | 8.358 |
22 | Richard Lietz Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 23 | 1'58.330 | 8.442 |
23 | John Edwards Nicky Catsburg Martin Tomczyk |
GTLM | BMW M6 GTLM | 20 | 1'58.475 | 8.587 |
24 | Bill Auberlen Kuno Wittmer Alexander Sims |
GTLM | BMW M6 GTLM | 26 | 1'59.765 | 9.877 |
25 | Lawson Aschenbach Andrew Davis Matt Bell |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 24 | 2'01.449 | 11.561 |
26 | Austin Cindric Jack Hawksworth Robert Alon |
GTD | Lexus RCF GT3 | 20 | 2'01.676 | 11.788 |
27 | Connor de Phillippi Jules Gounon Christopher Mies |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 22 | 2'01.692 | 11.804 |
28 | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Matt McMurry |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 24 | 2'01.705 | 11.817 |
29 | Michael Christensen Daniel Morad Spencer Pumpelly Michael de Quesada |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 23 | 2'01.751 | 11.863 |
30 | Scott Pruett Ian James Sage Karam |
GTD | Lexus RCF GT3 | 16 | 2'01.816 | 11.928 |
31 | Matteo Cressoni Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 24 | 2'01.866 | 11.978 |
32 | Justin Marks Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 25 | 2'01.961 | 12.073 |
33 | Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Bill Sweedler |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 22 | 2'01.988 | 12.100 |
34 | Boris Said Kenny Habul Tristan Vautier |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 18 | 2'02.039 | 12.151 |
35 | Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 23 | 2'02.101 | 12.213 |
36 | Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette Shane van Gisbergen |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 18 | 2'02.278 | 12.390 |
37 | Andy Lally Katherine Legge Mark Wilkins |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 20 | 2'02.455 | 12.567 |
38 | Dion von Moltke Bryan Sellers Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 21 | 2'02.611 | 12.723 |
39 | Emmanuel Collard Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli Michele Beretta |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 24 | 2'02.849 | 12.961 |
40 | Jeff Segal Oswaldo Negri Jr. Tom Dyer |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 20 | 2'03.553 | 13.665 |
41 | Paolo Ruberti Lawrence DeGeorge Cedric Sbirrazzuoli |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 21 | 2'03.830 | 13.942 |
42 | Niclas Jönsson Jon Bennett Colin Braun |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 19 | 2'04.652 | 14.764 |
43 | Brandon Gdovic Anthony Massari Emmanuel Anassis |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 22 | 2'05.970 | 16.082 |
44 | Brett Sandberg Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 5 | 2'06.046 | 16.158 |
45 | Richard Antinucci Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 3 | 2'36.376 | 46.488 |
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