Vanthoor, driving the KCMG Porsche 911 GT3R, was locked in battle with Jaminet’s identical Pfaff Motorsport example during the final two hours of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener, the pair rarely running more than half a second apart .
Having led on the penultimate lap after depriving Jaminet of the lead, Vanthoor was then repassed by the Frenchman on the final tour and attempted to regain the lead as they approached the newly-renamed Le Mans Chicane.
The move failed to come off and the blue KCMG car – making a one-off appearance in IMSA – skated through the grass, rejoining the track sideways.
As Jaminet held on to win alongside Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr, Vanthoor also lost out on second place to the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488, having to settle for third in the car he shared with Patrick Pilet, Dennis Olsen and Alexandre Imperatori.
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