Detroit IMSA: Vautier puts JDC-Miller Cadillac on top in FP1
Tristan Vautier sent the Sebring-winning JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac to the top of the times in opening practice for tomorrow’s IMSA Detroit SportsCar Classic at Belle Isle.
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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