Sebring 2007

[1LM1]

So here are the qualifying times:

Pos Cl Driver Make Time
1. P1 Marco Werner Audi R10 TDI 1:44.974
2. P1 Rinaldo Capello Audi R10 TDI 1:45.326
3. P2 Timo Bernhard Porsche RS Spyder 1:46.046
4. P2 David Brabham Acura ARX-01a 1:47.109
5. P2 Andy Wallace Porsche RS Spyder 1:47.130
6. P2 Bryan Herta Acura ARX-01a 1:47.423
7. P2 Chris Dyson Porsche RS Spyder 1:48.175
8. P2 Adrian Fernandez Acura Lola BO6 1:48.417
9. P2 Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder 1:50.185
10. P2 Ben Devlin Mazda Lola B07-40 1:50.713
11. P1 Chris McMurry Lola EX257 AER 1:53.125
12. P2 Didier Theys Judd Lola B05-40 1:53.594
13. GT1 Jan Magnussen Corvette C6-R 1:57.061
14. GT1 Oliver Gavin Corvette C6-R 1:57.480
15. GT1 Antonio Garcia Aston Martin DBR9 1:58.241
16. GT2 Jaime Melo Ferrari 430GT 2:02.439
17. GT2 Tomas Enge Ferrari 430GT 2:02.701
18. GT2 Joerg Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:03.043
19. GT2 Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:03.338
20. GT2 Dominik Farnbacher Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:03.652
21. GT2 Colin Braun Ferrari 430GT 2:03.811
22. GT2 Bill Auberlen Panoz Esperante 2:03.997
23. GT2 Ralf Kelleners Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:04.001
24. GT2 Dirk Werner Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:04.654
25. GT2 Scott Maxwell Panoz Esperante 2:04.686
26. GT2 Peter Kox Spyker C8 2:04.758
27. GT2 Darren Law Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:04.897
28. GT2 Terry Borcheller Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:06.811
29. GT2 Rob Wilson Ferrari F430GT 2:07.062
30. GT2 Arie Luyendyk Jr Panoz Esperante GTLM 2:11.529
31. GT2 Philip Collin Porsche 996 RSR 2:13.056
32. GT2 Mauro Casadei Porsche 996 RSR 2:15.693
33. P1 Jon Field Creation CA06H Judd no time

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/57344.

Werner did a very good job. The R10 is at least one second faster than last year at Sebring considering Werner thinks he could have been even a little bit faster without the dirt somewhere on the track.

[1LM1]

http://www.planetlemans.com/cmsv2/

An Audi in doubt after night crash.
Luckily Capello is ok.

[1LM1]

I am impressed by Timo Bernhard. His time is impressive.

[harvick#1]

wow, hopefully Audi can fix the car. but the Courages have been outrunning the Lola's, so there is some hope from the Courage group.

one of the Ferraris crashed in Qualies, but they said that it will be fixed.

but what happened to the intersport Creation, was that a engine problem, or an accident

[Mickey T]

I see Maassan had the LMP2 class pole, but turned his lights off somewhere on the track on the in-lap and had his lap wiped.

[IMSAFAN1]

Go Highcroft racing.....

[salmo]

but what happened to the intersport Creation, was that a engine problem, or an accident
From Planet Le Mans:

The LMP1/LMP2 qualifying session was delayed within its first 5 minutes when Jon Field’s Intersport Racing Creation Judd LMP1 car crashed hard into a tire wall in Turn17. He was not hurt.

[harvick#1]

:(

I see Audi has fixed car 1 and they are practicing again :)

[Erki]

Intersport is really taking quite some blows lately... Hasn't they crashed in all of the last three ALMS events?

[ZzZzZz]

Do you know you crashed the Intersport car at Laguna (Friday) last year?

[Mark in Oshawa]

Only 3 GT1 Cars...I don't like that....

[Erki]

Only 3 GT1 Cars...I don't like that....

Better than two...at least the Aston isn't a slow machine.

[Erki]

Thanks to Acura, speedtv.com onboard pass is FREE during Sebring 12 hours. :eek: :up:

PS: You must use Internet Explorer to use it, speedtv.com didn't like my Firefox.

[Erki]

http://www.the-paddock.net/sportscar/content/view/241254/49/

Easily the most beautiful car in the race. :eek: *drool*

http://www.the-paddock.net/sportscar/storypic/pics/whitecorbette1.jpg

[harvick#1]

that is awesome :D

[Erki]

Wow what a race in the GT2. :eek:

[IMSAFAN1]

That was my first sebring that i've missed in 25 years....Let's get rid of P1 and GT1 and just have LM2 and GT2 go at it. It would make a much more exciting race. The race it self wasn't all that exciting except for the last couple hours. Puegot made a mistake by not showing up.

[Lousada]

I managed to stay up till the end, lucky that the US had already gone to summertime. What a great race in GT2 and also P2 :up:

[harvick#1]

I had the Audi R10 onboard view going on all day long on my computer, just amazing how quick that thing is.

[tannat]

Wow what a race in the GT2. :eek:

INDEED! :up:
Got a bit naughty on the run up the front straight to the checker... :D

[Subaru WRX]

what a race in the GT2, the class of the year in ALMS this season, it was fantastic watching Motors TV in the late sturday night, with an epic battle between Ferrari and Porsche, shame that in LMP-1 Audi is lonly, even the Intersport Creation/Judd is slower than the LMP-2 from Porsche and Acura !

i am waiting the next event in St petersburg !

[harvick#1]

The intersport was slower because it was on P2 tires on a P1 chassis/engine

[Subaru WRX]

maybe true, but the fact is only Porsche and Acuras could challenge the Champion Audi for the overall win in the ALMS, for sure not the Field's team

[harvick#1]

Porsche was the only one that had Audis Speed, Acura won on reliability. Porsche was only about 2 tenths off Audis fastest lap, while the Acuras were a second off.

but the Courages were faster than the Lola's, so thats good to know that the courages appear to up to par now

[Subaru WRX]

speaking about Acura, its strange how the Courage LC75 is quick now, in the winter tests the Lola/Fernandez was much quicker tha the other 2 teams of AGR and Highcroft !!

[Erki]

Porsche was the only one that had Audis Speed, Acura won on reliability. Porsche was only about 2 tenths off Audis fastest lap, while the Acuras were a second off.

Wasn't the fastest race lap actually done by a Porsche? There was some mess with timings in mid-race and all pitstops and fastest laps were reset so maybe Audi did it early in the race but I didn't notice.

[Subaru WRX]

fastest lap in the race by a Porsche !!!! are you sure ??

[QuarterMoon]

The fastest laptime in the race was 1:46.634, set by Car #1 Audi, followed closely by the second fastest laptime of 1:46.638, set by Car #7 Porsche.

[Subaru WRX]

any way its amazing how the LMP2 class is getting so close to the more powerfull LMP1 cars, in LMS there is no doubt that these small prototype will be very slow as the ACO is imposing a 5% restriction to prevent them from overall victories !!!

[RS Spyder]

Porsche was the only one that had Audis Speed, Acura won on reliability. Porsche was only about 2 tenths off Audis fastest lap, while the Acuras were a second off.

but the Courages were faster than the Lola's, so thats good to know that the courages appear to up to par now


In absolute agreement with you.
Just a small correction: the Porsche was only 2 thousands of a second slower than Audi's best lap.

[Erki]

any way its amazing how the LMP2 class is getting so close to the more powerfull LMP1 cars, in LMS there is no doubt that these small prototype will be very slow as the ACO is imposing a 5% restriction to prevent them from overall victories !!!

I'm afraid many of them will be even slower than the fastest GT1s...

[Jock7]

speaking about Acura, its strange how the Courage LC75 is quick now, in the winter tests the Lola/Fernandez was much quicker tha the other 2 teams of AGR and Highcroft !!
Acura have dropped the Courage name and made a lot of changes to the car but the Lola hasn't changed at all... I wonder how Fernandez feel about that?

[RS Spyder]

any way its amazing how the LMP2 class is getting so close to the more powerfull LMP1 cars, in LMS there is no doubt that these small prototype will be very slow as the ACO is imposing a 5% restriction to prevent them from overall victories !!!


.....and therefore protecting a certain French manufacturer from possible humiliation.

This is what this 5% reduction is all about!

It's just being cloaked under a series of subterfuges to mislead the racing fans.

[harvick#1]

Acura have dropped the Courage name and made a lot of changes to the car but the Lola hasn't changed at all...

Its still a Courage, Acura made a few tweeks on the exterior, but it still is a Courage

[Sleeper]

The Acura Courages got a heavy re-working to the aerodynamics. I read somewhere that the Andretti-Green and Highcoft drivers could feel an immediate improvment in the car on its first run with the new kit, something that isnt available to other Courage teams. A bit like what Pescarol did a few years ago to the Courage C60, which eventually became known as the Pescarolo C60. Fernandez is running the brand new 07 eaero kit from Lola so he's not completely short of development, its just not manufacturer backed.

I read in Autosport last week that it was already decide that Andretti-Green would concentrate on chassis development (Honda do want to build their own car so might as well start out developing a car that has not reached its full potential) whilst Fernandez concentrates on engine development. Dont know were Highcroft come into this though.

[viper_man]

Stayed up to watch the race the other night, great battle in GT2, but very naughty in the final corner.

Well done Acura too

[Rover V8]

any way its amazing how the LMP2 class is getting so close to the more powerfull LMP1 cars, in LMS there is no doubt that these small prototype will be very slow as the ACO is imposing a 5% restriction to prevent them from overall victories !!!

First session times from the LMS test at Paul Ricard seem to suggest it hasn't slowed them down that much- fastest LMP2s (RML, works Radical and ASM Lola) are about 3-4 seconds off the two fastest P1s (Peugeot and Pescarolo), but comfortably up on the GT1s

fastest- LMP1- Peugeot 1m44.382
LMP2- RML 1m47.670
GT1- ORECA Saleen 1m55.820

http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=3368&thold=0