Petit Le Mans – EL1: Earl Bamber fastest for Cadillac

Earl Bamber placed Cadillac at the lead in Free Practice 1 at Petit Le Mans ahead of Helio Castroneves (Meyer Shank Racing) and Renger van der Zande (Cadillac).

Published on 29/09/2022 à 17:36

Valentin GLO

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Petit Le Mans – EL1: Earl Bamber fastest for Cadillac

Earl Bamber was the fastest in FP1 at Road Atlanta (Photo: © 2022 Jake Galstad)

Earl Bamber was the fastest in Petit's first Free Practice session Le Mans. On the Road Atlanta circuit (Georgia), the New Zealander set his best lap in 1:09.583 at the wheel of the No. 02 Cadillac DPi. He beat the Brazilian Helio Castroneves (Meyer Shank Racing no. 60) by 0.032 seconds and his Dutch teammate Renger van der Zande (Cadillac no. 01) by 0.536 seconds. 

In the LM P2 category, Louis Delétraz was the fastest in 1:11.320 with the No. 07 Tower Motorsport Oreca 8 ahead of Sebastian Montoya in the No. 81 from DragonSpeed ​​USA and Ryan Dalziel in the No. 18 Era Motorsport. XNUMX. 

In the LM P3 category, Colin Braun (Core Autosport no. 54) was ahead of Kay van Berlo (Riley Motorsports no. 74) and Garett Grist (Jr III Racing no. 30). 

Jack Hawksworth (VasserSullivan's #3 Lexus RC F GT15) beat Matt Campbell (Pfaff Motorsports' #9 Porsche) and Daniel Serra (Ferrari n°62 of Risi Competizione).

Bryan Sellers (No. 4 Paul Miller Racing BMW M3 GT1) beat Jaden Conwright (No. 3 NTE/SSR Lamborghini Huracan GT42) in GTD and Russell Ward (Mercedes AMG GT3 n°57 of Winward Racing) with a lap in 1:19.384.

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Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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