Laguna Seca IMSA: WTR leads first practice, Fords dominate GTLM
Renger van der Zande set a 1min16.882sec lap of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to top opening practice in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s penultimate round.
Photo by: Art Fleischmann
Around the glorious undulating 2.238-mile course on the Monterey peninsula, the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R was a remarkable 0.65sec clear of Dane Cameron’s best effort in the Acura Team Penske ARX-05, with Pipo Derani and Ryan Dalziel third and fourth for ESM Nissan, albeit more than one second off the pace.
Helio Castroneves was fifth in the second Acura, 0.3sec faster than Filipe Albuqerque’s effort in the quicker of the two Action Express Racing Cadillacs.
CORE autosport’s Colin Braun set the best time in an LMP2 car, his Oreca 0.1sec faster than Robert Alon in the similar car run by JDC-Miller Oreca.
The Mazda RT24-P of Jonathan Bomarito/Harry Tincknell failed to set a time, getting pushed behind the wall very early in the session, while its sister car, piloted by Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez, was 2.5sec off the ultimate pace.
The two Ford GTs of Richard Westbrook and Joey set the pace in GT Le Mans, 0.23sec apart, and well over half a second further clear of their nearest rival, the Porsche 911 of Earl Bamber.
Jan Magnussen’s Corvette C7.R was a mere half a tenth clear of the second Porsche of Nick Tandy, with Oliver Gavin’s ’Vette sixth ahead of the two BMW M8s.
Bryan Sellers was a mere half a second slower than the BMWs, driving the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini to the top of the GT Daytona times, ahead of Jeroen Bleekemolen (Riley Mercedes AMG GT) and Andy Lally’s Magnus Racing Audi R8.
Second practice begins at 3.15pm local (Pacific) time.
Laguna Seca, IMSA first practice
Pos. | # | Drivers | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande |
P | Cadillac DPi | 1'16.882 | |
2 | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron |
P | Acura DPi | 1'17.533 | 0.651 |
3 | 22 | Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek |
P | Nissan DPi | 1'17.975 | 1.093 |
4 | 2 | Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel |
P | Nissan DPi | 1'18.132 | 1.250 |
5 | 7 | Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor |
P | Acura DPi | 1'18.149 | 1.267 |
6 | 5 | Filipe Albuquerque Joao Barbosa |
P | Cadillac DPi | 1'18.457 | 1.575 |
7 | 54 | Jon Bennett Colin Braun |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'18.569 | 1.687 |
8 | 85 | Simon Trummer Robert Alon |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'18.661 | 1.779 |
9 | 31 | Eric Curran Felipe Nasr |
P | Cadillac DPi | 1'18.877 | 1.995 |
10 | 77 | Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez |
P | Mazda DPi | 1'19.406 | 2.524 |
11 | 99 | Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'19.789 | 2.907 |
12 | 52 | Gustavo Yacaman Sebastian Saavedra |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'20.329 | 3.447 |
13 | 67 | Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook |
GTLM | Ford GT | 1'23.644 | 6.762 |
14 | 66 | Joey Hand Dirk Muller |
GTLM | Ford GT | 1'23.863 | 6.981 |
15 | 912 | Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 1'24.419 | 7.537 |
16 | 3 | Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 1'24.436 | 7.554 |
17 | 911 | Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 1'24.484 | 7.602 |
18 | 4 | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 1'24.596 | 7.714 |
19 | 25 | Connor de Phillippi Alexander Sims |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'24.650 | 7.768 |
20 | 24 | John Edwards Jesse Krohn |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'24.954 | 8.072 |
21 | 48 | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'25.403 | 8.521 |
22 | 33 | Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'25.598 | 8.716 |
23 | 44 | Andy Lally John Potter |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1'25.870 | 8.988 |
24 | 51 | Francesco Piovanetti Ozz Negri |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'26.172 | 9.290 |
25 | 58 | Patrick Long Christina Nielsen |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'26.176 | 9.294 |
26 | 96 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'26.240 | 9.358 |
27 | 63 | Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'26.250 | 9.368 |
28 | 14 | Kyle Marcelli Dominik Baumann |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'26.275 | 9.393 |
29 | 73 | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'26.414 | 9.532 |
30 | 86 | Alvaro Parente Katherine Legge |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'26.780 | 9.898 |
31 | 15 | David Heinemeier Hansson Jack Hawksworth |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'26.984 | 10.102 |
32 | 64 | Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'27.026 | 10.144 |
33 | 93 | Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'27.348 | 10.466 |
34 | 55 | Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito |
P | Mazda DPi | no time | - |
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