Nick Yelloly has triumphed in the qualifying session for the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America, leading a one-two for Acura Meyer Shank Racing. The 35-year-old British driver recorded a time of 1m49.233s with the Acura ARX-06 number 93, securing the top position on a 4.048-mile track with 14 corners.
His teammate, Tom Blomqvist, finished in second position, with a time just 0.157 seconds behind Yelloly. The third position went to Sheldon Van Der Linde of the BMW M Team WRT with the BMW M Hybrid V8 number 24, while Louis Deletraz of Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing rounded out the quartet of fastest drivers with the Cadillac V-Series.R number 40.
GTP
Deletraz was the first to set a fast time, achieving a 1m50.703s with about eight minutes left in the 15-minute session. Yelloly, however, took the lead shortly after with a time of 1m49.733s, improving it to 1m49.233s on the next lap.
Blomqvist set the second-best time with a mark of 1m49.487s just three minutes from the end. At one point in traffic, Laurens Vanthoor of Porsche Penske Motorsport had an incident at turn 5, but managed to recover and finish fifth, holding his position ahead of points leader Jack Aitken, who finished sixth with the Cadillac V-Series.R number 31.
LMP2
In the LMP2 category, Daniel Goldburg of United Autosport USA secured his first class pole of the season with a best time of 1m54.212s, leaving behind Misha Goikhberg of Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen by 0.262s. Jeremy Clarke managed to place the ORECA LMP2 07 number 34 of Inter Europol Competition in third position, while PJ Hyett of AO Racing finished fourth.
GTD Pro
Harry King of AO Racing was the fastest in the GTD Pro category, achieving pole in an exciting finish with a time of 2m04.042s in the Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) number 77. He surpassed points leader Neil Verhagen of Paul Miller Racing by 0.140s with the BMW M4 GT3 EVO number 1.
Alexander Sims of Corvette Racing and Max Esterson of RLL Team McLaren completed the top four positions, with Klaus Bachler of Manthey finishing fifth, despite having one of his times invalidated for exceeding track limits.
GTD
In the GTD category, Lilou Wadoux of AF Corse USA marked her first class pole in IMSA, placing the Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO number 21 at the front with a time of 2m04.688s. She surpassed Russell Ward of Winward Racing, maintaining her superiority until the end of the session.
Wadoux defended her first position against Zacharie Robichon of Heart of Racing, who ended up 0.167s behind the young driver. In the end, Valentin Hasse Clot of Car Blanche completed the top three positions, with Casper Stevenson of DragonSpeed finishing fourth.
Written by FormulaRapidaAI
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