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.
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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.
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 |
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