Gallery: FP2 and Alpine Top The Times at Sebring

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#36 ALPINE ELF TEAM – Alpine A480 – Gibson: André Negrão, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Nicolas Lapierre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America

Paul Foster is on hand to deliver all the action from Sebring.

The last lap flyer from Matthieu Vaxiviere eclipsed teammate Andre Negrao’s earlier time to ensure Alpine consolidate the top position in the second free practice session this afternoon at Sebring Raceway

Matthieu Vaxiviere posts last lap flyer to top second Free Practice session at Sebring as Alpine lead Toyota.

Porsche continues to lead in LMGTE Pro but Corvette splits the 911 RSR’s.

The Headlines from FP2 at Sebring: 

 Hypercar 

  • Matthieu Vaxiviere continues fine form with a late 1m50.512s lap to take fastest time of session for Les Bleues
  • Earlier Andre Negrao took the Alpine A480-Alpine to the top of the timing screens by setting best lap of the session with a 1m50.845s
  • No.8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid places second in session
  • But Brendon Hartley’s time is struck off for speeding in pitlane, although his next best time of 1m51.380s is still good enough for second place
  • No.7 Toyota takes third in session with a 1m51.503s best set by Jose-Maria Lopez
  • Contact between Mike Conway’s No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid and the No. 28 JOTA Oreca 07 Gibson of Jonathan Aberdein at Turn 1 resulted in a yellow flag with less than 15 minutes in the session.
  • Glickenhaus placed fourth in Hypercar after missing first half of 60-minute session

LMGTE Pro 

  • Michael Christensen leads the LMGTE Pro class after setting best time of 1m58.488s in the No.92 Porsche 911 RSR
  • Corvette Racing second as Nick Tandy posts a 1m58.580 to get within 0.092s of the Porsche
  • A 1m58.889s lap by Richard Lietz ensures that the top three in class are separated by less than 0.5s
  • AF Corse Ferraris placed fourth and fifth in LMGTE Pro as No.51 488 GTE Evo laps narrowly quicker than the sister No.52 car

LMP2  

  • United Autosports USA place 1-2 in LMP2 as a late time by Paul di Resta just beats sister car by 0.018s
  • Di Resta’s 1m51.040s lap just shades the early time set by the No.22 United Autosports USA car with Filipe Albuquerque stopping the clocks on 1m51.058
  • Real Team by WRT takes third place with Ferdinand Habsburg again claiming fastest lap on a 1m51.244s
  • Robert Kubica places the Prema Orlen Team LMP2 car in fourth position after peaking with a bets lap of 1m51.395s
  • Top four in LMP2 covered by just 0.4s

LMGTE Am  

  • Aston Martin fastest as David Pittard laps in 2m00.029s in Northwest AMR Vantage
  • No.77 Dempsey Proton Porsche takes second as Harry Tincknell manages an early session 2m00.181s
  • No.56 Team Project 1 Porsche is third as Ben Barnicoat set fastest time of 2m00.367s

Click HERE for FP2 results

The article above by Sam SMITH
#92 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#64 CORVETTE RACING – Chevrolet Corvette C8.R: Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#77 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Christian Ried, Harry Tincknell, Seb Priaulx, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
Fans and Flags, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
Fans and Flags, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#56 TEAM PROJECT 1 – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Brendan Iribe, Ollie Millroy, Ben Barnicoat, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#88 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Julien Andlauer, Fred Poordad, Patrick Linsdey, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#83 AF CORSE – Oreca 07 – Gibson: François Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen, Alessio Rovera, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#10 VECTOR SPORT – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Nico Müller, Ryan Cullen, Mike Rockenfeller, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#1 RICHARD MILLE RACING TEAM – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Lilou Wadoux, Sébastien Ogier, Charles Milesi, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#92 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#708 GLICKENHAUS RACING – Glickenhaus 007 LMH: Olivier Pla, Romain Dumas, Ryan Briscoe, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#35 ULTIMATE – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Jean-Baptiste Lahaye, Matthieu Lahaye, François Heriau, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#28 JOTA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Oliver Rasmussen, Edward Jones, Jonathan Aberdein, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#38 JOTA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix da Costa, Will Stevens, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
Turn 1, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#34 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Jakub Smiechowski, Fabio Scherer, Esteban Gutierrez, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#54 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci, Nicholas Cassidy , Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#23 UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Paul di Resta, Oliver Jarvis, Joshua Pierson, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#92 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#91 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#31 WRT – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Sean Gelael, Robin Frijns, René Rast, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#708 GLICKENHAUS RACING – Glickenhaus 007 LMH: Olivier Pla, Romain Dumas, Ryan Briscoe, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#54 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci, Nicholas Cassidy , Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#777 D’ STATION RACING – Aston Martin Vantage AMR: Satoshi Hoshino, Tomonobu Fujii, Charlie Fagg, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#7 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#23 UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Paul di Resta, Oliver Jarvis, Joshua Pierson, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#83 AF CORSE – Oreca 07 – Gibson: François Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen, Alessio Rovera, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#51 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#36 ALPINE ELF TEAM – Alpine A480 – Gibson: André Negrão, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Nicolas Lapierre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#5 TEAM PENSKE – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Dane Cameron, Emmanuel Collard, Felipe Nasr , Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#85 IRON DAMES – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Rahel Frey, Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#64 CORVETTE RACING – Chevrolet Corvette C8.R: Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#64 CORVETTE RACING – Chevrolet Corvette C8.R: Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#1 RICHARD MILLE RACING TEAM – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Lilou Wadoux, Sébastien Ogier, Charles Milesi, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#91 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#44 ARC BRATISLAVA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Miroslav Konopka, Mathias Beche, Tijmen van der Helm , Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#8 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#51 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#51 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
—38-, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#92 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#36 ALPINE ELF TEAM – Alpine A480 – Gibson: André Negrão, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Nicolas Lapierre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#33 TF SPORT – Aston Martin Vantage AMR: Ben Keating, Florian Latorre, Marco Sorensen, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#92 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#64 CORVETTE RACING – Chevrolet Corvette C8.R: Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#35 ULTIMATE – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Jean-Baptiste Lahaye, Matthieu Lahaye, François Heriau, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#28 JOTA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Oliver Rasmussen, Edward Jones, Jonathan Aberdein, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#8 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#85 IRON DAMES – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Rahel Frey, Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#64 CORVETTE RACING – Chevrolet Corvette C8.R: Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#46 TEAM PROJECT 1 – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Matteo Cairoli, Mikkel Pedersen, Nicolas Leutwiler, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#9 PREMA ORLEN TEAM – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Robert Kubica, Louis Deletraz, Lorenzo Colombo , Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#36 ALPINE ELF TEAM – Alpine A480 – Gibson: André Negrão, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Nicolas Lapierre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#22 UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Philip Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque, William Owen, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#83 AF CORSE – Oreca 07 – Gibson: François Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen, Alessio Rovera, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#7 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#41 REALTEAM BY WRT – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Rui Andrade, Ferdinand Habsburg, Norman Nato, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#98 NORTHWEST AMR – Aston Martin Vantage AMR: Paul Dalla Lana, Nicki Thiim, David Pittard, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#777 D’ STATION RACING – Aston Martin Vantage AMR: Satoshi Hoshino, Tomonobu Fujii, Charlie Fagg, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#77 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Christian Ried, Harry Tincknell, Seb Priaulx, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#85 IRON DAMES – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Rahel Frey, Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#71 SPIRIT OF RACE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Franck Dezoteux, Pierre Ragues, Gabriel Aubry, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#54 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci, Nicholas Cassidy , Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#22 UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Philip Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque, William Owen, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#8 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#23 UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA – Oreca 07 – Gibson: Paul di Resta, Oliver Jarvis, Joshua Pierson, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#7 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#91 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#708 GLICKENHAUS RACING – Glickenhaus 007 LMH: Olivier Pla, Romain Dumas, Ryan Briscoe, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#52 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Miguel Molina, Antonio Fuoco, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#36 ALPINE ELF TEAM – Alpine A480 – Gibson: André Negrão, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Nicolas Lapierre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#7 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
Fans and Flags, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
Fans and Flags, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
Fans and Flags, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#88 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Julien Andlauer, Fred Poordad, Patrick Linsdey, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#51 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#52 AF CORSE – Ferrari 488 GTE EVO: Miguel Molina, Antonio Fuoco, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#33 TF SPORT – Aston Martin Vantage AMR: Ben Keating, Florian Latorre, Marco Sorensen, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#88 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Julien Andlauer, Fred Poordad, Patrick Linsdey, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#92 PORSCHE GT TEAM – Porsche 911 RSR – 19: Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#708 GLICKENHAUS RACING – Glickenhaus 007 LMH: Olivier Pla, Romain Dumas, Ryan Briscoe, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America
#7 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – Toyota GR010 – Hybrid: Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, Jose Maria Lopez, Free Practice 2, 2022 FIA WEC Prologue, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, United States of America

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