Practice report
IMSA Road Atlanta II
Petit Le Mans: Derani leads Cadillac 1-2 in darkness of FP3
Pipo Derani ensured Action Express Racing remained top in third practice for one of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s marquee events, Motul Petit Le Mans.
David Malsher-Lopez
Published: Oct 16, 2020, 1:26 AM
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The Brazilian lapped the 2.54-mile Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in 70.347sec, just quick enough to beat fellow Cadillac DPi-V.R driver, Wayne Taylor Racing’s Renger van der Zande.
The two Acura Team Penske cars were next up, Dane Cameron a hair quicker than Ricky Taylor, while Harry Tincknell was fifth – yet within 0.13sec of pacesetter Derani.
The 90min session was interrupted twice by red flags, one for Chris Miller in the #85 JDC-Miller Cadillac who spun and lost his rear wing, and an earlier one for a gravel-trap excursion by the Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca.
LMP2 was led by Mikkel Jensen in the Tower Motorsports by Starworks car, who was around 0.3sec than Performance Tech Motorsports’ pacesetter Colin Braun.
The Porsche 911 RSRs sat 1-2 by the end of the session, Laurens Vanthoor a quarter-second faster than Frederic Makowiecki.
Nicky Catsburg was one of the ‘extra’ enduro drivers who excelled in the session, setting third fastest time in the Corvette C8.R he’ll be sharing with Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor.
Jack Hawksworth set fastest time in GT Daytona, his AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F lapping mere hundreths quicker than the impressive Jan Heylen in the Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Markus Winkelhock made an impressive return to IMSA with third fastest in the Hardpoint Audi R8, just ahead of Alessandro Balzan’s Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488.
Qualifying commences at 12.30pm ET on Friday, while the race starts at 12.40pm ET on Saturday.
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Laps Time Gap 1 31 Felipe Nasr
Pipo Derani
Filipe Albuquerque
DPi Cadillac DPi 63 1'10.175 2 10 Renger van der Zande
Ryan Briscoe
Scott Dixon
DPi Cadillac DPi 52 1'10.215 0.040 3 6 Juan Pablo Montoya
Dane Cameron
Simon Pagenaud
DPi Acura DPi 45 1'10.262 0.087 4 7 Helio Castroneves
Ricky Taylor
Alexander Rossi
DPi Acura DPi 41 1'10.285 0.110 5 55 Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell
Ryan Hunter-Reay
DPi Mazda DPi 49 1'10.304 0.129 6 77 Oliver Jarvis
Tristan Nunez
Olivier Pla
DPi Mazda DPi 56 1'10.809 0.634 7 5 Sébastien Bourdais
Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval
DPi Cadillac DPi 47 1'10.819 0.644 8 8 John Farano
Mikkel Jensen
Job Van Uitert
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 60 1'11.195 1.020 9 38 James McGuire
Matthew Bell
Colin Braun
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 48 1'11.503 1.328 10 52 Patrick Kelly
Simon Trummer
Scott Huffaker
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 50 1'12.146 1.971 11 85 Chris Miller
Matheus Leist
Gabriel Aubry
DPi Cadillac DPi 34 1'12.307 2.132 12 51 Austin McCusker
Jakub Smiechowski
Rob Hodes
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 55 1'13.670 3.495 13 912 Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor
Mathieu Jaminet
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR - 19 58 1'17.252 7.077 14 911 Nick Tandy
Frédéric Makowiecki
Matt Campbell
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR - 19 51 1'17.481 7.306 15 3 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTLM Corvette C8.R 54 1'17.512 7.337 16 24 Jesse Krohn
John Edwards
Augusto Farfus
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 58 1'17.580 7.405 17 4 Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner
Marcel Fassler
GTLM Corvette C8.R 54 1'17.741 7.566 18 25 Bruno Spengler
Connor de Phillippi
Colton Herta
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 56 1'17.874 7.699 19 14 Jack Hawksworth
Aaron Telitz
Michael de Quesada
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 54 1'20.501 10.326 20 16 Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long
Jan Heylen
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 51 1'20.547 10.372 21 30 Rob Ferriol
Markus Winkelhock
Andrew Davis
GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 47 1'20.660 10.485 22 63 Cooper MacNeil
Alessandro Balzan
Jeff Westphal
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 32 1'20.753 10.578 23 23 Ian James
Roman De Angelis
Darren Turner
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 39 1'20.861 10.686 24 9 Dennis Olsen
Zacharie Robichon
Lars Kern
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 47 1'20.937 10.762 25 86 Mario Farnbacher
Matt McMurry
Shinya Michimi
GTD Acura NSX GT3 47 1'20.980 10.805 26 96 Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley
Dillon Machavern
GTD BMW M6 GT3 42 1'21.001 10.826 27 48 Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow
Corey Lewis
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 43 1'21.045 10.870 28 12 Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell
Kyle Kirkwood
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 55 1'21.049 10.874 29 57 Alvaro Parente
Mikhail Goikhberg
Trent Hindman
GTD Acura NSX GT3 49 1'21.212 11.037 30 74 Gar Robinson
Lawson Aschenbach
Ben Keating
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 37 1'21.267 11.092 31 44 Andy Lally
John Potter
Spencer Pumpelly
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 44 1'21.633 11.458 View full results
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