VIR IMSA: Pilet fastest in FP2 for Porsche

Porsche’s Patrick Pilet set the pace in the second practice session for the GT-only round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Virginia International Raceway.

Despite predictions of rain, the session stayed dry. Pilet surged to the top of the times in his #911 911 RSR with 13 minutes remaining, lapping in 1m41.234s to topple Antonio Garcia’s Corvette C7.R from the top spot.

Earl Bamber was third quickest in the #912 Porsche, a tenth of a second off the pacesetting sister car. Richard Westbrook was the quickest Ford, just 0.006s behind Bamber in the #67 GT in fourth.

Jesse Krohn was fifth fastest in the first of the RLL-run BMW M8s, ahead of Dirk Muller (Ford), Tommy Milner (Corvette) and Tom Blomqvist’s BMW.

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In GT Daytona, Jack Hawksworth set the pace in the AIM-Vasser Sullivan Lexus, ahead of Robby Foley in the #96 Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 and Bryan Sellers in the #48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3.

The session was briefly interrupted near the end when Andy Lally’s Magnus Racing Lamborghini suffered a major technical issue.

Earlier, Katherine Legge had a big moment in the #57 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 early on due to a suspension problem, but didn’t hit anything and the car was repaired in time for her new teammate, Alice Powell, to get out on track at the end of the session.

Session results:

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	30	1'41.234
2	Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia	Corvette C7.R	31	1'41.324	0.090
3	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	31	1'41.337	0.103
4	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Ford GT	26	1'41.343	0.109
5	Jesse Krohn John Edwards	BMW M8 GTE	27	1'41.574	0.340
6	Joey Hand Dirk Muller	Ford GT	23	1'41.674	0.440
7	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Corvette C7.R	32	1'41.946	0.712
8	Tom Blomqvist Connor de Phillippi	BMW M8 GTE	27	1'42.252	1.018
9	Richard Heistand Jack Hawksworth	Lexus RC F GT3	25	1'43.783	2.549
10	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	BMW M6 GT3	29	1'43.944	2.710
11	Bryan Sellers Corey Lewis	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	25	1'44.273	3.039
12	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GT3	28	1'44.344	3.110
13	Paul Holton Matt Plumb	McLaren 720S GT3	19	1'44.415	3.181
14	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen	Mercedes-AMG GT3	22	1'44.533	3.299
15	Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach	Mercedes-AMG	26	1'44.537	3.303
16	Patrick Lindsey Patrick Long	Porsche 911 GT3 R	25	1'44.660	3.426
17	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell	Lexus RC F GT3	25	1'44.953	3.719
18	Scott Hargrove Zacharie Robichon	Porsche 911 GT3 R	24	1'44.989	3.755
19	Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman	Acura NSX GT3	22	1'45.138	3.904
20	Katherine Legge Alice Powell	Acura NSX GT3	14	1'45.449	4.215
21	John Potter Andy Lally	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	21	1'45.507	4.273
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