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IMSA Indianapolis: Tandy pounces on Nasr error to lead Porsche 1-2
The #7 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 of Matt Campbell started on pole position and led the race initially. However, Sebastien Bourdais in the #01 Cadillac V-Series.R quickly joined the fight for the lead, making it a three-wide battle with Campbell and his teammate Mathieu Jaminet. Unfortunately, Campbell locked up and lost the lead to Jaminet. In the midst of the chaos, Bourdais was spun around by Tom Blomqvist’s Acura ARX-06 and Phillip Eng’s BMW also sustained significant damage.
The first caution was triggered by the debris from the incident, causing Bourdais to pit for repairs. Blomqvist and Eng also had to make pit stops to address the damage to their cars. The second caution was caused when Dwight Merriman’s ORECA LMP2 07 made contact with the Acura NSX GT3 of the GTD class. This spun Merriman in front of the oncoming cars, resulting in a near-miss situation.
During the cautions, driver changes took place, with Jaminet being replaced by Nick Tandy and Campbell being replaced by Felipe Nasr. Surprisingly, the Penske cars failed to yield appropriately during the caution period, allowing Pipo Derani in the #31 Whelen Cadillac to take the lead, despite running under yellow flags.
With 25 minutes remaining, Nasr overtook Derani to take the lead, with Tandy following closely behind. Derani dropped to third and struggled to keep up with the Porsches. With one hour remaining, Nasr and Tandy had a slight contact while navigating through traffic, but their positions remained unchanged.
The decisive moment came when Nasr pitted and Tandy took the lead, staying out for an additional lap. Nasr made a mistake during his out-lap, losing time on the grass, while Tandy maintained a clean run and emerged with a 7-second lead. From there, Tandy maintained his lead and finished 17.421 seconds ahead of Nasr. The #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 finished third, with Connor De Phillippi driving to the finish after Nick Yelloly’s stint. The LMP2 class also had its own story, but it is not included in this text.
Source: motorsport
