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IMSA: Bourdais tops practice 3 for 12 Hours of Sebring

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Sebastien Bourdais led a Cadillac 1-2-3 sweep in Thursday’s night practice session for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

The Frenchman turned a lap of 1:46.180 in his No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac to beat teammate Earl Bamber by 0.366 seconds.

Both Bamber and the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac of Pipo Derani made late-session improvements, as well as Tom Blomqvist, who ended up fourth in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.

LMP2 was led by the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson of Scott Huffaker.

Toni Vilander topped the GTD cars in the No. 21 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020.

#21 AF CORSE / Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

The Finn set a best lap of 2:00.962 to edge out the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 of Bill Auberlen by 0.446 seconds.

Practice 3 Results

Pos Pic No. Class Drivers* Team Car Time Behind Gap/Mph
1 1 01 DPi R. van der Zande / S. Bourdais/R. Hunter-Reay Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPi 1:46.180 0.000 0.000 126.803
2 2 02 DPi E. Bamber / A. Lynn / N. Jani Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPi 1:46.546 0.366 0.366 126.367
3 3 31 DPi P. Derani / T. Nunez/M. Conway Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi 1:46.793 0.613 0.247 126.075
4 4 60 DPi O. Jarvis / T. Blomqvist/S. Vandorne Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian Acura DPi 1:47.226 1.046 0.433 125.566
5 5 5 DPi T. Vautier / R. Westbrook/L. Duval JDC Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi 1:47.235 1.055 0.009 125.555
6 6 48 DPi M. Rockenfeller / K. Kobayashi/J. Lopez Ally Cadillac Cadillac DPi 1:47.462 1.282 0.227 125.290
7 7 10 DPi R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque/W. Stevens Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Acura DPi 1:47.598 1.418 0.136 125.132
8 1 52 LMP2 B. Keating / M. Jensen/S. Huffaker PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 1:48.842 2.662 1.244 123.701
9 2 29 LMP2 F. Van Eerd / G. van der Garde/D. Murry Racing Team Nederland ORECA LMP2 07 1:49.449 3.269 0.607 123.015
10 3 81 LMP2 H. Hedman / J. Montoya/S. Montoya DragonSpeed USA LLC ORECA LMP2 07 1:49.522 3.342 0.073 122.933
11 4 8 LMP2 J. Farano / L. Deletraz/R. Pinto de Andrade Tower Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07 1:49.830 3.650 0.308 122.589
12 5 18 LMP2 D. Merriman / K. Tilley/R. Dalziel Era Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07 1:50.332 4.152 0.502 122.031
13 6 11 LMP2 S. Thomas / J. Pierson/J. Bomarito PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 1:50.669 4.489 0.337 121.659
14 7 22 LMP2 J. McGuire / G. Smith/D. Tappy United Autosports ORECA LMP2 07 1:53.022 6.842 2.353 119.126
15 8 20 LMP2 D. Andersen / A. Fjordbach/F. Scherer High Class Racing ORECA LMP2 07 1:53.239 7.059 0.217 118.898
16 1 33 LMP3 J. Barbosa / M. Jakobsen/L. Willsey Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P320 1:56.878 10.698 3.639 115.196
17 2 74 LMP3 G. Robinson / F. Fraga/K. van Berlo Riley Motorsports Ligier JS P320 1:56.971 10.791 0.093 115.105
18 3 54 LMP3 J. Bennett / C. Braun / G. Kurtz CORE Autosport Ligier JS P320 1:57.836 11.656 0.865 114.260
19 4 38 LMP3 D. Goldburg / R. Lindh/C. Shields Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P320 1:58.067 11.887 0.231 114.036
20 5 7 LMP3 M. Kvamme / A. Mantella/M. Bell Forty7 Motorsports Duqueine D08 1:58.096 11.916 0.029 114.008
21 6 36 LMP3 J. Andretti / J. Burdon/G. Chaves Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320 1:58.519 12.339 0.423 113.601
22 7 30 LMP3 A. Balogh / G. Grist/D. Dickerson Jr III Racing Ligier JS P320 1:58.800 12.620 0.281 113.333
23 8 13 LMP3 O. Fidani / K. Wittmer / L. Kern AWA Duqueine D08 1:59.675 13.495 0.875 112.504
24 9 6 LMP3 A. Udell / H. Gottsacker/U. de Wilde Muehlner Motorsports America Duqueine D08 2:00.157 13.977 0.482 112.053
25 1 21 GTD Mann / L. Perez Companc/Vilander AF CORSE Ferrari 488 GT3 2:00.962 14.782 0.805 111.307
26 10 40 LMP3 M. Hanratty / T. Archer/J. Vance FastMD Racing Duqueine D08 2:01.036 14.856 0.074 111.239
27 2 96 GTD R. Foley / B. Auberlen/M. Dinan Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 2:01.408 15.228 0.372 110.898
28 3 1 GTD B. Sellers / M. Snow/E. Johansson Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 2:01.444 15.264 0.036 110.865
29 1 62 GTDPRO D. Serra / D. Rigon / E. Cheever Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GT3 2:01.569 15.389 0.125 110.751
30 4 16 GTD R. Hardwick / Z. Robichon/J. Heylen Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R 2:01.592 15.412 0.023 110.730
31 2 63 GTDPRO M. Mapelli / A. Caldarelli/M. Bortolotti TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2:01.604 15.424 0.012 110.719
32 3 24 GTDPRO P. Eng / M. Wittmann/N. Yelloly BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 2:01.655 15.475 0.051 110.673
33 4 25 GTDPRO C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards/A. Farfus BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 2:01.871 15.691 0.216 110.477
34 5 9 GTDPRO M. Campbell / M. Jaminet/F. Nasr Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R 2:01.879 15.699 0.008 110.469
35 6 93 GTDPRO A. Harrison-Henry / K. Marcelli/T. Long Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Acura NSX GT3 2:01.913 15.733 0.034 110.439
36 5 28 GTD M. de Quesada / D. Morad/M. Goetz Alegra Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:02.011 15.831 0.098 110.350
37 7 14 GTDPRO J. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat/A. Telitz VasserSullivan Lexus RC F GT3 2:02.029 15.849 0.018 110.334
38 6 66 GTD K. Simpson / T. Bechtolsheimer/M. Farnbacher Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 2:02.055 15.875 0.026 110.310
39 7 59 GTD J. Miller / P. Gallagher/P. Holton Crucial Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 2:02.098 15.918 0.043 110.271
40 8 47 GTD R. Lacorte / G. Sernagiotto/A. Fuoco Cetilar Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 2:02.136 15.956 0.038 110.237
41 9 12 GTD F. Montecalvo / S. Andrews/R. Heistand VasserSullivan Lexus RC F GT3 2:02.148 15.968 0.012 110.226
42 10 32 GTD M. Skeen / S. McAleer/D. Juncadella Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:02.200 16.020 0.052 110.179
43 11 70 GTD B. Iribe / O. Millroy / J. Pepper inception racing McLaren 720S GT3 2:02.206 16.026 0.006 110.174
44 8 23 GTDPRO R. Gunn / A. Riberas / M. Martin Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2:02.216 16.036 0.010 110.165
45 12 39 GTD R. Megennis / C. Lewis/J. Westphal CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2:02.342 16.162 0.126 110.051
46 9 79 GTDPRO C. MacNeil / J. Andlauer/A. Picariello WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 GT3R 2:02.651 16.471 0.309 109.774
47 10 3 GTDPRO A. Garcia / J. Taylor/N. Catsburg Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 2:02.690 16.510 0.039 109.739
48 13 44 GTD J. Potter / A. Lally / S. Pumpelly Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2:02.776 16.596 0.086 109.662
49 14 42 GTD D. Yount / J. Conwright/M. Llarena NTE/SSR Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2:03.132 16.952 0.356 109.345
50 15 99 GTD R. Ferriol / K. Legge / S. Wilson Team Hardpoint Porsche 911 GT3R 2:03.147 16.967 0.015 109.332
51 16 57 GTD R. Ward / P. Ellis / M. Dienst Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:03.472 17.292 0.325 109.044
52 17 27 GTD R. De Angelis / I. James/T. Gamble Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2:03.504 17.324 0.032 109.016
53 11 97 GTDPRO C. MacNeil / J. Gounon/M. Engel WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3  No Time  N/A  N/A