Bamber Tops Second Prologue Session

Earl Bamber set the fastest time for Chip Ganassi Racing in the second session of the FIA World Endurance Championship Prologue at Sebring International Raceway.

The Kiwi steered the No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R to a best lap of 1:48.429, leading the session ahead of both Toyotas.

Sebastien Buemi slotted into second place aboard the No. 8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, a mere 0.014 seconds down on the Cadillac while teammate Jose Maria Lopez completed the top three with a best lap of 1:48.553.

Bamber’s effort lacked behind the Argentinean’s earlier lap of 1:48.208 set during Saturday morning’s running, which stood as the fastest time of the day after both three-hour sessions were completed.

The overall top five was completed by the pair of Ferrari 499Ps, with Antonio Fuoco reeling off a 1:49.402 aboard the No. 50 car to secure fourth place ahead of the sister car piloted by Antonio Giovinazzi.

Porsche came in sixth and seventh thanks to Frederic Makowiecki and Laurens Vanthoor, with the two Peugeots, Glickenhaus and Vanwall completing the Hypercar class.

The No. 93 Peugeot 9X8 had its afternoon running curtailed after just over an hour when Jean-Eric Vergne had a coming together with the No. 10 Vector Sport Oreca 07 Gibson on the start-finish straight, resulting in a red flag and right side damage to the Peugeot.

It was the first of three stoppages during the session, with a second red flag triggered by a damper failure for the No. 31 Team WRT Oreca of Ferdinand Habsburg at Sunset Bend.

Phil Hanson led proceedings in LMP2 for the second session in a row. The Briton clocked a best lap of 1:51.492 aboard the No. 22 United Autosports Oreca to lead Prema’s Daniil Kvyat by over half a second.

Hanson recorded the fastest LMP2 lap of the day in the process, improving on his morning effort by 0.225 seconds.

Team WRT’s Louis Deletraz completed the top three, ahead of the No. 9 Prema car driven by Bent Viscaal.

Oliver Jarvis rounded out the top five in the second United Autosports entry. Hertz Team JOTA’s Yifei Ye came sixth.

GTE-Am was led by the No. 85 Iron Dames Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Michelle Gatting, setting a 1:59.201.

Ulysse de Pauw slotted into second aboard the No. 21 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Julien Andlauer rounding out the top three for Dempsey-Proton Racing.

The WEC Prologue continues with a 150-minute session starting Sunday at 9 a.m. ET.

RESULTS: Session 2