VIR IMSA: Porsche outpaces Corvette and BMW in practice
Laurens Vanthoor led a Porsche 1-2 in practice for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round at Virginia International Raceway.
Vanthoor outpaced 911 RSR-19 teammate Nick Tandy by 0.386s in the dry morning session at VIR, as the afternoon’s second period was wet.
Antonio Garcia led the Corvette challenge, lapping exactly a tenth off Tandy’s best time. Tommy Milner was 0.07s slower in the second C8.R, whose teammate Oliver Gavin topped the wet session, lapping almost seventh tenths faster than Vanthoor.
Connor di Phillippi was fastest of the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-run BMWs, 0.065s faster than Jesse Krohn in the sister M8 GTE.
In GT Daytona, Jack Hawksworth was fastest for AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus, ahead of the Wright Motorsports Porsche of Patrick Long and Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini of Bryan Sellers.
Hawksworth’s teammate Aaron Telitz was also fastest in class in the wet session too, but only two GTD cars set a time.
Practice results:
| Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 912 |  Earl Bamber  Laurens Vanthoor | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | 1'41.550 | |
| 2 | 911 |  Nick Tandy  Frédéric Makowiecki | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | 1'41.936 | 0.386 |
| 3 | 3 |  Antonio Garcia  Jordan Taylor | GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'42.036 | 0.486 |
| 4 | 4 | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'42.106 | 0.556 |
| 5 | 25 |  Bruno Spengler Connor de Phillippi | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'42.118 | 0.568 |
| 6 | 24 |  Jesse Krohn John Edwards | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'42.183 | 0.633 |
| 7 | 14 | Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'45.264 | 3.714 |
| 8 | 16 | Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'45.340 | 3.790 |
| 9 | 48 | Madison Snow Bryan Sellers | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'45.412 | 3.862 |
| 10 | 63 | Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'45.517 | 3.967 |
| 11 | 96 | Robby Foley Bill Auberlen | GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'45.607 | 4.057 |
| 12 | 74 | Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'45.691 | 4.141 |
| 13 | 86 |  Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'45.705 | 4.155 |
| 14 | 30 | Rob Ferriol Spencer Pumpelly | GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1'45.780 | 4.230 |
| 15 | 57 |  Alvaro Parente Mikhail Goikhberg | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'45.889 | 4.339 |
| 16 | 12 | Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'45.962 | 4.412 |
| 17 | 76 | Corey Fergus Paul Holton | GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'46.075 | 4.525 |
| 18 | 22 | Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'46.427 | 4.877 |
| 19 | 23 | Roman De Angelis Ian James | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'46.959 | 5.409 |
| 20 | 44 | Andy Lally John Potter | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 0.000 | |
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