12H Sebring: Van der Zande tops Thursday Practice

Renger van der Zande put the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R to the top of the time sheets in the second practice session of the weekend at Sebring International Raceway.

Van der Zande put up a lap late at 1m47.478s to edge out the No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac of Sebastien Bourdais by 0.167 seconds.

It led a Cadillac 1-2-3 sweep, with Pipo Derani third in the No. 31 Action Express Racing entry.

#912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR – 19, GTLM: Laurens Vanthoor, Earl Bamber

Porsche was 1-2 run in GT Le Mans, with the No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Laurens Vanthoor outpacing teammate Fred Makowiecki, with Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia third in the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R.

GT Daytona was led by a pair of Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evos, with Steijn Schothorst recording a 2:02.352 lap time in the No. 11 Grasser Racing Team entry.

Thursday Fast Times

POS NO. CL TEAM CAR Drivers TIME BEHIND GAP
1 10 DPi Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac DPi Renger van der Zande/Ryan Briscoe/Scott Dixon 1:47.478 +0.000s +0.000s
2 5 DPi Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller Cadillac DPi Tristan Vautier/Sebastien Bourdais/Loic Duval 1:47.645 +0.167 +0.167
3 31 DPi Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi Felipe Nasr/Pipo Derani/Gabby Chaves 1:48.241 +0.763 +0.596
4 77 DPi Mazda Motorsports Mazda DPi Oliver Jarvis/Tristan Nunez/Olivier Pla 1:48.335 +0.857 +0.094
5 7 DPi ACURA TEAM PENSKE Acura DPi Helio Castroneves/Ricky Taylor/Alexander Rossi 1:48.458 +0.980 +0.123
6 6 DPi ACURA TEAM PENSKE Acura DPi Juan Pablo Montoya/Dane Cameron/Simon Pagenaud 1:48.857 +1.379 +0.399
7 55 DPi Mazda Motorsports Mazda DPi Jonathan Bomarito/Harry Tincknell/Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:49.055 +1.577 +0.198
8 85 DPi JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi Stephen Simpson/Matheus Leist/Scott Andrews 1:49.178 +1.700 +0.123
9 8 LMP2 Tower Motorsport by Starworks ORECA LMP2 07 John Farano/Mikkel Jensen/David Heinemeier Hansson 1:51.667 +4.189 +2.489
10 52 LMP2 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 Patrick Kelly/Simon Trummer/Scott Huffaker 1:51.931 +4.453 +0.264
11 51 LMP2 Inter Europol Competition ORECA LMP2 07 Jakub Smiechowski/Naveen Rao/Matthew Bell 1:52.951 +5.473 +1.020
12 38 LMP2 Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 Don Yount/Patrick Byrne/Guy Cosmo 1:56.253 +8.775 +3.302
13 912 GTLM Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR – 19 Earl Bamber/Laurens Vanthoor/Neel Jani 1:57.975 +10.497 +1.722
14 911 GTLM Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR – 19 Nick Tandy/Fred Makowiecki/Earl Bamber 1:58.172 +10.694 +0.197
15 3 GTLM Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor/Nicky Catsburg 1:58.444 +10.966 +0.272
16 24 GTLM BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE Jesse Krohn/John Edwards/Augusto Farfus 1:58.606 +11.128 +0.162
17 25 GTLM BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE Bruno Spengler/Connor De Phillippi/Colton Herta 1:59.143 +11.665 +0.537
18 4 GTLM Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Marcel Fassler 1:59.544 +12.066 +0.401
19 11 GTD GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Richard Heistand/Steijn Schothorst/Franck Perera 2:02.352 +14.874 +2.808
20 48 GTD Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Bryan Sellers/Madison Snow/Corey Lewis 2:02.450 +14.972 +0.098
21 16 GTD Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R Ryan Hardwick/Patrick Long/Jan Heylen 2:02.478 +15.000 +0.028
22 14 GTD AIM VASSER SULLIVAN Lexus RC F GT3 Aaron Telitz/Jack Hawksworth/Kyle Kirkwood 2:02.591 +15.113 +0.113
23 12 GTD AIM VASSER SULLIVAN Lexus RC F GT3 Frankie Montecalvo/Townsend Bell/Michael De Quesada 2:02.957 +15.479 +0.366
24 86 GTD Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Acura NSX GT3 Mario Farnbacher/Matt McMurry/Shinya Michimi 2:03.065 +15.587 +0.108
25 96 GTD Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 Robby Foley/Dillon Machavern 2:03.235 +15.757 +0.170
26 23 GTD Heart Of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Ian James/Roman De Angelis/Darren Turner 2:03.284 +15.806 +0.049
27 74 GTD Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Gar Robinson/Lawson Aschenbach/Marc Miller 2:03.321 +15.843 +0.037
28 63 GTD Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 Cooper MacNeil/Alessandro Balzan/Jeff Westphal 2:03.374 +15.896 +0.053
29 44 GTD GRT Magnus Lamborghini Huracan GT3 John Potter/Andy Lally/Spencer Pumpelly 2:03.666 +16.188 +0.292
30 57 GTD Heinricher Racing w/MSR Curb-Agajanian Acura NSX GT3 Joey Hand/Misha Goikhberg/Trent Hindman 2:03.811 +16.333 +0.145
31 30 GTD Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS GT3 Rob Ferriol/Andrew Davis/Pierre Kaffer 2:04.536 +17.058 +0.725