Detroit IMSA: Magnussen heads Cadillac 1-2-3 in FP2

Kevin Magnussen put Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac on top with his final flyer in IMSA’s 100-minute second practice session around Detroit's bumpy Belle Isle course.

The former Formula 1 driver delivered a 1min20.068sec lap to eclipse the best efforts of Pipo Derani (Action Express Racing) and Loic Duval (JDC-Miller MotorSports) by 0.158sec and 0.213sec respectively.

Harry Tincknell’s bravery saw him graze the walls on several occasions as he wrung dry the bucking Mazda RT24-P but came up 0.323sec short around the 2.35-mile 13-turn course.

A last attempt to break up the Cadillac party was ruined when Olivier Pla looped his Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 into a spin in the final minute of the session. Dane Cameron’s best effort remained the MSR team’s fastest, 1.2sec off the ultimate pace and half a second from Ricky Taylor in Wayne Taylor Racing’s Acura.

Tommy Milner edged Antonio Garcia by 0.2sec to be quicker of the two Corvette C8.R drivers.

Vasser Sullivan Racing’s Jack Hawksworth was fastest of the GT Daytona class, depleted this weekend as this race is only for Sprint Cup, not WeatherTech SportsCar Championship points.

His Lexus RC F clocked a 1min30.495sec lap, to go two-tenths clear of Richard Heistand who continued to impress in the #39 Carbahn Peregrine Audi R8.

Compass Racing’s Mario Farnbacher, pacesetter in the morning session was third ahead of Ross Gunn in Heart of Racing’s Aston Martin Vantage.

Robby Foley drove the BMW M6 into sixth, ahead of the Alegra Motorsports Mercedes AMG which understeered into clipping Turn 1’s outside wall.

His car was in a better state than Till Bectolsheimer’s Acura which gave the wall a hefty lick with the rear, causing a brief red-flag period.

Qualifying begins at 3.30pm local (Eastern) time.

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	01	Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'20.068
2	31	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'20.226	0.158
3	5	Tristan Vautier Loic Duval	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'20.281	0.213
4	55	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'20.391	0.323
5	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	DPi	Acura DPi	1'20.722	0.654
6	60	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla	DPi	Acura DPi	1'21.272	1.204
7	4	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'28.130	8.062
8	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'28.286	8.218
9	14	Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'30.495	10.427
10	39	Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1'30.700	10.632
11	76	Jeff Kingsley Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'30.845	10.777
12	23	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'31.079	11.011
13	96	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	1'31.133	11.065
14	28	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'31.189	11.121
15	75	Kenny Habul Mikael Grenier	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'31.218	11.150
16	12	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'31.496	11.428
17	19	Mikhail Goikhberg Marco Mapelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'31.538	11.470
18	88	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'31.604	11.536
19	66	Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'32.283	12.215
20	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	0.000
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