Last Hour of the Last ALMS Twelve Hours of Sebring: Audi on Track to Win

Audi leads overall, with lots of battles behind in the 61st ALMS Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Last Hour of the Last ALMS Twelve Hours of Sebring: Audi on Track to Win
Tom Kristensen in the #2 Audi is chasing its team car, the #1; both Audis are five laps ahead of the third-place Rebellion in the last hour of the Sebring 12 Hours. (James Fish/The Epoch Times)
3/16/2013
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3/16/2013
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Benôit Tréluyer in the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro leads the Twelve Hours of Sebring with one hour left to race. (James Fish/The Epoch Times)
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The #2 Audi is chasing its team car, the #1; both Audis are five laps ahead of the third-place Rebellion in the last hour of the Sebring 12 Hours. (James Fish/The Epoch Times)

With one hour left in the last Twelve Hours of Sebring sanctioned by the American Le Mans Series, Benôit Tréluyer in the #1 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro leads his team mate Thomas Kristensen by a little over ten seconds. The Audi pair has a five-lap cushion over the #12 Rebellion Lola-Toyota of Neel Jani.

Behind the Audis, Ryan Briscoe and Simon Pagenaud of Level 5 hold the top two places in P2, with Briscoe almost a minute ahead of his team mate. Eric Lux in the #41 Greaves Motorsports Zytec is three laps back.

The rest of the classes are up for grabs.

In GT Gianni Bruni in the #62 Risi Ferrari has 28 seconds over Tommy Milner in the #4 Corvette C6-R, who has a lap on Wolf Henzler in the #17 Falken Tire Porsche.

In PC, Kyle Marcelli of #8 Bar 1 Oreca has a nine second lead over David Ostella in the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca. A lap back, Sebring rookie Tristan Nunez is chasing in the #500 Performance Tech car.

Spencer Pumpelly in the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche has a ten-second lead over Damian Faulkner in the #66 TRG Porsche in the GTC class. Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Alex Job Racing Porsche is a lap behind Falkner.

Any of these classes could go to any of the top three in each. A slow pit stop, a problem in traffic, or a really inspired stint by  driver, and the order could be completely upset.

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