New Cars LMP1 Acuras while in an LMP2 Acura at Sebring Winter Testing

New Cars LMP1 Acuras while in an LMP2 Acura at Sebring Winter Testing-Many anticipate ARX-02a Acura Racing Le Mans Prototype 1 class racecar The hottest turned their first laps in 'Wheels Down' Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway.

Acura bring a pair of new cars for Sebring: Patron Highcroft Racing for one, and only Again for De Ferran racing. Both teams will campaign the car in the 2009 American Le Mans Series.

New cars, developed by Honda Performance Development and Wirth Research California in the UK, using a version of the four-liter engine used in the Acura ARX-01B LMP2 car. The four-valve, DOHC produces about 620 horsepower at 100-octane E-10 petrol (gas with 10% ethanol.)
Scott Sharp pushed Acura ARX-02a at Sebring. (Patron Hightcroft Racing)

Scott Sharp pushed Acura ARX-02a at Sebring. (Patron Hightcroft Racing)
Fast during the test

After spending time in the first session make very small adjustments, especially for the brakes, the Acuras out charging in the second session. De Ferran driver Simon Pagenaud turned in the fastest time of the day with a lap of 1 minute, 45.053, followed by the Patron Highcroft driver Scott Sharp who ran 1 minute, 46.824 seconds.

On the second day of testing Pagenaud Acura ran fast lap of 1: 44: 814, averaging 126.723 mph around the 3.7-mile, 17-turn road circuit Sebring, To beat Marco Werner standing qualification record, set in 2007 in an Audi R10 TDI .