Road America IMSA: Jarvis tops incident-packed first practice
Oliver Jarvis set the pace for Mazda Team Joest in opening hour of practice for Road America’s round of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship.
The session started with a bang, as Pipo Derani was forced to bail out of the #22 ESM Nissan DPi as it spectacularly erupted in flames on its out lap due to a fuel pressure issue. He was singed but otherwise unhurt.
A second red flag was later caused by the #33 Mercedes of Ben Keating going off heavily at Turn 8.
Stephen Simpson set the early pace at 1m52.816s, 0.152s ahead of recent pacesetter Colin Braun’s similar LMP2 Oreca. Felipe Nasr split them on 1m52.957s in his #31 Action Express Cadillac.
Scott Sharp then hit the top of the times in the #2 ESM Nissan with a 1m52.647s, despite a turbo boost issue, before Oliver Jarvis took over P1 with a 1m52.627s.
Jarvis retained top spot until the finish, ahead of Sharp, Simpson, Nasr and Braun.
Patrick Pilet, Porsche
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Porsche leads BMW in GTLM
Patrick Pilet’s #911 Porsche 911 RSR dominated the session in GTLM, recording a 2m04.082s early on that proved unbeatable by class rivals.
Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia made substantial improvements late on to take second in class, working down to 2m04.274s. Dirk Muller was the fastest Ford GT in third, the #66 ahead of the #24 BMW M8 of John Edwards. Oliver Gavin (Chevy) and Earl Bamber (Porsche) were next up.
Andy Lally, Audi
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Magnus Audi fastest in GTD
In GT Daytona, Andy Lally led the way on 2m07.048s in his #44 Magnus Racing Audi, a tenth clear of Jack Hawksworth’s #15 Lexus RC F. Jorg Bergmeister was third in the #73 Park Place Porsche 911 GT3, ahead of the Keating Mercedes that requires a huge repair job.
| Pos | Num | Drivers | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77 |  Oliver Jarvis  Tristan Nunez | P | Mazda DPi | 1'52.627 | |
| 2 | 2 |  Scott Sharp  Ryan Dalziel | P | Nissan DPi | 1'52.647 | 0.020 |
| 3 | 99 |  Mikhail Goikhberg  Stephen Simpson | P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'52.816 | 0.189 |
| 4 | 31 |  Eric Curran  Felipe Nasr | P | Cadillac DPi | 1'52.957 | 0.330 |
| 5 | 54 | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'52.968 | 0.341 |
| 6 | 5 |  Filipe Albuquerque  Joao Barbosa | P | Cadillac DPi | 1'53.121 | 0.494 |
| 7 | 7 | Helio Castroneves  Ricky Taylor | P | Acura DPi | 1'53.376 | 0.749 |
| 8 | 85 |  Simon Trummer  Robert Alon | P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'53.778 | 1.151 |
| 9 | 52 |  Gustavo Yacaman  Sebastian Saavedra | P | Ligier LMP2 | 1'53.822 | 1.195 |
| 10 | 10 |  Jordan Taylor  Renger van der Zande | P | Cadillac DPi | 1'53.865 | 1.238 |
| 11 | 6 |  Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron | P | Acura DPi | 1'53.868 | 1.241 |
| 12 | 55 |  Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito | P | Mazda DPi | 1'54.539 | 1.912 |
| 13 | 911 |  Nick Tandy  Patrick Pilet | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 2'04.082 | 11.455 |
| 14 | 3 |  Jan Magnussen  Antonio Garcia | GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 2'04.274 | 11.647 |
| 15 | 66 | Joey Hand  Dirk Muller | GTLM | Ford GT | 2'04.341 | 11.714 |
| 16 | 24 |  John Edwards  Jesse Krohn | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 2'04.797 | 12.170 |
| 17 | 4 | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 2'04.883 | 12.256 |
| 18 | 912 |  Earl Bamber  Laurens Vanthoor | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 2'04.939 | 12.312 |
| 19 | 67 |  Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook | GTLM | Ford GT | 2'04.943 | 12.316 |
| 20 | 25 | Connor de Phillippi  Alexander Sims | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 2'05.621 | 12.994 |
| 21 | 44 | Andy Lally  John Potter | GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 2'07.048 | 14.421 |
| 22 | 15 |  David Heinemeier Hansson  Jack Hawksworth | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 2'07.172 | 14.545 |
| 23 | 73 |  Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2'07.263 | 14.636 |
| 24 | 33 |  Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2'07.277 | 14.650 |
| 25 | 14 |  Kyle Marcelli  Dominik Baumann | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 2'07.371 | 14.744 |
| 26 | 48 | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 2'07.532 | 14.905 |
| 27 | 58 | Patrick Long  Christina Nielsen | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2'07.570 | 14.943 |
| 28 | 63 |  Alessandro Pier Guidi Cooper MacNeil | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2'07.719 | 15.092 |
| 29 | 86 |  Alvaro Parente Katherine Legge | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 2'07.766 | 15.139 |
| 30 | 93 | Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 2'08.511 | 15.884 |
| 31 | 96 |  Markus Palttala Robby Foley | GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 2'08.693 | 16.066 |
| 32 | 51 | Francesco Piovanetti Ozz Negri | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2'08.724 | 16.097 |
| 33 | 22 |  Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek | P | Nissan DPi | no time | – |
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