James Calado crashed the #51 Ferrari AF Corse entry on the quick and bumpy first nook of the Sebring Worldwide Raceway on his out-lap within the first of two classes on the second and closing day of the pre-season official WEC take a look at.
The incident at Flip 1 resulted in a direct purple flag, which lasted for greater than 10 minutes whereas the automotive was retrieved and the obstacles repaired.
The Ferrari Le Mans Hypercar Calado shares with Alessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi is understood to have sustained harm to the entrance proper nook and the nostril.
The 499P didn’t return to the monitor over the rest of a session lasting three hours and half-hour and wasn’t credited with a lap time.
No remark was out there from Ferrari, besides affirmation that Calado had crashed the automotive and that it will not be again on monitor within the afternoon.
There was no rationalization as to why the automotive won’t run once more on the take a look at, however mechanics had been seen to be carefully investigating the carbon-composite monocoque after the automotive’s return to the its storage.
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The second 499P ran as regular, finishing 56 laps and ending up eighth within the Hypercar classification with a 1m49.954s from Antonio Fuoco.
#51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi
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Toyota monopolised the highest of the classification because it had accomplished within the opening session of the Prologue on Saturday.
The pair of GR010 HYBRIDs went quickest straight after the purple flag attributable to the Ferrari, Brendon Hartley simply edging out Mike Conway.
Conway subsequently improved to a 1m48.473s that stood because the quickest time of the session aboard the #7 LMH, whereas Sebastien Buemi ended up simply eight thousandths behind on 1m48.481s.
Michael Christensen took third place for Porsche, a 1m49.073s aboard the #6 963 LMDH run by Penske, pushing the solo Cadillac Racing entry all the way down to fourth.
Alex Lynn posted a 1m49.182s within the Chip Ganassi Racing-run V-Collection.R to finish up a tenth up on the second Porsche through which Kevin Estre posted a 1m49.285s.
Peugeot moved nearer to the tempo with its 9X8 LMH, Nico Muller getting inside a second of Conway in #94.
The Swiss topped the instances initially earlier than ending up on a 1m49.302s, which was simply a few tenths up on the 1m49.568s Mikkel Jensen managed within the sister automotive.
Vanwall and Glickenhaus introduced up the rear of the sector, Tom Dillmann’s 1m50.038s giving him a margin of transfer than a second over Ryan Briscoe.
#94 Peugeot Totalenergies Peugeot 9X8: Loic Duval, Gustavo Menezes, Nico Müller
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The #22 United Autosports ORECA-Gibson 07 was once more quickest in LMP2, Filipe Albuquerque setting the very best time within the automotive this time.
The Portuguese driver’s 1m50.577s was a few tenths sooner than Doriane Pin in the very best of the Prema ORECAs. Her 1m50.860s was a tenth up on Yifei Ye’s 1m51.000s for the Jota group.
Porsche led the way in which in GTE Am, Matteo Cairoli’s 1m59.170 within the Undertaking 1 911 RSR edging out Alessio Picariello within the Iron Lynx automotive.
The ultimate session of the Prologue, which leads into race week for the season-opening Sebring 1000 Miles on Friday begins at 14:30 native time.