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