Nato and Derani lead Nissan 1-2 in night practice at Road Atlanta
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| Nato in the #2 Nissan |
Norman Nato led the way in night practice for Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans, leading a 1-2 for Tequila Patron ESM.
The Frenchman, in his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut, reeled off a 1:11.457 in the No. 2 Nissan Onroak DPi late in the 90-minute session to edge out teammate Pipo Derani by 0.090 seconds.
The No. 7 Team Penske Acura ARX-05 of Ricky Taylor was third quickest, followed by Filipe Albuquerque in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R in fourth.
Tommy Milner led a Corvette 1-2 in GTLM, while the No. 71 P1 Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Brazilian stock car ace Felipe Fraga was quickest in GTD.
Practice 3 Results
| Pos | Class | PiC | Driver | No./Make | Time | Behind |
| 1 | DPI | 1 | Norman Nato | #2 NISSAN | 1:11.457 | –.— |
| 2 | DPI | 2 | Pipo Derani | #22 NISSAN | 1:11.547 | 0.090 |
| 3 | DPI | 3 | Ricky Taylor | #7 ACURA | 1:11.663 | 0.206 |
| 4 | DPI | 4 | Tristan Vautier | #5 CADILLAC | 1:11.708 | 0.251 |
| 5 | DPI | 5 | Jonathan Bomarito | #55 MAZDA | 1:11.711 | 0.254 |
| 6 | DPI | 6 | Oliver Jarvis | #77 MAZDA | 1:12.053 | 0.596 |
| 7 | LMP2 | 7 | Jose Gutierrez | #52 ORECA | 1:12.109 | 0.652 |
| 8 | DPI | 8 | Jordan Taylor | #10 CADILLAC | 1:12.115 | 0.658 |
| 9 | DPI | 9 | Dane Cameron | #6 ACURA | 1:12.166 | 0.709 |
| 10 | LMP2 | 10 | Colin Braun | #54 ORECA | 1:12.350 | 0.893 |
| 11 | DPI | 11 | Felipe Nasr | #31 CADILLAC | 1:12.543 | 1.086 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 12 | Simon Trummer | #85 ORECA | 1:12.656 | 1.199 |
| 13 | LMP2 | 13 | Stephen Simpson | #99 ORECA | 1:12.951 | 1.494 |
| 14 | LMP2 | 14 | Nicholas Boulle | #38 ORECA | 1:14.137 | 2.680 |
| 15 | GTLM | 1 | Tommy Milner | #4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7 | 1:17.847 | 6.390 |
| 16 | GTLM | 2 | Antonio Garcia | #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7 | 1:17.944 | 6.487 |
| 17 | GTLM | 3 | Ryan Briscoe | #67 FORD GTM | 1:18.128 | 6.671 |
| 18 | GTLM | 4 | Alexander Sims | #25 BMW M8 GTEM | 1:18.186 | 6.729 |
| 19 | GTLM | 5 | Dirk Mueller | #66 FORD GTM | 1:18.232 | 6.775 |
| 20 | GTLM | 6 | Laurens Vanthoor | #912 PORSCHE 911 RSRM | 1:18.359 | 6.902 |
| 21 | GTLM | 7 | Jesse Krohn | #24 BMW M8 GTEM | 1:18.546 | 7.089 |
| 22 | GTLM | 8 | Miguel Molina | #62 FERRARI 488 GTEM | 1:18.670 | 7.213 |
| 23 | GTLM | 9 | Nick Tandy | #911 PORSCHE 911 RSRM | 1:18.699 | 7.242 |
| 24 | GTD | 1 | Felipe Fraga | #71 MERCEDES-AMG GT3C | 1:20.452 | 8.995 |
| 25 | GTD | 2 | Daniel Morad | #29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C | 1:20.558 | 9.101 |
| 26 | GTD | 3 | Kyle Marcelli | #14 LEXUS RC F GT3C | 1:20.654 | 9.197 |
| 27 | GTD | 4 | Daniel Serra | #63 FERRARI 488 GT3C | 1:20.745 | 9.288 |
| 28 | GTD | 5 | Wolf Henzler | #73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC | 1:20.751 | 9.294 |
| 29 | GTD | 6 | Markus Palttala | #96 BMW M6 GT3C | 1:20.826 | 9.369 |
| 30 | GTD | 7 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | #33 MERCEDES-AMG GT3C | 1:21.099 | 9.642 |
| 31 | GTD | 8 | Robert Renauer | #58 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC | 1:21.195 | 9.738 |
| 32 | GTD | 9 | Alvaro Parente | #86 ACURA NSX GT3C | 1:21.214 | 9.757 |
| 33 | GTD | 10 | Andrew Davis | #44 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C | 1:21.316 | 9.859 |
| 34 | GTD | 11 | Jack Hawksworth | #15 LEXUS RC F GT3C | 1:21.337 | 9.880 |
| 35 | GTD | 12 | Mario Farnbacher | #93 ACURA NSX GT3C | 1:21.401 | 9.944 |
| 36 | GTD | 13 | Townsend Bell | #64 FERRARI 488 GT3C | 1:21.581 | 10.124 |
| 37 | GTD | 14 | Madison Snow | #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN | 1:21.711 | 10.254 |