Jack Aitken executed a flawless run to assert general pole for the 74th Operating of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Driving the #31 Cadillac V-Sequence.R for Whelen Cadillac, Aitken handed out a flying lap of 1m46.153s across the Sebring Worldwide Raceway’s 3.74-mile, 17-turn airfield circuit.
Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist, within the #60 Acura ARX-06, narrowly missed out on the highest spot, falling 0.104s behind Aitken.
Filipe Albuquerque (Cadillac Wayne Tayor Racing) ended up third, adopted by the #6 Porsche 963 of Kevin Estre (Porsche Penske Motorsport) in fifth.
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#6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre, Matt Campbell
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Aitken started the session by setting the quickest lap of the weekend to that time with a 1m46.363s with seven minutes left.
The battle for the general prime spot then turned a contest of heymakers as Albuquerque drew a 1m46.298s moments later. After which Blomqvist with one among his personal with a 1m46.262s earlier than, with roughly three-and-a-half minutes left to play for, Aitken nailed the last word lap that remained uncontested the rest of the session.
There was a decent second for the #25 BMW M Workforce WRT, pushed by Philip Eng, had an enormous off in Flip 1 after bottoming out that led to bouncing off line with lower than 5 minutes to go however managed to get it again on observe. He was unable to advance higher eleventh.
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#52 Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen ORECA LMP2 07: Misha Goikhberg, Parker Thompson, Harry Tincknell
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AO Racing’s PJ Hyett stormed to a class-best lap of 1m50.941s, however misplaced the lap on account of bringing out a pink flag on Friday when he crashed throughout opening follow. In flip, he was relegated to fourth by advantage of his second-best lap of 1m51.322s run in his #99 ORECA LMP2 07.
Taking pole for LMP2 is Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen #52 of Misha Goikhberg, who had a clear lap of 1m51.182s.
“The steadiness was nice,” Goikhberg stated. “The staff did a extremely good job. They took the automobile aside in the midst of the night time and put it again collectively, so I am actually proud of the steadiness. I believe we’ve a couple of changes to make, and we’ll have a extremely good race cowl tomorrow.
Daniel Goldburg (United Autosports USA) took second, 0.073s behind, with Jeremy Clarke (Inter Europol Competitors) in third.
Behind Hyett in fifth is the #04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR entry of George Kurtz.
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#12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3: Aaron Telitz, Benjamin Pedersen, Frankie Montecalvo
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Jack Hawksworth, making his one hundredth begin with Lexus Racing in IMSA, put down a staggering quick lap of 1m58.480s to assert pole for the GTD Professional class. The Brit established the short lap, breaking his earlier observe document from 2024, with lower than 5 minutes go in Vasser Sullivan’s #14 Lexus RC F GT3.
“It was a clear lap, there was no errors truthfully,” Hawksworth stated. “I used to be fairly proud of it.
“This observe is so peaky with the tire that it’s a must to do the lap when it is at its greatest. So it wasn’t like I used to be lairy or flashy or something, however I used to be capable of get each nook 99 p.c proper. I used to be actually proud of it and the automobile was phenomenal and no higher place to begin tomorrow than the pole.”
The #48 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Winward Racing’s Luca Stolz was second, 0.289s behind. Niel Verhagen, wheeling the #1 BMW M4 GT3 EVO for Paul Miller Racing, wrapped up in third by a large 0.406s behind.
Ricardo Feller (Manthey) was fourth, adopted by Dean MacDonald (RLL Workforce McLaren) in fifth.
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#48 WINWARD RACING Mercedes-AMG GT3: Scott Noble, Jason Hart, Luca Stolz
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Dudu Barrichello took the category pole after nailing a 1m58.981s flying lap in Coronary heart of Racing’s #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo. The short lap, which the Brazilian hit with roughly 4 minutes to go, is his first pole.
“Sure, effectively, it is excellent,” Barrichello stated. “The observe makes it a lot enjoyable. We simply dialed the automobile in; we actually hit the bottom operating this time. I am simply tremendous grateful to be right here. Such a terrific alternative. Such a privilege to be right here in Sebring. I simply need to take pleasure in it.”
Winward Racing’s Philip Ellis was second-fastest, together with his #57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 simply 0.124s behind. The #96 BMW M4 GT3 EVO for Turner Motorsport, pushed by Robby Foley, was third at 0.284s behind.
Scott Andrews (Lone Star Racing) and Antonio Fuoco (AF Corse USA) had been fourth and fifth, respectively.
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