Vanthoor Tops Practice 2 at Road America After Two Red Flags
Session stoppages for a TDS Racing spin followed by a Pfaff Motorsports collision prompted barrier repairs before qualifying penalties are applied
Overview
- A late flyer from Dries Vanthoor in the No. 24 BMW secured a 1:49.676 lap to claim the top spot by six thousandths over Nick Yelloly in the No. 93 Acura
- Steven Thomas spun the No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca at Turn 6 and a collision between Marco Mapelli’s Pfaff Lamborghini and Benjamin Pedersen’s Oreca forced an 18-minute stoppage for barrier repairs
- Malthe Jakobsen returned to the track after repairs to the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca and set the fastest LMP2 time with a 1:52.823
- Alexander Sims posted the fastest GTD Pro lap in the No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R with a 2:04.247 and Kenton Koch topped GTD in the No. 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari with a 2:04.866
- Marco Mapelli’s Lamborghini and the No. 11 TDS Oreca will forfeit their best qualifying laps for triggering red flags and face last-minute repairs before this afternoon’s qualifying session