Filipe Albuquerque was in great shape at Road America this Saturday. At the wheel of the Acura DPi n°10 of the Wayne Taylor Racing for qualifying, the Portuguese impressed. Already the only player at 1:50, the Lusitano still improved his reference mark in 1:48.955! Alex Lynn (Cadillac Racing) and Tom Blomqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) were closing in on that time, also falling below 1:50, but were unable to dislodge Albuquerque. The session ended prematurely with a red flag triggered by Sébastien Bourdais going off the track. The Frenchman lost control of the No. 01 Cadillac DPi which ended up in the wall of tires and gravel. Steven Thomas was the fastest in LM P2 in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca n°11.
In the LM P3 category, Malthe Jakobsen is the only one to go below two minutes. The Dane from Sean Creech Motosport set a time of 1:59.434 at the wheel of the #33 Ligier JS P320, ahead of two other prototypes from the French manufacturer: Jarett Andretti’s #36 and Gar Robinson’s #74.
Battling for pole in GTD Pro at Road America, Matt Campbell crashed on his last flying lap. The #9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche driver was expected to give the benchmark time to Jack Hawksworth in the #14 Lexus RC F GT3. The Briton had set his best lap in 2:05.365. Antonio Garcia completed the podium with the Corvette C8.R.
In GT, Robby Foley was fastest in 2:06.084 in the #96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3.
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