P1racenews AI automatic summary:
After being pipped to second in opening practice on Friday, Connor De Phillippi rose to the top of the timesheets for the second 90-minute practice session for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Sportscar Weekend at Road America. The #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 driver posted a 1:50.335 benchmark, just nine-thousandths of a second quicker than […]
The #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 driver set a benchmark time of 1:50.335, just nine-thousandths of a second faster than Filipe Albuquerque in the #10 Acura ARX-06, who topped the opening practice. The WTR Andretti Acura team secured a two-three finish with Jordan Taylor going third in the #40 ARX-06, 0.285 off the ultimate pace. BMW’s strong performance continued as Jesse Krohn posted the fourth fastest time in the #24 M Hybrid V8 with a 1:51.036. Proton Competition’s Gianmaria Bruni was fifth fastest in the #5 Porsche 963 with a time of 1:51.209, leading the factory Penske-run #7 Porsche of Felipe Nasr. Renger van der Zande in the #01 V-Series.R was seventh quickest, beating Pipo Derani’s #31 Caddy. In LMP2, Ben Hanley set the fastest time in the #2 United Autosports Oreca 07 Gibson, but a crash by Ben Keating brought out a red flag, requiring extensive repairs before qualifying. Jack Hawksworth led the GT contingent in the #14 VasserSullivan Lexus, followed by Alexander Sims in the #3 Corvette Racing Z06 and Madison Snow in the #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW. The top two GTD cars were the #78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracan and the #023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari, completing the impressive field of 47 cars.
