No surprise in third practice at COTA: Porsche fastest
No surprise in third practice at COTA: Porsche fastest
There was no surprise in the final practice session ahead of this afternoon’s TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Lone Star Le Mans qualifying with two of the Porsche North America cars posting the fastest laps in GTLM.
Once again the #910 Porsche 911 RSR was quickest in GTLM with a lap time of 2:03.626, nearly 1.5 seconds quicker than their best one this morning.
The only change this time was that the #912 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Patrick Long was second quickest, stopping the clocks at 2:04.100
The #93 Dodge Viper SRT of Jonathan Bomarito was third fastest in GTLM.
Alex Brundle was once again the leader in the overall rankings aboard his prototype with a lap time of 1:59.701.
Jack Hawksworth led the way in the PC class behind the wheel of his Oreca FLM09 with Jeroen Bleekemolen fastest in GTD.
Top three in class (overall in parentheses):
(1) #42-P Alex Brundle (Ligier JS P2) 1:59.701
(2) #90-P Richard Westbrook (Corvette DP) 2:00.218 (0.517-)
(3) #10-P Ricky Taylor (Corvette DP) 2:00.290 (0.589-)
(8) #08-PC Jack Hawksworth (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 2:01.304
(9) #09-PC Bruno Junqueira (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 2:01.465 (0.161-)
(10) #25-PC Sean Rayhall (Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet) 2:01.861 (0.557-)
(17) #910-GTLM Patrick Pilet (Porsche 911 RSR) 2:03.626
(20) #912-GTLM Patrick Long (Porsche 911 RSR) 2:04.100 (0.474-)
(21) #93-GTLM Jonathan Bomarito (Dodge Viper SRT) 2:04.219 (0.593-)
(33) #33-GTD Jeroen Bleekemolen (Dodge Viper SRT) 2:09.440
(34) #23-GTD Mario Farnbacher (Porsche 911 GT America) 2:09.625 (0.185-)
(35) #30-GTD Kuba Giermaziak (Porsche 911 GT America) 2:09.741 (0.301-)
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