Practice report
IMSA Sebring
Sebring 12 Hours: Acura Team Penske dominates fourth practice
Dane Cameron led teammate Helio Castroneves with the fastest times of the week in the final practice session before qualifying for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the second round of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Mar 15, 2019, 2:41 PM
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Cameron’s Acura ARX-05 turned a 1min46.643sec lap of the 3.74-mile airport course early in the 90-minute session, a mere 0.033sec faster than three-time Indy 500 winning teammate Castroneves.
Filipe Albuquerque ran the Acura squad close, however, with a 1min46.799sec lap in the #5 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R suggesting it could be a very exciting qualifying session, especially as it’s likely that the Mazda RT24-Ps didn’t show their full potential.
Tristan Nunez and Jonathan Bomarito were fourth and fifth, respectively 0.31 and 0.43sec away from P1.
The same was also true of the #31 AXR Cadillac which wound up sixth in the hands of Pipo Derani.
Gabriel Aubry maintained PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports’ preeminence in the two-car LMP2 class, clocking a 1min50.269sec lap.
Patrick Pilet’s best effort in the #911 Porsche 911 RSR was enough to send it to the top of the GT Le Mans class chased by the two Ford GTs of Richard Westbrook and Dirk Muller.
A late effort from Jesse Krohn in the #24 BMW M8 sent it ahead of Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia in the two Corvette C7.Rs, who were within half a second of top time, with Laurens Vanthoor seventh in the second 911.
In GT Daytona, Katherine Legge was quickest in the Acura NSX of Meyer Shank Racing-Heinricher Racing, pipping Mirko Bortolotti’s Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracan by 0.017sec.
Legge’s teammate Trent Hindman put in a last-gasp effort to grab third in class by 0.006sec, bumping down the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini steered by Bryan Sellers.
The Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R narrowly edged the Turner Motorsport BMW M6 and Spencer Pumpelly in the Magnus Racing Lambo for fifth in class.
Practice times:
Pos. No. Drivers Class Chassis Time Gap 1 6 
Juan Pablo Montoya
Simon Pagenaud
Dane Cameron DPi Acura DPi 1'46.643 2 7 
Alexander Rossi
Helio Castroneves
Ricky Taylor DPi Acura DPi 1'46.676 0.033 3 5 
Brendon Hartley
Filipe Albuquerque
Joao Barbosa DPi Cadillac DPi 1'46.799 0.156 4 77 
Oliver Jarvis
Timo Bernhard
Tristan Nunez DPi Mazda DPi 1'46.952 0.309 5 55 Harry Tincknell
Olivier Pla
Jonathan Bomarito DPi Mazda DPi 1'47.074 0.431 6 31 Pipo Derani
Eric Curran
Felipe Nasr DPi Cadillac DPi 1'47.174 0.531 7 85 
Juan Piedrahita
Mikhail Goikhberg
Tristan Vautier DPi Cadillac DPi 1'47.565 0.922 8 84 
Simon Trummer
Chris Miller
Stephen Simpson DPi Cadillac DPi 1'47.823 1.180 9 54 
Romain Dumas
Jon Bennett
Colin Braun DPi Nissan DPi 1'48.174 1.531 10 10 
Jordan Taylor
Renger van der Zande
Matthieu Vaxiviere DPi Cadillac DPi 1'48.258 1.615 11 50 
Rene Binder
Will Owen
Agustin Canapino DPi Cadillac DPi 1'48.697 2.054 12 52 Matt McMurry
Anders Fjordbach
Gabriel Aubry LMP2 ORECA LMP2 1'50.269 3.626 13 38 Kyle Masson
Cameron Cassels
Andrew Evans LMP2 ORECA LMP2 1'52.838 6.195 14 911 
Nick Tandy
Patrick Pilet
Frédéric Makowiecki GTLM Porsche 911 RSR 1'56.635 9.992 15 67 
Ryan Briscoe
Scott Dixon
Richard Westbrook GTLM Ford GT 1'56.863 10.220 16 66 
Sébastien Bourdais
Joey Hand
Dirk Muller GTLM Ford GT 1'56.957 10.314 17 24 
John Edwards
Jesse Krohn
Philipp Eng GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'57.006 10.363 18 4 
Marcel Fassler
Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner GTLM Corvette C7.R 1'57.071 10.428 19 3 
Jan Magnussen
Antonio Garcia
Mike Rockenfeller GTLM Corvette C7.R 1'57.105 10.462 20 912 
Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor
Mathieu Jaminet GTLM Porsche 911 RSR 1'57.169 10.526 21 25 Connor de Phillippi
Tom Blomqvist
Colton Herta GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'57.280 10.637 22 57 
Katherine Legge
Christina Nielsen
Ana Beatriz GTD Acura NSX GT3 2'00.012 13.369 23 11 
Rolf Ineichen
Mirko Bortolotti
Rik Breukers GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'00.029 13.386 24 86 Justin Marks
Mario Farnbacher
Trent Hindman GTD Acura NSX GT3 2'00.319 13.676 25 48 Corey Lewis
Bryan Sellers
Ryan Hardwick GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'00.325 13.682 26 9 Scott Hargrove
Lars Kern
Zacharie Robichon GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 2'00.349 13.706 27 96 Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley
Dillon Machavern GTD BMW M6 GT3 2'00.361 13.718 28 44 Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
John Potter GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'00.376 13.733 29 71 Fabian Schiller
Maximilian Buhk
JC Perez GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 2'00.714 14.071 30 12 Townsend Bell
Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz GTD Lexus RC F GT3 2'00.753 14.110 31 14 Jack Hawksworth
Philipp Frommenwiler
Richard Heistand GTD Lexus RC F GT3 2'01.132 14.489 32 33 
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Ben Keating
Felipe Fraga GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 2'01.177 14.534 33 63 
Toni Vilander
Cooper MacNeil
Jeff Westphal GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 2'01.217 14.574 34 8 
Ryan Dalziel
Parker Chase
Ezequiel Perez Companc GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 2'01.240 14.597 35 47 Brandon Gdovic
Lawson Aschenbach
Don Yount GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'01.378 14.735 36 73 Patrick Long
Patrick Lindsey
Nicholas Boulle GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 2'01.550 14.907 37 29 
Daniel Morad
Christopher Mies
Richard Feller GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 2'01.589 14.946 38 19 Andrew Davis
Will Hardeman
Alex Riberas GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 2'02.574 15.931
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