van der Zande puts Cadillac back on top in third practice
Driving the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R prepared by Chip Ganassi Racing, the Dutchman pulled off a stout flying lap of 1m49.179s around the 17-turn, 3.74-mile circuit, which came with 25 minutes remaining. Augusto Farfus established the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 in the runner-up spot of the session, ending up 0.258s off the mark […]
JDC-Miller Porsche leads second practice
British driver Phil Hanson set the fastest overall time during the session, putting down a1:48.149s while driving the No. 85 JDC-Miller Porsche 963. That was just a tenth or so quicker than Renger van der Zande’s P1 time from the earlier practice. Sebastien Bourdais was second-fastest in the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R, trailing Hanson by […]
Cadillac 1-2 in the opening practice session
Renger van der Zande set the fastest time (1:48.279s) in the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R. Trailing the Dutchman by almost half a second at 1:48.758s was Jack Aitken in the No. 31 Action Express Cadillac. Nick Tandy was third overall in the No. 6 Porsche 963 with a best lap of 1:48.941s. Leading the LMP2 […]
Porsche wary of mistakes as it aims to ‘maintain trajectory’ at Sebring
PPM claimed victory in both the opening rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Daytona’s Rolex 24 and the World Endurance Championship in Qatar with its LMDh 963 prototype. But Diuguid warned that its streak could end this Saturday, with the second round of IMSA’s so-called ‘36 Hours of Florida’ on the former airbase that’s […]
Acura buoyed by weight reduction for IMSA Sebring 12 Hours
HRC USA president David Salters, who is responsible for the ARX-06 program, told Motorsport.com at the season-opening IndyCar Series round at St. Petersburg last weekend that the reduction of 17kg since the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona should give it a better fighting chance on raw pace at Sebring this weekend. The Wayne Taylor Racing […]