2008 Sebring 12 Hours

[RacingManiac]

I think its very smart of his family and himself to do as many different type of racing as possible....he should definitely be in F1 though....

[Dino Scuderia]

No ECO Radical for Sebring...they're shipping the car back to England. Some homologation issues due to the LMP2-LMP1 conversion... might be back in the States in April.

The Bell Aston is waiting on new parts to be flown out from the UK.

[Quiggs]

Haha, Is that the same Andretti Quiggs graduated with?

Yes it is.

Then it's safe to say that Quiggs' education is not to blame for his current state.

I hate you. <3

[fisetdavid26]

I hate you. <3

Dinner's ready.

[Dino Scuderia]

Audi's Allan McNish got down to serious business Thursday morning at Sebring International Raceway with the quickest time of the week in preparation for the 56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida. The Scot turned in a time of 1:43.195 (129.076 mph) around the 3.7-mile, 17-turn circuit that will play host to the opening round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series.

McNish's time came on his second-to-last lap of the 55-minute session. The Audi R10 TDI he will share with Dindo Capello and Tom Kristensen was a full second quicker than another diesel-powered entry, the Peugeot 908 of Stephane Sarrazin, Pedro Lamy and Nic Minassian. Third overall and in LMP1 was the second Audi of Lucas Luhr, Mike Rockenfeller and Marco Werner.

Saturday's race will be the first between Audi and Peugeot since the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, an Audi victory. Sebring also will mark the first race for Peugeot in North America.

Timo Bernhard was quickest in LMP2 and fourth overall for Penske Racing. His Porsche RS Spyder posted a time of 1:45.220 (126.592 mph), good enough for a 0.7779-second cushion over Ryan Briscoe in the sister Penske machine. Bernhard will team with Romain Dumas and Emmanuel Collard; Briscoe will join Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long.

Porsches held the top three spots with Butch Leitzinger turning in a 1:46.348 (125.249 mph) in the first of Dyson Racing's two RS Spyders. He will drive this weekend with Marino Franchitti and Andy Lally.

Corvette Racing held the top two spots in GT1, paced by Jan Magnussen's lap of 1:56.269 (114.562 mph) in the No. 3 Corvette C6.R. Magnussen will drive with Johnny O'Connell and Ron Fellows in the first factory car. The second Corvette was less than 0.3 seconds behind with Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Max Papis driving.

Bell Motorsports' Aston Martin DBR9 was third in class at 2:00.730 (110.329 mph). Terry Borcheller, Chapman Ducote and Antonio Garcia will drive the car.

Jaime Melo made a late run to grab the top spot in GT2 for Risi Competizione. The defending class winner and season champion was at 2:01.184 (109.916 mph) in the first of Risi's two Ferrari F430 GTs. Melo will team with Mika Salo, with whom he won at Sebring and captured the class championship, and Gianmaria Bruni.

Like Porsche in P2, Ferrari held the top two spots in class. Tafel Racing's Ferrari of Dirk Mueller, Dominik Farnbacher and Rob Bell was second at 2:01.800 (109.360 mph). The first of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs was Jörg Bergmeister in the No. 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports entry at 2:01.831 (109.332 mph). It was Melo and Bergmeister who battled to the finish last year at Sebring with Melo winning for Risi by 0.202 seconds.

The 2008 American Le Mans Series season opens with the 56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida on Saturday, March 15. The race will start at 10 a.m. ET and will be broadcast live by SPEED, which will begin its coverage at 9:30 a.m. MotorsTV, SPEED Latin America and Greenlight Television will provide international coverage as well. American Le Mans Radio and IMSA's Live Timing & Scoring will be available at americanlemans.com.

[Dino Scuderia]

Jaime Melo set GT2 pole with a 2'00.9xx..beating out the Flyin Lizard RSR which had a 2'01.2. Melo is only 6 tenths behind that sorry team that is running the DBR9 this race. Ridiculous.

[Dino Scuderia]

Qualifying abandoned due to force majeure. Provisional grid will be set using combined fast time from Practice 1, 2, & 3.

[Dino Scuderia]

56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
presented by Fresh from Florida
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Fla.
Saturday's lineup
1. Rinaldo Capello, Italy; Tom Kristensen, Denmark; Allan McNish, Scotland; Audi AG R10/TDI (P1), 1:43.195, 129.076
2. Nicola Minassian, England; Stephane Sarrazin, France; Pedro Lamy, Lisbon Portugal; Peugeot 908 (P1), 1:44.271, 127.744
3. Lucas Luhr, Germany; Mike Rockenfeller, Germany; Marco Werner, Germany; Audi AG R10/TDI (P1), 1:45.090, 126.749
4. Timo Bernhard, Germany; Romain Dumas, France; Emmanuel Collard, France; Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:45.220, 126.592
5. Sascha Maassen, Germany; Patrick Long, Oak Park, CA; Ryan Briscoe, Australia; Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:45.999, 125.662
6. Luis Diaz, Mexico; Adrian Fernandez, Mexico; Acura ARX-01B (P2), 1:46.029, 125.626
7. Butch Leitzinger, State College, PA; Marino Franchitti, Scotland; Andy Lally, New York, NY; Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:46.348, 125.249
8. Bryan Herta, Valencia, CA; Christian Fittipaldi, Miami, FL; Marco Andretti, Nazareth, PA; Acura ARX-01B (P2), 1:46.632, 124.916
9. Jon Field, Dublin, OH; Clint Field, Dublin, OH; Richard Berry, Evergreen, CO; Lola B06/10 AER (P1), 1:47.358, 124.071
10. Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, NY; Guy Smith, England; Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:47.567, 123.830
11. David Brabham, Australia; Scott Sharp, Jupiter, FL; Stefan Johansson, Sweden; Acura ARX-01B (P2), 1:47.819, 123.540
12. Fredy Lienhard Sr., Switzerland; Didier Theys, Belgium; Jan Lammers, The Netherlands; Porsche RS Spyder (P2), 1:48.522, 122.740
13. Juan Barazi, Switzerland; Michael Vergers, England; Jean Ravier, France; Zytek 07S (P2), 1:49.820, 121.289
14. Ben Devlin, England; Gerardo Bonilla, Orlando, FL; Raphael Matos, Brazil; Lola B07 46 Mazda (P2), 1:49.966, 121.128
15. Chris McMurry, Phoenix, AZ; Bryan Willman, Kirkland, WA; Tony Burgess, Canada; Creation CA07-002 Judd (P1), 1:53.851, 116.995
16. Ron Fellows, Canada; Johnny O'Connell, Flowery Branch, GA; Jan Magnussen, Denmark; Corvette C6.R (GT1), 1:56.269, 114.562
17. Olivier Beretta, Monaco; Oliver Gavin, England; Max Papis, Italy; Corvette C6.R (GT1), 1:56.547, 114.289
18. Terry Borcheller, Vero Beach, FL; Chapman Ducote, Miami, FL; Antonio Garcia, Spain; Aston Martin DBR9 (GT1), 2:00.730, 110.329
19. Jaime Melo, Brazil; Mika Salo, Finland; Gianmaria Bruni, Italy; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:01.184, 109.916
20. Dominik Farnbacher, Germany; Dirk Müller, Germany; Robert Bell, UK; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:01.800, 109.360
21. Jörg Bergmeister, Germany; Wolf Henzler, Germany; Marc Lieb, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:01.831, 109.332
22. Allan Simonsen, Australia; Jim Tafel, Alpharetta, GA; Pierre Ehret, Santa Rosa, CA; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:02.227, 108.987
23. Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, CA; Patrick Pilet, France; Richard Lietz, Austria; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:02.238, 108.968
24. Dirk Werner, Germany; Marc Basseng, Germany; Bryce Miller, Hoboken, NJ; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:02.594, 108.651
25. Lou Gigliotti, Dallas, TX; Doug Peterson, Bonita Springs, FL; Marc Goosens, Belgium; Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6 (GT2), 2:03.630, 107.741
26. Uwe Alzen, Germany; Craig Stanton, Long Beach, CA; Nathan Swartzbaugh, La Habra Heights, LA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:03.861, 107.540
27. Joey Hand, Sacramento, CA; Tom Milner, Leesburg, VA; Tom Sutherland, Los Gatos, CA; Panoz Esperante Ford (GT2), 2:03.931, 107.479
28. Darren Law, Phoenix, AZ; Seth Neiman, Burlingame, CA; Alex Davison, Australia; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:04.081, 107.349
29. Tracy Krohn, Houston, TX; Nic Jonsson, Sweden; Eric van de Poele, Belgium; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:04.933, 106.617
30. Paul Drayson, London, UK; Jonny Cocker, UK; Tim Sudgen, England; Aston Martin DBRS9 (GT2), 2:04.938, 106.613
31. Gunnar Jeannette, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Johnny Mowlem, England; Ralf Kelleners, Germany; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:05.666, 105.995
32. Joel Feinberg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Chris Hall, Daytona, FL; Dodge Viper Competiton Coupe (GT2), 2:06.004, 105.711
33. Andrea Robertson, Ray, MI; David Robertson, Ray, MI; David Murry, Cumming, GA; Doran Ford GT-R (GT2), 2:06.527, 105.274
34. Miroslav Konopka, Slovakia; Mauro Casadei, Italy; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:14.059, 99.359

[Dino Scuderia]

The Corsa Ferrari Team decided not to race because the Hankook tires need more testing.

[togos452]

Corsa and Hankook tires pull plug for round one

3-14-2008

Corsa Motorsports

Corsa Motorsports plans to add a second F430 GTC in 2008

Engineering shown on the track



Bell Motorsports - cracked right-front upper shock mount for # 008 DBR9

Sebring International Raceway not an easy track

Forsythe Performance Research to enter ALMS with Cosworth?

AUTO-RACING - ALMS: Sebring 12 Hours Notebook – Thursday - SPEEDtv.com

Forsythe Championship Racing

Cosworth

Glowing rotors at

Motorsport.com: Photos channel



Marshall Pruett's great notes from Wednesday

AUTO-RACING - ALMS: Sebring Wednesday Trackside Blog - SPEEDtv.com

Radar: speed of cars at Sebring

nearly 180 mph on the Ullman straight

AUTO-RACING - ALMS: Sebring Radar Speeds and Sector Times - SPEEDtv.com

Fantastic pictures from Thursday night

by Laurent Chauveau

Translated version of http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=5147



B-K's Lola B07/40 Mazda being rebuilt with new tub

Ben Devlin not hurt after turn one crash on Thursday

Translated version of http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=5142

[Wouter Melissen]

The race has started, here is the live timing: IMSA Live Timing and Scoring

[RacingManiac]

Peugeot had some hydralic issue and had to do some work on the car, took them 40min to fix, the car is running again. #2 Audi have some handling issue under braking, the car is running in 2nd, but drivers are saying the car is hard to drive.....

[faksta]

Live streaming anywhere? They don't show it here.

[Jack_Bauer]

Live streaming anywhere? They don't show it here.

Download a thing caller TVU Player if you don't already have it - TVU networks | Download TVU Player

Once downloaded go to the channel "Wheels", number 53060, which is streaming the US Speed TV broadcast of the race. It's a pretty damn good quality stream too!

[Zytek_Fan]

#62 Risi Ferrari out.