IMSA Sebring: Mazda and Cadillac share fastest times in practice

Pla lapped in 1m46.834s to beat the time of this morning's pacesetter Pipo Derani, who set the early time aboard the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R.

The #31 car had topped the morning session through ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr. Jordan Taylor's Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R was a mere 0.002s slower than Derani.

But Taylor held onto third ahead of Helio Castroneves in the lead Acura Team Penske's ARX-05s.

Oliver Jarvis ensured both Mazdas finished in the top five as he eclipsed Joao Barbosa in AXR's second Cadillac and Juan Pablo Montoya in the second Acura.

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports' Matt McMurry survived a spin that did not halt the session to go quickest of the two LMP2 Orecas.

Nick Tandy ensured Porsche took the top spot in GT Le Mans again with a best of 1min56.991s, around 0.2sec quicker than the Ford GT of Sebastien Bourdais and 0.4sec ahead of the second Ford of Ryan Briscoe.

The Porsche's morning benchmark was set by Earl Bamber in the second Porsche 911, but settled for fifth in the afternoon.

The BMW M8 of Philipp Eng was half a second off the leading pace but that was enough to grab fourth ahead of Jan Magnussen and Bamber.

That BMW pace extended into GT Daytona with the Turner Motorsports M6 of Bill Auberlen setting the pace, a full 0.3s ahead of Mirko Bortolotti in the Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracan.

Six different manufacturers finished in the top six of the GTD class in both sessions with Lexus, Acura Mercedes and Ferrari featuring.

The first red flag arrived just five minutes after the second practice session started and was a result of Doug Yount shunting the Precision Performance Motorsports Lamborghini Huracan.

Free practice two result

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Gap	Laps
1	DPi	J.Bomarito, H.Tincknell, O.Pla	Mazda Team Joest	1m46.834s	13
2	DPi	F.Nasr, E.Curran, P.Derani	Whelen Engineering Racing	0.815s	23
3	DPi	R.van der Zande, J.Taylor, M.Vaxiviere	Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R	0.817s	21
4	DPi	R.Taylor, H.Castroneves, A.Rossi	Acura Team Penske	1.155s	20
5	DPi	O.Jarvis, T.Nunez, T.Bernhard	Mazda Team Joest	1.451s	20
6	DPi	J.Barbosa, B.Hartley, F.Albuquerque	Mustang Sampling Racing	1.818s	21
7	DPi	D.Cameron, J.P.Montoya, S.Pagenaud	Acura Team Penske	1.854s	19
8	DPi	J.Bennett, C.Braun, R.Dumas	CORE Autosport	2.129s	20
9	DPi	M.Goikhberg, T.Vautier, J.Piedrahita	JDC-Miller Motorsports	2.151s	21
10	DPi	W.Owen, R.Binder, A.Canapino	Juncos Racing	2.632s	19
11	DPi	S.Trummer, S.Simpson, C.Miller	JDC-Miller Motorsports	3.184s	22
12	LMP2	M.McMurry, G.Aubry, A.Fjordbach	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	5.315s	22
13	LMP2	K.Masson, C.Cassels, A.Evans	Performance Tech Motorsports	8.874s	21
14	GTLM	P.Pilet, N.Tandy, F.Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	10.157s	18
15	GTLM	J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	10.367s	18
16	GTLM	R.Briscoe, R.Westbrook, S.Dixon	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	10.572s	19
17	GTLM	J.Krohn, J.M.Edwards, P.Eng	BMW Team RLL	10.673s	19
18	GTLM	J.Magnussen, A.Garcia, M.Rockenfeller	Corvette Racing	10.813s	18
19	GTLM	E.Bamber, L.Vanthoor, M.Jaminet	Porsche GT Team	10.822s	19
20	GTLM	T.Blomqvist, C.De Phillippi, C.Herta	BMW Team RLL	11.293s	19
21	GTLM	O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler	Corvette Racing	11.612s	20
22	GTD	B.Auberlen, R.Foley, D.Machavern	Turner Motorsport	13.749s	18
23	GTD	R.Ineichen, M.Bortolotti, R.Breukers	GRT Grasser Racing Team	14.079s	21
24	GTD	S.Hargrove, Z.Robichon, L.Kern	Pfaff Motorsports	14.458s	21
25	GTD	R.Heistand, J.Hawksworth, P.Frommenwiler	AIM Vasser Sullivan	14.740s	21
26	GTD	M.Farnbacher, T.Hindman, J.Marks	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	14.747s	20
27	GTD	B.Keating, J.Bleekemolen, F.Fraga	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	14.749s	19
28	GTD	C.MacNeil, T.Vilander, J.Westphal	Scuderia Corsa	14.906s	20
29	GTD	K.Legge, A.Beatriz, C.Nielsen	Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing	14.951s	19
30	GTD	F.Montecalvo, T.Bell, A.Telitz	AIM Vasser Sullivan	15.017s	20
31	GTD	P.Lindsey, P.Long, N.Boulle	Park Place Motorsports	15.153s	19
32	GTD	P.Chase, R.Dalziel, E.P.Companc	Starworks Motorsport	15.288s	17
33	GTD	J.Potter, A.Lally, S.Pumpelly	Magnus Racing	15.478s	15
34	GTD	B.Sellers, R.Hardwick, C.Lewis	Paul Miller Racing	15.492s	20
35	GTD	D.Morad, C.Mies, R.Feller	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	15.656s	17
36	GTD	J.Perez, M.Buhk, F.Schiller	P1 Motorsports	16.093s	14
37	GTD	A.Davis, A.Riberas, W.Hardeman	Moorespeed	16.505s	16
38	GTD	B.Gdovic, D.Yount, L.Aschenbach	Precision Performance Motorsports	20.060s	2

Free practice one result

Pos	Class	Driver	Team	Gap	Laps
1	DPi	F.Nasr, E.Curran, P.Derani	Whelen Engineering Racing	1m46.996s	17
2	DPi	D.Cameron, J.P.Montoya, S.Pagenaud	Acura Team Penske	0.355s	14
3	DPi	R.van der Zande, J.Taylor, M.Vaxiviere	Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R	0.393s	12
4	DPi	J.Bennett, C.Braun, R.Dumas	CORE Autosport	0.810s	17
5	DPi	M.Goikhberg, T.Vautier, J.Piedrahita	JDC-Miller Motorsports	1.031s	14
6	DPi	R.Taylor, H.Castroneves, A.Rossi	Acura Team Penske	1.190s	16
7	DPi	J.Barbosa, B.Hartley, F.Albuquerque	Mustang Sampling Racing	1.274s	21
8	DPi	S.Trummer, S.Simpson, C.Miller	JDC-Miller Motorsports	1.363s	20
9	DPi	J.Bomarito, H.Tincknell, O.Pla	Mazda Team Joest	1.540s	18
10	DPi	O.Jarvis, T.Nunez, T.Bernhard	Mazda Team Joest	1.861s	18
11	DPi	W.Owen, R.Binder, A.Canapino	Juncos Racing	3.006s	17
12	LMP2	M.McMurry, G.Aubry, A.Fjordbach	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	3.881s	19
13	LMP2	K.Masson, C.Cassels, A.Evans	Performance Tech Motorsports	5.472s	17
14	GTLM	E.Bamber, L.Vanthoor, M.Jaminet	Porsche GT Team	9.987s	20
15	GTLM	R.Briscoe, R.Westbrook, S.Dixon	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	10.317s	19
16	GTLM	J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	10.484s	17
17	GTLM	P.Pilet, N.Tandy, F.Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	10.598s	18
18	GTLM	O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler	Corvette Racing	10.995s	18
19	GTLM	J.Magnussen, A.Garcia, M.Rockenfeller	Corvette Racing	11.822s	17
20	GTLM	T.Blomqvist, C.De Phillippi, C.Herta	BMW Team RLL	11.842s	15
21	GTLM	J.Krohn, J.M.Edwards, P.Eng	BMW Team RLL	12.146s	18
22	GTD	M.Farnbacher, T.Hindman, J.Marks	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	13.797s	23
23	GTD	P.Lindsey, P.Long, N.Boulle	Park Place Motorsports	14.244s	25
24	GTD	F.Montecalvo, T.Bell, A.Telitz	AIM Vasser Sullivan	14.452s	25
25	GTD	R.Ineichen, M.Bortolotti, R.Breukers	GRT Grasser Racing Team	14.525s	24
26	GTD	C.MacNeil, T.Vilander, J.Westphal	Scuderia Corsa	14.597s	23
27	GTD	B.Keating, J.Bleekemolen, F.Fraga	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	14.657s	21
28	GTD	R.Heistand, J.Hawksworth, P.Frommenwiler	AIM Vasser Sullivan	14.704s	24
29	GTD	K.Legge, A.Beatriz, C.Nielsen	Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing	14.779s	23
30	GTD	B.Auberlen, R.Foley, D.Machavern	Turner Motorsport	14.813s	26
31	GTD	B.Sellers, R.Hardwick, C.Lewis	Paul Miller Racing	14.945s	20
32	GTD	D.Morad, C.Mies, R.Feller	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	15.006s	21
33	GTD	J.Perez, M.Buhk, F.Schiller	P1 Motorsports	15.198s	25
34	GTD	S.Hargrove, Z.Robichon, L.Kern	Pfaff Motorsports	15.271s	24
35	GTD	P.Chase, R.Dalziel, E.P.Companc	Starworks Motorsport	15.671s	22
36	GTD	B.Gdovic, D.Yount, L.Aschenbach	Precision Performance Motorsports	15.903s	21
37	GTD	A.Davis, A.Riberas, W.Hardeman	Moorespeed	16.248s	24
38	GTD	J.Potter, A.Lally, S.Pumpelly	Magnus Racing	-	9