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Mid-Ohio IMSA: Albuquerque fastest in opening practice

Albuquerque set the early bar at 1m12.008s in the 90-minute practice, before lowering his time to 1m11.828s in his Wayne Taylor Racing Acura. Tom Blomqvist rose to P2 in the Meyer Shank Racing ARX-05 with 1m11.904s, 0.076s off his pace.

Earl Bamber was the fastest of the Cadillacs for Chip Ganassi Racing, setting 1m12.330s – just over half a second away from the quickest time. Pipo Derani was next up for Action Express, leading fellow Caddy drivers Sebastien Bourdais (CGR) and Tristan Vautier (JDC-Miller).

A red flag in the final five minutes of the session halted any hopes of late improvements.

Ryan Dalziel (Era Motorsport) was fastest in LMP2, ahead of Jonathan Bomarito (PR1 Mathiasen) and ex-F1 racer Will Stevens, who’s in for a one-off with Tower Motorsports.

Colin Braun led LMP3 for CORE autosport.

In GTD, where there is no Pro class this weekend, Robby Foley set the pace in the Turner Motorsports BMW M4 on 1m21.220s.

Jack Hawksworth was second in the extra #17 Lexus RC F entry that he shares with Richard Heistand on 1m21.428s, ahead of Bryan Sellars (BMW) and Aaron Telitz (Lexus).

Cla Driver Class Chassis Time Gap
1 United States Ricky Taylor
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
DPi Acura DPi 1'11.828  
2 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
DPi Acura DPi 1'11.904 0.076
3 New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'12.330 0.502
4 Brazil Pipo Derani
United States Tristan Nunez
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'12.357 0.529
5 Netherlands Renger van der Zande
France Sébastien Bourdais
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'12.794 0.966
6 France Tristan Vautier
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'12.914 1.086
7 United States Dwight Merriman
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'13.478 1.650
8 United States Steven Thomas
United States Jonathan Bomarito
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'13.885 2.057
9 Canada John Farano
United Kingdom Will Stevens
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'14.465 2.637
10 Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'14.588 2.760
11 United States Josh Pierson
United States Patrick Kelly
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'14.876 3.048
12 United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'17.603 5.775
13 Sweden Henrik Hedman
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'17.957 6.129
14 United States Ari Balogh
Canada Garett Grist
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'17.968 6.140
15 United States Gar Robinson
Brazil Felipe Fraga
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'18.013 6.185
16 Portugal Joao Barbosa
United States Lance Willsey
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'18.228 6.400
17 United States Dakota Dickerson
Josh Sarchet
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'18.276 6.448
18 Daniel Goldburg
Sweden Rasmus Lindh
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'18.360 6.532
19 Canada Orey Fidani
Canada Kuno Wittmer
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'20.966 9.138
20 United States Robby Foley
United States Bill Auberlen
GTD BMW M4 GT3 1'21.220 9.392
21 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Richard Heistand
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'21.428 9.600
22 United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
GTD BMW M4 GT3 1'21.649 9.821
23 United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'21.667 9.839
24 United States Ryan Hardwick
Belgium Jan Heylen
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'22.046 10.218
25 United States Mike Skeen
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'22.214 10.386
26 United States Russell Ward
Switzerland Philip Ellis
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'22.228 10.400
27 United States Ryan Eversley
Australia Aidan Read
GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'22.359 10.531
28 United States Brendan Iribe
South Africa Jordan Lee Pepper
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 1'22.359 10.531
29 United States Robert Megennis
United States Jeff Westphal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'22.527 10.699
30 Canada Roman De Angelis
Belgium Maxime Martin
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'22.550 10.722
31 United States Jarett Andretti
Colombia Gabby Chaves
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 0.000  
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