Watkins Glen IMSA: Cameron dominates first practice for Acura
The Acura Team Penske ARX-05 of Dane Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya was 0.9sec clear of its nearest opposition in opening practice for this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.
#6 Acura Team Penske Acura DPi, P: Dane Cameron, Juan Pablo Montoya
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Cameron set a 1min33.562sec around the 3.4-mile course to go 0.914sec clear of Jordan Taylor in the Cadillac DPi-V.R of Wayne Taylor Racing, in the opening practice for the sixth round of IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
CORE autosport’s #54 Oreca caused the first red flag halfway through the session when Colin Braun had a minor off, but co-driver Romain Dumas – hot off his astounding Pikes Peak glory in the VW I.D. R – managed to clock third-fastest time, a mere hundredth of a second the WTR Caddy.
A very late improvement from Ryan Dalziel in the ESM Nissan saw him edge Tristan Vautier’s best in the Spirit of Daytona Cadillac, while Ricky Taylor was sixth in the second Acura, ahead of the quickest Action Express Cadillac.
A second red flag with 20mins to go was caused by the Mazda RT24-P of Oliver Jarvis stopping on track with an electrical issue, while its sister car piloted by Harry Tincknell was 11th fastest.
Fords dominated the GT Le Mans class in terms of Richard Westbrook and Dirk Muller holding the top two times in the #67 and #66 Fords, but Patrick Pilet’s Porsche 911 and Antonio Garcia’s Corvette C7.R were only a tenth slower than Muller.
Jack Hawksworth put Lexus on top in GT Daytona, followed by the Ferrari 488s of Jeff Segal (Scuderia Corsa) and Daniel Serra (Squadra Corse Garage Italia).
IMSA Watkins Glen Six Hours, FP1
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud Dane Cameron |
P | Acura DPi | 20 | 1'33.562 | 129.668 | ||
2 | 10 | Jordan Taylor Ryan Hunter-Reay Renger van der Zande |
P | Cadillac DPi | 25 | 1'34.476 | 0.914 | 0.914 | 128.414 |
3 | 54 | Romain Dumas Jon Bennett Colin Braun |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 27 | 1'34.490 | 0.928 | 0.014 | 128.395 |
4 | 2 | Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Olivier Pla |
P | Nissan DPi | 24 | 1'34.637 | 1.075 | 0.147 | 128.195 |
5 | 90 | Matt McMurry Tristan Vautier Eddie Cheever III |
P | Cadillac DPi | 30 | 1'34.649 | 1.087 | 0.012 | 128.179 |
6 | 7 | Helio Castroneves Graham Rahal Ricky Taylor |
P | Acura DPi | 24 | 1'34.971 | 1.409 | 0.322 | 127.744 |
7 | 5 | Christian Fittipaldi Joao Barbosa Gabby Chaves |
P | Cadillac DPi | 31 | 1'35.006 | 1.444 | 0.035 | 127.697 |
8 | 99 | Mikhail Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 25 | 1'35.161 | 1.599 | 0.155 | 127.489 |
9 | 22 | Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek Nicolas Lapierre |
P | Nissan DPi | 23 | 1'35.278 | 1.716 | 0.117 | 127.333 |
10 | 52 | Gustavo Yacaman Sebastian Saavedra Will Owen |
P | Ligier LMP2 | 26 | 1'35.325 | 1.763 | 0.047 | 127.270 |
11 | 55 | Harry Tincknell Spencer Pigot Jonathan Bomarito |
P | Mazda DPi | 23 | 1'35.364 | 1.802 | 0.039 | 127.218 |
12 | 31 | Mike Conway Eric Curran Felipe Nasr |
P | Cadillac DPi | 30 | 1'35.369 | 1.807 | 0.005 | 127.211 |
13 | 32 | Bruno Senna Paul di Resta Philip Hanson |
P | Ligier LMP2 | 27 | 1'35.452 | 1.890 | 0.083 | 127.101 |
14 | 85 | Simon Trummer Nelson Panciatici Robert Alon |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 30 | 1'35.534 | 1.972 | 0.082 | 126.991 |
15 | 38 | Joel Miller James French Kyle Masson |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 25 | 1'36.177 | 2.615 | 0.643 | 126.142 |
16 | 77 | Oliver Jarvis René Rast Tristan Nunez |
P | Mazda DPi | 10 | 1'36.362 | 2.800 | 0.185 | 125.900 |
17 | 67 | Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook |
GTLM | Ford GT | 21 | 1'43.214 | 9.652 | 6.852 | 117.542 |
18 | 66 | Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller |
GTLM | Ford GT | 22 | 1'43.420 | 9.858 | 0.206 | 117.308 |
19 | 911 | Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 24 | 1'43.512 | 9.950 | 0.092 | 117.204 |
20 | 3 | Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Mike Rockenfeller |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 24 | 1'43.559 | 9.997 | 0.047 | 117.151 |
21 | 4 | Marcel Fassler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 25 | 1'43.698 | 10.136 | 0.139 | 116.994 |
22 | 912 | Gianmaria Bruni Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 20 | 1'44.014 | 10.452 | 0.316 | 116.638 |
23 | 24 | John Edwards Jesse Krohn Nick Catsburg |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 13 | 1'44.742 | 11.180 | 0.728 | 115.827 |
24 | 15 | David Heinemeier Hansson Jack Hawksworth Sean Rayhall |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 22 | 1'45.443 | 11.881 | 0.701 | 115.057 |
25 | 63 | Jeff Segal Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 24 | 1'45.613 | 12.051 | 0.170 | 114.872 |
26 | 51 | Mathias Lauda Daniel Serra Francesco Piovanetti Ozz Negri |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 25 | 1'45.768 | 12.206 | 0.155 | 114.704 |
27 | 25 | Bill Auberlen Connor de Phillippi Alexander Sims |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 14 | 1'45.779 | 12.217 | 0.011 | 114.692 |
28 | 14 | Kyle Marcelli Dominik Baumann Philipp Frommenwiler |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 22 | 1'45.785 | 12.223 | 0.006 | 114.685 |
29 | 96 | Don Yount Markus Palttala Dillon Machavern |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 26 | 1'45.899 | 12.337 | 0.114 | 114.562 |
30 | 93 | Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 23 | 1'45.927 | 12.365 | 0.028 | 114.532 |
31 | 44 | Andy Lally Andrew Davis John Potter |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 25 | 1'45.937 | 12.375 | 0.010 | 114.521 |
32 | 71 | Daniel Morad Loris Spinelli JC Perez |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 23 | 1'45.958 | 12.396 | 0.021 | 114.498 |
33 | 33 | Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Luca Stolz |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 23 | 1'46.024 | 12.462 | 0.066 | 114.427 |
34 | 29 | Alessio Picariello Christopher Mies Sheldon Van Der Linde |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 23 | 1'46.526 | 12.964 | 0.502 | 113.888 |
35 | 64 | Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Bill Sweedler |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 26 | 1'46.544 | 12.982 | 0.018 | 113.868 |
36 | 48 | Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 23 | 1'46.614 | 13.052 | 0.070 | 113.794 |
37 | 73 | Jörg Bergmeister Tim Pappas Patrick Lindsey |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 23 | 1'46.734 | 13.172 | 0.120 | 113.666 |
38 | 86 | Alvaro Parente Katherine Legge Trent Hindman |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 20 | 1'46.835 | 13.273 | 0.101 | 113.558 |
39 | 75 | Kenny Habul Thomas Jäger Mikael Grenier |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 24 | 1'47.223 | 13.661 | 0.388 | 113.147 |
40 | 69 | Ryan Eversley Tom Dyer Chad Gilsinger |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 19 | 1'47.652 | 14.090 | 0.429 | 112.696 |
41 | 58 | Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Robert Renauer |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 21 | 1'48.000 | 14.438 | 0.348 | 112.333 |
42 | 36 | Marc Miller Kuno Wittmer Till Bechtolsheimer |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 23 | 1'48.435 | 14.873 | 0.435 | 111.883 |
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