Acura and BMW secure poles at Road America

At the end of a session interrupted by the weather and the risk of storm when the GTDs passed, Acura and BMW won poles in the DPi and GTLM categories for the Road America meeting (Wisconsin).

Without much surprise, we find in pole position overall, the Acura ARX-05 n°6 – Acura Team Penske of the pair Cameron – Montoya, dominatrix since the weekend kicked off.

Cameron sets the benchmark lap in 1'48″715, 16 thousandths ahead of the second Acura ARX-05 n°7 ofHelio Castroneves. Oliver Jarvis (Mazda RT24-P n°77 – Mazda Team Joest) fails by two tenths and precedes his teammate Jonathan Bomarito (Mazda n°55).

Simon Trummer places the first No. 84 Cadillac DPi-VR – JDC-Miller in fifth position, more than a second ahead of Pipo Derani (No. 31 Cadillac DPi-VR – Action Express Racing). James French shows himself the best of LM P2 with the No. 07 Oreca 38 – Performance Tech Motorsports.

In GTLM, BMW and Team RLL therefore dominated the debates with the #8 M25 of Tom Blomqvist, best time in 2'00″344 (his first pole), more than three tenths ahead of the No. 7 Corvette C4.R of Oliver Gavin.

Jesse Krohn completes the good performance of the M8 GTLMs, with third place for the No. 24, four tenths behind his teammate. Followed by the two Ford GTs n°67 and n°66 – Chip Ganassi Racing of Ryan Briscoe and Dirk Müller.

Laurens Vanthoor places the best of Porsche 911 RSR, No. 912, in sixth place, just under seven tenths behind. There Mercedes-AMG GT3 n°93 – Ben Keating's Riley Motorsports takes pole in GTD, with a best time in the category in 2'05"520.

Note that the DPi/LM P2 session was neutralized under a red flag after the #07 Oreca 52 – PR1/Mathiasen went off the track.