IMSA: Cadillacs top Detroit Friday Practice Times
Kevin Magnussen topped the time charts in the second and final IMSA Weathertech practice session of the day at Belle Isle, leading a Cadillac sweep of the top three positions ahead of qualifying for Saturday’s Chevrolet Sports Car Classic.
Magnussen, the former F1 driver, in the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R turned a quick lap of 1:20.068 as the checkered flag flew on the 90-minute session to edge out the No. 31 Action Express Racing entry of Pipo Derani by 0.158 seconds.
Practice 1 Times
| Pos | No. | Class | Team | Car | Driver 1 | Driver 2 | Time | Behind | Gap | ||
| 1 | 5 | DPi | Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller MotorSports | Cadillac DPi | Tristan | Vautier | Loic | Duval | 1:21.588 | +0.000s | +0.000s |
| 2 | 10 | DPi | Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 | Acura DPi | Ricky | Taylor | Filipe | Albuquerque | 1:21.684 | +0.096 | +0.096 |
| 3 | 01 | DPi | Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing | Cadillac DPi | Renger | van der Zande | Kevin | Magnussen | 1:21.775 | +0.187 | +0.091 |
| 4 | 31 | DPi | Whelen Engineering Racing | Cadillac DPi | Felipe | Nasr | Pipo | Derani | 1:21.893 | +0.305 | +0.118 |
| 5 | 55 | DPi | Mazda Motorsports | Mazda DPi | Oliver | Jarvis | Harry | Tincknell | 1:21.965 | +0.377 | +0.072 |
| 6 | 60 | DPi | Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian | Acura DPi | Dane | Cameron | Olivier | Pla | 1:22.603 | +1.015 | +0.638 |
| 7 | 4 | GTLM | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Tommy | Milner | Nick | Tandy | 1:28.980 | +7.392 | +6.377 |
| 8 | 3 | GTLM | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Antonio | Garcia | Jordan | Taylor | 1:29.207 | +7.619 | +0.227 |
| 9 | 76 | GTD | Compass Racing | Acura NSX GT3 | Jeff | Kingsley | Mario | Farnbacher | 1:30.932 | +9.344 | +1.725 |
| 10 | 39 | GTD | CarBahn with Peregrine Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | Richard | Heistand | Jeff | Westphal | 1:31.285 | +9.697 | +0.353 |
| 11 | 14 | GTD | Vasser Sullivan | Lexus RC F GT3 | Aaron | Telitz | Jack | Hawksworth | 1:31.359 | +9.771 | +0.074 |
| 12 | 1 | GTD | Paul Miller Racing | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | Bryan | Sellers | Madison | Snow | 1:31.561 | +9.973 | +0.202 |
| 13 | 96 | GTD | Turner Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | Bill | Auberlen | Robby | Foley | 1:31.675 | +10.087 | +0.114 |
| 14 | 88 | GTD | Team Hardpoint EBM | Porsche 911 GT3R | Rob | Ferriol | Katherine | Legge | 1:31.736 | +10.148 | +0.061 |
| 15 | 66 | GTD | Gradient Racing | Acura NSX GT3 | Till | Bechtolsheimer | Marc | Miller | 1:31.854 | +10.266 | +0.118 |
| 16 | 12 | GTD | Vasser Sullivan | Lexus RC F GT3 | Frankie | Montecalvo | Townsend | Bell | 1:31.903 | +10.315 | +0.049 |
| 17 | 28 | GTD | Alegra Motorsports | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Daniel | Morad | Michael | de Quesada | 1:31.906 | +10.318 | +0.003 |
| 18 | 75 | GTD | Sun Energy 1 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Kenny | Habul | Mikael | Grenier | 1:32.076 | +10.488 | +0.170 |
| 19 | 19 | GTD | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | Misha | Goikhberg | Marco | Mapelli | 1:32.213 | +10.625 | +0.137 |
| 20 | 23 | GTD | Heart Of Racing Team | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | Roman | De Angelis | Ross | Gunn | 1:32.231 | +10.643 | +0.018 |
Practice 2 Results
| Pos | No. | Class | Team | Car | Driver 1 | Driver 2 | Time | Behind | Gap | ||
| 1 | 01 | DPi | Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing | Cadillac DPi | Renger | van der Zande | Kevin | Magnussen | 1:20.068 | +0.000s | +0.000s |
| 2 | 31 | DPi | Whelen Engineering Racing | Cadillac DPi | Felipe | Nasr | Pipo | Derani | 1:20.226 | +0.158 | +0.158 |
| 3 | 5 | DPi | Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller MotorSports | Cadillac DPi | Tristan | Vautier | Loic | Duval | 1:20.281 | +0.213 | +0.055 |
| 4 | 55 | DPi | Mazda Motorsports | Mazda DPi | Oliver | Jarvis | Harry | Tincknell | 1:20.391 | +0.323 | +0.110 |
| 5 | 10 | DPi | Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 | Acura DPi | Ricky | Taylor | Filipe | Albuquerque | 1:20.722 | +0.654 | +0.331 |
| 6 | 60 | DPi | Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian | Acura DPi | Dane | Cameron | Olivier | Pla | 1:21.272 | +1.204 | +0.550 |
| 7 | 4 | GTLM | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Tommy | Milner | Nick | Tandy | 1:28.130 | +8.062 | +6.858 |
| 8 | 3 | GTLM | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Antonio | Garcia | Jordan | Taylor | 1:28.286 | +8.218 | +0.156 |
| 9 | 14 | GTD | Vasser Sullivan | Lexus RC F GT3 | Aaron | Telitz | Jack | Hawksworth | 1:30.495 | +10.427 | +2.209 |
| 10 | 39 | GTD | CarBahn with Peregrine Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | Richard | Heistand | Jeff | Westphal | 1:30.700 | +10.632 | +0.205 |
| 11 | 76 | GTD | Compass Racing | Acura NSX GT3 | Jeff | Kingsley | Mario | Farnbacher | 1:30.845 | +10.777 | +0.145 |
| 12 | 23 | GTD | Heart Of Racing Team | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | Roman | De Angelis | Ross | Gunn | 1:31.079 | +11.011 | +0.234 |
| 13 | 96 | GTD | Turner Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | Bill | Auberlen | Robby | Foley | 1:31.133 | +11.065 | +0.054 |
| 14 | 28 | GTD | Alegra Motorsports | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Daniel | Morad | Michael | de Quesada | 1:31.189 | +11.121 | +0.056 |
| 15 | 75 | GTD | Sun Energy 1 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Kenny | Habul | Mikael | Grenier | 1:31.218 | +11.150 | +0.029 |
| 16 | 12 | GTD | Vasser Sullivan | Lexus RC F GT3 | Frankie | Montecalvo | Townsend | Bell | 1:31.496 | +11.428 | +0.278 |
| 17 | 19 | GTD | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | Misha | Goikhberg | Marco | Mapelli | 1:31.538 | +11.470 | +0.042 |
| 18 | 88 | GTD | Team Hardpoint EBM | Porsche 911 GT3R | Rob | Ferriol | Katherine | Legge | 1:31.604 | +11.536 | +0.066 |
| 19 | 66 | GTD | Gradient Racing | Acura NSX GT3 | Till | Bechtolsheimer | Marc | Miller | 1:32.283 | +12.215 | +0.679 |