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[EwanM]

Anyone at all interested in this? Surely someone is!

The ALM kicks off this season, with a number of changes!

Peugeot fastest in Sebring practice
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82225

By Matt Beer Thursday, March 18th 2010, 21:41 GMT

#08 Peugeot, Sebring 2010The #08 Peugeot was quickest in both of today's daylight practice sessions at Sebring, leading its sister #07 car in one-two formation each time as the team's domination of the build-up to the 12 Hours continued.

Sebastien Bourdais topped the morning session, before Nicolas Minassian went fastest in the afternoon. The crew was using a fresh monocoque for today's running after a crack was founded in the underside during a routine inspection yesterday.

Drayson Racing beat Aston Martin to third place in both sessions, getting within 0.6 seconds of the pacesetting Peugeot in the morning.

Highcroft HPD extended its advantage over its LMP2 rivals to 2s in first practice, but Cytosport Porsche was the only LMP2 squad to run later on.

The Rahal Letterman BMW squad showed its hand in GT2, running one-two in both sessions

In LMPC, Ryan Hunter-Reay led a Level 5 one-two in the morning, before Green Earth Gunnar's Christian Zugel set the afternoon pace, while the Velox and TRG teams led a session apiece in GTC.

Practice resumes with a night time session at 7.15pm local time this evening.

Morning session:

Pos Cl Drivers Car Time
1. P1 Lamy/Bourdais/Minassian Peugeot 1m45.840s
2. P1 Gene/Wurz/Davidson Peugeot 1m46.071s
3. P1 Drayson/Cocker/Pirro Lola 1m46.455s
4. P1 Mucke/Primat/Fernandez Lola-Aston Martin 1m47.103s
5. P2 Brabham/Pagenaud/Franchitti HPD 1m47.308s
6. P2 Pickett/Graf/Maassen Porsche 1m49.455s
7. P2 Dyson/Smith/Meyrick Lola-Mazda 1m49.593s
8. P1 Willman/Burgess/Ehret Lola 1m53.308s
9. PC Tucker/Hunter-Reay/Gue ORECA 1m56.289s
10. PC Tucker/Bouchut/Wilkins ORECA 1m57.853s
11. PC Zugel/Jeannette/Julian ORECA 1m58.867s
12. PC Wallace/Sutherland/Hildebrand ORECA 1m59.340s
13. PC Pagerey/Wong/Ducote ORECA 1m59.606s
14. PC Feinberg/Marcelli ORECA 2m00.173s
15. GT2 Auberlen/Milner/Werner BMW 2m01.556s
16. GT2 Muller/Hand/Priaulx BMW 2m01.772s
17. GT2 Sharp/van Overbeek/Farnbacher Ferrari 2m01.926s
18. GT2 Sellers/Henzler/Pilet Porsche 2m02.047s
19. GT2 Magnussen/O'Connell/Garcia Corvette 2m02.237s
20. GT2 Bergmeister/Long/Lieb Porsche 2m02.282s
21. GT2 Law/Neiman/Lietz Porsche 2m02.845s
22. GT2 Brown/Cosmo/Barbosa Ferrari 2m02.984s
23. GT2 Beretta/Gavin/Collard Corvette 2m03.052s
24. GT2 Krohn/Jonsson/van de Poele Ferrari 2m03.720s
25. GT2 Gentilozzi/Goossens/Dalziel Jaguar 2m04.818s
26. GT2 Robertson/Robertson/Murry Doran Ford 2m05.050s
27. GT2 Melo/Bruni/Kaffer Ferrari 2m05.590s
28. GTC Richard/Ende/Lally Porsche 2m07.547s
29. GTC Curtis/Sofronas/Pilgrim Porsche 2m07.695s
30. GTC Gonzalez/Leitzinger/Keen Porsche 2m08.017s
31. GTC Lewis/Vento/Aschenbach Porsche 2m08.339s
32. GTC Gonzalez/Diaz/Kelly Porsche 2m09.137s
33. GTC Rodriguez/Bieker/Friedman Porsche 2m11.533s
34. GTC Sweedler/Kapudija/Lueders Porsche

Afternoon session:

Pos Cl Drivers Car Time
1. P1 Lamy/Bourdais/Minassian Peugeot 1m45.731s
2. P1 Gene/Wurz/Davidson Peugeot 1m46.539s
3. P1 Drayson/Cocker/Pirro Lola 1m46.645s
4. P1 Mucke/Primat/Fernandez Lola-Aston Martin 1m49.824s
5. P2 Pickett/Graf/Maassen Porsche 1m49.894s
6. P1 Willman/Burgess/Ehret Lola 1m53.521s
7. PC Zugel/Jeannette/Julian ORECA 1m56.118s
8. PC Wallace/Sutherland/Hildebrand ORECA 1m56.600s
9. PC Tucker/Bouchut/Wilkins ORECA 1m57.344s
10. PC Feinberg/Marcelli ORECA 1m57.427s
11. PC Tucker/Hunter-Reay/Gue ORECA 2m00.392s
12. GT2 Auberlen/Milner/Werner BMW 2m01.256s
13. GT2 Muller/Hand/Priaulx BMW 2m01.807s
14. GT2 Beretta/Gavin/Collard Corvette 2m01.852s
15. GT2 Bergmeister/Long/Lieb Porsche 2m01.953s
16. GT2 Brown/Cosmo/Barbosa Ferrari 2m02.232s
17. GT2 Magnussen/O'Connell/Garcia Corvette 2m02.250s
18. GT2 Law/Neiman/Lietz Porsche 2m02.879s
19. GT2 Sharp/van Overbeek/Farnbacher Ferrari 2m03.281s
20. GT2 Robertson/Robertson/Murry Doran Ford 2m04.274s
21. GT2 Sellers/Henzler/Pilet Porsche 2m04.675s
22. GT2 Krohn/Jonsson/van de Poele Ferrari 2m05.334s
23. GT2 Gentilozzi/Goossens/Dalziel Jaguar 2m06.752s
24. GTC Lewis/Vento/Aschenbach Porsche 2m08.040s
25. GTC Curtis/Sofronas/Pilgrim Porsche 2m08.614s
26. GTC Richard/Ende/Lally Porsche 2m09.978s
27. GTC Sweedler/Kapudija/Lueders Porsche 2m09.999s
28. GTC Rodriguez/Bieker/Friedman Porsche 2m11.378s
29. PC Pagerey/Wong/Ducote ORECA 2m16.677s
30. P2 Brabham/Pagenaud/Franchitti HPD
31. P2 Dyson/Smith/Meyrick Lola-Mazda
32. GT2 Melo/Bruni/Kaffer Ferrari
33. GTC Gonzalez/Diaz/Kelly Porsche
34. GTC Gonzalez/Leitzinger/Keen Porsche

So we have the LMP1 boys up front, which should create the usual drama at the front, however I am more interested in the potential of the newly-created GT Class where we are set for a 5 way battle between Porsche, Ferrari, Chevrolet, BMW and Jaguar.

Plus, unlike the L1 guys at the front, the GT class will complete every round of the series

[texasmr2]

I will certainly be glued to the tv .

[7UpJordan]

I'll be probably watching it when I come back from Golf.

[scotty]

Gene sticks it on pole then. Glad because 1) i like all 3 drivers in that car and 2) cause he's a sound bloke!

How are you guys gonna watch this race (UK)?

[7UpJordan]

I think it's on Eurosport.

[EwanM]

I think it's on Eurosport.

It's on Motors TV.

Btw, Gene is a top bloke. I had a chat to him at Silverstone where he took time out of his busy schedule

[cap-dude]

Surely this is a Pug affair. I doubt Aston can really fight against Pug just yet. But then again, I'm just assuming.

[EwanM]

Sebring, possible F1 venue ?

[Stealthgate007]

Sebring, possible F1 venue ?

I am watching the pre-race and I would say.... No.. not yet. That track is bumpy everywhere. It does not "look" like current F1. I'd give it a 3 out of 5. The location though is perfect..

[EwanM]

Sebring, possible F1 venue ?

I am watching the pre-race and I would say.... No.. not yet. That track is bumpy everywhere. It does not "look" like current F1. I'd give it a 3 out of 5. The location though is perfect..

It is a perfect location, and the actual circuit layout is excellent. However, from watching the footage myself, the track would have to have a major overhaul to get up to F1 standards. I also agree that Florida would be a gd venue for a US GP given Daytona etc.

[texasmr2]

Surely this is a Pug affair. I doubt Aston can really fight against Pug just yet. But then again, I'm just assuming.

Supposedly the Aston has a higher topend than the Pug and the Pugs torque will be hard to overcome but I would love to see Aston win .

Yep the track is bumpy as hell and is just as so on Gran Turismo as it caught me out alot.

[Stealthgate007]

With 2.5 hour left, Alexander Werz is leading in P1 category. There are a few f1 names running today including Sebastian Bourdais..

[What's Burning?]

The timing was perfect, Sebring this weekend and Australia next weekend. Peugeot's looked too strong, and Audi wasn't there compete.

[EwanM]

The timing was perfect, Sebring this weekend and Australia next weekend. Peugeot's looked too strong, and Audi wasn't there compete.

They weren't allowed to which was a joke!

[What's Burning?]

The timing was perfect, Sebring this weekend and Australia next weekend. Peugeot's looked too strong, and Audi wasn't there compete.

They weren't allowed to which was a joke!

After spending some time looking for the reason as to why they weren't allowed, I couldn't find anything. What happened? I just thought based on some of the commentary that they simply weren't ready. But I did miss the first two hours of the race where they may have gone over that stuff.