Herta fastest in Amerrican Le Mans Series test

Valencia’s Bryan Herta posted the fastest lap in the American Le Mans Series LMP2 class during the three-day test at Sebring International Raceway in Florida earlier this week
Herta, a driver for Andretti Green Racing, will be teamed with Christian Fittipaldi in the American Le Mans Series this year. Fittipaldi, a veteran open-wheel racer from the CART and the Champ Car World Series, is the nephew of Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi.
The American Le Mans Series season opens March 15 with the 12 Hours of Sebring.
Herta, teamed with Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti, won the 12 Hours of Sebring race last year.
“I think we have potential with this new car,” said Herta, a Hart High of Newhall graduate. “We had an uneven test this week as we had some trouble with the car at times. We will go back to the shop and do our homework.”
This will be Herta’s second season with Andretti Green Racing American Le Mans Series team. He drove in the Indy Racing League for Andretti Green for three years prior to moving to the American Le Mans Series.
“Bryan has been driving this car for a year and he knows in less than a lap what to change on the car,” Fittipaldi said. “It is still a learning process with me. But I’m ready for the Sebring race.”
Andretti Green will be one of four teams using Acura-powered cars in the LMP2 division. Lowe’s Fernandez Racing, Highcroft Racing and the newly formed de Ferran Motorsports will also race Acuras.
Even though Herta had the fastest lap during the test, he said the team had some difficulty finding any consistency at Sebring.
“This place changes a ridiculous amount from one session to the next,” Herta said. “And that makes it difficult to get a reading. Our issues this week were continuity and running consistently throughout the day. It was tough to get readings with our XM Acura when we had a few things to fix. But that is what testing is all about — getting the problems worked out. We’ll come back next month for another test and work on more items with the new car. Then it will be time to race.”