VIR IMSA: Estre stays top, Hawksworth’s Lexus leads GTD
Kevin Estre led the second practice session for tomorrow’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIRaceway, while Jack Hawksworth topped the GT Daytona class.
#79: WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR - 19, GTLM: Cooper MacNeil, Kevin Estre
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As per this morning, Estre led GT Le Mans in the WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR although by a heavily reduced margin of 0.362sec. Nonethless, his lap of 1min40.838sec was highly impressive given that the opening moments of the session had seen sprinkles of rain and mist.
Tommy Milner in the #4 car led the Corvette C8.R challenge, about 0.11sec ahead of championship leader Jordan Taylor.
Jack Hawksworth in the #14 Lexus RC F of Vasser Sullivan Racing topped GT Daytona with a 1min44.968sec lap, some 0.086 and 0.185sec ahead of the two Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantages of Ross Gunn and Alex Riberas respectively.
Zach Veach was fourth in the second Lexus, a couple of tenths off his fellow ex-IndyCar teammate.
Bryan Sellers was fifth in class, the Paul Miller Racing team having overcome its electrical problems in the #1 Lamborghini Huracan from first practice to shade the two Porsche 911 GT3 Rs of Laurens Vanthoor (Pfaff Motorsports) and Trent Hindman (Wright Motorsports) by thousandths and hundredths respectively.
Jeff Westphal of Carbahn Peregrine lapped the course eighth fastest in the Audi R8 ahead of Mario Farnbacher in the Gradient Racing Acura NSX, as he stands in for the injured Marc Miller.
The Turner Motorsports BMW M6 completed only six laps, heading back to the paddock with a coolant leak, according to IMSA Radio.
Qualifying begins at 4.35pm local (Eastern) time.
Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Cooper MacNeil
Kevin Estre |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | 26 | 1'40.838 | |
2 |
Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 32 | 1'41.200 | 0.362 |
3 |
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 33 | 1'41.313 | 0.475 |
4 |
Aaron Telitz
Jack Hawksworth |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 24 | 1'44.407 | 3.569 |
5 |
Roman De Angelis
Ross Gunn |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 27 | 1'44.493 | 3.655 |
6 |
Ian James
Alex Riberas |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 28 | 1'44.592 | 3.754 |
7 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Zach Veach |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 28 | 1'44.613 | 3.775 |
8 |
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 26 | 1'44.648 | 3.810 |
9 |
Zacharie Robichon
Laurens Vanthoor |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 29 | 1'44.655 | 3.817 |
10 |
Trent Hindman
Patrick Long |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 26 | 1'44.711 | 3.873 |
11 |
Richard Heistand
Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 23 | 1'44.912 | 4.074 |
12 |
Till Bechtolsheimer
Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 30 | 1'45.001 | 4.163 |
13 |
Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 29 | 1'45.614 | 4.776 |
14 |
Mike Skeen
Guy Cosmo |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 23 | 1'45.631 | 4.793 |
15 |
Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 28 | 1'45.848 | 5.010 |
16 |
John Potter
Andy Lally |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 24 | 1'45.929 | 5.091 |
17 |
Mikhail Goikhberg
Franck Perera |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 25 | 1'46.149 | 5.311 |
18 |
Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 6 | 1'46.177 | 5.339 |
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