Photo : Nicolas Cousseau - D.R. ACO

 

Wednesday, March 12th will be dedicated to administrative and technical verifications, as well as to photo and television set-ups, the track being devoted to supporting racing competitors. Track activities will begin Thursday, March 13th with no less than three practice sessions. The cars will start at 9:55 a.m. local time (the United States having adopted the DST last Saturday) for a period of an hour before taking the track from 4:05 p.m. to 5:05 p.m.. The night session, with at least three laps mandatory for all drivers, will take place from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m..

The festivities will start up again the morning of Friday, March 14th with a final practice session of one hour, from 9:55 a.m. to 10:55 a.m. , before the post-chaise qualifying sessions of fifteen minutes each. GTD will open the show at 4:10 p.m. before giving way to GTLM at 4:30 p.m.. After a ten-minute break, the PC will take the track at 4:55 p.m. and P (Prototype) will close the day at 5:15 p.m.. 

Saturday, March 15th will be quite long for the players and the spectators since the J day will start with a warm-up of 25 minutes at 8:00 a.m., before moving into the activities of grid line-up. After the American anthem, the famous phrase "drivers start your engines" will be announced a few minutes before the start of the race at 10:15 a.m. for a duration of 12 hours.

Motorsports fans will be able to meet their favorite drivers during the autograph session on Friday the 14th from 11:15 a.m. to noon behind the truck workshops, a pleasant time enjoyed by all.

The group of 66 competitors (entry list) is exceptional for a race (schedule) which is no less!

Cécile Bonardel / ACO

PHOTO: SEBRING (FLORIDA, USA), SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, 12 HOURS OF SEBRING, MONDAY MARCH 14 2011, OFFICIAL PHOTO. All means necessary are good to get the best photo!