With only one race under its belt,
that of the class-winning performance at the 2005 ALMS season closer at Laguna Seca, the Penske Racing Porsche RS
Spyder picked up where it left off, posting the fastest time in the first day of the ALMS Sebring winter test
session.
But wait, there’s more… (after the jump)
After running only 12 laps, Lucas Luhr’s fastest time in the Spyder was 1:49.93 – only 0.1 seconds slower than the
fastest qualifier at the 2005 Sebring 12 hours, JJ Lehto in the Audi R8 LMP1. I think there’s little doubt that the
LMP2 Porsche will be contesting for overall race wins this year, and what a great David-vs-Goliath marketing story for
Porsche that would be!
In other LMP2 news, Dyson Racing debuted the brand-new Lola B06/10-AER. Like the
Audi R10s, the Lola is in the early shakedown and familiarization stage – we can expect the lap times for both to fall
quickly.
A few photos follow, courtesy of the ALMS. Lots more photos and info at their website.
The new Lola B06/10, with James Weaver at
the wheel.
The world’s widest M3?