Mid-Ohio IMSA: Bourdais fastest in second practice for Ganassi

Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist set the early pace in his Acura ARX-05 at 1m10.976s, ahead of Ricky Taylor’s Wayne Taylor Racing example on 1m11.557s, who chipped his time down to 1m11.333s and then 1m11.317s.

A red flag was required just after the hour mark when Jordan Pepper beached his McLaren 720S. Then a second red to retrieve the Honda NSX of Ryan Eversley, going into the final 10 minutes, set up a late dash for quick times ahead of qualifying.

MSR’s Oliver Jarvis lowered the P1 time to 1m10.624s before Bourdais grabbed it with 1m10.592s. Filipe Albuquerque improved the WTR Acura’s fastest time to 1m10.939s but that was only good for third, ahead of Tristan Vautier (JDC-Miller), Alex Lynn (Ganassi) and Tristan Nunez (Action Express).

Anders Fjordbach was fastest in LMP2 for High Class Racing, ahead of ex-F1 racer Will Stevens, who’s in for a one-off with Tower Motorsports, and Ryan Dalziel (Era).

Colin Braun led LMP3 for CORE autosport.

In GTD, where there is no Pro class this weekend, Paul Miller Racing’s Madison Snow led a BMW M4 1-2 on 1m20.261s, ahead of marque veteran Bill Auberlen’s 1m20.433s for Turner Motorsports.

Jack Hawksworth was third in the extra #17 Lexus RC F entry that he shares with Richard Heistand on 1m20.519s, ahead of the #12 sister car of Frankie Montecalvo.

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais	Cadillac DPi	44	1'10.507			115.291
2	Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist	Acura DPi	51	1'10.624	0.117	0.117	115.100
3	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	Acura DPi	46	1'10.939	0.432	0.315	114.589
4	Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook	Cadillac DPi	48	1'11.003	0.496	0.064	114.485
5	Earl Bamber Alex Lynn	Cadillac DPi	51	1'11.252	0.745	0.249	114.085
6	Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez	Cadillac DPi	53	1'11.802	1.295	0.550	113.211
7	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach	ORECA LMP2 07	60	1'13.015	2.508	1.213	111.331
8	John Farano Will Stevens	ORECA LMP2 07	52	1'13.068	2.561	0.053	111.250
9	Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel	ORECA LMP2 07	60	1'13.108	2.601	0.040	111.189
10	Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito	ORECA LMP2 07	58	1'13.454	2.947	0.346	110.665
11	Josh Pierson Patrick Kelly	ORECA LMP2 07	59	1'13.733	3.226	0.279	110.246
12	Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya	ORECA LMP2 07	41	1'15.472	4.965	1.739	107.706
13	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Ligier JS P320	51	1'16.630	6.123	1.158	106.079
14	Ari Balogh Garett Grist	Ligier JS P320	48	1'16.860	6.353	0.230	105.761
15	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga	Ligier JS P320	54	1'16.925	6.418	0.065	105.672
16	Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves	Ligier JS P320	57	1'17.025	6.518	0.100	105.535
17	Daniel Goldburg Rasmus Lindh	Ligier JS P320	53	1'17.059	6.552	0.034	105.488
18	Dakota Dickerson Josh Sarchet	Ligier JS P320	48	1'17.740	7.233	0.681	104.564
19	Orey Fidani Kuno Wittmer	Duqueine D08	51	1'18.450	7.943	0.710	103.618
20	Joao Barbosa Lance Willsey	Ligier JS P320	48	1'18.596	8.089	0.146	103.425
21	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	BMW M4 GT3	49	1'20.261	9.754	1.665	101.280
22	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW M4 GT3	49	1'20.433	9.926	0.172	101.063
23	Jack Hawksworth Richard Heistand	Lexus RC F GT3	50	1'20.519	10.012	0.086	100.955
24	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	52	1'20.558	10.051	0.039	100.906
25	Roman De Angelis Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	50	1'20.917	10.410	0.359	100.458
26	Russell Ward Philip Ellis	Mercedes-AMG GT3	54	1'20.925	10.418	0.008	100.449
27	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	52	1'20.977	10.470	0.052	100.384
28	Ryan Eversley Aidan Read	Acura NSX GT3	52	1'20.987	10.480	0.010	100.372
29	Mike Skeen Stevan McAleer	Mercedes-AMG GT3	49	1'20.993	10.486	0.006	100.364
30	Brendan Iribe Jordan Lee Pepper	McLaren 720S GT3	39	1'21.066	10.559	0.073	100.274
31	Robert Megennis Jeff Westphal	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	45	1'21.422	10.915	0.356	99.835
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