Sebring 12H: Nasr keeps AXR Cadillac on top in FP2
Felipe Nasr moved the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac to the top of the times in second practice for the 12 Hours of Sebring, usurping a late flyer from JDC Miller Motorsports’ Loic Duval.
The Whelen Engineering-backed car set a best lap of 1min47.323sec in the ex-F1 drivers’ hands, beating Duval’s similar Cadillac DPi-V.R by 0.181sec, as both turned 26 laps overall.
Third fastest was Oliver Jarvis in the solo Mazda RT24-P, which shaded Kevin Magnussen’s best effort in the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac by less than one-tenth.
The two Acura ARX-05s of Wayne Taylor Racing and Meyer Shank Racing were fourth and fifth in the hands of Filipe Albuquerque and Olivier Pla respectively, but they were within half a second of top spot.
The second AXR car, shared by Jimmie Johnson, Kamui Kobayashi and Simon Pagenaud, turned only six laps before driving slowly back to the pits.
Mikkel Jensen again headed LMP2 for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports but this time his nearest challenger was ex-Mazda DPi driver Tristan Nunez in the WIN Autosport, entry while Guy Smith was third for United Autosports.
LMP3 saw Riley Motorsports go 1-2 with its Ligiers, thanks to best efforts from Dylan Murry and Spencer Pigot, while the similar car of Sean Creech Motorsport claimed third with Joao Barbosa in the cockpit, around 1.4sec from Murry.
Again, the fastest GT Le Mans lap eclipsed the best LMP3 time, but on this occasion it was Porsche factory driver Matt Campbell who laid down the flyer to send WeatherTech Racing’s Proton-run 911 RSR to the top of the class. He was just under 0.6sec clear of Connor De Phillippi in the #24 BMW M8 and Nick Tandy’s #4 Corvette C8.R.
Maro Engel’s Sun Energy1 Mercedes-AMG GT3 headed GT Daytona by two-tenths ahead of this morning’s pacesetting Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3, this time with Robby Foley turning the car’s best time.
Tim Zimmermann of Grasser Racing slotted his Lamborghini Huracan into fourth ahead of Michael De Quesada in the Alegra Motorsports Mercedes, while the two Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC Fs completed the top six.
The third 90min practice session will be held in dusk-thru-night conditions, starting at 7.30pm local (Eastern) time.
Practice results:
| Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 |  Felipe Nasr  Mike Conway Pipo Derani | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 26 | 1'47.323 | |
| 2 | 5 |  Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 26 | 1'47.504 | 0.181 |
| 3 | 55 | Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell  Jonathan Bomarito | DPi | Mazda DPi | 23 | 1'47.579 | 0.256 |
| 4 | 01 |  Renger van der Zande  Kevin Magnussen  Scott Dixon | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 25 | 1'47.669 | 0.346 |
| 5 | 10 | Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi | DPi | Acura DPi | 21 | 1'47.736 | 0.413 |
| 6 | 60 | Dane Cameron Olivier Pla  Juan Pablo Montoya | DPi | Acura DPi | 16 | 1'47.824 | 0.501 |
| 7 | 52 | Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 26 | 1'50.224 | 2.901 |
| 8 | 11 | Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 25 | 1'50.680 | 3.357 |
| 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson  Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 6 | 1'51.796 | 4.473 |
| 10 | 22 | James McGuire Wayne Boyd Guy Smith | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 17 | 1'52.207 | 4.884 |
| 11 | 18 | Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 24 | 1'53.144 | 5.821 |
| 12 | 8 |  John Farano Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 13 | 1'54.968 | 7.645 |
| 13 | 79 | Cooper MacNeil Mathieu Jaminet  Matt Campbell | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | 23 | 1'56.891 | 9.568 |
| 14 | 91 | Jim Cox Dylan Murry Jeroen Bleekemolen | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 25 | 1'57.371 | 10.048 |
| 15 | 25 | Connor de Phillippi  Philipp Eng Bruno Spengler | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 22 | 1'57.464 | 10.141 |
| 16 | 4 | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims | GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 26 | 1'57.633 | 10.310 |
| 17 | 24 | John Edwards  Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 19 | 1'57.752 | 10.429 |
| 18 | 74 | Gar Robinson Scott Andrews Spencer Pigot | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 23 | 1'57.772 | 10.449 |
| 19 | 3 |  Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg | GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 22 | 1'58.083 | 10.760 |
| 20 | 33 | Joao Barbosa Yann Clairay Lance Willsey | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 24 | 1'58.813 | 11.490 |
| 21 | 38 |  Rasmus Lindh  Mateo Llarena Dan Goldburg | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 14 | 1'59.123 | 11.800 |
| 22 | 83 | Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales Niklas Kruetten | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 24 | 1'59.374 | 12.051 |
| 23 | 54 | Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 26 | 2'00.084 | 12.761 |
| 24 | 75 | Kenny Habul  Maro Engel Mikael Grenier | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 22 | 2'01.111 | 13.788 |
| 25 | 96 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read | GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 26 | 2'01.319 | 13.996 |
| 26 | 19 |  Stephen Simpson Franck Perera Tim Zimmermann | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 26 | 2'01.376 | 14.053 |
| 27 | 28 | Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 24 | 2'01.636 | 14.313 |
| 28 | 12 | Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach Robert Megennis | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 19 | 2'01.700 | 14.377 |
| 29 | 14 | Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth Kyle Kirkwood | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 21 | 2'01.828 | 14.505 |
| 30 | 1 | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 21 | 2'01.941 | 14.618 |
| 31 | 23 | Ian James Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 24 | 2'01.950 | 14.627 |
| 32 | 16 | Patrick Long  Jan Heylen Trent Hindman | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 21 | 2'02.316 | 14.993 |
| 33 | 9 | Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 21 | 2'02.825 | 15.502 |
| 34 | 99 | Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Trenton Estep | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 24 | 2'03.216 | 15.893 |
| 35 | 7 | Jim Norman Oliver Askew Austin McCusker | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 22 | 2'04.366 | 17.043 |
| 36 | 88 | Christina Nielsen Katherine Legge | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 24 | 2'04.545 | 17.222 |
| 37 | 44 | John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 9 | 2'05.318 | 17.995 |
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