Petit Le Mans – ESM ends the 1st day in the lead

After VisitFlorida Racing in EL1 then Team Penske in EL2, it is the turn of Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports to climb to the top of the timesheet, on the Road Atlanta circuit (Georgia). Thanks to a time of 1'12"017 signed Brendon Hartley, the No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi finished the third session in the lead and credited with the absolute best time of this first day.

The car that the New Zealander shares with Scott Sharp and Ryan Dalziel this evening was 0 ahead of Action Express Racing's No. 310 Cadillac DPi-VR, driven by Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque. The top three is completed by the No. 5 Ligier JS P217 of VisitFlorida Racing entrusted to Marc Goossens, Ranger van der Zande and Jonathan Bomarito.

Derani-B’s No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi follows. Senna-Van Overbeek and the first Oreca 07, namely the n°13 of Rebellion Racong, which is 0 behind the reference mark. It precedes the No. 524 and No. 31 Cadillac DPi-VR as well as the No. 10 Oreca 07 of Team Penske, which has been very active since the start of the day.

Discrètes jusque-là, les BMW M6 ont pris le pouvoir en GTLM, la n°25 de Auberlen-Sims-Wittmer devançant, en 1’17 »818, la n°24 de Edwards-Catsburg-Tomczyk. La Corvette n°3 de Fässler-Gavin-Milner est troisième devant les deux Ford GT et la plus véloce des Porsche 911 RSR. La Ferrari 488 GTE n°62 from Risi Competizione is sixth in its class, but it is important to note that the nine cars entered are grouped in 0”6.

Finally, in GTD, Lexus took power thanks to the RCF GT3 n°15 of Hawksworth-Pruett-Cindric. But it only precedes the No. 0 Land Motorsport Audi R226 LMS of Mies-Van der Linde-De Philippi by only 8 seconds, which seems to be the most consistent at the front since this morning.

The serious things begin tomorrow Friday with qualifying, which will begin at 22:10 p.m. French time.