IMSA Race 2018 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts - Mar 14-17

[joeb]

Originally Posted by joeb

Here are the previous qualifying lap times for protos. Just for reference.

2017: 1:48.173 Oreca
2016: 1:51.217 Ligier
2015: 1:51.152 Ligier
2014: 1:51.917 Corvette DP
2013: 1:43.886 Audi
2012: 1:45.820 Audi
2011: 1:46.571 Peugeot
2010: 1:45.214 Peugeot
2009: 1:45.278 Acura
2008: 1:44.271 Peugeot
2007: 1:44.974 Audi

Originally Posted by chernaudi

It seems that the improvements that Continental brought are working, given that DPIs are running borderline LMP1 times from 2012 (and not far off what LMP2s did during a Dunlop test last year).

Already more than a second under last years pole, and i bet we see a 1:46 in qualifying. That is pretty fast compared to the P1 times of yesteryear.