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VIR IMSA: Vanthoor tops first practice for Porsche
Porsche’s Laurens Vanthoor set the pace in the opening practice session for the GT-only round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Virginia International Raceway.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Aug 23, 2019, 11:58 PM
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The session was run in hot and dry conditions, but rain is predicted for this afternoon’s session.
The #912 Porsche had a grassy off in Vanthoor’s hands after a handful of laps. After a pitstop to clean it up he lapped in 1m41.529s, which he soon lowered to 1m41.296s to top the times.
“My first run felt pretty good, but obviously we still have a lot more homework to do,” said Vanthoor.
Nick Tandy made it a Porsche 1-2 in the sister #911 car, while the Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs of Ryan Briscoe and Dirk Muller were third and fourth respectively, ahead of the Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs of Jan Magnussen and Oliver Gavin.
The BMW M8s of John Edwards and Connor de Phillippi rounded out the GTLM runners.
In GT Daytona, the order was much more dynamic and top spot changed hands a number of times.
Jeroen Bleekemolen set the fastest time in his Riley Motorsports Mercedes AMG-GT3, a tenth clear of Patrick Long’s Park Place Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R.
There was trouble for the points-leading #86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3, which failed to join the session at the green light due to a technical issue. Once remedied, Mario Farnbacher lapped only ninth-fastest.
Session results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 912 Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor GTLM Porsche 911 RSR 1'41.296 2 911
Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy GTLM Porsche 911 RSR 1'41.435 0.139 3 67
Ryan Briscoe
Richard Westbrook GTLM Ford GT 1'41.478 0.182 4 66
Joey Hand
Dirk Muller GTLM Ford GT 1'41.626 0.330 5 3
Jan Magnussen
Antonio Garcia GTLM Corvette C7.R 1'41.662 0.366 6 4
Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner GTLM Corvette C7.R 1'41.878 0.582 7 24
Jesse Krohn
John Edwards GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'42.232 0.936 8 25
Tom Blomqvist
Connor de Phillippi GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'43.019 1.723 9 33
Ben Keating
Jeroen Bleekemolen GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'44.336 3.040 10 73
Patrick Lindsey
Patrick Long GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'44.677 3.381 11 44
John Potter
Andy Lally GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'44.733 3.437 12 14
Richard Heistand
Jack Hawksworth GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'44.778 3.482 13 63
Cooper MacNeil
Toni Vilander GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'44.835 3.539 14 48
Bryan Sellers
Corey Lewis GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'44.961 3.665 15 96
Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley GTD BMW M6 GT3 1'45.123 3.827 16 76
Paul Holton
Matt Plumb GTD McLaren 720S GT3 1'45.280 3.984 17 86
Mario Farnbacher
Trent Hindman GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'45.305 4.009 18 74
Gar Robinson
Lawson Aschenbach GTD Mercedes-AMG 1'45.370 4.074 19 57
Katherine Legge
Alice Powell GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'45.486 4.190 20 12
Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'45.741 4.445 21 9
Scott Hargrove
Zacharie Robichon GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'45.789 4.493 View full results
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