SEBRING, Fl — At the halfway point in the race, Peugeot is still one-two — and although the two French diesels have swapped the first and second place back and forth based mainly on pitstops. The Aston-Martin remains in third place and the Drayson Team Lola Judd had gamely tried to rally from being more than 10 laps early in the race when a recalcitrant alternator had to be replaced.

The GT2 race has provided the most excitement as the No. 62 Ferarri and the No. 45 Porsche have been dueling back and forth with the two white “Beamers” sandwiched jumping as high as second and third at one point in the race when the Porsche fell out of the top three. However, late in the fifth hour, the Porsche moved into the lead when the Ferarri pitted and then dropped back to second when it had to pit.

At 5:46 pm (7h 18m running), top three in class:.
(1) #07-P1 Marc Gene (Peugeot 908 HDI FAP) 226 laps (0.000-)
(2) #08-P1 Sebastien Bourdais (Peugeot 908 HDI FAP) 226 laps (6.633-)
(3) #007-P1 Stefan Mucke (Lola B09 60/Aston Martin) 222 laps (-4 Laps)

(4) #1-P2 Simon Pagenaud (HPD ARX-01c) 221 laps (-5 Laps)
(5) #6-P2 Greg Pickett (Porsche RS Spyder) 216 laps (-10 Laps)
(28) #16-P2 Chris Dyson (Lola B09 86/Mazda) 170 laps (-56 Laps)

(7) #62-GT2 Gianmaria Bruni (Ferrari 430 GT) 202 laps (-24 Laps)
(8) #45-GT2 Jorg Bergmeister (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR) 202 laps (-24 Laps)
(9) #92-GT2 Tommy Milner (BMW E92 M3) 202 laps (-24 Laps)

(10) #55-LMPC Christophe Bouchut (Oreca FLM09) 201 laps (-25 Laps)
(17) #99-LMPC Gunnar Jeannette (Oreca FLM09) 194 laps (-32 Laps)
(27) #36-LMPC JR Hildebrand (Oreca FLM09) 176 laps (-50 Laps)

(20) #81-GTC Leh Keen (Porsche 911 GT3 Cup) 190 laps (-36 Laps)
(21) #23-GTC Romeo Kapudija (Porsche 911 GT3 Cup) 188 laps (-38 Laps)
(22) #40-GT2 David Robertson (Doran Design Ford GT) 188 laps (-38 Laps)