VIR IMSA: Estre stays top, Hawksworth’s Lexus leads GTD

As per this morning, Estre led GT Le Mans in the WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR although by a heavily reduced margin of 0.362sec. Nonethless, his lap of 1min40.838sec was highly impressive given that the opening moments of the session had seen sprinkles of rain and mist.

Tommy Milner in the #4 car led the Corvette C8.R challenge, about 0.11sec ahead of championship leader Jordan Taylor.

Jack Hawksworth in the #14 Lexus RC F of Vasser Sullivan Racing topped GT Daytona with a 1min44.968sec lap, some 0.086 and 0.185sec ahead of the two Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantages of Ross Gunn and Alex Riberas respectively.

Zach Veach was fourth in the second Lexus, a couple of tenths off his fellow ex-IndyCar teammate.

Bryan Sellers was fifth in class, the Paul Miller Racing team having overcome its electrical problems in the #1 Lamborghini Huracan from first practice to shade the two Porsche 911 GT3 Rs of Laurens Vanthoor (Pfaff Motorsports) and Trent Hindman (Wright Motorsports) by thousandths and hundredths respectively.

Jeff Westphal of Carbahn Peregrine lapped the course eighth fastest in the Audi R8 ahead of Mario Farnbacher in the Gradient Racing Acura NSX, as he stands in for the injured Marc Miller.

The Turner Motorsports BMW M6 completed only six laps, heading back to the paddock with a coolant leak, according to IMSA Radio.

Qualifying begins at 4.35pm local (Eastern) time.

Cla	Driver	Class	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	26	1'40.838
2	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	32	1'41.200	0.362
3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	33	1'41.313	0.475
4	Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	24	1'44.407	3.569
5	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	27	1'44.493	3.655
6	Ian James Alex Riberas	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	28	1'44.592	3.754
7	Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	28	1'44.613	3.775
8	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	26	1'44.648	3.810
9	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	29	1'44.655	3.817
10	Trent Hindman Patrick Long	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	26	1'44.711	3.873
11	Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	23	1'44.912	4.074
12	Till Bechtolsheimer Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	30	1'45.001	4.163
13	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	29	1'45.614	4.776
14	Mike Skeen Guy Cosmo	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	23	1'45.631	4.793
15	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	28	1'45.848	5.010
16	John Potter Andy Lally	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	24	1'45.929	5.091
17	Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	25	1'46.149	5.311
18	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	6	1'46.177	5.339
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