Practice report
IMSA Road Atlanta
Petit Le Mans: Sensational Nasr puts AXR top again in FP4
Action Express Racing’s Felipe Nasr topped fourth practice for this weekend’s Motul Petit Le Mans with a lap two seconds under last year’s pole time and over 0.6sec clear of his closest pursuers in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Oct 12, 2019, 1:44 AM
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The ex-Formula 1 driver’s Cadillac DPi-V.R lapped the 2.54-mile Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta course in 68.419sec, an average speed of more than 133mph, to go 0.622sec clear of Ricky Taylor’s best in the Acura Team Penske ARX-05 and almost 0.7sec clear of the next fastest Cadillac.
That was the other AXR machine piloted by Filipe Albuquerque, who was nearly 0.2sec clear of Renger van der Zande’s top lap in the Wayne Taylor Racing Caddy.
Timo Bernhard was quickest Mazda RT24-P driver in fifth – Harry Tincknell had a brief off in the #55 car – while championship aspirant (and former champ) Dane Cameron was seventh in the second Acura.
Matt McMurry was less that 0.2sec clear of Kyle Masson in the two-car LMP2 battle.
James Calado’s 1min 15.757sec lap for series returnee Risi Competizione lifted the Ferrari 488 almost half a second clear of its nearest pursuer, Philipp Eng in the #24 RLLR-run BMW M8, while Richard Westbrook was top Ford GT driver in third, a couple of thousandths ahead of Antonio Garcia’s Corvette C7.R.
In GT Daytona, Robby Foley was fastest for Turner Motorsports, his BMW M6 GT3 only 0.061 ahead of Toni Vilander in the Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3, and 0.070 faster than Ricardo Feller in the Montaplast by Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS.
Jeroen Bleekemolen’s pace suggests the Mercedes AMG-GT3 of Riley Motorsports should be in the hunt for pole.
Qualifying begins at 3.55pm local (Eastern) time.
Session results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 31 Felipe Nasr
Eric Curran
Pipo Derani
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'08.419 2 7 Ricky Taylor
Helio Castroneves
Graham Rahal
DPi Acura DPi 1'09.041 0.622 3 5 Joao Barbosa
Mike Conway
Filipe Albuquerque
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'09.115 0.696 4 10 Renger van der Zande
Jordan Taylor
Matthieu Vaxiviere
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'09.301 0.882 5 77 Oliver Jarvis
Tristan Nunez
Timo Bernhard
DPi Mazda DPi 1'09.345 0.926 6 85 Mikhail Goikhberg
Tristan Vautier
Juan Piedrahita
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'09.517 1.098 7 6 Dane Cameron
Juan Pablo Montoya
Simon Pagenaud
DPi Acura DPi 1'09.667 1.248 8 54 Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
Romain Dumas
DPi Nissan DPi 1'09.716 1.297 9 50 Will Owen
Rene Binder
Spencer Pigot
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'09.863 1.444 10 84 Simon Trummer
Stephen Simpson
Chris Miller
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'09.949 1.530 11 55 Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell
Olivier Pla
DPi Mazda DPi 1'09.987 1.568 12 52 Matt McMurry
Gabriel Aubry
Dalton Kellett
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 1'11.209 2.790 13 38 Cameron Cassels
Kyle Masson
Andrew Evans
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 1'11.398 2.979 14 62 James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Daniel Serra
GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE 1'15.757 7.338 15 24 Jesse Krohn
John Edwards
Philipp Eng
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'16.237 7.818 16 67 Ryan Briscoe
Richard Westbrook
Scott Dixon
GTLM Ford GT 1'16.365 7.946 17 3 Jan Magnussen
Antonio Garcia
Mike Rockenfeller
GTLM Corvette C7.R 1'16.369 7.950 18 25 Tom Blomqvist
Connor de Phillippi
Colton Herta
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'16.396 7.977 19 4 Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner
Marcel Fassler
GTLM Corvette C7.R 1'16.494 8.075 20 911 Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy
Frédéric Makowiecki
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR 1'16.500 8.081 21 912 Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor
Mathieu Jaminet
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR 1'16.616 8.197 22 66 Joey Hand
Dirk Muller
Sébastien Bourdais
GTLM Ford GT 1'16.814 8.395 23 96 Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley
Dillon Machavern
GTD BMW M6 GT3 1'19.462 11.043 24 63 Cooper MacNeil
Toni Vilander
Jeff Westphal
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'19.523 11.104 25 29 Christopher Mies
Richard Feller
Daniel Morad
GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 1'19.532 11.113 26 33 Ben Keating
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Felipe Fraga
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'19.596 11.177 27 44 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'19.812 11.393 28 47 Brandon Gdovic
Don Yount
Shinya Michimi
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'19.883 11.464 29 9 Scott Hargrove
Zacharie Robichon
Lars Kern
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'19.925 11.506 30 14 Richard Heistand
Jack Hawksworth
Parker Chase
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'19.969 11.550 31 48 Bryan Sellers
Corey Lewis
Marco Seefried
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'20.053 11.634 32 86 Mario Farnbacher
Trent Hindman
Justin Marks
GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'20.121 11.702 33 57 Katherine Legge
Ana Beatriz
Christina Nielsen
GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'20.130 11.711 34 12 Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell
Aaron Telitz
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'20.383 11.964 View full results
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