VIR IMSA: Porsche outpaces Corvette and BMW in practice

Laurens Vanthoor led a Porsche 1-2 in practice for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round at Virginia International Raceway.

Vanthoor outpaced 911 RSR-19 teammate Nick Tandy by 0.386s in the dry morning session at VIR, as the afternoon’s second period was wet.

Antonio Garcia led the Corvette challenge, lapping exactly a tenth off Tandy’s best time. Tommy Milner was 0.07s slower in the second C8.R, whose teammate Oliver Gavin topped the wet session, lapping almost seventh tenths faster than Vanthoor.

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Connor di Phillippi was fastest of the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-run BMWs, 0.065s faster than Jesse Krohn in the sister M8 GTE.

In GT Daytona, Jack Hawksworth was fastest for AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus, ahead of the Wright Motorsports Porsche of Patrick Long and Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini of Bryan Sellers.

Hawksworth’s teammate Aaron Telitz was also fastest in class in the wet session too, but only two GTD cars set a time.

Practice results:

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	912	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	1'41.550
2	911	Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	1'41.936	0.386
3	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'42.036	0.486
4	4	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'42.106	0.556
5	25	Bruno Spengler Connor de Phillippi	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'42.118	0.568
6	24	Jesse Krohn John Edwards	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'42.183	0.633
7	14	Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'45.264	3.714
8	16	Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'45.340	3.790
9	48	Madison Snow Bryan Sellers	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'45.412	3.862
10	63	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	1'45.517	3.967
11	96	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	1'45.607	4.057
12	74	Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'45.691	4.141
13	86	Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'45.705	4.155
14	30	Rob Ferriol Spencer Pumpelly	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1'45.780	4.230
15	57	Alvaro Parente Mikhail Goikhberg	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'45.889	4.339
16	12	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'45.962	4.412
17	76	Corey Fergus Paul Holton	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	1'46.075	4.525
18	22	Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'46.427	4.877
19	23	Roman De Angelis Ian James	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'46.959	5.409
20	44	Andy Lally John Potter	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	0.000
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