DPi
Vautier lapped the 3.56-mile course in 1min34.034sec, which eclipsed van der Zande in the similar #01 Cadillac of Chip Ganassi Racing by less than 0.1sec. The Dutchman was trying to respond when he went off at Turn 5 and went into the tires.
That brought out the red flag with under five minutes to go and so the session ended. Van der Zande lost his best laps and will start seventh.
Filipe Albuquerque will thus share the front row with Vautier, 0.122sec off the Caddy’s time in his Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05.
In third will be Alex Lynn in the second Ganassi Cadillac, alongside Tristan Nunez in Action Express Racing’s Whelen Engineering-backed entry.
AXR’s part-time car, the Ally Racing #48, was piloted very impressively to fifth by NASCAR legend and IndyCar sophomore Jimmie Johnson, less than 1sec off the ultimate pace and well ahead of Tom Blomqvist in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura.
LMP2
Ben Keating and Steven Thomas, although 0.637sec apart, locked out the LMP2 front row for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, with Dennis Andersen claiming third for High Class Racing.
The two G-Drive by APR cars of Francois Heriau and John Falb were next up, ahead of Fritz van Eerd in the Racing Team Nederland car and John Farano of Tower Motorsports.
LMP3
IMSA debutant Cameron Shields claimed pole in class for Muehlner Motorsports, the #26 Duqueine lapping in 1min42.182sec, which was 0.286sec quicker than Niko Pino in the Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier.
Jarett Andretti was third fastest, 1.6sec off the ultimate pace, but 0.016sec quicker than Ayrton Ori in the second Muehlner car. Jon Bennett was fifth in the CORE autosport Ligier ahead of Lance Willsey.
GTD Pro and GTD
Alex Imperatori took pole for KCMG on the squad’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut as times tumbled on a damp but drying track, his Porsche 911 GT3 R beating Porsche works driver Mathieu Jaminet in the Pfaff Porsche by just 0.063sec.
Andrea Caldarelli in TR3 Racing’s Lamborghini Huracan was third fastest in class, fifth of the GTs overall, ahead of Ross Gunn’s Aston Martin Vantage from the Heart of Racing team.
Davide Rigon will start fifth in class in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488, just ahead of Vasser Sullivan Racing’s new boy in the Lexus RC F, Ben Barnicoat, and Maro Engel in the Proton Competition Mercedes-AMG GT3.
The sister Proton Mercedes piloted by Austin Cindric had a wayward moment that saw him damage his car against the GTD Carbahn with Peregrine Racing Lamborghini of Robert Megennis.
Fastest of the GTD non-Pro runners was the Sun Energy Mercedes of Kenny Habul, who did a remarkable job to be third fastest overall of the 29 GT cars that completed at least one flyer. He was less than two-tenths off Imperatori’s Lambo, and 0.151sec ahead of Russell Ward in the Winward Racing Mercedes.
John Miller got the McLaren 720S of Crucial Motorsports into third, while Michael de Quesada was fourth in the Alegra Motorsports Mercedes.
Fifth in class was Roberto Lacorte’s Ferrari 488 run by Cetilar Racing, with Frankie Montecalvo showing well as usual with the second VSR Lexus, ahead of the two GTD Pro Corvettes.
That isn’t the end of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship action, as there will be a two-hour evening practice starting at 7.00pm local (Eastern) time.
| Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
 Tristan Vautier  Richard Westbrook Loic Duval  Ben Keating
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'34.034 | |
| 2 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Will Stevens
| DPi | Acura DPi | 1'34.156 | 0.122 |
| 3 | 02 |
 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn  Marcus Ericsson  Kevin Magnussen
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'34.259 | 0.225 |
| 4 | 31 |
 Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez Mike Conway
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'34.440 | 0.406 |
| 5 | 48 |
Jimmie Johnson  Kamui Kobayashi  Mike Rockenfeller  Jose Maria Lopez
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'34.941 | 0.907 |
| 6 | 60 |
Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud
| DPi | Acura DPi | 1'35.407 | 1.373 |
| 7 | 52 |
Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.296 | 3.262 |
| 8 | 11 |
Thomas Steven Josh Pierson Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.933 | 3.899 |
| 9 | 20 |
Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach  Fabio Scherer Nico Mueller | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.175 | 4.141 |
| 10 | 01 |
 Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon  Alex Palou
| DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'38.593 | 4.559 |
| 11 | 68 |
François Heriau Oliver Rasmussen  Ed Jones René Rast
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.876 | 4.842 |
| 12 | 69 |
John Falb  James Allen  Luca Ghiotto Tijmen van | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.929 | 4.895 |
| 13 | 81 |
Eric Lux  Devlin DeFrancesco  Patricio O'Ward Colton Herta
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.987 | 4.953 |
| 14 | 29 |
Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Murry Dylan Rinus van Kalmthout
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'40.044 | 6.010 |
| 15 | 8 |
John Farano Louis Deletraz Rui Pinto  Ferdinand Habsburg
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'40.091 | 6.057 |
| 16 | 18 |
Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'40.668 | 6.634 |
| 17 | 26 |
Nolan Siegel Cameron Shields Charles Crews Ugo De | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'42.182 | 8.148 |
| 18 | 38 |
Dan Goldburg Hikaru Abe Garett Grist Nicolas Pino | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'42.468 | 8.434 |
| 19 | 36 |
Jarett Andretti Josh Burdon Rasmus Lindh  Gabby Chaves
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'43.783 | 9.749 |
| 20 | 6 |
Efrin Castro Moritz Kranz Ori Ayrton Joel Miller
| LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'43.799 | 9.765 |
| 21 | 54 |
Jon Bennett Colin Braun George Kurtz Nic Jönsson
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'44.783 | 10.749 |
| 22 | 33 |
Joao Barbosa Malthe Jakobsen Seb Priaulx Lance Willsey
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'46.053 | 12.019 |
| 23 | 22 |
Jim McGuire Guy Smith Philip Hanson Will Owen
| LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'46.112 | 12.078 |
| 24 | 2 |
 Laurens Vanthoor Patrick Pilet  Dennis Olsen Alexandre Imperatori
| GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'46.136 | 12.102 |
| 25 | 9 |
Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr
| GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'46.199 | 12.165 |
| 26 | 75 |
Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller
| GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'46.313 | 12.279 |
| 27 | 57 |
Russell Ward Philip Ellis Mikael Grenier Lucas Auer
| GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'46.464 | 12.430 |
| 28 | 13 |
Orey Fidani Kuno Wittmer Lars Kern Matthew Bell
| LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'46.545 | 12.511 |
| 29 | 63 |
Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Rolf Ineichen
| GTD PRO | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'46.577 | 12.543 |
| 30 | 23 |
Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Maxime Martin
| GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'46.683 | 12.649 |
| 31 | 59 |
Lance Bergstein Jon Miller Patrick Gallagher Paul Holton
| GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'46.800 | 12.766 |
| 32 | 62 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon
| GTD PRO | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'46.805 | 12.771 |
| 33 | 14 |
Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood
| GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'46.833 | 12.799 |
| 34 | 97 |
Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Jules Gounon
| GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'47.017 | 12.983 |
| 35 | 28 |
Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad Linus Lundqvist Maximillian Goetz | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'47.075 | 13.041 |
| 36 | 24 |
Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly  Sheldon Van Der Linde
| GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'47.198 | 13.164 |
| 37 | 7 |
Mark Kvamme Austin McCusker Trenton Estep Antoine Doquin | LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'47.220 | 13.186 |
| 38 | 79 |
Cooper MacNeil Julien Andlauer Matteo Cairoli Alessio Picariello
| GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'47.226 | 13.192 |
| 39 | 47 |
Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessio Rovera
| GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'47.271 | 13.237 |
| 40 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Richard Heistand Townsend Bell
| GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'47.625 | 13.591 |
| 41 | 4 |
Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Marco Sorensen
| GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'47.661 | 13.627 |
| 42 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg
| GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'47.894 | 13.860 |
| 43 | 70 |
Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Jordan Lee Pepper
| GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'47.930 | 13.896 |
| 44 | 44 |
John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Jonathan Adam
| GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'48.014 | 13.980 |
| 45 | 25 |
Connor de Phillippi John Edwards Augusto Farfus  Jesse Krohn
| GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'48.082 | 14.048 |
| 46 | 21 |
Mann Simon Luis Perez Companc Nicklas Nielsen Toni Vilander
| GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'48.125 | 14.091 |
| 47 | 71 |
Franck Perera LLarena Mateo Paul Maximilian Mikhail Goikhberg
| GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'48.586 | 14.552 |
| 48 | 16 |
Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen Richard Lietz
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'49.747 | 15.713 |
| 49 | 42 |
Don Yount Benja Hites Jaden Conwright Markus Palttala
| GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'51.790 | 17.756 |
| 50 | 39 |
Robert Megennis Corey Lewis Sandy Mitchell Jeff Westphal
| GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'54.042 | 20.008 |
| 51 | 32 |
Mike Skeen Guy Cosmo Stevan McAleer Scott Andrews
| GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'54.796 | 20.762 |
| 52 | 98 |
Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Charlie Eastwood Nicki Thiim
| GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'54.870 | 20.836 |
| 53 | 96 |
Robby Foley Bill Auberlen Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann
| GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'55.147 | 21.113 |
| 54 | 19 |
Bill Sweedler John Megrue Giacomo Altoè Jeff Segal
| GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'58.809 | 24.775 |
| 55 | 15 |
Dirk Muller Patrick Assenheimer Austin Cindric
| GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | ||
| 56 | 27 |
Roman De Angelis Ian James Darren Turner Tom Gamble | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | ||
| 57 | 34 |
Kyle Washington James Sofronas Jeroen Bleekemolen Klaus Bachler
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | ||
| 58 | 64 |
Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | ||
| 59 | 66 |
Kyffin Simpson Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller Mario Farnbacher
| GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | ||
| 60 | 74 |
Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Kay van Berlo Michael Cooper
| LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | ||
| 61 | 99 |
Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge Stefan Wilson Nicholas Boulle
| GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | ||
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