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Albuquerque tops wet night practice in WTR Acura

Albuquerque tops wet night practice for WTR Acura

The cold and wet conditions meant that most teams limited their running during the 105-minute session ahead, which is expected to be dry.

Albuquerque set the quickest time at the wheel of the #10 WTR Acura of 1m48.730s 38 minutes from the end of the session, going 0.733s quicker than the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R driven by reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou.

Tom Blomqvist had put the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura on top early on, but the Anglo-Swedish driver’s effort of 1m49.583s still proved good enough for third place.

Fourth overall was the best of the LMP2 runners, with Formula 2 veteran Luca Ghiotto leaving it late to post the quickest time in the class of 1m49.597s aboard the #69 G-Drive Racing by APR ORECA.

That was enough to beat the Tower Motorsport ORECA of Rui Andrade by over two seconds, while IndyCar ace Patricio O’Ward was third in class aboard the #81 DragonSpeed entry that had gone fastest in FP1.

Best of the remaining DPi runners was the #5…

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