Pfaff Motorsport driver Jaminet held off repeated challenges from fellow factory Porsche driver Vanthoor’s KCMG machine, which was making a one-off appearance in the IMSA SportsCar Championship season opener, to win alongside Matt Campbell and reigning IMSA Daytona Prototype international champion Felipe Nasr.
The pair were frequently side by side over the closing three hours and were initially able to stay clear of the chasing Risi Competizione Ferrari.
But contact on the final lap approaching the newly-renamed Le Mans Chicane caused both to get sideways, with a disconsolate Vanthoor spinning across the grass and dropping to second behind the Alessandro Pier Guidi-driven Ferrari.
“These last two hours have been maybe the most stressful of my life,” said Jaminet.
“What a crazy fight with Laurens. We all know how good he is, one of the best GT drivers out there in the world.
“We had a great fight. It was sometimes on the limit, maybe even over.
“In the end we took care,…
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