WEC Prologue: # 51 Ferrari out of Sunday action with crash damage

James Calado crashed the #51 Ferrari AF Corse entry at the quick and rough very first corner of the Sebring International Raceway on his out-lap in the very first of 2 sessions on the 2nd and last day of the pre-season authorities WEC test.

The occurrence at Turn 1 led to an instant warning, which lasted for more than 10 minutes while the cars and truck was recovered and the barriers fixed.

The Ferrari Le Mans Hypercar Calado show Alessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi is understood to have continual damage to the front right corner and the nose.

The 499 P did not go back to the track over the rest of a session long lasting 3 hours and 30 minutes and wasn’t credited with a lap time.

No remark was readily available from Ferrari, other than verification that Calado had actually crashed the automobile which it would not be back on track in the afternoon.

There was no description regarding why the vehicle will not run once again at the test, however mechanics were seen to be carefully examining the carbon-composite monocoque after the cars and truck’s go back to its garage.

The 2nd 499 P ran as regular, finishing 56 laps and winding up 8th in the Hypercar category with a 1m49954 s from Antonio Fuoco.

#51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499 P: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi

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Toyota monopolised the top of the category as it had actually performed in the opening session of the Prologue on Saturday.

The set of GR010 HYBRIDs went quickest directly after the warning brought on by the Ferrari, Brendon Hartley simply edging out Mike Conway.

Conway consequently enhanced to a 1m48473 s that stood as the fastest time of the session aboard the # 7 LMH, while Sebastien Buemi wound up simply 8 thousandths behind on 1m48481 s.

Michael Christensen took 3rd location for Porsche, a 1m49073 s aboard the # 6 963 LMDH run by the Penske group, pressing the solo Cadillac Racing entry to 4th.

Alex Lynn published a 1m49182 s in the Chip Ganassi Racing-run V-Series. R to wind up a tenth up on the 2nd Porsche in which Kevin Estre published a 1m49285 s.

Peugeot moved more detailed to the rate with its 9X8 LMH, Nico Muller getting within a second of Conway in #94

The Swiss topped the times at first prior to winding up on a 1m49302 s, which was simply a number of tenths up on the 1m49568 s Mikkel Jensen handled in the sibling vehicle.

Vanwall and Glickenhaus brought up the back of the field, Tom Dillmann’s 1m50038 s offering him a margin of relocation than a 2nd over Ryan Briscoe.

#94 Peugeot Totalenergies Peugeot 9X8: Loic Duval, Gustavo Menezes, Nico Müller

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United continues LMP2 supremacy

The #22 United Autosports ORECA-Gibson 07 was once again fastest in LMP2, Filipe Albuquerque setting the very best time in the cars and truck this time.

The Portuguese chauffeur’s 1m50577 s was a number of tenths quicker than Doriane Pin in the very best of the Prema ORECAs. Her 1m50860 s was a tenth up on Yifei Ye’s 1m5100 0s for the Jota group.

Porsche blazed a trail in GTE Am, Matteo Cairoli’s 1m59170 in the Project 1 911 RSR edging out Alessio Picariello in the Iron Lynx vehicle.

The last session of the Prologue, which leads into race week for the season-opening Sebring 1000 Miles on Friday, starts at 14: 30 regional time.