Petit Le Mans: ESM 1-2 in Thursday night practice
In the final seconds of Thursday's evening Petit Le Mans practice session from Road Atlanta, Norman Nato eclipsed teammate Pipo Derani as ESM claimed the top two spots on the timesheets.
#2 Tequila Patr?n ESM Nissan DPi, P - Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel
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As the 90-minute session closed out, Nato put the No. 2 Tequila Patron ESM Nissan DPi at the top of the charts with time of 1:11.457 on his 54th lap, just 0.090 seconds clear of Derani in the No. 22 machine.
The French driver is also making his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut this weekend at Road Atlanta.
Ricky Taylor in the No. 7 Acura Team Penske ARX-05 clocked in third, two tenths adrift of the fast time. Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi and Jonathan Bomarito in the No. 55 Team Joest Mazda rounded out the top five.
In GT Le Mans, Corvette Racing claimed the top two positions on the timesheets with the No. 4 Corvette C7.R of Tommy Milner first at a 1:17.847, one tenth clear of teammate Antonio Garcia in the sister No. 3 car.
Ryan Briscoe in the No. 67 Ford GT for Chip Ganassi Racing was third.
The fastest time in GT Daytona went to the P1 Motorsports No. 71 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with 23-year-old Felipe Fraga at the wheel, putting up a fast lap of 1:20.452.
Daniel Morad was second in the No. 29 Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 and 3GT Racing's Kyle Marcelli in the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 ended up third.
The session went nearly accident-free with no significant incidents to report.
Third practice results:
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Norman Nato |
P | Nissan DPi | 55 | 1'11.457 | 127.965 | ||
2 | 22 | Timo Bernhard Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek |
P | Nissan DPi | 53 | 1'11.547 | 0.090 | 0.090 | 127.804 |
3 | 7 | Helio Castroneves Graham Rahal Ricky Taylor |
P | Acura DPi | 64 | 1'11.663 | 0.206 | 0.116 | 127.597 |
4 | 5 | Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque Tristan Vautier |
P | Cadillac DPi | 49 | 1'11.708 | 0.251 | 0.045 | 127.517 |
5 | 55 | Spencer Pigot Jonathan Bomarito Marino Franchitti |
P | Mazda DPi | 54 | 1'11.711 | 0.254 | 0.003 | 127.512 |
6 | 77 | Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez |
P | Mazda DPi | 44 | 1'12.053 | 0.596 | 0.342 | 126.907 |
7 | 52 | Jose Gutierrez Sebastian Saavedra Will Owen |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 53 | 1'12.109 | 0.652 | 0.056 | 126.808 |
8 | 10 | Jordan Taylor Ryan Hunter-Reay Renger van der Zande |
P | Cadillac DPi | 53 | 1'12.115 | 0.658 | 0.006 | 126.797 |
9 | 6 | Juan Pablo Simon Pagenaud Dane Cameron |
P | Acura DPi | 55 | 1'12.166 | 0.709 | 0.051 | 126.708 |
10 | 54 | Romain Dumas Jon Bennett Colin Braun |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 34 | 1'12.350 | 0.893 | 0.184 | 126.386 |
11 | 31 | Eric Curran Gabby Chaves Felipe Nasr |
P | Cadillac DPi | 39 | 1'12.543 | 1.086 | 0.193 | 126.049 |
12 | 85 | Simon Trummer Robert Alon Devlin DeFrancesco |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 59 | 1'12.656 | 1.199 | 0.113 | 125.853 |
13 | 99 | Mikhail Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 40 | 1'12.951 | 1.494 | 0.295 | 125.344 |
14 | 38 | James French Nicholas Boulle Kyle Masson |
P | ORECA LMP2 | 24 | 1'14.137 | 2.680 | 1.186 | 123.339 |
15 | 4 | Marcel Fassler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 55 | 1'17.847 | 6.390 | 3.710 | 117.461 |
16 | 3 | Jan Magnussen Marcel Fassler Antonio Garcia |
GTLM | Corvette C7.R | 54 | 1'17.944 | 6.487 | 0.097 | 117.315 |
17 | 67 | Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook |
GTLM | Ford GT | 49 | 1'18.128 | 6.671 | 0.184 | 117.039 |
18 | 25 | Bill Auberlen Connor de Phillippi Alexander Sims |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 41 | 1'18.186 | 6.729 | 0.058 | 116.952 |
19 | 66 | Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Muller |
GTLM | Ford GT | 44 | 1'18.232 | 6.775 | 0.046 | 116.883 |
20 | 912 | Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 64 | 1'18.359 | 6.902 | 0.127 | 116.694 |
21 | 24 | John Edwards Jesse Krohn Chaz Mostert |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 56 | 1'18.546 | 7.089 | 0.187 | 116.416 |
22 | 62 | Toni Vilander Andrea Bertolini Miguel Molina |
GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | 53 | 1'18.670 | 7.213 | 0.124 | 116.232 |
23 | 911 | Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | 52 | 1'18.699 | 7.242 | 0.029 | 116.190 |
24 | 71 | Maximilian Buhk JC Perez Felipe Fraga |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 44 | 1'20.452 | 8.995 | 1.753 | 113.658 |
25 | 29 | Daniel Morad Christopher Mies Sheldon Van |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 60 | 1'20.558 | 9.101 | 0.106 | 113.508 |
26 | 14 | Kyle Marcelli Dominik Baumann Philipp Frommenwiler |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 43 | 1'20.654 | 9.197 | 0.096 | 113.373 |
27 | 63 | Daniel Serra Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 34 | 1'20.745 | 9.288 | 0.091 | 113.245 |
28 | 73 | Wolf Henzler Tim Pappas Spencer Pumpelly |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 43 | 1'20.751 | 9.294 | 0.006 | 113.237 |
29 | 96 | Don Yount Markus Palttala Dillon Machavern |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 47 | 1'20.826 | 9.369 | 0.075 | 113.132 |
30 | 33 | Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Luca Stolz |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 25 | 1'21.099 | 9.642 | 0.273 | 112.751 |
31 | 58 | Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Robert Renauer |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 54 | 1'21.195 | 9.738 | 0.096 | 112.618 |
32 | 86 | Alvaro Parente Katherine Legge Trent Hindman |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 50 | 1'21.214 | 9.757 | 0.019 | 112.591 |
33 | 44 | Andy Lally Andrew Davis John Potter |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 46 | 1'21.316 | 9.859 | 0.102 | 112.450 |
34 | 15 | David Heinemeier Hansson Jack Hawksworth Sean Rayhall |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 55 | 1'21.337 | 9.880 | 0.021 | 112.421 |
35 | 93 | Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 44 | 1'21.401 | 9.944 | 0.064 | 112.333 |
36 | 64 | Matteo Cressoni Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 40 | 1'21.581 | 10.124 | 0.180 | 112.085 |
37 | 48 | Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 50 | 1'21.711 | 10.254 | 0.130 | 111.907 |
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