Cadillac and Nissan spent Friday trading a tenth of a second atop the pair of one+hour practice sessions, and after the American brand led the morning, the Japanese marque took its turn as the fastest in the afternoon.
Tequila Patron ESM’s Ryan Dalziel pushed the No. 2 Nissan Onroak DPi to the top (1m18.026s) as Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor (+0.086s) came close in his No. 10 Cadillac DPi-V.R. Further back, Dalziel’s teammate Pipo Derani claimed third in the No. 22 Nissan (+0.423s). The fastest non-DPi belonged to Visit Florida Racing’s Marc Goossens who was fifth in the No. 90 Ligier JS P217+Gibson (+0.609s).
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In GT Le Mans, Risi Competizione’s Toni Vilander took command in the No. 62 Ferrari 488 (1m22.635s). A multinational top three followed as Alexander Sims in the No. 25 BMW M6 GTLM (+0.419s) and Oliver Gavin in the No. 4 Corvette C7.R (+0.599s) were a considerably slower.
Porsche’s 1+2 from the morning with the 911 R GT3 model was disrupted by Ozz Negri in the No. 86 Acura NSX GT3 (1m25.253s). Daniel Morad maintained second in the No. 28 Alegra Motorsports Porsche (+0.101s) and Park Place Motorsports’ Jorg Bergmeister was only a few hundredths off in the No. 73 Porsche (+0.132s)
Other than a few spins and dust clouds created by exceeding track limits, Friday was relatively calm under the vivid blue Monterey skies.
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UP NEXT: FP3, 8 a.m. PT
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