IMSA Sebring: Derani keeps Cadillac top in FP2

Derani’s #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R lapped the bumpy 17-turn 3.74-mile course in 1min47.882sec, just over a quarter second faster than Bourdais in JDC-Miller’s #5 Mustang Sampling entry.

More interesting still was a 0.4sec margin over Helio Castroneves’ Acura Team Penske ARX-05 which was a further 0.3sec clear of the sister car of Juan Pablo Montoya.

Even the fastest Mazda, the car that dominated the second half of the Daytona round two weeks ago, was over a second off the pace in this second practice session at Sebring, and the two RT24-Ps were separated by the sole Wayne Taylor Racing entry and the second JDC-Miller car.

Gustavo Menezes in the DragonSpeed Oreca led LMP2, half a second up on Ryan Dalziel’s best for Tower Motorsport by Starworks, while PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports’ late addition Spencer Pigot was third.

A very late run saw Frederic Makowiecki usurp Porsche teammate Laurens Vanthoor for top spot in GT Le Mans by less than one-tenth of a second.

Oliver Gavin running them close to grab third in the #4 Corvette C8.R, ahead of Jordan Taylor in the sister car, with the BMW M8s in fifth and sixth.

Toni Vilander led GT Daytona for Scuderia Corsa, the Ferrari 488 GT3 lapping just under two-tenths quicker than Daytona winner Aaron Telitz in the AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3.

Gar Robinson set the best time in the Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 to take third, a hair quicker than Spencer Pumpelly’s Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS.

Qualifying for the Cadillac Grand Prix begins at 1.55pm local (Eastern) time, with the race start set for 5.35pm.

Practice two results:

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	31	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'46.940
2	5	Joao Barbosa Sébastien Bourdais	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'47.212	0.272
3	7	Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	DPi	Acura DPi	1'47.348	0.408
4	6	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	DPi	Acura DPi	1'47.648	0.708
5	77	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'48.054	1.114
6	10	Renger van der Zande Ryan Briscoe	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'48.121	1.181
7	85	Stephen Simpson Tristan Vautier	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'48.138	1.198
8	55	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'48.450	1.510
9	81	Henrik Hedman Gustavo Menezes	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'49.695	2.755
10	8	John Farano Ryan Dalziel	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'50.239	3.299
11	52	Patrick Kelly Spencer Pigot	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'51.297	4.357
12	38	Cameron Cassels Kyle Masson	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'52.028	5.088
13	18	Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'52.473	5.533
14	911	Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	1'56.754	9.814
15	912	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	1'56.841	9.901
16	4	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'57.010	10.070
17	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'57.350	10.410
18	24	Jesse Krohn John Edwards	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'57.744	10.804
19	25	Bruno Spengler Connor de Phillippi	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'57.903	10.963
20	63	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	2'02.358	15.418
21	14	Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	2'02.544	15.604
22	74	Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2'02.824	15.884
23	30	Rob Ferriol Spencer Pumpelly	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	2'02.832	15.892
24	22	Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	2'02.858	15.918
25	12	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	2'02.903	15.963
26	16	Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2'02.963	16.023
27	96	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	2'02.989	16.049
28	76	Corey Fergus Paul Holton	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	2'03.341	16.401
29	44	Andy Lally John Potter	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	2'03.621	16.681
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