Spanish driver Marc Gené and the Total team Peugeot fired the first salvo for the 58th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring with the fastest lap in official testing at Sebring International Raceway for the opening round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series.
Gené, also a test driver for Ferrari’s Formula 1 effort, set a best lap of 1:45.81 in one of two diesel-powered factory Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs that are entered in the 12-hour race Gené will drive with fellow 2009 Le Mans 24 Hour-winning teammate Alexander Wurz and Anthony Davidson. Gene had never driven at Sebring before this week but he adapted well.
The Spaniard was 0.337 seconds ahead of Pedro Lamy in the second Peugeot coupe. Lamy, driving with Sebastien Bourdais and Nicolas Minassian, turned a best time of 1:46.148. Marino Franchitti set the fastest LMP2 time Wednesday as the Patrón Highcroft Racing’s Honda Performance Development ARX-01c was third overall and first in LMP2. Franchitti’s lap of 1:47.995 was more than 1.5 seconds quicker than the second-place P2 entry of Klaus Graf in the Muscle Milk Team Cytosport Porsche RS Spyder. Two-time Sebring overall winner Andy Wallace was the fastest driver in the new LMP Challenge class, featuring the ORECA FLM09 prototype. Corvette Racing’s Jan Magnussen went quickest in the GT2 class with a lap of 2:01.837 in the Corvette. Alex Job Racing’s Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entry of Jan-Dirk Lueders went quickest in GT Challenge with a lap of 2:06.986. Recent Articles
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