Derani places ESM on pole in Detroit

Luis Felipe Derani was the most effective in the final minutes of qualifyingIMSA in Detroit (Michigan), after an interruption in the session caused by the exit of Robert Alon in the No. 07 Oreca 85 of JDC-Miller Motorsports. The driver of the No. 22 Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports Nissan DPi, teammate of Johannes van Overbeek, completed a lap of the Belle Isle circuit in 1'22''273, more than seven tenths ahead of the Acura DPi n°6 of Juan Pablo Montoya, his closest pursuer.

The Team Penske prototypes are well placed since the second Acura DPi led by Helio Castroneves followed in third place in front of the first Cadillac DPi, the No. 5 from Action Express Racing entrusted to Joao Barbosa.

Misha Goikhberg managed to take the first LMP2 into the Top 5 at the wheel of the No. 07 JDC-Miller Motorsports Oreca 99. The Mazda DPi of Team Joest are behind, in 8th and 9th places.

In GTD, the second category represented this weekend, it was Bryan Sellers who was responsible for setting the new category record with a lap completed in 1'28''942 at the wheel of the No. 3 Lamborghini Huracan GT48 from Paul Miller Racing.