Emanuele Pirro sets the fastest lap with a time of 1:49.110, this is
Audi's eleventh straight ALMS prototype pole, and the second in a
row at Sebring. For Emanuele Pirro this is his first ALMS pole. |
The first qualifying session for the famous 12 Hours of Sebring could have hardly been better for Audi:
Under the sun of Florida and temperatures of 31 degrees celsius, Emanuele Pirro and Rinaldo Capello set
the fastest times with the Team Audi Sport North America’s two Infineon Audi R8s. Recording the 3rd and
4th fastest times, the two Audi customer teams Champion and Johansson proved, that last year’s R8 is
still fully competitive in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). |
Emanuele Pirro (#2) |
1st Qualifying | 2nd Qualifying | best time |
1. Biela/Kristensen/Pirro |
Infineon Audi R8 | 1:49.110s | 1:49.397 | 1:49.110s |
2. Aiello/Alboreto/Capello |
Infineon Audi R8 | 1:49.477s | 1:49.493 | 1:49.477s |
3. Kelleners/Schroeder/Wallace |
Audi R8 | 1:49.973s | 1:50.250 | 1:49.973s |
4. Johansson/Smith |
Audi R8 | 1:50.949s | 1:50.903 | 1:50.903 |
5. Magnussen/Brabham |
Panoz | 1:53.461s | 1:53.257 | 1:53.257 |
6. Weaver/Leitzinger/Forbes-R. |
Riley&Scott | 1:53.852s | 1:53.536 | 1:53.536 |
7. Field/Dayton/Sutherland |
Lola-Judd | 1:54.872s | 1:53.182 | 1:53.182 |
8. Bourdais/Boullion/Redon |
Courage-Peugeot | 1:55.849s | 1:54.283 | 1:54.283 |
9. Fellows/Kneifel/O’Connell |
Chevrolet | 2:00.444s | 2:00.728 | 2:00.444s |
10. Konrad/Borcheller/Gavin |
Saleen | 2:00.552s | 2:00.426 | 2:00.426 |
Sorted by best time |
1. Biela/Kristensen/Pirro |
Infineon Audi R8 | 1:49.110s | 1:49.397 | 1:49.110s |
2. Aiello/Alboreto/Capello |
Infineon Audi R8 | 1:49.477s | 1:49.493 | 1:49.477s |
3. Kelleners/Schroeder/Wallace |
Audi R8 | 1:49.973s | 1:50.250 | 1:49.973s |
4. Johansson/Smith |
Audi R8 | 1:50.949s | 1:50.903 | 1:50.903 |
5. Field/Dayton/Sutherland |
Lola-Judd | 1:54.872s | 1:53.182 | 1:53.182 |
6. Magnussen/Brabham |
Panoz | 1:53.461s | 1:53.257 | 1:53.257 |
7. Weaver/Leitzinger/Forbes-R. |
Riley&Scott | 1:53.852s | 1:53.536 | 1:53.536 |
8. Bourdais/Boullion/Redon |
Courage-Peugeot | 1:55.849s | 1:54.283 | 1:54.283 |
9. Konrad/Borcheller/Gavin |
Saleen | 2:00.552s | 2:00.426 | 2:00.426 |
10. Fellows/Kneifel/O’Connell |
Chevrolet | 2:00.444s | 2:00.728 | 2:00.444s |