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VIR IMSA: Pilet fastest in FP2 for Porsche
Porsche’s Patrick Pilet set the pace in the second practice session for the GT-only round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Virginia International Raceway.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Aug 24, 2019, 5:30 PM
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Despite predictions of rain, the session stayed dry. Pilet surged to the top of the times in his #911 911 RSR with 13 minutes remaining, lapping in 1m41.234s to topple Antonio Garcia’s Corvette C7.R from the top spot.
Earl Bamber was third quickest in the #912 Porsche, a tenth of a second off the pacesetting sister car. Richard Westbrook was the quickest Ford, just 0.006s behind Bamber in the #67 GT in fourth.
Jesse Krohn was fifth fastest in the first of the RLL-run BMW M8s, ahead of Dirk Muller (Ford), Tommy Milner (Corvette) and Tom Blomqvist’s BMW.
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In GT Daytona, Jack Hawksworth set the pace in the AIM-Vasser Sullivan Lexus, ahead of Robby Foley in the #96 Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 and Bryan Sellers in the #48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3.
The session was briefly interrupted near the end when Andy Lally’s Magnus Racing Lamborghini suffered a major technical issue.
Earlier, Katherine Legge had a big moment in the #57 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 early on due to a suspension problem, but didn’t hit anything and the car was repaired in time for her new teammate, Alice Powell, to get out on track at the end of the session.
Session results:
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap 1 Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR 30 1'41.234 2 Jan Magnussen
Antonio Garcia
Corvette C7.R 31 1'41.324 0.090 3 Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 RSR 31 1'41.337 0.103 4 Ryan Briscoe
Richard Westbrook
Ford GT 26 1'41.343 0.109 5 Jesse Krohn
John Edwards
BMW M8 GTE 27 1'41.574 0.340 6 Joey Hand
Dirk Muller
Ford GT 23 1'41.674 0.440 7 Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner
Corvette C7.R 32 1'41.946 0.712 8 Tom Blomqvist
Connor de Phillippi
BMW M8 GTE 27 1'42.252 1.018 9 Richard Heistand
Jack Hawksworth
Lexus RC F GT3 25 1'43.783 2.549 10 Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley
BMW M6 GT3 29 1'43.944 2.710 11 Bryan Sellers
Corey Lewis
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 25 1'44.273 3.039 12 Cooper MacNeil
Toni Vilander
Ferrari 488 GT3 28 1'44.344 3.110 13 Paul Holton
Matt Plumb
McLaren 720S GT3 19 1'44.415 3.181 14 Ben Keating
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 22 1'44.533 3.299 15 Gar Robinson
Lawson Aschenbach
Mercedes-AMG 26 1'44.537 3.303 16 Patrick Lindsey
Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 25 1'44.660 3.426 17 Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell
Lexus RC F GT3 25 1'44.953 3.719 18 Scott Hargrove
Zacharie Robichon
Porsche 911 GT3 R 24 1'44.989 3.755 19 Mario Farnbacher
Trent Hindman
Acura NSX GT3 22 1'45.138 3.904 20 Katherine Legge
Alice Powell
Acura NSX GT3 14 1'45.449 4.215 21 John Potter
Andy Lally
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 21 1'45.507 4.273 View full results
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