The 90-minute session began in dry conditions with an early Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 1-2, before Braun took the top spot in Meyer Shank Racing’s Daytona 24 Hours-winning ARX-06 with a lap of 1m33.563s.
Felipe Nasr was second quickest for the Porsche factory team in the #5 car, 1.2s off the pace but a tenth clear of Nick Tandy in the sister #6 entry.
Rain started to fall just before the one-third point of the session, sending the majority of the field into the pits. With more showers forecast across this weekend, there was plenty of scope for rain running among the bumper 57-car field.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Renger van der Zande just managed to squeeze in a time of 1m35.181s before the rain, ahead of the similar Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R of Jack Aitken.
The BMW M Hybrid V8s of Philipp Eng and Connor De Phillippi were next up but 2s off the pace.
The second Acura of Ricky Taylor (Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport) didn’t get a representative lap time in before the rain, and was classified 11th overall, with Mike Rockenfeller down in 15th in the final GTP entry, the JDC/Miller MotorSports Porsche.
Steven Thomas led the way in LMP2 for TDS Racing, half a second clear of Christian Rasmussen (Era Motorsport) and Ed Jones (High Class Racing).
IndyCar racer Devlin DeFrancesco suffered a quick spin in his Rick Ware Racing entry, but a far bigger crash befell John Falb, who shunted his #35 TDS car at Turn 6 that caused severe damage to its right-front corner and caused a red flag for recovery and barrier repairs.
Garett Grist (Jr III Racing) led the LMP3 field, just ahead of Gar Robinson’s Riley-run car.
BMW sets GTD pace, ahead of Porsche and Ferrari
In GTD, Bryan Sellers was the early pacesetter in Paul Miller Racing’s BMW M4, despite being given a drive-through penalty for repeated track limits infractions.
He lapped 0.066s ahead of Kay van Berlo in the #91 Kellymoss with Riley Porsche 911, who was on the right side of the same tenth as Pro class leader Davide Rigon (Risi Competitzione Ferrari 296) and Andy Lally (Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage).
The session ended when Luke Berkeley crashed the #42 Lamborghini in the closing seconds causing a second red flag.
Practice 2 starts at 8am ET tomorrow.
IMSA Watkins Glen - first practice results:
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 60 |
Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun |
GTP | Acura ARX-06 | 1'33.563 | |
2 | 7 |
Matt Campbell Felipe Nasr |
GTP | Porsche 963 | 1'34.792 | 1.229 |
3 | 6 |
Nick Tandy Mathieu Jaminet |
GTP | Porsche 963 | 1'34.863 | 1.300 |
4 | 01 |
Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande |
GTP | Cadillac V-Series.R | 1'35.181 | 1.618 |
5 | 31 |
Pipo Derani Alexander Sims Jack Aitken |
GTP | Cadillac V-Series.R | 1'35.254 | 1.691 |
6 | 24 |
Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus |
GTP | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 1'35.504 | 1.941 |
7 | 25 |
Connor de Phillippi Nick Yelloly |
GTP | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 1'35.672 | 2.109 |
8 | 11 |
Steven Thomas Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'36.066 | 2.503 |
9 | 18 |
Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel Christian Rasmussen |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'36.612 | 3.049 |
10 | 20 |
Dennis Andersen Ed Jones Anders Fjordbach |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'36.727 | 3.164 |
11 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Louis Deletraz |
GTP | Acura ARX-06 | 1'37.014 | 3.451 |
12 | 35 |
John Falb Giedo van der Garde Josh Pierson |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.220 | 3.657 |
13 | 52 |
Ben Keating Paul-Loup Chatin Alex Quinn |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.598 | 4.035 |
14 | 8 |
Salih Yoluc Kyffin Simpson Will Stevens |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.458 | 4.895 |
15 | 5 |
Tijmen van der Helm Mike Rockenfeller |
GTP | Porsche 963 | 1'38.722 | 5.159 |
16 | 04 |
George Kurtz Ben Hanley Nolan Siegel |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.816 | 5.253 |
17 | 51 |
Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Pietro Fittipaldi |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'39.674 | 6.111 |
18 | 88 |
Luis Perez Companc Lilou Wadoux Nicklas Nielsen |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'41.123 | 7.560 |
19 | 30 |
Ari Balogh Garett Grist Dakota Dickerson |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'41.139 | 7.576 |
20 | 74 |
Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Josh Burdon |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'41.249 | 7.686 |
21 | 85 |
Till Bechtolsheimer Daniel Goldburg Rasmus Lindh |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'41.685 | 8.122 |
22 | 17 |
Anthony Mantella Wayne Boyd Nicolás Varrone |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'41.768 | 8.205 |
23 | 36 |
Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves Glenn van |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'42.187 | 8.624 |
24 | 13 |
Orey Fidani Matthew Bell Lars Kern |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'42.335 | 8.772 |
25 | 38 |
Christopher Allen Connor Bloum Alex Kirby |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'42.878 | 9.315 |
26 | 54 |
Jason Rabe Andrew Pinkerton Stevan McAleer |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'43.473 | 9.910 |
27 | 4 |
Seth Lucas Tonis Kasemets Trenton Estep |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'43.966 | 10.403 |
28 | 33 |
Joao Barbosa Nicolas Pino Lance Willsey |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'44.468 | 10.905 |
29 | 1 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'46.457 | 12.894 |
30 | 91 |
Alan Metni Kay van Berlo Jaxon Evans |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1'46.523 | 12.960 |
31 | 62 |
Daniel Serra Davide Rigon |
GTD PRO | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1'46.552 | 12.989 |
32 | 44 |
John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'46.564 | 13.001 |
33 | 95 |
Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull John Edwards |
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'46.606 | 13.043 |
34 | 23 |
Onofrio Triarsi Charles Scardina Alessio Rovera |
GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1'46.743 | 13.180 |
35 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Parker Thompson |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'46.858 | 13.295 |
36 | 47 |
Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco |
GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1'46.871 | 13.308 |
37 | 16 |
Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1'47.006 | 13.443 |
38 | 14 |
Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat |
GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'47.103 | 13.540 |
39 | 77 |
Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Maxwell Root |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1'47.137 | 13.574 |
40 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor |
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'47.166 | 13.603 |
41 | 79 |
Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon |
GTD PRO | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 1'47.434 | 13.871 |
42 | 27 |
Roman De Angelis Marco Sorensen Ian James |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'47.524 | 13.961 |
43 | 023 |
Ross Gunn Alex Riberas |
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'47.566 | 14.003 |
44 | 96 |
Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley Michael Dinan |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'47.661 | 14.098 |
45 | 32 |
Mike Skeen Mikael Grenier Kenton Koch |
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 1'47.758 | 14.195 |
46 | 9 |
Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet |
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1'47.761 | 14.198 |
47 | 70 |
Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy |
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 1'47.787 | 14.224 |
48 | 57 |
Russell Ward Raffaele Marciello Indy Dontje |
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 1'47.813 | 14.250 |
49 | 63 |
Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Lee Pepper |
GTD PRO | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 1'48.010 | 14.447 |
50 | 61 |
Simon Mann Miguel Molina Ulysse De Pauw |
GTD PRO | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1'48.121 | 14.558 |
51 | 92 |
David Brule Alec Udell Julien Andlauer |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1'48.161 | 14.598 |
52 | 93 |
Ashton Harrison Danny Formal Kyle Marcelli |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'48.508 | 14.945 |
53 | 80 |
PJ Hyett Seb Priaulx Gunnar Jeannette |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1'48.831 | 15.268 |
54 | 78 |
Mikhail Goikhberg Loris Spinelli Patrick Liddy |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 1'49.314 | 15.751 |
55 | 66 |
Sheena Monk Katherine Legge Marc Miller |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'49.488 | 15.925 |
56 | 83 |
Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 1'54.136 | 20.573 |
57 | 42 |
Jaden Conwright Luke Berkeley Rob Ferriol |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 2'06.573 | 33.010 |
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