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Philip Eng put the No. 24 BMW M Team RLL M Hybrid V8 on top of the time charts in the second free practice for tomorrow’s 2h40m Motul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai N. Eng’s 1m13…
During the second free practice session for tomorrow’s 2-hour and 40-minute Motul Course de Monterey Powered by Hyundai, Philip Eng set the fastest lap time in the No. 24 BMW M Team RLL M Hybrid V8 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Eng’s lap time of 1 minute and 13.349 seconds was significantly quicker than last year’s pole time and below the DPi track record set by Ricky Taylor in 2022.
Sebastien Bourdais in the No. 01 Cadillac Racing V-Series prevented a BMW one-two by posting the second-fastest time of 1m13.573s.
Pipo Derani, driving the repaired No. 31 Whelen Cadillac Racing V-Series.R, secured the sixth-best time after Jack Aitken’s crash in yesterday’s practice session.
In the GTD PRO class, Jack Hawksworth led the pack with a lap time of 1m20.376s in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3, breaking the existing track record.
Kyle Marcelli in the No. 45 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo22 set the pace in GTD, nearly three seconds faster than the track record.
