Flying Lizard No. 45 Qualifies Second in GT2 for Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring; No. 44 13th

March 19, 2009 -- Flying Lizard's Joerg Bergmeister qualified the No. 45 Flying Lizard Porsche second in GT2 today in the qualifying session for Saturday's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. In the No. 44, teammate Seth Neiman qualified 13th. The top three GT2 qualifying times had a spread of less than five tenths of a second, with the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche taking the pole and the No. 95 Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team Ferrari 430 GT in third.

After the session Bergmeister said, "I think we are very close to our race setup, but it wasn't quite the right balance for qualifying today. We've made a lot of progress during this week's testing and practice: overall the car is performing very well."

The No. 44 used the qualifying session to continue work on their setup. Neiman added, "We changed our brake compound yesterday and needed more time to get acclimated to it. Darren (Law), Johannes (van Overbeek) and I are pretty happy with the car so far and I'm confident we'll be at a solid race setup by Saturday."

In the No. 45 Flying Lizard Porsche, Flying Lizard drivers Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long will be joined by Marc Lieb for the twelve-hour race. Lieb has raced with the Lizards numerous times over the last several years, and was part of the trio who won in GT2 in the No. 45 at Sebring in 2008 (with Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler). In the No. 44 Flying Lizard Porsche, Neiman, Law and van Overbeek will drive together, heading back to Sebring for an attempt at a second consecutive podium, after the car's second place GT2 finish in 2008.

Follow the Race

The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring gets the green flag at 10:35 am ET on Saturday, March 21.

Flying Lizard will broadcast the team radio during raceday and will update the team blog throughout the race. For details, see www.lizardms.com.

TV Broadcast times:

• N. Am: SPEED Channel -- Live 10:00am-12:00pm; 2:00pm-11:00pm ET
• Europe: MotorsTV -- Live 3:00pm-5:00pm UK; 4:00pm-6:00pm CET; Sunday March 22. 7:00pm-4:00am (UK); 8:00pm-5:00am CET
• Latin Am.: Fox -- Live 10:00am-12:00pm; 2:00pm-11:00pm ET

Flying Lizard Fan Activities

Friday, March 20

10:00 am - 6:00 pm    Team Info and Gear Center Open

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm     Driver Autograph Session - Flying Lizard Paddock Area

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm     Tech Talk at Flying Lizard Paddock Area

Saturday, March 21

9:00 am - 10:00 pm    Team Info and Gear Center Open

10:30 am - 10:30 pm   Team Radio and Blog Live at www.lizardms.com

About Flying Lizard Motorsports
2009 is the sixth consecutive ALMS season for the Sonoma, California-based GT2 team. Since its first year of competition in 2004, the team has finished every year in the top three in the ALMS GT2 team and drivers' championships. Notably, in 2008, the team won both the ALMS GT2 drivers' (No. 45 Porsche of Joerg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler) and team championships. In 2007, Flying Lizard was second in the ALMS GT2 team championship and No. 45 drivers Johannes van Overbeek and Joerg Bergmeister finished second in the ALMS GT2 drivers' championship.

Flying Lizard has also competed in the 24 Heures du Mans from 2005 through 2008, finishing third in 2005, fourth in 2006, and sixth in 2008.

Flying Lizard is sponsored by ShoreTel, a leading provider of enterprise IP telephony solutions and eSilicon, a semiconductor company, both based in Sunnyvale, California; and Redline Coffee, a coffee club dedicated to motorsport enthusiasts, based in Boulder, Colorado. Team partners include Porsche and Michelin.

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