Pipo Derani (AXR) leads EL1 at Mid-Ohio

Thanks to a lap of the Mid-Ohio circuit completed in 1'11"846, Pipo Derani took the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-VR to the lead in the first free practice session of the third round of the 'IMSA.

The Brazilian, who teams up with his compatriot Felipe Nasr, was ahead of the two Acura ARX-0s of Wayne Taylor Racing (Ricky Taylor-Filipe Albuquerque) and Meyer Shank Racing (Oliver Pla-Dane) by 375”0 and 655”05 respectively. Cameron).

Two Cadillac DPi-VRs complete the top 5, the n°01 of Chip Ganassi Racing (Renger van der Zande-Kevin Magnussen) and the No. 5 of JDC-Miller Motorsports (Tristan Vautier-Loïc duval).

The #320 Ligier JS P54 of Core Autosport (Jon Bennet-Colin Braun) and the #3 Lexus RC F GT14 of Vasser Sullivan (Aaron Telitz-Jack Hawksworth) were respectively the fastest in LM P3 and GTD.

Today, it's time for qualifying at 18:20 p.m. (French time, to follow live video on AUTOhebdo.fr) and the second free practice session, at 2:50 a.m. on the night of Saturday to Sunday.

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