Houston - Afternoon Practice

6:06 pm CT - With 4 minutes remaining in the session, Johannes is pipped by Dirk Mueller in the No. 31 Petersen Ferrari for P1 in the practice session. Mueller's 1:10:035 is .339 of a second quicker than Johannes' fast lap. Darren Law, driving the No. 44 car, is 4th quickest in practice, meaning that the top four read Ferrari-Porsche-Ferrari-Porsche. The Lizard cars are the fastest Porsches in the session.

5:58 pm CT - Johannes gets his sticker tires up to temperature and quickly reels off a 1:10.374, good for P1 with 12 minutes left in the practice session. He reports that the car is very responsive to driver input, but "pretty bumpy". The crew brings him in to make a damper change and check tire pressures, and send him back out on course.

5:55 pm CT - As the session progresses, both the No. 44 and 45 car pit repeatedly for setup changes and sticker tires. Joerg reports that an early change to the rollbar gives the car improved traction, but the ride quality is compromised.

5:15 pm CT - This afternoon's practice at Houston began a few minutes late to finish cleaning up some problems from the earlier session. Joerg is in the No. 45 and Seth in the No. 44. The crews have spent most of the day since this morning's session working on the cars - making more setup changes in preparation for this afternoon's practice. This will be the final practice session before the race tomorrow, which starts at 5:30 pm CT (there will be a short morning warmup).

Joerg is currently running second in the GT2 field right now - 3 tenths of a second behind Mika Salo in the No. 62 Risi Ferrari.