IMSA: Bourdais tops 2nd Petit Le Mans practice for Cadillac

Sebastien Bourdais reeled off a 1:09.040 in the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. to beat Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist to the top in the 2nd practice for Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.

Blomqvist was 0.302 seconds behind in the No. 60 Acura ARX-05, while Kamui Kobayashi took third ahead of JDC-Miller Motorsports’ Tristan Vautier.

Pipo Derani rounded out the top five in the No. 31 Action Express Cadillac.

LMP2 was topped by the No. 18 Era Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson of Ryan Dalziel, while the No. 74 Riley Motorsports Ligier JS P320 Nissan led LMP3 in the hands of Kay van Berlo.

A late flyer put the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Ben Barnicoat on top of the No. 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 of Jesse Krohn.

Richard Heistand led GTD with a best lap of 1:19.853 in the No. 14 Lexus.

Practice 2 Results

Pos

Pic

No.

Class

Drivers

Team

Car

Time

Behind

1

1

01

DPi

  1. van der Zande / S. Bourdais

  2. Dixon

Cadillac Racing

Cadillac DPi

1:09.040

+0.000s

2

2

60

DPi

O. Jarvis / T. Blomqvist

H. Castroneves

Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian

Acura DPi

1:09.342

+0.302

3

3

48

DPi

M. Rockenfeller / K. Kobayashi

J. Johnson

Ally Cadillac

Cadillac DPi

1:09.425

+0.385

4

4

5

DPi

T. Vautier / R. Westbrook

L. Duval

JDC Miller MotorSports

Cadillac DPi

1:09.438

+0.398

5

5

31

DPi

O. Pla / P. Derani / M. Conway

Whelen Engineering Racing

Cadillac DPi

1:09.772

+0.732

6

6

10

DPi

R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque

B. Hartley

Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05

Acura DPi

1:09.858

+0.818

7

7

02

DPi

E. Bamber / A. Lynn

R. Hunter-Reay

Cadillac Racing

Cadillac DPi

1:10.307

+1.267

8

1

18

LMP2

D. Merriman / R. Dalziel

C. Rasmussen

Era Motorsport

ORECA LMP2 07

1:11.656

+2.616

9

2

81

LMP2

H. Hedman / J. Montoya

S. Montoya

DragonSpeed USA

ORECA LMP2 07

1:11.987

+2.947

10

3

20

LMP2

D. Andersen / A. Fjordbach

F. Scherer

High Class Racing

ORECA LMP2 07

1:11.991

+2.951

11

4

8

LMP2

J. Farano / L. Deletraz

R. Pinto de Andrade

Tower Motorsport

ORECA LMP2 07

1:12.132

+3.092

12

5

11

LMP2

  1. Thomas / J. Pierson

  2. Nunez

PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports

ORECA LMP2 07

1:12.254

+3.214

13

6

52

LMP2

B. Keating / M. Jensen

S. Huffaker

PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports

ORECA LMP2 07

1:14.894

+5.854

14

1

74

LMP3

G. Robinson / F. Fraga

K. van Berlo

Riley Motorsports

Ligier JS P320

1:15.569

+6.529

15

2

36

LMP3

J. Andretti / G. Chaves

J. Burdon

Andretti Autosport

Ligier JS P320

1:15.798

+6.758

16

3

30

LMP3

A. Balogh / G. Grist / N. Siegel

Jr III Racing

Ligier JS P320

1:16.260

+7.220

17

4

13

LMP3

O. Fidani / M. Bell / L. Kern

AWA

Duqueine D08

1:16.321

+7.281

18

5

33

LMP3

J. Barbosa / M. Jakobsen

N. Pino

Sean Creech Motorsport

Ligier JS P320

1:16.560

+7.520

19

6

38

LMP3

D. Goldburg / C. Shields

T. Maxson

Performance Tech Motorsports

Ligier JS P320

1:17.445

+8.405

20

7

76

LMP3

A. Mantella / K. Marcelli

J. Sarchet

AWA

Duqueine D08

1:17.793

+8.753

21

8

54

LMP3

J. Bennett / C. Braun / G. Kurtz

CORE Autosport

Ligier JS P320

1:18.107

+9.067

22

1

14

GTDPRO

  1. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat

  2. Kirkwood

VasserSullivan

Lexus RC F GT3

1:18.912

+9.872

23

2

25

GTDPRO

C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards

J. Krohn

BMW M Team RLL

BMW M4 GT3

1:19.557

+10.517

24

3

3

GTDPRO

A. Garcia / J. Taylor

N. Catsburg

Corvette Racing

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD

1:19.718

+10.678

25

1

12

GTD

F. Montecalvo / A. Telitz

R. Heistand

VasserSullivan

Lexus RC F GT3

1:19.853

+10.813

26

2

1

GTD

B. Sellers / M. Snow

E. Johansson

Paul Miller Racing

BMW M4 GT3

1:19.859

+10.819

27

4

62

GTDPRO

D. Serra / D. Rigon / J. Calado

Risi Competizione

Ferrari 488 GT3

1:20.038

+10.998

28

5

23

GTDPRO

R. Gunn / A. Riberas

T. Gamble

Heart of Racing Team

Aston Martin Vantage GT3

1:20.078

+11.038

29

6

9

GTDPRO

M. Campbell / M. Jaminet

F. Nasr

Pfaff Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3R

1:20.175

+11.135

30

3

57

GTD

R. Ward / P. Ellis / M. Dienst

Winward Racing

Mercedes-AMG GT3

1:20.189

+11.149

31

4

32

GTD

M. Skeen / S. McAleer

D. Mueller

Team Korthoff Motorsports

Mercedes-AMG GT3

1:20.204

+11.164

32

5

47

GTD

R. Lacorte / G. Sernagiotto

U. De Pauw

Cetilar Racing

Ferrari 488 GT3

1:20.269

+11.229

33

6

21

GTD

  1. Mann / L. Perez Companc

  2. Vilander

AF CORSE

Ferrari 488 GT3

1:20.292

+11.252

34

7

96

GTD

R. Foley / B. Auberlen

M. Dinan

Turner Motorsport

BMW M4 GT3

1:20.299

+11.259

35

8

16

GTD

R. Hardwick / Z. Robichon

J. Heylen

Wright Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3R

1:20.311

+11.271

36

7

79

GTDPRO

M. Buhk / M. Grenier / M. Goetz

WeatherTech Racing

Mercedes-AMG GT3

1:20.439

+11.399

37

9

70

GTD

B. Iribe / J. Pepper / S. Priaulx

inception racing

McLaren 720S GT3

1:20.659

+11.619

38

10

27

GTD

R. De Angelis / M. Martin

I. James

Heart of Racing Team

Aston Martin Vantage GT3

1:20.672

+11.632

39

11

39

GTD

R. Megennis / C. Lewis

J. Westphal

CarBahn with Peregrine Racing

Lamborghini Huracan GT3

1:20.675

+11.635

40

12

42

GTD

J. Conwright / M. Holzer

D. Yount

NTE/SSR

Lamborghini Huracan GT3

1:20.723

+11.683

41

13

66

GTD

K. Simpson / T. Bechtolsheimer

M. Farnbacher

Gradient Racing

Acura NSX GT3

1:20.785

+11.745

42

14

99

GTD

R. Ferriol / K. Legge / N. Boulle

Team Hardpoint

Porsche 911 GT3R

1:21.727

+12.687

43

15

44

GTD

J. Potter / A. Lally / S. Pumpelly

Magnus Racing

Aston Martin Vantage GT3