Practice report
IMSA Mid-Ohio
IMSA Mid-Ohio: Castroneves leads van der Zande in FP2
Acura Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves was fastest in second practice for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round at Mid-Ohio, ahead of Wayne Taylor Racing's Renger van der Zande.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Sep 26, 2020, 4:43 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Castroneves’ Acura ARX-05 lapped the 2.258-mile course in 1min11.395sec, almost two tenths of a second quicker than van der Zande's Cadillac DPi-V.R, and precisely 0.25sec faster than Dane Cameron in the second Acura.
Half a second behind was Pipo Derani of Action Express Racing, ahead of the two Mazda RT24-Ps which were over 0.4sec apart.
Sebastien Bourdais was fastest JDC-Miller Cadillac driver, but compatriot Gabriel Aubry – Tristan Vautier’s co-driver for the weekend – did well to end up a mere 0.014sec slower, although this was partly due to Barbosa replacing Bourdais when the track was at its quickest.
Antonio Garcia headed up Corvette Racing’s challenge to top the four-car GT Le Mans class, a quarter second faster than teammate Oliver Gavin in the #4 C8.R. The BMW M8s were 0.38 and 0.59sec slower.
The AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RCFs finished the GT Daytona session in first and second, Aaron Telitz’s 1min20.465sec lap remaining unbeaten despite the best efforts of his teammates. Frankie Montecalvo was 0.289sec slower, but was a greater margin than that ahead of home team Meyer Shank Racing, for whom Matt McMurry was third fastest in the #86 car.
Just 0.005sec slower than that was Robby Foley in the Turner Motorsports BMW M6, but also within a 0.15sec of McMurry was Ryan Hardwick in the Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, Spencer Pumpelly’s Hardpoint Audi R8 (which missed yesterday’s practice) and Paul Holton’s Compass Racing McLaren 720S.
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Laps Time Gap 1 7 Helio Castroneves
Ricky Taylor DPi Acura DPi 36 1'11.395 2 10
Renger van der Zande
Ryan Briscoe DPi Cadillac DPi 37 1'11.587 0.192 3 6
Juan Pablo Montoya
Dane Cameron DPi Acura DPi 31 1'11.645 0.250 4 31
Felipe Nasr
Pipo Derani DPi Cadillac DPi 36 1'11.898 0.503 5 55
Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell DPi Mazda DPi 37 1'12.009 0.614 6 77
Oliver Jarvis
Tristan Nunez DPi Mazda DPi 37 1'12.470 1.075 7 5
Joao Barbosa
Sébastien Bourdais DPi Cadillac DPi 35 1'12.540 1.145 8 85
Tristan Vautier
Gabriel Aubry DPi Cadillac DPi 40 1'12.554 1.159 9 3
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor GTLM Corvette C8.R 38 1'18.668 7.273 10 4
Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner GTLM Corvette C8.R 39 1'18.928 7.533 11 24
Jesse Krohn
John Edwards GTLM BMW M8 GTE 29 1'19.034 7.639 12 25
Bruno Spengler
Connor de Phillippi GTLM BMW M8 GTE 33 1'19.260 7.865 13 14
Jack Hawksworth
Aaron Telitz GTD Lexus RC F GT3 38 1'20.465 9.070 14 12
Frankie Montecalvo
Townsend Bell GTD Lexus RC F GT3 36 1'20.754 9.359 15 86
Mario Farnbacher
Matt McMurry GTD Acura NSX GT3 34 1'21.070 9.675 16 96
Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley GTD BMW M6 GT3 33 1'21.075 9.680 17 16
Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 35 1'21.158 9.763 18 30
Rob Ferriol
Spencer Pumpelly GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 36 1'21.202 9.807 19 76
Corey Fergus
Paul Holton GTD McLaren 720S GT3 31 1'21.220 9.825 20 57
Alvaro Parente
Mikhail Goikhberg GTD Acura NSX GT3 32 1'21.566 10.171 21 23
Ian James
Roman De Angelis GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 33 1'21.783 10.388 22 22
Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller GTD Acura NSX GT3 35 1'21.943 10.548 23 44
Andy Lally
John Potter GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 32 1'21.978 10.583 24 74
Gar Robinson
Lawson Aschenbach GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 36 1'22.047 10.652 View full results
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article IMSA Mid-Ohio: Montoya puts Acura on top in first practice
Next article IMSA Mid-Ohio: Acura Team Penske locks out front row
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
David Malsher-Lopez
Alex Zanardi: The man whose name is a synonym for “hero”
IndyCar
IndyCar 6 mo
Alex Zanardi: The man whose name is a synonym for “hero”
Remembering Michele Alboreto: F1 ace, Le Mans winner and a good man
Formula 1
Formula 1 6 mo
Remembering Michele Alboreto: F1 ace, Le Mans winner and a good man
IMSA Laguna Seca: Ganassi Cadillac holds off Porsche for victory
IMSA
IMSA
Laguna Seca
May 14, 2023
IMSA Laguna Seca: Ganassi Cadillac holds off Porsche for victory
Latest news
TV ratings released for NASCAR Cup season finale
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
47 min
TV ratings released for NASCAR Cup season finale
Chase Elliott's car chief leaves Hendrick for NASCAR Truck crew chief role
NASCAR Truck
NSTR NASCAR Truck
Homestead
1 h
Chase Elliott's car chief leaves Hendrick for NASCAR Truck crew chief role
“I was getting beat up” – How Daniel Ricciardo burned out on ‘humiliating’ F1 return
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 5 h
“I was getting beat up” – How Daniel Ricciardo burned out on ‘humiliating’ F1 return
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe