P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Cadillac’s Sebastien Bourdais went quickest in the first practice session for the IMSA Sportscar Championship season finale, Petit Le Mans, held at Road Atlanta. The #01 Cadillac V-Series.R driver set a 1:11.013 around the undulating track, almost half a second than the sister Cadillac, run by Action Express, with Jack Aitken onboard the #31 Action […]
The #01 Cadillac V-Series.R driver set a lap time of 1:11.013 around the undulating track, nearly half a second faster than the sister Cadillac run by Action Express with Jack Aitken in the #31 Action Express car. Mathieu Jaminet in the #6 Porsche 963 was just over six tenths off Bourdais, followed by Philipp Eng in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 in fourth place. Felipe Nasr in the sister #5 Porsche came in fifth place. The session proceeded without red flags or stoppages, with minor spins for Ben Keating and Dennis Andersen at turn 7 briefly interrupting proceedings before they continued. In LMP2, Felipe Fraga led in the #74 Riley Oreca 07-Gibson, with a time of 1:12.823, followed by Ben Hanley in Keating’s car, the #2 United Autosports Oreca, 0.249 seconds behind Fraga. Third in LMP2 was Paul di Resta in the #22 United Autosports car, a further tenth and a half back from Hanley. In GTD Pro, Jordan Pepper in the #19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 was fastest with a time of 1:19.048, followed by Ross Gunn in the #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo just 0.059 seconds off Pepper, with Alexander Sims in the #3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R in third, 0.19 seconds behind Gunn. In GTD, Ferrari factory driver Miguel Molina set a time of 1:19.128 in the #21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, placing fourth in the overall GTD Pro/GTD standings. Loris Spineli was next in the #78 Forte Racing Lamborghini, with Spencer Pumpelly following in the #44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin. The FP2 session is scheduled for 3:20pm local time, 8:20pm UK time.
