Sebring 2005 Entries

[gwyllion]

racingfantics.com has some nice pictures of Sebring thusfar: http://www.racingfanatics.com/Sebrin...ome%20Page.htm

[gwyllion]

Are there any more unofficial lap times of yesterday?

I found this on the ALMS website:

Unofficially Fast

Champion Audi's No. 2 Audi R8, paced by three-time champion Frank Biela with teammates Emanuele Pirro and Allan McNish, turned the fastest time unofficially during practice Tuesday at Sebring International Raceway in preparation for Saturday's 53rd running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The trio turned in a best time of 1:49.653. They were trailed by LMP1 teammates JJ Lehto, Marco Werner and Tom Kristensen in the No. 1 Champion Audi, which turned a best lap of 1:49.953. Dyson Racing had the next two fastest race cars, with Chris Dyson and Guy Smith in the No. 20 Lola followed by James Weaver, Butch Leitzinger and Andy Wallace in the No. 16 Lola.

The fastest LMP2 run was made by Telesis Intersport Racing in its Lola B05/40 with drivers Jon Field, Duncan Dayton and Gregor Fisken. Corvette Racing had the two quickest runs in GT1 class with the No. 3 team of Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Max Papis slightly quicker than the No. 4 team of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen. Defending champion Alex Job Racing's No. 23 Porsche GT3 RSR led the GT2 pack with drivers Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, and Sascha Maassen.

Qualifying for all four classes is set for Thursday afternoon.

[BSchneiderFan]

Most of the seats are filled now, but according to the ALMS website, the second J3 Racing Porsche still has drivers "to be announced". Are they actually planning on announcing them before the race starts?

And has there been any word from Dyson as to why they decided to race the second Lola with just two drivers?

[gttouring]

so with the Aston martin protest of the validity of the MC12 will this under line the problem... is it really a GT1? it seems GTP to me always has...