Petit Le Mans IMSA: Cadillac leads Acura in first practice
Chip Ganassi Racing’s #02 Cadillac set the pace in the opening session at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta ahead of Meyer Shank Racing’s Acura.
Photo by: Phillip Abbott / Motorsport Images
It was Earl Bamber who set fastest time in the Cadillac DPi-V.R, delivering a 69.583sec lap of the 2.54 mile course to lead the DPi field by 0.332sec. Championship contender Tom Blomqvist was 0.332sec adrift in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05, who had a further two-tenth edge over the second Ganassi Cadillac of Sebastien Bourdais.
Pipo Derani was 0.661sec behind in Action Express Racing’s full-time entry, and only 0.18 quicker than Kamui Kobayashi in the Ally-sponsored #48 AXR car, which the ex-F1 driver shares with Mike Rockenfeller and Jimmie Johnson.
Filipe Albuquerque was sixth for Wayne Taylor Racing, ahead of Tristan Vautier in the JDC Miller Motorsports Cadillac, but this pair ended the session an unrepresentative second adrift of Bamber’s time.
Louis Deletraz, sharing the Tower Motorsports #8 entry with LMP2 points leader John Farano, was fastest in class ahead of Sebastian Montoya’s DragonSpeed Racing entry, while Ryan Dalziel was third for Era Motorsport.
Scott Huffaker brought out a red flag when his PR1/Mathiasen car hit the wall.
In LMP3, Colin Braun led for CORE autosport ahead of Gar Robinson in the Riley Motorsports entry and Garett Grist’s Jr III machine.
Jack Hawksworth set fastest time of the two GT categories, his GTD Pro Lexus RC lapping in 1min19.384sec to shade Bryan Sellers’ effort in the GTD Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 by barely more than a tenth of a second.
Jaden Conwright continues to impress, slipping the NTE/SSR Lamborghini into third fastest of the GTs, second fastest of the GTD pro-am.
Russell Ward, who has won the class at the last two rounds with Philip Ellis, maintained his momentum, to go third fastest ahead of the other Lexus of Aaron Telitz and the Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R of Jan Heylen.
Petit Le Mans - FP1 results:
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 02 |
Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn Ryan Hunter-Reay |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'09.583 | |
2 | 60 |
Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist Helio Castroneves |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'09.915 | 0.332 |
3 | 01 |
Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'10.119 | 0.536 |
4 | 31 |
Olivier Pla
Pipo Derani Mike Conway |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'10.244 | 0.661 |
5 | 48 |
Mike Rockenfeller
Kamui Kobayashi Jimmie Johnson |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'10.424 | 0.841 |
6 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque Brendon Hartley |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'10.615 | 1.032 |
7 | 5 |
Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook Loic Duval |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'10.786 | 1.203 |
8 | 8 |
John Farano
Louis Deletraz Rui Andrade |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'11.320 | 1.737 |
9 | 81 |
Henrik Hedman
Juan Pablo Montoya Sebastian Montoya |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'11.508 | 1.925 |
10 | 18 |
Dwight Merriman
Ryan Dalziel Christian Rasmussen |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'11.593 | 2.010 |
11 | 11 |
Steven Thomas
Josh Pierson Tristan Nunez |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'11.755 | 2.172 |
12 | 20 |
Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach Fabio Scherer |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'13.240 | 3.657 |
13 | 52 |
Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'13.573 | 3.990 |
14 | 54 |
Jon Bennett
Colin Braun George Kurtz |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'15.676 | 6.093 |
15 | 74 |
Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga Kay van Berlo |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'15.691 | 6.108 |
16 | 30 |
Ari Balogh
Garett Grist Nolan Siegel |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'16.709 | 7.126 |
17 | 13 |
Orey Fidani
Matthew Bell Lars Kern |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'16.730 | 7.147 |
18 | 36 |
Jarett Andretti
Gabby Chaves Josh Burdon |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'16.760 | 7.177 |
19 | 38 |
Daniel Goldburg
Cameron Shields Tyler Maxson |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'16.959 | 7.376 |
20 | 33 |
Joao Barbosa
Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Pino |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'17.234 | 7.651 |
21 | 76 |
Anthony Mantella
Kyle Marcelli Josh Sarchet |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'19.048 | 9.465 |
22 | 14 |
Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood |
GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'19.384 | 9.801 |
23 | 1 |
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow Erik Johansson |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'19.500 | 9.917 |
24 | 42 |
Jaden Conwright
Marco Holzer Don Yount |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'19.590 | 10.007 |
25 | 57 |
Russell Ward
Philip Ellis Marvin Dienst |
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 1'19.711 | 10.128 |
26 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz Richard Heistand |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'19.723 | 10.140 |
27 | 16 |
Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'19.776 | 10.193 |
28 | 9 |
Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr |
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'19.810 | 10.227 |
29 | 96 |
Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen Michael Dinan |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'19.837 | 10.254 |
30 | 62 |
Daniel Serra
Davide Rigon James Calado |
GTD PRO | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'19.907 | 10.324 |
31 | 70 |
Brendan Iribe
Jordan Lee Pepper Sebastian Priaulx |
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'19.962 | 10.379 |
32 | 21 |
Simon Mann
Luis Perez Companc Toni Vilander |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'19.987 | 10.404 |
33 | 39 |
Robert Megennis
Corey Lewis Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'20.118 | 10.535 |
34 | 25 |
Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards Jesse Krohn |
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'20.147 | 10.564 |
35 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg |
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'20.157 | 10.574 |
36 | 66 |
Kyffin Simpson
Till Bechtolsheimer Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'20.252 | 10.669 |
37 | 23 |
Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas Tom Gamble |
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'20.427 | 10.844 |
38 | 79 |
Maximilian Buhk
Mikael Grenier Maximillian Goetz |
GTD PRO | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 1'20.578 | 10.995 |
39 | 27 |
Roman De Angelis
Maxime Martin Ian James |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'20.783 | 11.200 |
40 | 47 |
Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto Ulysse De |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'20.910 | 11.327 |
41 | 32 |
Mike Skeen
Stevan McAleer Dirk Muller |
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 1'21.173 | 11.590 |
42 | 99 |
Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge Nicholas Boulle |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'21.676 | 12.093 |
43 | 44 |
John Potter
Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | ||
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