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Nasr tops opening 12 Hours of Sebring practice

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Felipe Nasr (shown above) set the quickest time in opening practice for this weekend’s 12 Hours of Sebring.

Nasr posted a 01m46.212s lap driving the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-VR, which was 0.407s quicker than Renger van der Zande in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac.

Van der Zande outpaced the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 of Dane Cameron by 0.306s, while the top five was completed by Tristan Vautier in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac and Ricky Taylor in the Daytona-winning #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05.

Mikkel Jensen topped LMP2 for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, with Sebring veteran Guy Smith second for United Autosports ahead of WIN Autosport in third place.

In GTLM Jordan Taylor’s #3 Corvette C8.R was fastest with a time of 01m56.715s

#3 Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R,  was fastest in GTLM with Jordan Taylor behind the wheel

Taylor’s best time was half a second clear of the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Mathieu Jaminet, with Tommy Milner third in the #4 Corvette ahead of the two Rahal BMWs.

Jeroen Bleekemolen topped LMP3 in the #91 Ligier JS P320 for Riley Motorsports, with George Kurtz second for CORE Autosport.

Finally, Bill Auberlen led the way in GTD, posting a best time of 02:00:456 in the #96 Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3.

Practice 1 Results

 

Pos No. Team Class Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Time Behind Gap
1 31 Whelen Engineering Racing DPi Cadillac DPi Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani 1:46.212 0.000s 0.000s
2 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing DPi Cadillac DPi Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon 1:46.619 +0.407 +0.407
3 60 Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian DPi Acura DPi Dane Cameron Olivier Pla Juan Pablo Montoya 1:46.925 +0.713 +0.306
4 5 Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller MotorSports DPi Cadillac DPi Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sebastien Bourdais 1:47.160 +0.948 +0.235
5 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 DPi Acura DPi Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi 1:47.446 +1.234 +0.286
6 48 Ally Cadillac Racing DPi Cadillac DPi Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud 1:47.599 +1.387 +0.153
7 55 Mazda Motorsports DPi Mazda DPi Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito 1:47.969 +1.757 +0.370
8 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker 1:49.920 +3.708 +1.951
9 22 United Autosports LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 James McGuire Wayne Boyd Guy Smith 1:50.745 +4.533 +0.825
10 11 WIN Autosport LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 Steven Thomas Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill 1:52.384 +6.172 +1.639
11 8 Tower Motorsport LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 John Farano Gabriel Aubry Tim Buret 1:52.486 +6.274 +0.102
12 18 Era Motorsport LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel 1:54.957 +8.745 +2.471
13 3 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nicky Catsburg 1:56.715 +10.503 +1.758
14 91 Riley Motorsports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Jim Cox Dylan Murry Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:56.917 +10.705 +0.202
15 54 Core Autosport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Jonathan Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun 1:56.992 +10.780 +0.075
16 83 WIN Autosport LMP3 Duqueine D08 Matthew Bell Rodrigo Sales Niklas Kruetten 1:57.057 +10.845 +0.065
17 74 Riley Motorsports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Gar Robinson Spencer Pigot Scott Andrews 1:57.151 +10.939 +0.094
18 79 WeatherTech Racing GTLM Porsche 911 RSR – 19 Cooper MacNeil Mathieu Jaminet Matt Campbell 1:57.274 +11.062 +0.123
19 33 Sean Creech Motorsport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Joao Barbosa Yann Clairay Lance Willsey 1:57.335 +11.123 +0.061
20 4 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims 1:57.577 +11.365 +0.242
21 25 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Bruno Spengler 1:57.710 +11.498 +0.133
22 38 Performance Tech Motorsports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Rasmus Lindh Dan Goldburg Mateo LLarena 1:58.122 +11.910 +0.412
23 24 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus 1:58.167 +11.955 +0.045
24 7 Forty7 Motorsports LMP3 Duqueine D08 Jim Norman Oliver Askew Austin McCusker 1:59.072 +12.860 +0.905
25 96 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read 2:00.456 +14.244 +1.384
26 14 Vasser Sullivan GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Aaron Telitz Jack Hawksworth Kyle Kirkwood 2:00.663 +14.451 +0.207
27 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Stephen Simpson Franck Perera Tim Zimmermann 2:00.966 +14.754 +0.303
28 99 Team Hardpoints EBM GTD Porsche 911 GT3R Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Trenton Estep 2:01.140 +14.928 +0.174
29 75 Sun Energy 1 GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Kenny Habul Maro Engel Mikael Grenier 2:01.158 +14.946 +0.018
30 16 Wright Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3R Patrick Long Trent Hindman Jan Heylen 2:01.240 +15.028 +0.082
31 1 Paul Miller Racing GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis 2:01.661 +15.449 +0.421
32 9 Pfaff Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3R Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern 2:01.735 +15.523 +0.074
33 28 Alegra Motorsports GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson 2:02.053 +15.841 +0.318
34 12 Vasser Sullivan GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Frankie Montecalvo Zach Veach Robert Megennis 2:02.094 +15.882 +0.041
35 44 Magnus with Archangel GTD Acura NSX GT3 John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly 2:02.889 +16.677 +0.795
36 23 Heart Of Racing Team GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Ian James Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn 2:02.940 +16.728 +0.051
37 88 Team Hardpoint EBM GTD Porsche 911 GT3R Christina Nielsen Katherine Legge Bia Figueiredo 2:03.881 +17.669 +0.941