IMSA Laguna Seca: BMW beats Cadillac to quickest time…

Eng, whose BMW is run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, beat Sebastien Bourdais (Cadillac V-Series.R) and the second BMW of Connor De Phillippi in the 90-minute practice session.

This weekend’s 2h40m event is being run for GTP and GTD machinery only.

After the Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s of Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr swapped the top spot between them early on, Connor De Phillippi took over in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8, lapping in 1m14.916s inside the opening 20 minutes.

Eng then made it a BMW 1-2 in his #24 sister car, lapping in a session-topping 1m13.349s as De Phillippi improved to 1m13.722s just before the halfway point.

Bourdais broke up their party in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing-run Cadillac, taking the second spot with 1m13.573s, 0.224s off the fastest time.

Ricky Taylor suffered an early off at Turn 3 in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06, the car that set the pace on Friday, and also suffered a flat tire later. His off-track moment was mirrored by Renger van der Zande in the #01 Cadillac in the second half of the session.

The session was red flagged with 15 minutes to go when Jarrett Andretti went off at Turn 5 in the Andretti Motorsports Porsche 911 GTD entry.

At the resumption, Eng remained on top, ahead of Bourdais and De Phillippi. Dane Cameron made a late improvement to take fourth in the #7 factory-run Porsche 963, ahead of the sister car of Mathieu Jaminet.

Pipo Derani was sixth in the Action Express-run Cadillac that Jack Aitken crashed yesterday. Ricky Taylor was seventh, ahead of the sister Acura of Louis Deletraz, who improved late on.

Richard Westbrook (JDC-Miller) and Gianmaria Bruni (Proton) rounded out the GTP class in their customer Porsche 963s.

#14 VasserSullivan Lexus RC F GT3: Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat (Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images)

Lexus beats Corvette in GTD

In GTD, Jack Hawksworth set the pace in Vasser Sullivan’s #14 Pro class Lexus RC F with 1m20.376s, ahead of Nicky Catsburg in his #4 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R.

That’s the way it stayed until the end. Marvin Kirchhofer (Pfaff Motorsports McLaren 720S) was third, just pipping the top pro-am entry, the Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini Huracan of Danny Formal.

Qualifying starts later at 7:35pm ET.


Cla	Drivers	#	Chassis	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	J. Krohn P. Eng BMW M Team RLL	24	BMW M Hybrid V8	46	1'13.349		109.842
2	R. van der Zande S. Bourdais Cadillac Racing	01	Cadillac V-Series.R	51	+0.224 1'13.573	0.224	109.508
3	C. de Phillippi N. Yelloly BMW M Team RLL	25	BMW M Hybrid V8	47	+0.373 1'13.722	0.149	109.286
4	D. Cameron F. Nasr Porsche Penske Motorsport	7	Porsche 963	43	+0.420 1'13.769	0.047	109.217
5	N. Tandy M. Jaminet Porsche Penske Motorsport	6	Porsche 963	52	+0.422 1'13.771	0.002	109.214
6	P. Derani J. Aitken Whelen Cadillac Racing	31	Cadillac V-Series.R	54	+0.670 1'14.019	0.248	108.848
7	R. Taylor F. Albuquerque Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti	10	Acura ARX-06	48	+0.814 1'14.163	0.144	108.636
8	J. Taylor L. Deletraz Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti	40	Acura ARX-06	47	+1.128 1'14.477	0.314	108.178
9	T. van der Helm R. Westbrook JDC/Miller Motorsports	85	Porsche 963	48	+1.439 1'14.788	0.311	107.729
10	G. Bruni B. Viscaal Proton Competition	5	Porsche 963	62	+1.475 1'14.824	0.036	107.677
11	J. Hawksworth B. Barnicoat Vasser Sullivan	14	Lexus RC F GT3	41	+7.027 1'20.376	5.552	100.239
12	T. Milner N. Catsburg Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	4	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	38	+7.115 1'20.464	0.088	100.129
13	M. Kirchhofer O. Jarvis Pfaff Motorsports	9	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	49	+7.265 1'20.614	0.150	99.943
14	K. Marcelli D. Formal Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti	45	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	49	+7.288 1'20.637	0.023	99.914
15	L. Heinrich S. Priaulx AO Racing	77	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	53	+7.290 1'20.639	0.002	99.912
16	A. Garcia A. Sims Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	3	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	45	+7.448 1'20.797	0.158	99.717
17	B. Sellers M. Snow Paul Miller Racing	1	BMW M4 GT3	44	+7.593 1'20.942	0.145	99.538
18	K. Li A. Fjordbach MDK Motorsports	86	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	55	+7.668 1'21.017	0.075	99.446
19	M. Goikhberg L. Spinelli Forte Racing	78	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	45	+7.700 1'21.049	0.032	99.407
20	M. Franco A. Costa Conquest Racing	34	Ferrari 296 GT3	38	+7.719 1'21.068	0.019	99.383
21	B. Iribe F. Schandorff Inception Racing	70	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	51	+7.799 1'21.148	0.080	99.285
22	F. Montecalvo P. Thompson Vasser Sullivan	12	Lexus RC F GT3	40	+7.828 1'21.177	0.029	99.250
23	O. Fidani M. Bell AWA	13	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD	50	+7.900 1'21.249	0.072	99.162
24	R. Gunn M. Farnbacher Heart Of Racing Team	23	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	45	+8.012 1'21.361	0.112	99.025
25	M. Skeen M. Grenier Korthoff/Preston Motorsports	32	Mercedes AMG GT3	34	+8.024 1'21.373	0.012	99.011
26	S. Monk S. McAleer Gradient Racing	66	Acura NSX GT3	50	+8.060 1'21.409	0.036	98.967
27	R. Foley P. Gallagher Turner Motorsport	557	BMW M4 GT3	47	+8.101 1'21.450	0.041	98.917
28	H. Tincknell M. Rockenfeller Ford Multimatic Motorsports	64	Ford Mustang GT3	42	+8.243 1'21.592	0.142	98.745
29	R. Ward P. Ellis Winward Racing	57	Mercedes AMG GT3	48	+8.321 1'21.670	0.078	98.651
30	J. Andretti G. Chaves Andretti Motorsports	43	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	50	+8.354 1'21.703	0.033	98.611
31	R. De Angelis S. Pumpelly Heart Of Racing Team	27	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	38	+8.423 1'21.772	0.069	98.528
32	J. Hand D. Muller Ford Multimatic Motorsports	65	Ford Mustang GT3	43	+8.439 1'21.788	0.016	98.508
33	A. Adelson E. Skeer Wright Motorsports	120	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	53	+8.583 1'21.932	0.144	98.335
34	G. Levorato C. Lewis Proton Competition	55	Ford Mustang GT3	50	+8.635 1'21.984	0.052	98.273
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