Detroit IMSA: Magnussen heads Cadillac 1-2-3 in FP2
Kevin Magnussen put Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac on top with his final flyer in IMSA’s 100-minute second practice session around Detroit's bumpy Belle Isle course.
Watch: IMSA: Detroit - Magnussen beats Tincknell to pole by 0.021s
The former Formula 1 driver delivered a 1min20.068sec lap to eclipse the best efforts of Pipo Derani (Action Express Racing) and Loic Duval (JDC-Miller MotorSports) by 0.158sec and 0.213sec respectively.
Harry Tincknell’s bravery saw him graze the walls on several occasions as he wrung dry the bucking Mazda RT24-P but came up 0.323sec short around the 2.35-mile 13-turn course.
A last attempt to break up the Cadillac party was ruined when Olivier Pla looped his Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 into a spin in the final minute of the session. Dane Cameron’s best effort remained the MSR team’s fastest, 1.2sec off the ultimate pace and half a second from Ricky Taylor in Wayne Taylor Racing’s Acura.
Tommy Milner edged Antonio Garcia by 0.2sec to be quicker of the two Corvette C8.R drivers.
Vasser Sullivan Racing’s Jack Hawksworth was fastest of the GT Daytona class, depleted this weekend as this race is only for Sprint Cup, not WeatherTech SportsCar Championship points.
His Lexus RC F clocked a 1min30.495sec lap, to go two-tenths clear of Richard Heistand who continued to impress in the #39 Carbahn Peregrine Audi R8.
Compass Racing’s Mario Farnbacher, pacesetter in the morning session was third ahead of Ross Gunn in Heart of Racing’s Aston Martin Vantage.
Robby Foley drove the BMW M6 into sixth, ahead of the Alegra Motorsports Mercedes AMG which understeered into clipping Turn 1’s outside wall.
His car was in a better state than Till Bectolsheimer’s Acura which gave the wall a hefty lick with the rear, causing a brief red-flag period.
Qualifying begins at 3.30pm local (Eastern) time.
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 01 |
Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'20.068 | |
2 | 31 |
Felipe Nasr
Pipo Derani |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'20.226 | 0.158 |
3 | 5 |
Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'20.281 | 0.213 |
4 | 55 |
Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell |
DPi | Mazda DPi | 1'20.391 | 0.323 |
5 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'20.722 | 0.654 |
6 | 60 |
Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'21.272 | 1.204 |
7 | 4 |
Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'28.130 | 8.062 |
8 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'28.286 | 8.218 |
9 | 14 |
Aaron Telitz
Jack Hawksworth |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'30.495 | 10.427 |
10 | 39 |
Richard Heistand
Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 1'30.700 | 10.632 |
11 | 76 |
Jeff Kingsley
Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'30.845 | 10.777 |
12 | 23 |
Roman De Angelis
Ross Gunn |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'31.079 | 11.011 |
13 | 96 |
Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'31.133 | 11.065 |
14 | 28 |
Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'31.189 | 11.121 |
15 | 75 |
Kenny Habul
Mikael Grenier |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'31.218 | 11.150 |
16 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'31.496 | 11.428 |
17 | 19 |
Mikhail Goikhberg
Marco Mapelli |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'31.538 | 11.470 |
18 | 88 |
Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'31.604 | 11.536 |
19 | 66 |
Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'32.283 | 12.215 |
20 | 1 |
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 0.000 | |
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