Bourdais dominates Thursday practices at Petit Le Mans

IMSA

Oct 13

Cadillac in GTP

Sebastien Bourdais with #01 Cadillac V-Series.R did dominate both day sessions. Almost all drivers did their best lap in the afternoon session (practice 2). Filipe Albuquerque was the fastest during the night session (practice 3) but more than 1.3 sec. slower than Bourdais’s Benchmark.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #01 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R during practice 2.

During the 15 last minutes of the afternoon session which were reserved to GTD PRO and GTP entries, most drivers were driving like a qualification session as the track was clear, with rubber down, low fuel load and fresh tires.

Bourdais was the only one to crack the 1:10 barrier twice during that window, notching a 1:09.671 during at the very end.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8.

Agusto Farfus was 0.432 sec. short to matching Bourdais, placing the #24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 he shares with Philipp Eng and Marco Wittmann second.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. Porsche 963 #7.

Felipe Nasr with Porsche 963 #7 he co-drives with Matt Campbell and Josef Newgarden rounded out the top 0.467 sec. slower than Bourdais’ benchmark.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-06.

Louis Deletraz with #10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-06 he shares with Felipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor was fourth overall, 0.489 sec. from the Benchamark.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #60 Acura ARX-06.

Tom Blomqvist with the second Acura ARX-06 was just 0.053 sec. behind Deletraz.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #25 BMW M Hybrid V8.

Connor De Philippi got his BMW M Hybrid V8 in P6 being 0.612 short.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R

Pipo Derani with #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R was seventh, 0.663 sec. slower.

Corvette in GTD PRO

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD.

Antonio Garcia posted the fastest lap in the GTD PRO class in the #3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD he will co-drive with Jordan Taylor and Tommy Milner.

Qualifying for the 26th Motul Petit Le Mans starts at 3:20 pm ET Friday.

Streams live on Peacock and IMSA.com at 3:15 p.m. ET Friday. The race kicks off on Peacock at 11:40 a.m. Saturday. USA Network joins the coverage at 6:30 p.m.