IMSA-EL3: Derani at the forefront

Published on 02/07/2016 à 18:19

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Luis Felipe Derani was the fastest in the final free practice session for the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen in IMSA Sportscar Championship. The Brazilian driver put his Ligier JS P2 – Honda – ESM in control of the session with a best lap completed in 1'35″484.

The young prodigy, winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring, beat the Mazda of Jonathan Bomarito by more than three tenths while Oswaldo Negri Jr lifted the Ligier JS P2 of Michael Shank Racing into third position overall and the Protos category at 465 thousandths of the reference time.

In PC, CORE Autosport made an appointment for qualifying with the best time going to Colin Braun in the No. 09 Oreca FLM54. Richard Westbrook places the No. 67 Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT in the lead in GTLM ahead of the No. 6 Team RLL BMW M25 of Dirk Werner and the Ferrari 488 du Risi Competizione, emmenée par le Finlandais Toni Vilander. La première Corvette C7.R de Tommy Milner prend la 6e place de la catégorie, alors que les Porsche 911 RSR sont plus en retrait, Nick Tandy hissant la n°911 en huitième position.

The best time in the GTD category went to the No. 8 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R9 LMS, entrusted to the Bell – Aschenbach duo.

Qualifying will begin at 21:40 p.m. French time.

Results Free practice 3

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