Nasr tops opening practice for Petit Le Mans

Felipe Nasr has set the quickest time in practice for Motul Petit Le Mans.

The Brazilian posted a 01:09:508 aboard the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-VR. Nasr and Pipo Derani are firmly in the title hunt, with Saturday’s ten-hour race set to decide the championship battle.

Renger van der Zande was second quickest in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac, 0.250s down on Nasr. The top three was rounded out by Meyer Shank Racing’s Dane Cameron.

Recently crowned World Champion Kamui Kobayashi was fourth for Ally Cadillac Racing. Kobayashi is one of a number of drivers who have travelled to Georgia following last weekend’s WEC title decider in Bahrain.

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Loic Duval was fifth in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac, with Ricky Taylor sixth for Wayne Taylor Racing ahead of the #55 Mazda.

Gabriel Aubry topped LMP2 behind the wheel of the #8 Tower Motorsport ORECA 07-Gibson. The Frenchman’s 01:11:718 was just over two-tenths faster than the #22 United Autosports ORECA of Wayne Boyd.

Tristan Nunez was third in the #11 Win Autosport ORECA, which caused a red flag late in the session in the hands of Steven Thomas.

Scott Huffaker was fourth for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, with Kyle Tilley rounding out the top five in the #18 Era Motorsport ORECA.

Colin Braun led LMP3 in the #54 CORE Autosport Ligier JS P320.

In GTLM, it was a Porsche one-two for the two WeatherTech Racing 911 RSR-19s. The Illinois-based squad, operated by Proton Competition, has entered a second car for the season finale, which topped the session in the hands of Fred Makowiecki.

Makowiecki posted a 01:16:726 aboard the #97 Porsche, just under two-tenths faster than the #79 sister car driven by Mathieu Jaminet.

Antonio Garcia was third fastest in the #3 Corvette C8.R, just 0.047s quicker than the #24 BMW M8 GTE of Jesse Krohn.

Nick Tandy was fifth for Corvette, with the #25 BMW rounding out the class.

Bill Auberlen led GTD in the #96 Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3, 0.169s faster than the #70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 driven by Frederik Schandorff.