WTRAndretti’s Jordan Taylor topped the second free practice session for the IMSA SportsCar Championship‘s Petit Le Mans season finale.
The second out of three free practice sessions for IMSA’s 11th round provided useful conditions to prepare for qualifying amidst other objectives.
This is because at approximately the same time tomorrow, teams will take on qualifying for Petit’s 27th running.
During the 1-hour and 25-minute FP2 session, competitors across four categories continued their preparations after FP1.
Daniel Goldburg was the first to take a brief off-track excursion at Turn 4.
The #22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07 LMP2 continued back to the pits.
Other LMP2s were finding their limits such as Jakub Smiechowski and his #52 Inter Europol by PR1 Mathiasen Oreca.
The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 winner spun at T5 and continued.
Unlike the previous round at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Road Atlanta offers fewer tarmac run-offs.
Furthermore, Atlanta’s fast and winding circuit requires drivers to stay within the track limits as grass defines the two distinctly.
Elsewhere, Harry Tincknell’s #64 Ford Mustang GT3 (GTD Pro) incurred a flat tyre at T8. He returned slowly back to the pits.
A brief red flag was called as a loose wheel was in the gravel trap at Turn 10 and was quickly retrieved.
The quickest in each category
By the end, Jordan Taylor set the fastest lap time in his #40 WTRAndretti Acura ARX-06 GTP, a 1:11.081.
Jack Aitken and his #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R claimed third position with a last minute lap of 1:11.159.
Nick Tandy took third in the #6 Porsche Penske 963 and his 1:11.366, followed by Felipe Albuquerque in the other #10 WTRAndretti Acura.
Phillip Eng rounded off the top-five in the #24 RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 from his 1:11.675 lap time.
LMP2 was topped by Mikkel Jensen in the #11 TDS Racing Oreca with a 13.373.
Just 0.001 seconds behind was Connor Zilisch’s #18 Era Motorsport Oreca.
Felipe Fraga secured third in the #74 Riley Oreca after his fastest time of 1:13.374.
Risi Competizione’s Daniel Serra headed the GTD Pro category with a time of 1:18.722, narrowly beating Jack Hawksworth by 0.015.
The #14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F was in second place owing to a fastest lap of 1:18.737, followed next by the #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo.
Ross Gunn put the #23 in its pace at 1:18.768.
Finally, Parker Thompson was fastest in the GTD #12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus and his 1:18.916 lap time, situating him fifth in the combined GT order.
Championship leader Phillip Ellis drove a 1:18.992 lap in his #57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Robby Foley rounded out the top-three in GTD, eighth in the combined GT order, with a 1:19.278.
The final free practice session will take place at 7.30pm local time (12.30am BST) which will enable teams to run in the evening-nighttime.
SEE MORE: The results from free practice 2 as part of the 27th running of Petit Le Mans.
