Practice report
IMSA Petit Le Mans Road Atlanta
Petit Le Mans IMSA: Bourdais again fastest in second practice
Sebastien Bourdais again topped IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice Thursday afternoon at Road Atlanta.
Nick DeGroot
Edited: Oct 12, 2023, 8:46 PM
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The second session in preparation for this weekend's season finale was slowed by one red flag, which saw the No. 35 TDS Racing ORECA of Giedo van der Garde have an off at Turn 3. There were other incidents, but none were enough to force another stoppage.
Bourdais set a blistering pace in the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R, lapping the circuit in 1:09.671s and topping the leaderboard in both FP1 and FP2.
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Bourdais was the only driver to get below 1:10 on the time sheets, ending the 105-minute session 0.432s clear of Augusto Farfus in the No. 24 BMW Motorsport machine and 0.467 clear of Felipe Nasr in the No. 7 Penske Motorsport Porsche 963.
The No. 11 TDS Racing ORECA led LMP2 with Scott Huffaker setting the fastest lap time at 1:13.357s. They were followed by the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA and the No. 04 Crowdstrike by APR ORECA, which had led the opening practice of the day.
There was no change at the top of the LMP3 field with Garett Garett leading both Thursday sessions so far in the No. 30 Jr III Racing Ligier (1:16.749s).
Corvette Racing flexed their muscles in FP2 with Antonio Garcia leading the entire GT field at 1:19.543s in the No. 3 machine, beating Daniel Serra and the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 by 0.182s. The third-quickest GT team was also the highest non-pro driver with Madison Snow and the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 lapping the circuit in 1:19.731s.
There will be a third practice session later today, taking place at 7:30 p.m. EST.
Cla Drivers # Chassis Laps Time Interval km/h 1 
S. BOURDAIS
R. VAN DER ZANDE
S. DIXONCadillac Racing 01 Cadillac V-LMDh 54 1'09.671 131.245 2 
P. ENG
A. FARFUS
M. WITTMANNBMW M Team RLL 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 48 +0.432 0.432 130.437 3 
M. CAMPBELLF. NASR
J. NEWGARDENPorsche Penske Motorsport 7 Porsche 963 55 +0.467 0.035 130.372 4 R. TAYLOR
J. BARBOSA
L. DELETRAZKonica Minolta Acura 10 Acura ARX-06 52 +0.489 0.022 130.331 5 
T. BLOMQVISTC. BRAUNH. CASTRONEVESMeyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 60 Acura ARX-06 48 +0.542 0.053 130.232 6 C. DE PHILLIPPIN. YELLOLY
S. VAN DER LINDEBMW M Team RLL 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 45 +0.612 0.070 130.103 7 P. DERANIA. SIMSJ. AITKENAction Express Racing 31 Cadillac V-LMDh 56 +0.663 0.051 130.008 8 N. TANDYM. JAMINET
L. VANTHOORPorsche Penske Motorsport 6 Porsche 963 50 +1.147 0.484 129.120 9 H. TINCKNELL
G. BRUNIN. JANIProton Competition 59 Porsche 963 57 +1.396 0.249 128.667 10 T. VAN DER HELMM. ROCKENFELLERJ. BUTTONJDC/Miller Motorsports 5 Porsche 963 49 +2.004 0.608 127.576 11 S. THOMAS
M. JENSENS. HUFFAKERTDS Racing 11 ORECA 07 54 +3.686 1.682 124.651 12 B. KEATINGP. CHATIN
A. QUINNPR1 Mathiasen Motorsports
52 ORECA 07 50 +3.886 0.200 124.312 13 G. KURTZB. HANLEY
N. SIEGELCrowdstrike Racing by APR
04 ORECA 07 58 +4.097 0.211 123.956 14 D. MERRIMANR. DALZIEL
C. RASMUSSENEra Motorsport
18 ORECA 07 53 +4.211 0.114 123.765 15 J. FALBG. VAN DER GARDEJ. PIERSONTDS Racing 35 ORECA 07 26 +4.425 0.214 123.407 16 D. ANDERSEN
E. JONESA. FJORDBACHHigh Class Racing 20 ORECA 07 57 +4.439 0.014 123.384 17 A. BALOGHS. MCLAUGHLINK. SIMPSONTower Motorsport 8 ORECA 07 51 +4.616 0.177 123.090 18 F. PERRODOM. VAXIVIEREE. COLLARDAf Corse 88 ORECA 07 50 +5.420 0.804 121.772 19
N. SIEGEL
B. GARG
G. GRISTJr III Racing 30 Ligier JS P320 41 +7.078 1.658 119.142 20 G. ROBINSONF. FRAGAJ. BURDONRiley Motorsports 74 Ligier JS P320 52 +7.281 0.203 118.827 21 J. ANDRETTI
G. CHAVES
G. VANAndretti Autosport
36 Ligier JS P320 45 +7.438 0.157 118.585 22 A. MANTELLAW. BOYD
N. VARRONEAWA
17 Duqueine M30-D08 47 +7.580 0.142 118.367 23 B. THIENES
J. WOOLRIDGE
C. SHIELDSPerformance Tech Motorsports 38 Ligier JS P320 48 +7.972 0.392 117.770 24 O. FIDANIM. BELLL. KERNAWA 13 Duqueine M30-D08 52 +7.985 0.013 117.750 25 T. BECHTOLSHEIMERD. GOLDBURG
R. LINDHJDC/Miller Motorsports 85 Duqueine M30-D08 38 +8.279 0.294 117.306 26 
A. GARCIAJ. TAYLORT. MILNERCorvette Racing 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 48 +9.872 1.593 114.957 27 A. PIER GUIDID. SERRAD. RIGONRisi Competizione 62 Ferrari 296 GT3 46 +10.054 0.182 114.694 28 B. SELLERSM. SNOWC. LEWISPaul Miller Racing 1 BMW M4 GT3 43 +10.060 0.006 114.686 29 J. HAWKSWORTHB. BARNICOATK. KIRKWOODVasser Sullivan 14 Lexus RC F GT3 46 +10.069 0.009 114.673 30 F. MONTECALVOA. TELITZP. THOMPSONVasser Sullivan 12 Lexus RC F GT3 48 +10.129 0.060 114.586 31 K. BACHLERP. PILETK. ESTREPfaff Motorsports 9 Porsche 911 GT3 R 42 +10.275 0.146 114.377 32 M. SKEENM. GRENIERK. KOCHTeam Korthoff Motorsports 32 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 50 +10.276 0.001 114.376 33 R. WARDP. ELLISI. DONTJEWinward Racing 57 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 51 +10.317 0.041 114.317 34 M. BORTOLOTTIJ. PEPPER
F. PERERAIron Lynx
63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 56 +10.353 0.036 114.266 35 M. GOIKHBERGL. SPINELLI
P. LIDDYUS RaceTronics
78 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 46 +10.537 0.184 114.004 36 R. GUNNA. RIBERASD. PITTARDHeart Of Racing Team 23 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 49 +10.728 0.191 113.733 37 D. JUNCADELLAJ. GOUNONM. ENGELWeatherTech Racing 79 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 36 +10.854 0.126 113.555 38 R. FREYS. BOVYD. PINIron Dames 83 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 33 +10.877 0.023 113.522 39 P. GALLAGHERR. FOLEYM. DINANTurner Motorsport 96 BMW M4 GT3 48 +10.920 0.043 113.462 40 B. IRIBEF. SCHANDORFFO. MILLROYInception Racing 70 McLaren 720S GT3 55 +10.937 0.017 113.438 41 D. BRULEA. UDELLJ. ANDLAUERKellymoss with Riley 92 Porsche 911 GT3 R 49 +10.970 0.033 113.391 42 S. MANNM. MOLINAJ. CALADOAf Corse 61 Ferrari 296 GT3 50 +10.970 0.000 113.391 43 R. HARDWICKZ. ROBICHONJ. HEYLENWright Motorsports 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R 49 +10.990 0.020 113.363 44 R. DE ANGELISM. SORENSENI. JAMESHeart Of Racing Team 27 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 50 +11.109 0.119 113.196 45 B. AUBERLENC. HULLT. MERRILLTurner Motorsport 97 BMW M4 GT3 48 +11.142 0.033 113.150 46 A. HARRISON
D. FORMALK. MARCELLIRacers Edge Motorsports with WTR 93 Acura NSX GT3 46 +11.176 0.034 113.103 47 A. BRYNJOLFSSONT. HINDMANM. ROOTWright Motorsports 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R 50 +11.197 0.021 113.073 48
S. MONK
K. LEGGEM. MILLERGradient Racing 66 Acura NSX GT3 44 +11.340 0.143 112.874 49 P. HYETT
S. PRIAULX
G. JEANNETTEAO Racing 80 Porsche 911 GT3 R 43 +11.582 0.242 112.537 50 O. TRIARSI
C. SCARDINA
A. ROVERATriarsi Competizione 023 Ferrari 296 GT3 45 +11.698 0.116 112.377 51 J. POTTERA. LALLYS. PUMPELLYMagnus Racing 44 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 52 +12.297 0.599 111.556 52 J. BARBOSASean Creech Motorsport 33 Ligier JS P320 0 53 R. LACORTEG. SERNAGIOTTOA. FUOCOCetilar Racing 47 Ferrari 296 GT3 0
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