Detroit IMSA: Vautier puts JDC-Miller Cadillac on top in FP1

Vautier lapped the 2.35-mile course in 1min21.588sec to edge Ricky Taylor’s best effort in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 by just 0.096sec.

Impressively, former F1 driver Kevin Magnussen, new to this track, was less than 0.2sec off top spot in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac, and ahead of the similar car of Action Express Racing, driven by Pipo Derani.

Harry Tincknell’s last-gasp flyer in the Mazda RT24-P landed him fifth spot, 0.38sec from P1, but ahead of the Meyer Shank Racing Acura of Dane Cameron.

The two Corvette C8.Rs, who aren’t racing for points this weekend, finished the session 0.23sec apart, Nick Tandy ahead of Antonio Garcia.

In GT Daytona, Compass Racing’s Acura NSX finished up top, courtesy of a late scorcher by Mario Farnbacher, a 1min30.932 keeping him 0.35sec clear of the Carbahn Peregrine Audi R8 of Richard Heistand.

The Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F of Jack Hawksworth was third ahead of Bryan Sellers in the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan. However, the PMR Lambo was the cause of a late red flag when it came to a smoky halt at Turn 3 while Sellers’ co-driver Madison Snow was at the wheel.

The next session begins at 12 noon local (Eastern) time.

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	5	Tristan Vautier Loic Duval	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'21.588
2	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	DPi	Acura DPi	1'21.684	0.096
3	01	Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'21.775	0.187
4	31	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'21.893	0.305
5	55	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'21.965	0.377
6	60	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla	DPi	Acura DPi	1'22.603	1.015
7	4	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'28.980	7.392
8	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'29.207	7.619
9	76	Jeff Kingsley Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'30.932	9.344
10	39	Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1'31.285	9.697
11	14	Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'31.359	9.771
12	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'31.561	9.973
13	96	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	1'31.675	10.087
14	88	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'31.736	10.148
15	66	Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'31.854	10.266
16	12	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'31.903	10.315
17	28	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'31.906	10.318
18	75	Kenny Habul Mikael Grenier	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'32.076	10.488
19	19	Mikhail Goikhberg Marco Mapelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'32.213	10.625
20	23	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'32.231	10.643
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