MOBIL 1 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING PIT NOTES - CORVETTE RACING

American Le Mans Series Pit Notes
Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

At 10:07 am (0h 2m running), Timo Bernhard (#7-P2 Porsche RS Spyder) is the leader in class, with Ron Fellows (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) and Tomas Enge (#31-GT2 Ferrari 430GT) leaders of their class.

At 10:50 am (0h 45m running), Ron Fellows (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) and Oliver Gavin (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R) run first and second in class less than one second apart (22 laps completed).

At 10:54 am (0h 49m running), Oliver Gavin (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R) into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Olivier Beretta.

At 10:56 am (0h 51m running), Ron Fellows (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R), leader in class, into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Johnny O'Connell. Darren Turner (#63-GT1 Aston Martin DBR9) takes the lead in class.

At 10:59 am (0h 54m running), Antonio Garcia (#63-GT1 Aston Martin DBR9), leader in class, into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Liz Halliday, Johnny O'Connell (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) takes the lead in class.

At 11:24 am (1h 19m running), top three in class:.
#1-P1 (Audi AG/R10/TDI) Rinaldo Capello (41 laps), #2-P1 (Audi AG/R10/TDI) Frank Biela (41 laps), #37-P1 (Creation/CA06H/Judd) Clint Field (37 laps)
#7-P2 (Porsche RS Spyder) Timo Bernhard (41 laps), #26-P2 (Acura/ARX-01a) Dario Franchitti (41 laps), #16-P2 (Porsche RS Spyder) Andy Wallace (40 laps)
#3-GT1 (Corvette C6.R) Johnny O`Connell (37 laps), #4-GT1 (Corvette C6.R) Olivier Beretta (37 laps), #63-GT1 (Aston Martin DBR9) Darren Turner (36 laps)
#62-GT2 (Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta) Jaime Melo (36 laps), #45-GT2 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) Johannes van Overbeek (36 laps), #73-GT2 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) Dominik Farnbacher (36 laps)

Ron Fellows (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) "The gearbox is fine (after being replaced before the race). The track is very green and slippery. I was getting a lot of oversteer." (is the car faster in yellow or white?) "From where I sit, all the outside of the car looks the same."

At 11:30 am (1h 25m running), In GT1, Corvette Racing's trio of Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen dominated in the early going, only losing the lead on pit stops. The Arctic White C6.R, a tribute to Fellows in his last race at Sebring behind the wheel, led from defending Series and race winners Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin, and also Max Papis.

At 11:47 am (1h 42m running), Olivier Beretta (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R) into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Max Papis.

At 11:49 am (1h 44m running), Johnny O'Connell (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R), leader in class, into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Jan Magnussen, retains the lead in class.

Johnny O'Connell (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) "Everything is ok with the car. The track was slippery. But it should tighten up." (Do you prefer the white or yellow paint scheme?) "I prefer first place."

At 12:10 pm (2h 5m running), top three in class:.

#1-P1 (Audi AG/R10/TDI) Tom Kristensen (68 laps), #2-P1 (Audi AG/R10/TDI) Emanuele Pirro (67 laps), #37- P1 (Creation/CA06H/Judd) Clint Field (62 laps)
#7-P2 (Porsche RS Spyder) Romain Dumas (68 laps), #16-P2 (Porsche RS Spyder) Butch Leitzinger (67 laps), #26-P2 (Acura/ARX-01a) Tony Kanaan (67 laps)
#3-GT1 (Corvette C6.R) Jan Magnussen (62 laps), #4-GT1 (Corvette C6.R) Max Papis (62 laps), #63-GT1 (Aston Martin DBR9) Liz Halliday (60 laps)
#62-GT2 (Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta) Mika Salo (60 laps), #45-GT2 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) Marc Lieb (60 laps), #73-GT2 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) Dominik Farnbacher (59 laps)