EL1 – Penske already in the top 3

Published on 05/10/2017 à 18:23

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Winner of the penultimate round of the season, at Laguna Seca, VisitFlorida Racing confirms its current good intentions, since the Ligier JS P217 n°90 signed, in 1'12"660, the best time of the first free practices of the 20th edition of Le Petit Le Mans. A performance to be credited to Ranger van der Zande, who shares the wheel with Marc Goossens and Jonathan Bomarito.

In second place, at 0, we find the No. 033 Cadillac of Wayne Taylor Racing, which is ahead of the No. 10 Oreca 07 of Team Penske, which is 6 behind the reference mark. As a reminder, the latter is entrusted to the trio Helio Castroneves-Juan Pablo Montoya-simon pagenaud. The top five is completed by two other Oreca 07s, namely those entered by JDC-Miller Racing and Rebellion Racing.

En GTLM, la BMW n°24 n’a pas roulé. Mais les huit autres autos inscrites dans la catégorie sont regroupées en 0 »2 ! L’avantage va à la Porsche 911 RSR n°912 de Bruni-Vanthoor-Bamber, créditée d’un tour en 1’18 »320. Suivent les deux Corvette C7.R, la Ferrari 488 GTE n°62 from Risi Competizione, the two Fords, the first BMW and the second 911 RSR.

The #3 Lamborghini Huracan GT16 of Mul-Sandberg-Lewis was the fastest of the GTDs ahead of the Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS and the #3 Acura NSX GT93 of Legge-Lally-Wiggins.

The second free practice session will be held at 21:15 p.m. French time.

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