CTMP IMSA: Braun tops second practice cut short by track issues
Colin Braun continued to shine at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the CORE autosport-run Nissan DPi, but IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s FP2 was cut some 20mins short by asphalt issues at Turns 2 and 5.
Braun lapped the 2.459-mile course in Bowmanville, ON, in just 65.875sec – nearly identical to his morning time – chased hard by the Acura Team Penske ARX-05s of Dane Cameron and Ricky Taylor.
However, there were some doubts as to how much we’d seen the best of any of the cars, given that the session was only two-thirds run when it came to a premature conclusion.
Felipe Nasr was fastest of the Cadillac DPi-V.Rs, but 0.6sec off the pace, while last week’s winner at Watkins Glen, Jonathan Bomarito was only fifth quick in the #55 Mazda RT24-P.
Corvette Racing, seeking its first win in more than a year, went 1-2, Jan Magnussen around half a second quicker than Marcel Fassler who is making his CTMP debut this weekend, as substituted for the injured Tommy Milner.
Richard Westbrook was third in the #67 Ford GT, ahead of the two BMW M8s which outpaced the Porsches.
In GT Daytona, Bill Auberlen put the venerable BMW M6 of Turner Motorsports at the top of the times ahead of Andy Lally’s Magnus Racing Lamborghini Huracan, Jack Hawksworth in the AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F, Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Riley Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT and Patrick Lindsey’s Park Place Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Third practice is set for 8am local (Eastern) time tomorrow morning, with qualifying due to start at 11.35am.
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jon Bennett Colin Braun | DPi | Nissan DPi | 1'05.875 | ||
| 2 |  Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron | DPi | Acura DPi | 1'05.899 | 0.024 | 0.024 |
| 3 |  Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor | DPi | Acura DPi | 1'06.047 | 0.172 | 0.148 |
| 4 | Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'06.489 | 0.614 | 0.442 |
| 5 | Jonathan Bomarito  Harry Tincknell | DPi | Mazda DPi | 1'06.544 | 0.669 | 0.055 |
| 6 |  Joao Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'06.903 | 1.028 | 0.359 |
| 7 | Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez | DPi | Mazda DPi | 1'06.969 | 1.094 | 0.066 |
| 8 |  Renger van der Zande Jordan Taylor | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'07.568 | 1.693 | 0.599 |
| 9 |  Simon Trummer  Stephen Simpson | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'07.586 | 1.711 | 0.018 |
| 10 |  Mikhail Goikhberg  Tristan Vautier | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'07.668 | 1.793 | 0.082 |
| 11 | Will Owen Victor Franzoni | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'07.801 | 1.926 | 0.133 |
| 12 | Matt McMurry Dalton Kellett | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 | 1'08.706 | 2.831 | 0.905 |
| 13 | Kyle Masson Cameron Cassels | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 | 1'08.934 | 3.059 | 0.228 |
| 14 |  Jan Magnussen  Antonio Garcia | GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 1'14.218 | 8.343 | 5.284 |
| 15 | Oliver Gavin Marcel Fassler | GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 1'14.722 | 8.847 | 0.504 |
| 16 |  Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook | GTLM | Ford GT | 1'14.736 | 8.861 | 0.014 |
| 17 |  Jesse Krohn John Edwards | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'14.760 | 8.885 | 0.024 |
| 18 | Tom Blomqvist Connor de Phillippi | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'14.868 | 8.993 | 0.108 |
| 19 | Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 1'15.217 | 9.342 | 0.349 |
| 20 |  Earl Bamber  Laurens Vanthoor | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 1'15.232 | 9.357 | 0.015 |
| 21 | Joey Hand  Dirk Muller | GTLM | Ford GT | 1'15.532 | 9.657 | 0.300 |
| 22 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley | GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'16.859 | 10.984 | 1.327 |
| 23 | John Potter Andy Lally | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'16.938 | 11.063 | 0.079 |
| 24 | Richard Heistand Jack Hawksworth | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'17.024 | 11.149 | 0.086 |
| 25 | Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'17.061 | 11.186 | 0.037 |
| 26 | Patrick Lindsey Patrick Long | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'17.197 | 11.322 | 0.136 |
| 27 | Bryan Sellers Ryan Hardwick | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'17.333 | 11.458 | 0.136 |
| 28 | Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'17.476 | 11.601 | 0.143 |
| 29 | Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'17.630 | 11.755 | 0.154 |
| 30 | Katherine Legge Ana Beatriz | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'17.690 | 11.815 | 0.060 |
| 31 | Scott Hargrove Zacharie Robichon | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'17.847 | 11.972 | 0.157 |
| 32 | Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'18.041 | 12.166 | 0.194 |
| 33 | Paul Holton Matt Plumb | GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'18.053 | 12.178 | 0.012 |
| 34 | Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach | GTD | Mercedes-AMG | 1'18.124 | 12.249 | 0.071 |
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| Series | IMSA |
| Event | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park |
| Drivers | Colin Braun |
| Author | David Malsher-Lopez |
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