IMSA: Derani tops opening Long Beach practice
#31 Whelen Cadillac driver Pipo Derani led the way in a red flag-filled opening practice session for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The Action Express Racing driver turned a lap of 1:27.387 to beat the No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac of Richard Westbrook by 0.942 seconds.
The session featured 4 red flags.
Tom Blomqvist in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 was third on the time charts, followed by Sebastien Bourdais in the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac.
Ricky Taylor completed the top-five in DPi in his Wayne Taylor Racing Acura DPi.
GTD was led by the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW of Bill Auberlen.
Auberlen’s time was four-tenths better than Marc Miller, who was second quickest in the No. 66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo22.
GTD Pro was led by The Heart of Racing’s Ross Gunn.
The Aston Martin factory driver set a best time of 1:20.401 to edge out the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Raffaele Marciello and Matthieu Jaminet’s Pfaff Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Practice 1 Results
* Italic: Fastest Lap Driver
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Pos |
No. |
Drivers |
Team |
Car |
Time |
Lap |
Total |
Gap |
Mph |
|
|
DPi |
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1 |
31 |
P. Derani / T. Nunez |
Whelen Engineering Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:12.387 |
25 |
26 |
+0.000 +0.000 |
97.873 |
|
|
2 |
5 |
T. Vautier / R. Westbrook |
JDC Miller MotorSports |
Cadillac DPi |
1:13.329 |
21 |
22 |
+0.942 +0.942 |
96.616 |
|
|
3 |
60 |
O. Jarvis / T. Blomqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian |
Acura DPi |
1:13.364 |
21 |
25 |
+0.977 +0.035 |
96.570 |
|
|
4 |
01 |
R. van der Zande / S. Bourdais |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:13.642 |
15 |
20 |
+1.255 +0.278 |
96.205 |
|
|
5 |
10 |
R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque |
Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 |
Acura DPi |
1:13.703 |
22 |
24 |
+1.316 +0.061 |
96.126 |
|
|
6 |
02 |
E. Bamber / A. Lynn |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
1:14.509 |
19 |
23 |
+2.122 +0.806 |
95.086 |
|
|
GTD PRO |
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|
1 |
23 |
R. Gunn / A. Riberas |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
1:20.401 |
6 |
24 |
+0.000 | +0.000 |
88.118 |
|
2 |
79 |
C. MacNeil / R. Marciello |
WeatherTech Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
1:20.448 |
16 |
27 |
+0.047 |
+0.047 |
88.066 |
|
3 |
9 |
M. Campbell / M. Jaminet |
Pfaff Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
1:20.459 |
8 |
25 |
+0.058 |
+0.011 |
88.054 |
|
4 |
14 |
J. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
1:20.628 |
18 |
21 |
+0.227 |
+0.169 |
87.870 |
|
5 |
3 |
A. Garcia / J. Taylor |
Corvette Racing |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD |
1:20.703 |
20 |
23 |
+0.302 |
+0.075 |
87.788 |
|
6 |
25 |
C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards |
BMW M Team RLL |
BMW M4 GT3 |
1:21.004 |
4 |
8 |
+0.603 |
+0.301 |
87.462 |
|
GTD |
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|
1 |
96 |
R. Foley / B. Auberlen |
Turner Motorsport |
BMW M4 GT3 |
1:19.891 |
7 |
25 |
+0.000 | +0.000 |
88.680 |
|
2 |
66 |
M. Farnbacher / M. Miller |
Gradient Racing |
Acura NSX GT3 |
1:20.296 |
6 |
27 |
+0.405 |
+0.405 |
88.233 |
|
3 |
12 |
F. Montecalvo / A. Telitz |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
1:20.373 |
21 |
25 |
+0.482 |
+0.077 |
88.149 |
|
4 |
57 |
R. Ward / P. Ellis |
Winward Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
1:20.519 |
8 |
26 |
+0.628 |
+0.146 |
87.989 |
|
5 |
70 |
B. Iribe / F. Schandorff |
inception racing |
McLaren 720S GT3 |
1:20.780 |
5 |
28 |
+0.889 |
+0.261 |
87.704 |
|
6 |
1 |
B. Sellers / M. Snow |
Paul Miller Racing |
BMW M4 GT3 |
1:20.825 |
19 |
23 |
+0.934 |
+0.045 |
87.656 |
|
7 |
32 |
M. Skeen / S. McAleer |
Team Korthoff Motorsports |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
1:20.985 |
22 |
26 |
+1.094 |
+0.160 |
87.482 |
|
8 |
99 |
R. Ferriol / K. Legge |
Team Hardpoint |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
1:21.025 |
5 |
25 |
+1.134 |
+0.040 |
87.439 |
|
9 |
39 |
R. Megennis / J. Westphal |
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
1:21.109 |
7 |
13 |
+1.218 |
+0.084 |
87.349 |
|
10 |
59 |
J. Miller / P. Holton |
Crucial Motorsports |
McLaren 720S GT3 |
1:21.307 |
7 |
23 |
+1.416 |
+0.198 |
87.136 |
|
11 |
27 |
R. De Angelis / M. Martin |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
1:21.442 |
4 |
26 |
+1.551 |
+0.135 |
86.991 |
|
12 |
51 |
R. Eversley / A. Read |
Rick Ware Racing |
Acura NSX GT3 |
1:21.522 |
5 |
24 |
+1.631 |
+0.080 |
86.906 |
|
13 |
16 |
R. Hardwick / J. Heylen |
Wright Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
1:21.564 |
7 |
26 |
+1.673 |
+0.042 |
86.861 |
|
14 |
34 |
K. Washington / J. Sofronas |
GMG Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
1:21.595 |
6 |
24 |
+1.704 |
+0.031 |
86.828 |
|
15 |
42 |
D. Yount / J. Conwright |
NTE/SSR |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
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