Felipe Nasr has set the quickest time in opening practice for this weekend’s Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Nasr posted a 01:46:212 behind the wheel of the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-VR, which was 0.407s quicker than Renger van der Zande in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac.
Van der Zande outpaced the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 of Dane Cameron by 0.306s, while the top five was completed by Tristan Vautier in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac and Ricky Taylor in the Daytona-winning #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05.
Mikkel Jensen topped LMP2 for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, with Sebring veteran Guy Smith second for United Autosports ahead of WIN Autosport in third place.
GTLM and LMP3 were closely intertwined in terms of lap time, much like at Daytona. The quickest time in GTLM, a 01:56:715 from Jordan Taylor’s #3 Corvette C8.R only just outpaced the quickest of the LMP3 runners.
Both Corvettes are running in a one-off silver livery to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its partnership with lubricants firm Mobil1.
Taylor’s best time was over half a second clear of the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Mathieu Jaminet, with Tommy Milner third in the #4 Corvette ahead of the two BMWs.
Jeroen Bleekemolen topped LMP3 in the #91 Ligier JS P320 for Riley Motorsports, with George Kurtz second for CORE Autosport.
Finally, Bill Auberlen led the way in GTD, posting a best time of 02:00:456 in the #96 Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3.
