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
Photo by: Art Fleischmann
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 | P | Mazda DPi | 1'52.627 | ||
2 | 2 | P | Nissan DPi | 1'52.647 | 0.020 | |
3 | 99 | P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'52.816 | 0.189 | |
4 | 31 | P | Cadillac DPi | 1'52.957 | 0.330 | |
5 | 54 | P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'52.968 | 0.341 | |
6 | 5 | P | Cadillac DPi | 1'53.121 | 0.494 | |
7 | 7 | P | Acura DPi | 1'53.376 | 0.749 | |
8 | 85 | P | ORECA LMP2 | 1'53.778 | 1.151 | |
9 | 52 | P | Ligier LMP2 | 1'53.822 | 1.195 | |
10 | 10 | P | Cadillac DPi | 1'53.865 | 1.238 | |
11 | 6 | P | Acura DPi | 1'53.868 | 1.241 | |
12 | 55 | P | Mazda DPi | 1'54.539 | 1.912 | |
13 | 911 | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 2'04.082 | 11.455 | |
14 | 3 | GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 2'04.274 | 11.647 | |
15 | 66 | GTLM | Ford GT | 2'04.341 | 11.714 | |
16 | 24 | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 2'04.797 | 12.170 | |
17 | 4 | GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 2'04.883 | 12.256 | |
18 | 912 | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 2'04.939 | 12.312 | |
19 | 67 | GTLM | Ford GT | 2'04.943 | 12.316 | |
20 | 25 | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 2'05.621 | 12.994 | |
21 | 44 | GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 2'07.048 | 14.421 | |
22 | 15 | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 2'07.172 | 14.545 | |
23 | 73 | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2'07.263 | 14.636 | |
24 | 33 | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2'07.277 | 14.650 | |
25 | 14 | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 2'07.371 | 14.744 | |
26 | 48 | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 2'07.532 | 14.905 | |
27 | 58 | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2'07.570 | 14.943 | |
28 | 63 | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2'07.719 | 15.092 | |
29 | 86 | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 2'07.766 | 15.139 | |
30 | 93 | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 2'08.511 | 15.884 | |
31 | 96 | 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 | P | Nissan DPi | no time | – |

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