MOBIL 1 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING PIT NOTES - CORVETTE RACING

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

At 12:38 pm (2h 33m running), Jan Magnussen (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) leads by less than two seconds over teammate Max Papis (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R).

At 12:40 pm (2h 35m running), Max Papis (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R) into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Oliver Gavin.

At 12:44 pm (2h 39m running), Jan Magnussen (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R), leader in class, into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Ron Fellows, retains the lead in class.

At 12:51 pm (2h 46m running), Oliver Gavin (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R) has passed Ron Fellows (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) for the lead in class.

At 1:12 pm (3h 7m running), Yellow Flag: pits are closed.

At 1:14 pm (3h 9m running), top three (before the pit stops):

#1-P1 (Audi AG/R10/TDI) Tom Kristensen (100 laps), #2-P1 (Audi AG/R10/TDI) Emanuele Pirro (99 laps), #37-P1 (Creation/CA06H/Judd) Jon Field (86 laps)

#7-P2 (Porsche RS Spyder) Romain Dumas (99 laps), #26-P2 (Acura/ARX-01a) Tony Kanaan (99 laps), #9-P2 (Acura/ARX-01a) Stefan Johansson (99 laps)

#4-GT1 (Corvette C6.R) Oliver Gavin (92 laps), #3-GT1 (Corvette C6.R) Ron Fellows (92 laps), #63-GT1 (Aston Martin DBR9) Antonio Garcia (88 laps)

#62-GT2 (Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta) Mika Salo (89 laps), #45-GT2 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) Joerg Bergmeister (88 laps), #71-GT2 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) Robin Liddell (87 laps)

At 1:15 pm (3h 10m running), Yellow flag: pits are open.

At 1:17 pm (3h 12m running), Antonio Garcia (#63-GT1 Aston Martin DBR9) into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change.

At 1:30 pm (3h 25m running), Green Flag.

At 1:43 pm (3h 38m running), Ron Fellows (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Johnny O'Connell.

At 1:44 pm (3h 39m running), Oliver Gavin (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R), leader in class, into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Olivier Beretta, retains the lead in class.

At 2:07 pm (4h 2m running), top three in class:.
#1-P1 (Audi AG/R10/TDI) Rinaldo Capello (124 laps), #2-P1 (Audi AG/R10/TDI) Frank Biela (123 laps), #37-P1 (Creation/CA06H/Judd) Richard Berry (111 laps)
#26-P2 (Acura/ARX-01a) Dario Franchitti (123 laps), #9-P2 (Acura/ARX-01a) David Brabham (122 laps), #15-P2 (Lola/B06-43/Acura) Luis Diaz (120 laps)
#4-GT1 (Corvette C6.R) Oliver Gavin (114 laps), #3-GT1 (Corvette C6.R) Ron Fellows (114 laps), #63-GT1 (Aston Martin DBR9) Antonio Garcia (112 laps)
#62-GT2 (Ferrari 430GT Berlinetta) Jaime Melo (111 laps), #45-GT2 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) Joerg Bergmeister (110 laps), #71-GT2 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) Wolf Henzler (110 laps)

At 2:20 pm (4h 15m running), Antonio Garcia (#63-GT1 Aston Martin DBR9) into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Darren Turner.

At 2:35 pm (4h 30m running), Johnny O'Connell (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Jan Magnussen.

At 2:37 pm (4h 32m running), Olivier Beretta (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R), leader in class, into the pits. 4 tires, fuel, driver change: Max Papis, retains the lead in class.

At 2:42 pm (4h 37m running), Max Papis (#4-GT1 Corvette C6.R) leads teammate Jan Magnussen (#3-GT1 Corvette C6.R) by 0.642 seconds in the GT1 class.

At 3:23 pm (5h 18m running), the Corvettes have been clocked down the back straight at 164 mph, the Porsche RS Spyders at 166 and the Audi R10s at 178 mph.

Notes from the halfway point of the race:

In GT1, Oliver Gavin led Ron Fellows by 25 seconds in a battle of Corvette Racing's best. The yellow No. 4 held the lead for about three hours after the Arctic White No. 3 car, a tribute to Fellows in his final race at Sebring behind the wheel, led early.

Risi Competizione's Ferrari F430 GT led by just 15 seconds in GT2 with Jaime Melo at the wheel. The Brazilian led Marc Lieb in the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche as two of the players from last year's climatic class finish resumed battle.