Practice report
IMSA Sebring
IMSA Sebring: Derani keeps Cadillac top in FP2
Pipo Derani and Sebastien Bourdais kept the Cadillac brand ahead of its rivals in second practice, as teams prepare to qualify for the third round of the the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, the Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Jul 19, 2020, 7:44 AM
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Derani’s #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R lapped the bumpy 17-turn 3.74-mile course in 1min47.882sec, just over a quarter second faster than Bourdais in JDC-Miller’s #5 Mustang Sampling entry.
More interesting still was a 0.4sec margin over Helio Castroneves’ Acura Team Penske ARX-05 which was a further 0.3sec clear of the sister car of Juan Pablo Montoya.
Even the fastest Mazda, the car that dominated the second half of the Daytona round two weeks ago, was over a second off the pace in this second practice session at Sebring, and the two RT24-Ps were separated by the sole Wayne Taylor Racing entry and the second JDC-Miller car.
Gustavo Menezes in the DragonSpeed Oreca led LMP2, half a second up on Ryan Dalziel’s best for Tower Motorsport by Starworks, while PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports’ late addition Spencer Pigot was third.
A very late run saw Frederic Makowiecki usurp Porsche teammate Laurens Vanthoor for top spot in GT Le Mans by less than one-tenth of a second.
Oliver Gavin running them close to grab third in the #4 Corvette C8.R, ahead of Jordan Taylor in the sister car, with the BMW M8s in fifth and sixth.
Toni Vilander led GT Daytona for Scuderia Corsa, the Ferrari 488 GT3 lapping just under two-tenths quicker than Daytona winner Aaron Telitz in the AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3.
Gar Robinson set the best time in the Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 to take third, a hair quicker than Spencer Pumpelly’s Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS.
Qualifying for the Cadillac Grand Prix begins at 1.55pm local (Eastern) time, with the race start set for 5.35pm.
Practice two results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 31 Felipe Nasr
Pipo Derani
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'46.940 2 5 Joao Barbosa
Sébastien Bourdais
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'47.212 0.272 3 7 Helio Castroneves
Ricky Taylor
DPi Acura DPi 1'47.348 0.408 4 6 Dane Cameron
Juan Pablo Montoya
DPi Acura DPi 1'47.648 0.708 5 77 Oliver Jarvis
Tristan Nunez
DPi Mazda DPi 1'48.054 1.114 6 10 Renger van der Zande
Ryan Briscoe
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'48.121 1.181 7 85 Stephen Simpson
Tristan Vautier
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'48.138 1.198 8 55 Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell
DPi Mazda DPi 1'48.450 1.510 9 81 Henrik Hedman
Gustavo Menezes
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'49.695 2.755 10 8 John Farano
Ryan Dalziel
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'50.239 3.299 11 52 Patrick Kelly
Spencer Pigot
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'51.297 4.357 12 38 Cameron Cassels
Kyle Masson
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'52.028 5.088 13 18 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'52.473 5.533 14 911 Nick Tandy
Frédéric Makowiecki
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR - 19 1'56.754 9.814 15 912 Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR - 19 1'56.841 9.901 16 4 Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner
GTLM Corvette C8.R 1'57.010 10.070 17 3 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
GTLM Corvette C8.R 1'57.350 10.410 18 24 Jesse Krohn
John Edwards
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'57.744 10.804 19 25 Bruno Spengler
Connor de Phillippi
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'57.903 10.963 20 63 Cooper MacNeil
Toni Vilander
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 2'02.358 15.418 21 14 Jack Hawksworth
Aaron Telitz
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 2'02.544 15.604 22 74 Gar Robinson
Lawson Aschenbach
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 2'02.824 15.884 23 30 Rob Ferriol
Spencer Pumpelly
GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 2'02.832 15.892 24 22 Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller
GTD Acura NSX GT3 2'02.858 15.918 25 12 Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 2'02.903 15.963 26 16 Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 2'02.963 16.023 27 96 Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen
GTD BMW M6 GT3 2'02.989 16.049 28 76 Corey Fergus
Paul Holton
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 2'03.341 16.401 29 44 Andy Lally
John Potter
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'03.621 16.681 View full results
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