15/03/06 - MOBIL 1 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING: WEDNESDAY

Today saw the first day of official practice for this weekend's Twelve Hours of Sebring and as expected the fastest times were shared between the diesel-powered Audi R10, the returning Porsche with their RS Spyder and Lola's new car the B06/10 with it's AER engine. Full practice times below.

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Wednesday Morning Times

1 LMP1, Capello/Kristensen/McNish, 1:47.791 (123.572 mph), Audi R10/TDI Power.
2 LMP2, Maassen/Luhr/Collard 1:48.654 (122.591 mph), +0.863, Porsche RS Spyder.
3 LMP1, Biela/Pirro/Werner, 1:49.210 (121.967 mph), +1.419, Audi R10/TDI Power.
4 LMP1, Weaver/Leitzinger/Wallace, 1:49.530 (121.611 mph), +1.739, Lola B06/10/AER
5 LMP2, Bernhard/Dumas/Long, 1:49.599 (121.534 mph), +1.808, Porsche RS Spyder.
6 LMP1, Dyson/G.Smith, 1:49.692 (121.431 mph), +1.901, Lola B06/10/AER.
7 LMP2, C.Field/Halliday/J.Field, 1:50.350 (120.707 mph), +2.559, Lola B05 40/AER.
8 LMP1, Lewis/McMurry/Willman, 1:52.469 (118.433 mph), +4.678, Lola EX257/AER.

9 LMP2, Lally/Gue/A.Davis, 1:52.941 (117.938 mph), +5.150, Courage C65/AER.
10 LMP2, Binnie/Timpany/Sutherland, 1:54.375 (116.459 mph), +6.584, Lola B05/40/Zytek.
11 LMP2, Bach/Cosmo/Matos, 1:55.573 (115.252 mph), +7.782, Courage C65/Mazda.
12 LMGT1, Gavin/Beretta/Magnussen, 1:55.782 (115.044 mph), +7.991, Corvette C6.R.
13 LMP2, Barazi/Vergers/Julian, 1:56.148 (114.681 mph), +8.357, Courage C65/AER.
14 LMGT1, Enge/Kiesa/Turner, 1:56.509 (114.326 mph), +8.718, Aston Martin DBR9.
15 LMGT1, Fellows/O'Connell/Papis, 1:56.590 (114.247 mph), +8.799, Corvette C6.R.
16 LMGT1, Bright/Lamy/Sarrazin, 1:57.845 (113.030 mph), +10.054, Aston Martin DBR9.
17 LMGT1, Weickardt/Borcheller/TBA, 2:02.807 (108.463 mph), +15.016, Saleen S7R.
18 LMGT2, Kelleners/Melo/Lazzaro, 2:02.808 (108.462 mph), +15.017, Ferrari 430 GT Berllinetta.
19 LMGT2, Jeannette/Milner/Junqueira, 2:03.452 (107.896 mph), +15.661, Panoz Esperante GTLM/Ford.
20 LMGT2, Rockenfeller/Graf/Rahal, 2:03.689 (107.689 mph), +15.898, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
21 LMGT1, Ruberti/Babini/J.Davies, 2:03.811 (107.583 mph), +16.020, Saleen S7R.
22 LMGT2, Auberlen/Hand/James, 2:04.078 (107.352 mph), +16.287, BMW E46 M3.
23 LMGT2, J.Bergmeister/T.Bergmeister/Jonsson, 2:04.083 (107.348 mph), +16.292, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
24 LMGT2, Maxwell/Brabham/Bourdais, 2:04.132 (107.305 mph), +16.341, Panoz Esperante GTLM/Ford.
25 LMGT2, van Overbeek/Fogarty/Lieb, 2:04.558 (106.938 mph), +16.767, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
26 LMGT2, Pumpelly/Thornton/Patterson, 2:04.812 (106.721 mph), +17.021, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
27 LMGT2, Law/Neiman/Pechnik, 2:05.476 (106.156 mph), +17.685, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
28 LMGT2, Kox/Crevels, 2:05.688 (105.977 mph), +17.897, Spyker C8 Spyder/Audi.
29 LMGT2, Marks/Sellers/Jensen, 2:06.052 (105.671 mph), +18.261, BMW E46 M3.
30 LMGT2, Tomlinson/Dean/Kimber-Smith, 2:06.140 (105.597 mph), +18.349, Panoz Esperante GTLM.
31 LMGT2, Ehret/Nielsen/Farnbacher, 2:06.709 (105.123 mph), +18.918, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
32 LMGT2, Bleekemolen/Hezemans, 2:07.337 (104.604 mph), +19.546, Spyker C8 Spyder/Audi.
33 LMGT2, Vonka/Casadei/McCormick, 2:33.839 (86.584 mph), +46.048, Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
34 LMP1, Dayton/Knoop/Fisken, no time, Lola EX257/AER.
35 LMGT2, Sugden/Matthews/Henzler, no time, Lola EX257/AER
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James Weaver in pre-race testing with the new Lola B06/10 run by Dyson Racing.
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The LMP2 Lola B05/40 of Intersport Racing.
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Andy Wallace putting on the miles in pre-race testing for the new Highcroft Racing team.
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Andy Wallace makes a point.
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