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.
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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 |
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