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Sebring, March 11, 2002

The factory Audi team that has won  the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in the past 2 years, set the fastest time Monday as unofficial practice opened for the 50th annual 12 Hours of Sebring.

The Audi R8 driven by Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen and defending American Le Mans Series champion Emanuele Pirro was the fastest of the 37 cars that turned timed laps in Monday's session.

The day's fastest lap on the 3.7-mile road racing circuit was 122.250 mph (1:48.957), just slightly slower than Biela's track record of 1:48.825 that was set in 2000.

In addition to two consecutive wins at Le Mans, the trio also won the Sebring event in 2000 and finished second last year.

The remainder of the 60 cars that will compete in Saturday's race either did not get on the track Monday or ran without timing transponders in the unofficial day of testing.

The LMP 675 class was led on Monday by the Reynard 2KQ-Volkswagen of the French ROC team, which won the class last year at Le Mans. The driving trio of Jean-Denis Deletraz, Christophe Pillon and Mark Smithson was clocked at 1:58.129 (112.758 mph) and was 11th fastest overall.

The Chevrolet Corvette C5-R of Andy Pilgrim, Kelly Collins and Franck Freon led the GTS class with a lap of 2:00.510 (110.530 mph).

The GT class was led by the Porsche 911 GT3 RS of P.K. Sport, ltd., which turned a lap of 2:08.784 (103.429 mph). Drivers were Robin Liddell, Fabio Babini and Giovanni Anapoli.

Testing will continue on Tuesday, with the first official day of practice on Wednesday. The weather for the entire week partly cloudy with temperature in the mid 80's (25C +)

Timetable
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Wednesday, 13 March
09:20 – 10:20 hrs Free Practice
14:35 – 15:35 hrs Free Practice

Thursday, 14 March
09:30 – 10:30 hrs Free Practice
14:30 – 14:55 hrs Qualifying (prototypes)
20:00 – 21:00 hrs Night Practice

Friday, 15 March
09:35 – 10:35 hrs Free Practice

Saturday, 16 March
07:30 – 07:50 hrs Warm-up
10:30 hrs Start

Frank Biela in the cockpit of the Infineon Audi R8 (2002 version)
Emanuele Pirro in the Infineon Audi R8 (2002 version)
Emanuele Pirro in the Infineon Audi R8 (2002 version)
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1. Biela/Pirro/Kristensen

Audi R8   1:48.957

2. Capello/Herbert/Pescatori

Audi R8   1:50.661

3. Wallace/Lammers/Johansson

Audi R8   1:50.805

4. Matthews/Smith/Goossens

Riley & Scott MkIIIC   1:51.566

5. Bernard/Collard/Lehto

Cadillac LMP 02   1:52.437

6. Taylor/Angelelli/Tinseau

Cadillac LMP 02   1:52.489

7. Herta/Donohue/Auberlen

Panoz LMP-1   1:52.999

8. Lienhard/Theys/Baldi

Dallara-Judd   1:53.617

9. Lupberger/Bell/Kolby

Ascari-Judd   1:56.290

10. Neuhaus/Macaluso/Brickell

Lola B2K10-Judd 1:57.199

11. Delatraz/Pillon/Smithson

Reynard 2KQ-Volkswagen 1:58.129

12. Collins/Vann/Wilson

Ascari-Judd 1:59.908

13. Pilgrim/Collins/Freon

Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 2:00.510

14. J. Jones/R. Jones/J.W. Jones

Reynard 2KQ-Volkswagen 2:00.722

15. Fellows/O'Connell/Gavin

Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 2:00.824

16. McKellar/Johnson/Erdos

Saleen S7R 2:02.712

17. Konrad/Slater/Seiler

Saleen S7R 2:03.532

18. Bingham/MacLeod/Rice

Saleen S7R 2:03.832

19. Veilleux/Julien/Merzon

Lola B2K40-Nissan 2:04.056

20. Mirro/Forgeois/O'Born

Norma-Ford 2:05.186

21. Hezemans/Kumpen/Cappellari

Dodge Viper GTS-R 2:05.285

22. Liddell/Babini/Anapoli

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:08.784

23. Buckler/Schrom/Law

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:09.448

24. Dumas/Amorim/Fertl

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:10.247

25. Rosa/Café/Riccitelli

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:10.374

26. Garbagnati

Ferrari 360 Modena 2:10.591

27. Plumb/Collin/Bagnall

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:12.277

28. McMurry/Willman/Ehret

Pilbeam MP84-Nissan 2:12.891

29. Wilson/Dawson/Gleason

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:13.559

30. Hindery/Baron/Borkowski

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:13.791

31. Schultheis/Kester

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:13.961

32. Vannini

Ferrari 360 Modena 2:14.045

33. Masarati/Demeroutis/Alexander

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:14.159

34. Kelleners/Franchitti

Ferrari 360 Modena 2:18.427

35. Rydell/Menu/Enge

Ferrari 550 Maranello 2:18.427

36. Hayden/Earle/Griffiths

  Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:19.583

37. Hawkins/Knight/Kane

MG Lola EX257-AER 19:38.270

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