Practice report
IMSA Petit Le Mans Road Atlanta
Petit Le Mans IMSA: Bourdais leads opening practice session
The No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R set the pace in the opening practice session for the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship finale at Road Atlanta.
Nick DeGroot
Edited: Oct 12, 2023, 7:04 PM
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Sebastien Bourdais jumped to the top of the charts late with a 1:11.674s, leading the Penske duo at the conclusion of the 90-minute session. The No. 6 Porsche of Mathieu Jaminet was just 0.046s adrift of Bourdais with Matt Campbell in the sister No. 7 Porsche 0.233s back of the fast time.
Ben Hanley led the LMP2 field at 1:13.919s, driving the No. 04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR ORECA. Trailing him by 0.260s was the No. 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA, with the title-leading No. 11 TDS Racing ORECA third on the time sheets.
Garett Grist in the No. 30 Jr III Racing Ligier led the way in LMP3 with a fast lap of 1:16.732s.
Jules Gounon put the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 at the top of the GTD Pro field at 1:20.279s with the No. 97 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 of Bill Auberlen just 0.011s behind and leading the non-pro drivers.
The session was stopped twice due to incidents. First for the No. 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari of Antonio Fuoco, who crashed at Turn 1 and damaged the rear of the car. Later on, there was an incident involving the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier of Jonathan Woolridge.
Cla Drivers # Chassis Laps Time Interval km/h 1 
S. BOURDAIS
R. VAN DER ZANDE
S. DIXONCadillac Racing 01 Cadillac V-LMDh 34 1'11.674 127.578 2 
N. TANDYM. JAMINET
L. VANTHOORPorsche Penske Motorsport 6 Porsche 963 32 +0.046 0.046 127.496 3 
M. CAMPBELL
F. NASR
J. NEWGARDENPorsche Penske Motorsport 7 Porsche 963 30 +0.233 0.187 127.164 4 P. DERANIA. SIMSJ. AITKENAction Express Racing 31 Cadillac V-LMDh 21 +0.503 0.270 126.689 5 
P. ENGA. FARFUS
M. WITTMANNBMW M Team RLL 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 28 +0.678 0.175 126.382 6 T. BLOMQVISTC. BRAUNH. CASTRONEVESMeyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 60 Acura ARX-06 31 +0.847 0.169 126.088 7 C. DE PHILLIPPIN. YELLOLY
S. VAN DER LINDEBMW M Team RLL 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 38 +0.861 0.014 126.063 8 R. TAYLOR
J. BARBOSA
L. DELETRAZKonica Minolta Acura 10 Acura ARX-06 26 +0.979 0.118 125.859 9 T. VAN DER HELMM. ROCKENFELLERJ. BUTTONJDC/Miller Motorsports 5 Porsche 963 41 +1.562 0.583 124.857 10 G. KURTZB. HANLEY
N. SIEGELCrowdstrike Racing by APR
04 ORECA 07 28 +2.245 0.683 123.703 11 B. KEATINGP. CHATIN
A. QUINNPR1 Mathiasen Motorsports
52 ORECA 07 37 +2.505 0.260 123.269 12 S. THOMAS
M. JENSENS. HUFFAKERTDS Racing 11 ORECA 07 45 +2.712 0.207 122.926 13 F. PERRODOM. VAXIVIEREE. COLLARDAf Corse 88 ORECA 07 38 +2.879 0.167 122.651 14 D. MERRIMANR. DALZIEL
C. RASMUSSENEra Motorsport
18 ORECA 07 46 +2.883 0.004 122.644 15 D. ANDERSEN
E. JONESA. FJORDBACHHigh Class Racing 20 ORECA 07 42 +3.178 0.295 122.161 16 J. FALBG. VAN DER GARDEJ. PIERSONTDS Racing 35 ORECA 07 45 +3.478 0.300 121.673 17 A. BALOGHS. MCLAUGHLINK. SIMPSONTower Motorsport 8 ORECA 07 44 +3.680 0.202 121.347 18 H. TINCKNELL
G. BRUNIN. JANIProton Competition 59 Porsche 963 20 +3.805 0.125 121.146 19
N. SIEGEL
B. GARG
G. GRISTJr III Racing 30 Ligier JS P320 14 +5.058 1.253 119.168 20 O. FIDANIM. BELLL. KERNAWA 13 Duqueine M30-D08 25 +6.097 1.039 117.576 21 J. ANDRETTI
G. CHAVES
G. VANAndretti Autosport
36 Ligier JS P320 33 +6.177 0.080 117.455 22 T. BECHTOLSHEIMERD. GOLDBURG
R. LINDHJDC/Miller Motorsports 85 Duqueine M30-D08 36 +6.974 0.797 116.265 23 A. MANTELLAW. BOYD
N. VARRONEAWA
17 Duqueine M30-D08 18 +7.160 0.186 115.991 24 
D. JUNCADELLAJ. GOUNONM. ENGELWeatherTech Racing 79 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 32 +8.605 1.445 113.903 25 B. AUBERLENC. HULLT. MERRILLTurner Motorsport 97 BMW M4 GT3 17 +8.616 0.011 113.887 26 R. HARDWICKZ. ROBICHONJ. HEYLENWright Motorsports 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R 37 +8.745 0.129 113.704 27 M. BORTOLOTTIJ. PEPPER
F. PERERAIron Lynx
63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 36 +8.753 0.008 113.693 28 B. SELLERSM. SNOWC. LEWISPaul Miller Racing 1 BMW M4 GT3 15 +8.917 0.164 113.462 29 R. DE ANGELISM. SORENSENI. JAMESHeart Of Racing Team 27 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 34 +9.021 0.104 113.316 30 M. SKEENM. GRENIERK. KOCHTeam Korthoff Motorsports 32 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 33 +9.031 0.010 113.302 31 P. GALLAGHERR. FOLEYM. DINANTurner Motorsport 96 BMW M4 GT3 19 +9.130 0.099 113.163 32 M. GOIKHBERGL. SPINELLI
P. LIDDYUS RaceTronics
78 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 30 +9.144 0.014 113.143 33 R. WARDP. ELLISI. DONTJEWinward Racing 57 Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo 32 +9.180 0.036 113.093 34 A. PIER GUIDID. SERRAD. RIGONRisi Competizione 62 Ferrari 296 GT3 36 +9.468 0.288 112.691 35
S. MONK
K. LEGGEM. MILLERGradient Racing 66 Acura NSX GT3 42 +9.507 0.039 112.637 36 P. HYETT
S. PRIAULX
G. JEANNETTEAO Racing 80 Porsche 911 GT3 R 33 +9.563 0.056 112.560 37 A. GARCIAJ. TAYLORT. MILNERCorvette Racing 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 30 +9.665 0.102 112.418 38 R. GUNNA. RIBERASD. PITTARDHeart Of Racing Team 23 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 35 +9.719 0.054 112.344 39 S. MANNM. MOLINAJ. CALADOAf Corse 61 Ferrari 296 GT3 40 +9.846 0.127 112.169 40 A. HARRISON
D. FORMALK. MARCELLIRacers Edge Motorsports with WTR 93 Acura NSX GT3 29 +9.914 0.068 112.075 41 R. FREYS. BOVYD. PINIron Dames 83 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 36 +9.916 0.002 112.073 42 A. BRYNJOLFSSONT. HINDMANM. ROOTWright Motorsports 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R 41 +10.005 0.089 111.950 43 D. BRULEA. UDELLJ. ANDLAUERKellymoss with Riley 92 Porsche 911 GT3 R 23 +10.041 0.036 111.901 44 K. BACHLERP. PILETK. ESTREPfaff Motorsports 9 Porsche 911 GT3 R 41 +10.098 0.057 111.823 45 J. POTTERA. LALLYS. PUMPELLYMagnus Racing 44 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 34 +10.234 0.136 111.637 46 O. TRIARSI
C. SCARDINA
A. ROVERATriarsi Competizione 023 Ferrari 296 GT3 26 +10.277 0.043 111.579 47 B. THIENES
J. WOOLRIDGE
C. SHIELDSPerformance Tech Motorsports 38 Ligier JS P320 25 +10.370 0.093 111.452 48 R. LACORTEG. SERNAGIOTTOA. FUOCOCetilar Racing 47 Ferrari 296 GT3 14 +10.436 0.066 111.363 49 F. MONTECALVOA. TELITZP. THOMPSONVasser Sullivan 12 Lexus RC F GT3 15 +10.478 0.042 111.306 50 B. IRIBEF. SCHANDORFFO. MILLROYInception Racing 70 McLaren 720S GT3 7 +16.980 6.502 103.143 51 J. HAWKSWORTHB. BARNICOATK. KIRKWOODVasser Sullivan 14 Lexus RC F GT3 7 52 J. BARBOSASean Creech Motorsport 33 Ligier JS P320 0 53 G. ROBINSONF. FRAGAJ. BURDONRiley Motorsports 74 Ligier JS P320 1
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