CTMP IMSA: Castroneves quickest, PMR Lamborghini crashes
Acura Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves led the times in third practice for tomorrow’s Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, but Ryan Hardwick shunted the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan into the Turn 2 wall.
Castroneves lapped the 2.459-mile course in the fastest time seen yet this weekend, 65.632sec, to edge the weekend’s pacesetter Colin Braun by 0.152sec and just narrowly miss eclipsing the 135mph barrier.
Third fastest was the Watkins Glen-winning #55 Mazda RT24-P of Jonathan Bomarito and Harry Tincknell ahead of Pipo Derani’s best effort in the fastest of the Cadillac DPi-V.R’s, the #31 Action Express Racing entry. Tristan Nunez was fifth in the second Mazda ahead of the Juan Pablo Montoya/Dane Cameron-driven second Acura.
GT Le Mans again looked close with four different marques in the top four – Ryan Briscoe in the #67 Ford leading the Jesse Krohn/John Edwards BMW M8, the #911 Porsche, and the #3 Corvette C7.R.
Robbie Foley grabbed top spot in GT Daytona in the Turner Motorsport BMW M6 ahead of Ben Keating in the Riley Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT, but the big news in class was Hardwick’s shunt. After making contact with a JDC Miller Motorsports Cadillac, he went off the track and was able to step from the car without obvious hurt. However the Paul Miller Racing team faces a thrash to make the field for tomorrow’s race.
Qualifying begins at 11.30 local (Eastern) time.
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Helio Castroneves  Ricky Taylor | DPi | Acura DPi | 33 | 1'05.632 | ||
| 2 | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | DPi | Nissan DPi | 32 | 1'05.784 | 0.152 | 0.152 |
| 3 | Jonathan Bomarito  Harry Tincknell | DPi | Mazda DPi | 34 | 1'05.947 | 0.315 | 0.163 |
| 4 | Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 32 | 1'06.001 | 0.369 | 0.054 |
| 5 | Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez | DPi | Mazda DPi | 27 | 1'06.148 | 0.516 | 0.147 |
| 6 |  Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron | DPi | Acura DPi | 27 | 1'06.178 | 0.546 | 0.030 |
| 7 |  Renger van der Zande Jordan Taylor | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 29 | 1'06.433 | 0.801 | 0.255 |
| 8 |  Joao Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 36 | 1'06.438 | 0.806 | 0.005 |
| 9 |  Mikhail Goikhberg  Tristan Vautier | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 33 | 1'06.757 | 1.125 | 0.319 |
| 10 |  Simon Trummer  Stephen Simpson | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 34 | 1'06.989 | 1.357 | 0.232 |
| 11 | Will Owen Victor Franzoni | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 32 | 1'07.275 | 1.643 | 0.286 |
| 12 | Kyle Masson Cameron Cassels | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 | 28 | 1'09.472 | 3.840 | 2.197 |
| 13 | Matt McMurry Dalton Kellett | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 | 34 | 1'09.846 | 4.214 | 0.374 |
| 14 |  Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook | GTLM | Ford GT | 29 | 1'13.739 | 8.107 | 3.893 |
| 15 |  Jesse Krohn John Edwards | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 32 | 1'13.828 | 8.196 | 0.089 |
| 16 | Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 32 | 1'14.038 | 8.406 | 0.210 |
| 17 |  Jan Magnussen  Antonio Garcia | GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 29 | 1'14.062 | 8.430 | 0.024 |
| 18 |  Earl Bamber  Laurens Vanthoor | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 32 | 1'14.092 | 8.460 | 0.030 |
| 19 | Joey Hand  Dirk Muller | GTLM | Ford GT | 29 | 1'14.469 | 8.837 | 0.377 |
| 20 | Oliver Gavin Marcel Fassler | GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 32 | 1'14.644 | 9.012 | 0.175 |
| 21 | Tom Blomqvist Connor de Phillippi | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 31 | 1'14.708 | 9.076 | 0.064 |
| 22 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley | GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 28 | 1'16.229 | 10.597 | 1.521 |
| 23 | Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 30 | 1'16.637 | 11.005 | 0.408 |
| 24 | Richard Heistand Jack Hawksworth | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 31 | 1'16.710 | 11.078 | 0.073 |
| 25 | John Potter Andy Lally | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 32 | 1'16.760 | 11.128 | 0.050 |
| 26 | Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach | GTD | Mercedes-AMG | 29 | 1'16.858 | 11.226 | 0.098 |
| 27 | Scott Hargrove Zacharie Robichon | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 23 | 1'16.908 | 11.276 | 0.050 |
| 28 | Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 29 | 1'16.908 | 11.276 | 0.000 |
| 29 | Patrick Lindsey Patrick Long | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 26 | 1'16.972 | 11.340 | 0.064 |
| 30 | Paul Holton Matt Plumb | GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 27 | 1'16.986 | 11.354 | 0.014 |
| 31 | Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 31 | 1'17.020 | 11.388 | 0.034 |
| 32 | Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 30 | 1'17.024 | 11.392 | 0.004 |
| 33 | Bryan Sellers Ryan Hardwick | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 7 | 1'17.093 | 11.461 | 0.069 |
| 34 | Katherine Legge Ana Beatriz | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 29 | 1'17.292 | 11.660 | 0.199 |
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| Event | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park |
| Author | David Malsher-Lopez |
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