IMSA Roar: Vautier fastest in third practice for Cadillac

Mike Rockenfeller set the initial pace in the one-hour session with a lap of 1m36.639s in the Action Express Cadillac DPi he shares with Jimmie Johnson, Kamui Kobayashi and Simon Pagenaud. He was then eclipsed by Renger van der Zande in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac, who lapped in 1m36.127s.

The Acuras then entered the fray with some quick laps, as Dane Cameron in the Meyer Shank-run car and Helio Castroneves in WTR’s AXR-05 rose to second and third in the times, before Jonathan Bomarito showed Mazda’s hand by taking P2 with a lap of 1m36.26s, 0.133s off van der Zande’s best.

After a red flag to retrieve an errant Mercedes GTD car, new tyre runs changed the picture completely in the closing moments, with Vautier jumping to P1 in the #5 JDC-Miller Cadillac, 0.289s clear of Oliver Jarvis (who took over the Mazda) and three tenths ahead of Pipo Derani in the #31 AXR Caddy.

Van der Zande dropped to fourth, ahead of AJ Allmendinger (beating Cameron’s time in the Shank Acura), Castroneves and Rockenfeller.

In LMP2, Charles Milesi led the way – and was eighth overall – in Racing Team Netherland’s ORECA, 0.466s ahead of Tristan Nunez (WIN Autosport ORECA) and well clear of Nicolas Lapierre’s PR1 Mathiasen example, with Rinus Veekay close behind for DragonSpeed.

Colin Braun topped LMP3 for CORE autosport, ahead of Riley Motorsports duo Jeroen Bleekemolen and Oliver Askew.

In GTLM, Kevin Estre set the early pace in the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911, before Jordan Taylor pipped him in the #3 Chevrolet Corvette, lapping in 1m43.906s.

But Nick Tandy demolished that time with 1m43.467s in the #4 Corvette, and made it a 1-2 for the C8.R.

Timo Glock was third fastest for BMW, ahead of Estre and the second BMW of Marco Wittmann.

Daniel Serra’s AF Corse Ferrari was fastest in GTD, ahead of Laurens Vanthoor (Porsche), Rolf Ineichen (Lamborghini) and Maxi Buhk (Mercedes).

The session was red flagged with 20 minutes to go for Kenny Habul in the #76 Mercedes, who went off at Turn 2.

Cla	Driver	Class	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais	DPi	Cadillac DPi	17	1'35.710			133.905
2	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito	DPi	Mazda DPi	26	1'35.999	0.289	0.289	133.501
3	Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott	DPi	Cadillac DPi	22	1'36.015	0.305	0.016	133.479
4	Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon Marcus Ericsson	DPi	Cadillac DPi	21	1'36.127	0.417	0.112	133.324
5	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla Juan Pablo Montoya A.J. Allmendinger	DPi	Acura DPi	16	1'36.217	0.507	0.090	133.199
6	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves	DPi	Acura DPi	24	1'36.219	0.509	0.002	133.196
7	Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud Mike Rockenfeller	DPi	Cadillac DPi	24	1'36.420	0.710	0.201	132.918
8	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert Charles Milesi	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	27	1'37.366	1.656	0.946	131.627
9	Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	25	1'37.832	2.122	0.466	131.000
10	Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	24	1'38.203	2.493	0.371	130.505
11	Rob Hodes Garett Grist Rinus van Kalmthout Ben Hanley	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	25	1'38.255	2.545	0.052	130.436
12	Dennis Andersen Ferdinand Habsburg Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	26	1'38.510	2.800	0.255	130.098
13	Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	28	1'38.574	2.864	0.064	130.014
14	John Farano Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	22	1'38.956	3.246	0.382	129.512
15	Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	LMP2	Dallara LMP2	24	1'39.346	3.636	0.390	129.004
16	Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller Christopher Mies	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	25	1'39.372	3.662	0.026	128.970
17	Cody Ware Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Mathieu Jaminet	LMP2	Ligier LMP2	20	1'40.514	4.804	1.142	127.505
18	Nick Tandy Alexander Sims Tommy Milner	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	22	1'43.467	7.757	2.953	123.866
19	Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	21	1'43.572	7.862	0.105	123.740
20	Cox Jim Murry Dylan Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	20	1'43.703	7.993	0.131	123.584
21	Gar Robinson Spencer Pigot Scott Andrews Oliver Askew	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	20	1'43.784	8.074	0.081	123.487
22	Moritz Kranz Hoerr Laurents	LMP3	Duqueine M30-D08	27	1'43.824	8.114	0.040	123.440
23	Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg Antonio Garcia	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	25	1'43.906	8.196	0.082	123.342
24	Philipp Eng Timo Glock Connor de Phillippi Bruno Spengler	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	21	1'43.952	8.242	0.046	123.288
25	Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	27	1'44.148	8.438	0.196	123.056
26	Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	21	1'44.200	8.490	0.052	122.994
27	Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann John Edwards Jesse Krohn	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	21	1'44.328	8.618	0.128	122.843
28	Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Charles Finelli	LMP3	Duqueine M30-D08	22	1'44.535	8.825	0.207	122.600
29	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	18	1'44.965	9.255	0.430	122.098
30	Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels LLarena Mateo Ori Ayrton	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	23	1'45.710	10.000	0.745	121.237
31	Mann Simon Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	25	1'46.495	10.785	0.785	120.344
32	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	21	1'46.805	11.095	0.310	119.994
33	Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	24	1'46.805	11.095	0.000	119.994
34	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson Maxi Buhk	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	25	1'46.863	11.153	0.058	119.929
35	Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	26	1'46.899	11.189	0.036	119.889
36	Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	27	1'47.014	11.304	0.115	119.760
37	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	23	1'47.015	11.305	0.001	119.759
38	Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	20	1'47.281	11.571	0.266	119.462
39	Maxwell Root Charles Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	23	1'47.324	11.614	0.043	119.414
40	Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	16	1'47.327	11.617	0.003	119.411
41	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	24	1'47.384	11.674	0.057	119.347
42	Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	8	1'47.522	11.812	0.138	119.194
43	Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	16	1'47.539	11.829	0.017	119.175
44	Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	24	1'47.599	11.889	0.060	119.109
45	Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	23	1'47.627	11.917	0.028	119.078
46	Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	25	1'47.686	11.976	0.059	119.013
47	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	5	1'47.807	12.097	0.121	118.879
48	Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	14	1'47.891	12.181	0.084	118.787
49	Alan Metni Andrew Davis J.R. Hildebrand Don Yount	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	25	1'48.116	12.406	0.225	118.539
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