Detroit IMSA: Vautier puts JDC-Miller Cadillac on top in FP1
Tristan Vautier sent the Sebring-winning JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac to the top of the times in opening practice for tomorrow’s IMSA Detroit SportsCar Classic at Belle Isle.
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Vautier lapped the 2.35-mile course in 1min21.588sec to edge Ricky Taylor’s best effort in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 by just 0.096sec.
Impressively, former F1 driver Kevin Magnussen, new to this track, was less than 0.2sec off top spot in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac, and ahead of the similar car of Action Express Racing, driven by Pipo Derani.
Harry Tincknell’s last-gasp flyer in the Mazda RT24-P landed him fifth spot, 0.38sec from P1, but ahead of the Meyer Shank Racing Acura of Dane Cameron.
The two Corvette C8.Rs, who aren’t racing for points this weekend, finished the session 0.23sec apart, Nick Tandy ahead of Antonio Garcia.
In GT Daytona, Compass Racing’s Acura NSX finished up top, courtesy of a late scorcher by Mario Farnbacher, a 1min30.932 keeping him 0.35sec clear of the Carbahn Peregrine Audi R8 of Richard Heistand.
The Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F of Jack Hawksworth was third ahead of Bryan Sellers in the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan. However, the PMR Lambo was the cause of a late red flag when it came to a smoky halt at Turn 3 while Sellers’ co-driver Madison Snow was at the wheel.
The next session begins at 12 noon local (Eastern) time.
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 |
Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'21.588 | |
2 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'21.684 | 0.096 |
3 | 01 |
Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'21.775 | 0.187 |
4 | 31 |
Felipe Nasr
Pipo Derani |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'21.893 | 0.305 |
5 | 55 |
Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell |
DPi | Mazda DPi | 1'21.965 | 0.377 |
6 | 60 |
Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'22.603 | 1.015 |
7 | 4 |
Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'28.980 | 7.392 |
8 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'29.207 | 7.619 |
9 | 76 |
Jeff Kingsley
Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'30.932 | 9.344 |
10 | 39 |
Richard Heistand
Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1'31.285 | 9.697 |
11 | 14 |
Aaron Telitz
Jack Hawksworth |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'31.359 | 9.771 |
12 | 1 |
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'31.561 | 9.973 |
13 | 96 |
Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'31.675 | 10.087 |
14 | 88 |
Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'31.736 | 10.148 |
15 | 66 |
Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'31.854 | 10.266 |
16 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'31.903 | 10.315 |
17 | 28 |
Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'31.906 | 10.318 |
18 | 75 |
Kenny Habul
Mikael Grenier |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'32.076 | 10.488 |
19 | 19 |
Mikhail Goikhberg
Marco Mapelli |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'32.213 | 10.625 |
20 | 23 |
Roman De Angelis
Ross Gunn |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'32.231 | 10.643 |
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