CTMP IMSA: Braun stays on top as Castroneves wrecks
Colin Braun continued his dominance at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, setting the fastest time in second practice for the IMSA WeatherTech Championship – but his competition was much closer on the timesheets.
#54 CORE autosport ORECA LMP2, P: Jon Bennett, Colin Braun
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Watkins Glen pole-winner Braun, who topped this morning’s first session by almost a second, lapped the CORE autosport-run Oreca LMP2 – which he shares with Jon Bennett – in 1m06.902s.
This time, however, Dane Cameron’s Penske-run Acura DPi was much closer to his pace, just 0.037s in arrears.
Helio Castroneves was third fastest in the second Acura, but almost a second off the pace, with Harry Tincknell fourth in the first of the Mazdas.
Castroneves then caused a red flag halfway through the session when he spun off at Turn 5 and hit the tire wall, inflicting hefty rear-end damage.
Ryan Dalziel was fifth quickest in the sole ESM Nissan, ahead of Felipe Nasr in the first of the Action Express Cadillacs. Robert Alon was seventh in his JDC-Miller Oreca, ahead of Jordan Taylor’s WTR Caddy.
In GT Le Mans, Nick Tandy set the pace for Porsche at 1m14.357s, well ahead of the Chevrolet Corvettes of Antonio Garcia and Tommy Milner. The second Porsche, the #912 car, slumped to fourth in this session, with Laurens Vanthoor some sixth tenths off Tandy’s pace.
As they were in the morning session, the Ford GTs and BMW M8s were next up.
In GT Daytona, Alvaro Parente set the pace for Acura, his 1m16.574s a tenth clear of Kyle Marcelli’s Lexus and the Porsche 911 of Wolf Henzler.
Pos | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 54 | Jon Bennett Colin Braun |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'06.902 | |
2 | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron |
P | Acura DPi | 1'06.939 | 0.037 |
3 | 7 | Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor |
P | Acura DPi | 1'07.881 | 0.979 |
4 | 55 | Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito |
P | Mazda DPi | 1'08.092 | 1.190 |
5 | 22 | Pipo Derani Ryan Dalziel |
P | Nissan DPi | 1'08.268 | 1.366 |
6 | 31 | Eric Curran Felipe Nasr |
P | Cadillac DPi | 1'08.270 | 1.368 |
7 | 85 | Simon Trummer Robert Alon |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'08.299 | 1.397 |
8 | 10 | Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande |
P | Cadillac DPi | 1'08.418 | 1.516 |
9 | 5 | Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque |
P | Cadillac DPi | 1'08.466 | 1.564 |
10 | 77 | Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez |
P | Mazda DPi | 1'08.486 | 1.584 |
11 | 99 | Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'08.604 | 1.702 |
12 | 52 | Gustavo Yacaman Sebastian Saavedra |
P | Ligier LMP2 | 1'08.694 | 1.792 |
13 | 911 | Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 1'14.357 | 7.455 |
14 | 3 | Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 1'14.757 | 7.855 |
15 | 4 | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 1'14.844 | 7.942 |
16 | 912 | Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 1'14.959 | 8.057 |
17 | 66 | Joey Hand Dirk Müller |
GTLM | Ford GT | 1'15.374 | 8.472 |
18 | 67 | Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook |
GTLM | Ford GT | 1'15.412 | 8.510 |
19 | 24 | John Edwards Jesse Krohn |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'15.743 | 8.841 |
20 | 25 | Connor de Phillippi Alexander Sims |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'15.806 | 8.904 |
21 | 86 | Alvaro Parente Katherine Legge |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'16.574 | 9.672 |
22 | 14 | Kyle Marcelli Dominik Baumann |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'16.669 | 9.767 |
23 | 16 | Wolf Henzler Michael Schein |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'16.674 | 9.772 |
24 | 48 | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'16.689 | 9.787 |
25 | 44 | Andy Lally John Potter |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1'16.716 | 9.814 |
26 | 33 | Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'16.822 | 9.920 |
27 | 63 | Jeff Segal Cooper MacNeil |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'16.878 | 9.976 |
28 | 15 | David Heinemeier Hansson Jack Hawksworth |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'17.208 | 10.306 |
29 | 93 | Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'17.531 | 10.629 |
30 | 96 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'17.653 | 10.751 |
31 | 58 | Patrick Long Christina Nielsen |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'17.749 | 10.847 |
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