Unlike WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, things are a little more equal between the Cadillacs and Acura in Mid-Ohio. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais was quickest overall in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice with a lap at 115.291 mph.
Practice No. 1
Friday (May 13) saw Wayne Taylor Racing pick right up from where they left off in California. After leading almost every on-track session at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Filipe Albuquerque was fastest overall in practice Friday with a lap at 113.170 mph.
Albuquerque’s lap was seven-hundredths of a second faster than Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian’s Tom Blomqvist. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Earl Bamber was the fastest of the Cadillacs in third, then Pipo Derani and Bourdais.
In LMP2, Era Motorsport’s Ryan Dalziel ended up on top with a lap at 110.629 mph, good for seventh overall. Dalziel’s lap was four-tenths of a second faster than PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports’ Jonathan Bomarito. Tower Motorsport’s Will Stevens, driving in place of Louis Deletraz, was third fastest, followed by Anders Fjordbach and Josh Pierson.
In LMP3, trouble struck early for Andretti Autosport. Jarett Andretti was forced to stop the No. 36 Ligier JS P320-Nissan with engine issues in the first 10 minutes. This resulted in a red flag. The Andretti No. 36 ended up being the only team to not set a time in the opening session.
CORE autosport’s Colin Braun ended up being fastest in class with a lap at 104.749 mph, 12th overall. Braun’s lap was nearly three-eighths of a second faster than JrIII Racing’s Garret Grist. Riley Motorsports’ Felipe Fraga was third fastest, then Sean Creech Motorsport’s Joao Barbosa and MLT Motorsports’ Dakota Dickerson.
Sean Creech Motorsports teammates Barbosa and Dr. Lance Willsey entered Mid-Ohio with the LMP3 points lead after winning at Sebring. However, this weekend is not starting so well. After Barbosa timed in fourth quickest, Willsey…
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