Sebring Practice 4: Ganassi Fords stay on top
The two Chip Ganassi Racing Riley-Ford EcoBoost DPs jumped to the top of the timesheets in the closing minutes of the one-hour session in the hands of Scott Pruett and Scott Dixon to ensure a clean sweep of all the practice sessions by the Ganassi Fords.
Pruett ended up fastest with a time 1m53.241s, which was just over two tenths of a second ahead of his teammate Scott Dixon.
The LMP2 OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan driven by Olivier Pla ended up third with a 1m53.567s.
The GT Le Mans class was led by the best of the Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs driven by Antonio Garcia.
Results
Pos | Cl. P | No | Class | Drivers | Time | Speed | Diff | Laps | Make |
1 | 1 | 01 | P | Pruett/Rojas/Franchitti | 1:53.241 | 118.897 | — | 18 | Ford EcoBoost/Riley |
2 | 2 | 02 | P | Dixon/Kanaan/Karam | 1:53.500 | 118.626 | 0.259 | 17 | Ford EcoBoost/Riley |
3 | 3 | 42 | P | Pla/Brundle/Yacaman | 1:53.567 | 118.556 | 0.326 | 12 | Nissan Morgan |
4 | 4 | 2 | P | Brown/van Overbeek/Pagenaud | 1:53.745 | 118.370 | 0.504 | 18 | HPD ARX-03b |
5 | 5 | 6 | P | Graf/Luhr/Mardenborough | 1:53.887 | 118.222 | 0.646 | 20 | Nissan ORECA |
6 | 6 | 9 | P | Br.Frisselle/Bu.Frisselle/Fogarty | 1:54.071 | 118.032 | 0.830 | 12 | Corvette DP |
7 | 7 | 5 | P | Barbosa/Fittipaldi/Bourdais | 1:54.103 | 117.999 | 0.862 | 21 | Corvette DP |
8 | 8 | 60 | P | Pew/Negri Jr./Wilson | 1:54.217 | 117.881 | 0.976 | 21 | Ford EcoBoost/Riley |
9 | 9 | 90 | P | Westbrook/Valiante/Rockenfeller | 1:54.265 | 117.831 | 1.024 | 18 | Corvette DP |
10 | 10 | 1 | P | Sharp/Dalziel/Brabham | 1:54.402 | 117.690 | 1.161 | 19 | HPD ARX-03b |
11 | 11 | 10 | P | Angelelli/R.Taylor/J.Taylor | 1:54.711 | 117.373 | 1.470 | 17 | Corvette DP |
12 | 12 | 0 | P | Meyrick/Legge/Chaves | 1:56.274 | 115.795 | 3.033 | 19 | DeltaWing DWC13 |
13 | 1 | 38 | PC | Shears/Matos/Ostella | 1:56.434 | 115.636 | 3.193 | 21 | ORECA FLM09 |
14 | 2 | 54 | PC | Bennett/Braun/Gue | 1:56.606 | 115.466 | 3.365 | 19 | ORECA FLM09 |
15 | 3 | 09 | PC | Ende/Junqueira/Heinemeier Hansso | 1:56.745 | 115.328 | 3.504 | 22 | ORECA FLM09 |
16 | 4 | 52 | PC | Guasch/Montecalvo/Jeannette | 1:57.417 | 114.668 | 4.176 | 19 | ORECA FLM09 |
17 | 5 | 25 | PC | Kimber-Smith/Marsal/Lux/Rayhall | 1:57.888 | 114.210 | 4.647 | 23 | ORECA FLM09 |
18 | 13 | 31 | P | Curran/Said/Cosmo | 1:58.052 | 114.051 | 4.811 | 12 | Corvette DP |
19 | 6 | 88 | PC | Bielefield/Ducote/Plowman/Drissi | 1:58.160 | 113.947 | 4.919 | 20 | ORECA FLM09 |
20 | 7 | 08 | PC | Cumming/Tagliani/Mitchell | 1:58.286 | 113.826 | 5.045 | 22 | ORECA FLM09 |
21 | 8 | 8 | PC | van der Zande/Bird/Fuentes/Cheng | 1:58.395 | 113.721 | 5.154 | 21 | ORECA FLM09 |
22 | 9 | 87 | PC | Kearby/Hamilton/Kasemets | 1:58.848 | 113.288 | 5.607 | 22 | ORECA FLM09 |
23 | 1 | 3 | GTLM | Magnussen/Garcia/Briscoe | 1:59.133 | 113.017 | 5.892 | 20 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
24 | 2 | 56 | GTLM | Müller/Edwards/Werner | 1:59.367 | 112.795 | 6.126 | 20 | BMW Z4 GTE |
25 | 3 | 55 | GTLM | Auberlen/Priaulx/Hand | 1:59.376 | 112.786 | 6.135 | 16 | BMW Z4 GTE |
26 | 10 | 85 | PC | C.Miller/Kraut/Simpson | 1:59.418 | 112.747 | 6.177 | 21 | ORECA FLM09 |
27 | 4 | 4 | GTLM | Gavin/Milner/Liddell | 1:59.530 | 112.641 | 6.289 | 20 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
28 | 5 | 912 | GTLM | Long/Christensen/Bergmeister | 1:59.931 | 112.265 | 6.690 | 21 | Porsche 911 RSR |
29 | 6 | 911 | GTLM | Tandy/Lietz/Pilet | 1:59.966 | 112.232 | 6.725 | 17 | Porsche 911 RSR |
30 | 7 | 62 | GTLM | Bruni/Malucelli/Fisichella | 2:00.065 | 112.139 | 6.824 | 4 | Ferrari F458 Italia |
31 | 14 | 50 | P | Pace/DeFoor/Hinton | 2:00.770 | 111.485 | 7.529 | 20 | Dinan Riley DP |
32 | 8 | 17 | GTLM | Henzler/Sellers/Holzer | 2:00.856 | 111.405 | 7.615 | 16 | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
33 | 9 | 57 | GTLM | Krohn/Jonsson/Bertolini | 2:00.986 | 111.286 | 7.745 | 19 | Ferrari F458 GT |
34 | 10 | 91 | GTLM | D.Farnbacher/Goossens/Hunter-Re | 2:01.084 | 111.196 | 7.843 | 18 | SRT Viper GTS-R |
35 | 11 | 93 | GTLM | R.Bell/Bomarito/Wittmer | 2:01.123 | 111.160 | 7.882 | 13 | SRT Viper GTS-R |
36 | 15 | 70 | P | Tremblay/Long/Devlin | 2:02.005 | 110.356 | 8.764 | 20 | Mazda SKYACTIV-D |
37 | 16 | 07 | P | J.Miller/Nunez/Vautier | 2:02.844 | 109.602 | 9.603 | 22 | Mazda SKYACTIV-D |
38 | 1 | 71 | GTD | Lindsey/Vess/Estre/Norman | 2:03.449 | 109.065 | 10.208 | 18 | Porsche 911 GT America |
39 | 2 | 007 | GTD | Block/Carter/Davison | 2:03.832 | 108.728 | 10.591 | 18 | Aston Martin V12 Vantage |
40 | 3 | 73 | GTD | Lindsey/Vess/Estre/Norman | 2:03.878 | 108.688 | 10.637 | 18 | Porsche 911 GT America |
41 | 4 | 23 | GTD | James/M.Farnbacher/Riberas | 2:03.882 | 108.684 | 10.641 | 20 | Porsche 911 GT America |
42 | 5 | 94 | GTD | Cameron/Dalla Lana/Palttala/Lewis | 2:03.971 | 108.606 | 10.730 | 20 | BMW Z4 |
43 | 6 | 44 | GTD | Potter/Lally/Seefried | 2:04.282 | 108.334 | 11.041 | 18 | Porsche 911 GT America |
44 | 7 | 81 | GTD | Faulkner/Faieta/Avenatti | 2:04.328 | 108.294 | 11.087 | 17 | Porsche 911 GT America |
45 | 8 | 555 | GTD | Sweedler/Bell/Mediani/Segal | 2:04.534 | 108.115 | 11.293 | 20 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
46 | 9 | 49 | GTD | Roda/Ruberti/Venturi | 2:04.622 | 108.039 | 11.381 | 21 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
47 | 10 | 51 | GTD | Griffin/Cioci/Rugolo/Gerber | 2:04.715 | 107.958 | 11.474 | 22 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
48 | 11 | 33 | GTD | J.Bleekemolen/S.Bleekemolen/Keati | 2:04.753 | 107.925 | 11.512 | 20 | SRT Viper GT3-R |
49 | 12 | 46 | GTD | Mies/Putman/Espenlaub | 2:04.797 | 107.887 | 11.556 | 18 | Audi R8 LMS |
50 | 13 | 48 | GTD | B.Miller/Haase/Bell | 2:04.855 | 107.837 | 11.614 | 5 | Audi R8 LMS |
51 | 14 | 28 | GTD | Engelhart/Ineichen/Konrad | 2:05.108 | 107.619 | 11.867 | 20 | Porsche 911 GT America |
52 | 15 | 45 | GTD | Canache Jr./Pumpelly/Latif/Winkelh | 2:05.317 | 107.440 | 12.076 | 20 | Audi R8 LMS |
53 | 16 | 30 | GTD | Cisneros/Nielsen/Giermaziak | 2:05.331 | 107.428 | 12.090 | 19 | Porsche 911 GT America |
54 | 17 | 13 | GTD | M.Plumb/Snow/Heylen/H.Plumb | 2:05.358 | 107.404 | 12.117 | 19 | Porsche 911 GT America |
55 | 18 | 009 | GTD | Davis/Riddle/Wilson | 2:05.373 | 107.392 | 12.132 | 20 | Aston Martin V12 Vantage |
56 | 19 | 63 | GTD | Case/Marcelli/Balzan/Westphal | 2:05.408 | 107.362 | 12.167 | 22 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
57 | 20 | 27 | GTD | Dempsey/Davis/Foster/Siedler | 2:05.598 | 107.199 | 12.357 | 19 | Porsche 911 GT America |
58 | 21 | 22 | GTD | MacNeil/Keen/Frommenwiler | 2:05.920 | 106.925 | 12.679 | 21 | Porsche 911 GT America |
59 | 22 | 32 | GTD | Sofronas/Welch/Basseng | 2:05.968 | 106.884 | 12.727 | 18 | Audi R8 LMS |
60 | 23 | 35 | GTD | Neiman/von Moltke/Albuquerque | 2:06.042 | 106.822 | 12.801 | 17 | Audi R8 LMS |
61 | 24 | 19 | GTD | Bamber/Gimple/Melgrati | 2:09.845 | 103.693 | 16.604 | 12 | Porsche 911 GT America |
62 | 11 | 7 | PC | Popow/Kaffer | -.— | — | 0 | ORECA FLM09 | |
63 | 25 | 18 | GTD | Bamber/Verdonck | -.— | — | 0 | Porsche 911 GT America | |
64 | 17 | 78 | P | Mayer/Kaffer/Saavedra/Popow | -.— | — | 0 | Honda Riley DP |