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03/12/2007 - 07:00 PM
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The veteran German will step in for Kristensen at Oschersleben this weekend. (LAT Photo) » More Photos
The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is starting 2007 the way the 2006 American Le Mans Series ended. Audi Sport North America posted the two fastest times Monday during the week's first test session for Saturday's season opener.
Four-time Sebring winner Tom Kristensen posted the day's fastest lap at 1:45.177, nearly 0.7 seconds under teammate Allan McNish's qualifying record set last year in the Audi R10 TDI. Both diesel-powered entries are new cars that feature improvements over last year's Sebring and Le Mans winners.
The sister car of Emanuele Pirro, Marco Werner and Frank Biela was second quickest with a best time of 1:45.816. The R10 TDI won all eight races it competed in last season including seven in the American Le Mans Series.
"Visibly you can't see a difference (between this year's car and last year's)," said Kristensen, who will race with Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello. "But because of the diesel engine and to get it drivable, there have been quite a lot of things done to the electronics and taking feedback from the drivers and getting to know the feedback of the different circuit characteristics. We have improved things in terms of springs and roll-bars, and the car is closer to being on the limit."
The six fastest LMP2 cars all were under the current class qualifying mark Monday. Andy Wallace led the way with a 1:46.703 in the Dyson Racing Porsche RS Spyder he will drive with Butch Leitzinger and Andy Lally. Porsches held the top three spots as Penske Racing's two entries were second and third. The No. 6 of Sascha Maassen, Ryan Briscoe and Emmanuel Collard was the fastest at 1:46.988, less than 0.2 seconds better than the sister car.
The top Acura-powered team was the Andretti Green Racing entry of Bryan Herta, Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan (1:47.065). The trio was less than 0.4 seconds better than the second Dyson Racing Porsche and a half second ahead of the Lowe's Fernandez Racing Lola-Acura of Adrian Fernandez, Luis Diaz and David Martinez.
Andy Wallace in the Dyson Porsche topped the LMP2 charts, 1.6sec off Kristensen's leading pace. (LAT Photo) » More Photos
The GT1 battle between Corvette and Aston Martin appears as if it will as close this week as it was last season with just 0.372 seconds separating the top three cars. Corvette Racing's Corvette C6.R of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Max Papis led the way with a 1:58.557 in the afternoon session, followed by the sister entry of
Ferraris dominated GT2 as the Italian marque's F430 GT held the top three positions. Risi Competizione's Ferrari of Jamie Melo, Mika Salo and Johnny Mowlem was quickest at 2:02.159, nearly a half second under the track qualifying record. The Corsa Motorsports/White Lightning Racing entry of Rui Aguas and Maurizio Mediani were a half second back, just ahead of the Petersen/White Lightning Ferrari of Tomas Enge, Tim Bergmeister and Memo Gidley.
The best Porsche on Monday was the Rahal Letterman Racing car of Ralf Kelleners, Tom Milner and Graham Rahal at 2:03.623, nearly a second back of the Risi Ferrari.
Twelve Hours of Sebring - Monday practice times:
1) P1 Capello/Kristensen/McNish, Audi R10 TDI, 1:45.177
2) P1 Pirro/Werner/Biela, Audi R10 TDI, 1:45.816
3) P2 Wallace/Leitzinger/Lally, Porsche RS Spyder, 1:46.703
4) P2 Maassen/Briscoe/Collard, Porsche RS Spyder, 1:46.988
5) P2 Dumas/Bernhard/Castroneves, Porsche RS Spyder, 1:47.065
6) P2 Herta/Franchitti/Kanaan, Courage Acura, 1:47.077
7) P2 Dyson/Smith, Porsche RS Spyder, 1:47.477
8) P2 Fernandez/Diaz/Martinez, Lola Acura, 1:47.544
9) P2 Brabham/Johansson/Dayton, Courage Acura, 1:48.038
10) P1 Field/Field/Berry, Creation CA06, 1:49.987
11) P2 Lienhard/Theys/vd Poele, Lola B05/40, 1:53.072
12) GT1 Beretta/Gavin/Papis, Corvette C-6R, 1:58.557
13) GT1 O'Connell/Magnussen/Fellows, Corvette C-6R, 1:58.857
14) GT1 Garcia/Halliday/Turner, Aston Martin DBR9, 1:58.929
15) GT2 Salo/Melo/Mowlem, Ferrari 430, 2:02.159
16) GT2 Mediani/Aguas, Ferrari 430, 2:02.746
17) GT2 Bergmeister/Enge/Gidley, Ferrari 430, 2:02.778
18) GT2 Kelleners/Milner/Rahal, Porsche 911, 2:03.623
19) GT2 van Overbeek/Bergmeister/Lieb, Porsche 911, 2:03.718
20) GT2 Krohn/Jonsson/Braun, Ferrari 430, 2:03.794
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