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IMSA – Vautier offers pole to Cadillac at Sebring
If we were waiting for the Acura ARX-05s from Team Penske, Tristan Vautier got everyone in agreement by completing a lap of the Florida track in 1'47"432. The Frenchman, who shares the wheel of the No. 90 Cadillac DPi-VR with Eddie Cheever III and Matt McMurry, therefore takes his second pole position in a row at Sebring, having achieved a similar performance last year in GTD. . The No. 90 car entered by Spirit of Daytona missed FP2 yesterday following an engine change.
Tomorrow, the Grenoblois will start in front of another Frenchman, since Olivier Pla, at the wheel of the No. 2 Nissan Onroak, only conceded 0 to his compatriot. Followed by the No. 1 Acura ARX-05 of Ricky Taylor (+7 »0), the No. 341 Nissan Onroak DPi of Pipo Derani (+22 »0) and the No. 402 Cadillac DPi-VR of Felipe Nasr. The first No. 5 Mazda RT24-P of René Rast is seventh, 77” behind the reference mark.
Another lesson to note is that the top ten, grouped in the same second, is monopolized by the ten DPi in the running. All LM P2s are more than a second behind.
Has BMW hidden its game in GTLM? Still, Connor de Phillippi gave the M8 GTLM its first pole position in 1'55"839. The teammate of Alexander Sims and Bill Auberlen was ahead of the Ferrari 488 GTE du Risi Competizione emmenée pour l’occasion par James Calado, alors que la seconde BMW complète le tiercé de tête. Suivent les deux Ford GT, la Porsche 911 RSR de Bruni-Bamber-Vanthoor. La meilleure des Corvette C7.R, la n°3 de Garcia-Magnussen-Rockenfeller is seventh in his class, at 0”7.
The GTD category was dominated by Daniel Serra. Engaged in the No. 488 Spirit of Race Ferrari 3 GT51 alongside Paul Dalla, Pedro Lamy and Mathias Lauda, the Brazilian completed a lap in 1'58"710. He beat the No. 8 Audi R3 LMS GT29 fielded by Land Motorsport for Mies-Van der Linde-Picariello and the No. 3 Lexus RC F GT15 driven by Jack Hawksworth-Heinemeier Hansson-Rayhall.
The start of the race will be given tomorrow at 15:40 p.m. local time.
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