Another hour another caution period, this time a shorter one when the #025 Dempsey Racing FLM car was stuck in a tyre barrier at 14:40. The ensuing pit stop frenzy caused a slight shuffling of the race order. Racing was resumed when the green flag came out at at 15:02 with four and a half hours completed.

Almost as soon as the green flag dropped the #15 Oak Racing car made contact with one of the two Rebellion cars (#12 and #13) that were running closely together at Turn 10, putting the #15 into a spin.

In LMP1 and overall at the end of the 5th hour the #2 Audi R18 of McNish / Kristensen / Capello was leading, followed by the #3 Audi of Bernhard / Dumas / Duval and the #1 Audi of Tréluyer / Fässler / Lotterer in 3rd. The leading petrol powered LMP1 remains the #6 Muscle Milk HPD ARX 03a, staying in touch and on the same lap as the Audis.

HPD 1-2 in LMP2 at present with the #055 Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX 03b Tucker / Bouchut / Barbosa leading the class at the turn of the hour followed by the #44 Starworks Motorsports HPD ARX 03b. The Pecom Racing #49 Oreca-Nissan in 3rd.

The three leading cars of the LM GTE Pro class are all still on the same lap, with the #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Lieb / Lietz / Pilet Porsche leading the class from the #71 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia and the Aston Martin Vantage V8 #97

A lead change this hour in LM GTE Am with the #50 Larbre Competition Corvette displacing the #57 Krohn Racing Ferrari. The #88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche rounds off the top 3 in class.

FIAWEC Tweet feed for the 5th hour of racing.

14.31 Audi #1 looked be going slow on the track? into pits
14.32 Audi #1 in its box, splash of fuel put in, crew weren't expecting him, mechanic leant into left door -transponder? data card
14.36 #88 Felbermayr Porsche spins, #57 Tracy Krohn spun too but appears to avoid contact
14.37 #1 Audi serves stop/go penalty for pit lane infringement-no one on fire bottle at last stop. #25 has same penalty as well
14.38 #06 car spins and continues
14.40 #025 Demsey car spins and the rear of the car makes light contact with the tyre barrier, car appears to have stalled
14.40 #03 Corvette in pit lane 20 year old Jordan Taylor gets out of the car veteran Jan Magnussen gets in
14.42 Full course caution for the #025 car which is stuck in the tyre barrier
14.43 #016 Dyson car driven by Steven Kane makes an emergency pit stop
14.51 #6 Muscle Milk car in the pit lane, the team must fix the legality penal which is not intact
14.55 4 minute 4 second stop go penalty awarded for either #155 or #055 for breach of the pass around rules - awaiting more info
15.00 #18 Performance Tech car in pits but mechanics unable to get front left wheel off
15.02 Green flag!
15.04 Car 15 Oak Racing car tapped off track by Rebellion car at Turn 10, still at side of track
15.05 Rear left damage to #15 Oak car, seems to be legality panel (cheese wedge) likely to be called in to repair
15.09 #016 Steven Kane Dyson Racing to serve stop/go penalty for speeding in the pit lane
15.18 #95 Level 5 Racing car has retired
15.26 Audi #3 from first place, in the pits, new tyres & fuel only 

Photo : SEBRING (FLORIDA, USA), SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, SEBRING 12 HOURS, THURSDAY 15 MARCH 2012, FIRST PRACTICE SESSION.