Detroit IMSA: Tincknell’s Mazda leads raceday warm-up

Tincknell’s Mazda Team Joest entry lapped the 2.35-mile Belle Isle course in 1min20.957sec to beat Helio Castroneves’ best effort for Acura Team Penske by 0.6sec.

Audibly carrying more throttle than any of his Prototype rivals through Turn 8 of the 14-turn course, the Briton initially struggled to find a clear lap among the GT Daytona runners.

However, following a brief red flag to retrieve the #84 JDC Miller Cadillac that had been struck by electrical issues on track, Tincknell had a clear lap and absolutely nailed it.

The #55 Mazda, qualified by his co-driver Jonathan Bomarito, will roll off third for this afternoon’s race, behind the two Acuras, of Dane Cameron/Juan Pablo Montoya and Castroneves/Ricky Taylor, which were third and second fastest respectively in this morning’s 20-minute session.

In fourth was Oliver Jarvis in the #77 Mazda, followed by a quartet of Cadillac DPi-V.Rs – Felipe Nasr and Filipe Albuquerque (both Action Express Racing), Jordan Taylor (Wayne Taylor Racing) and Misha Goikhberg (JDC Miller).

Mario Farnbacher headed the GT Daytona field in the Acura NSX of Meyer Shank Racing with his teammate Katherine Legge in fourth. Between them lay Paul Miller Racing’s Lamborghini Huracan steered by Bryan Sellers and the Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 of Toni Vilander.

The race begins at 12.40pm local (Eastern) time.

Session results:

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	Mazda DPi	12	1'20.957
2	Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	Acura DPi	11	1'21.590	0.633	0.633
3	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	Acura DPi	12	1'21.597	0.640	0.007
4	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	Mazda DPi	12	1'21.625	0.668	0.028
5	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani	Cadillac DPi	12	1'21.885	0.928	0.260
6	Joao Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque	Cadillac DPi	10	1'22.066	1.109	0.181
7	Renger van der Zande Jordan Taylor	Cadillac DPi	12	1'22.554	1.597	0.488
8	Mikhail Goikhberg Tristan Vautier	Cadillac DPi	11	1'22.714	1.757	0.160
9	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Nissan DPi	11	1'22.871	1.914	0.157
10	Will Owen Victor Franzoni	Cadillac DPi	11	1'24.169	3.212	1.298
11	Simon Trummer Stephen Simpson	Cadillac DPi	8	1'24.487	3.530	0.318
12	Trent Hindman Mario Farnbacher	Acura NSX GT3	11	1'30.375	9.418	5.888
13	Bryan Sellers Ryan Hardwick	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	11	1'30.531	9.574	0.156
14	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GT3	12	1'30.937	9.980	0.406
15	Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen	Acura NSX GT3	9	1'31.044	10.087	0.107
16	Patrick Long Zacharie Robichon	Porsche 911 GT3 R	11	1'31.132	10.175	0.088
17	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley	BMW M6 GT3	9	1'31.229	10.272	0.097
18	Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach	Mercedes-AMG	11	1'31.237	10.280	0.008
19	Richard Heistand Jack Hawksworth	Lexus RC F GT3	11	1'31.423	10.466	0.186
20	Paul Holton Matt Plumb	McLaren 720S GT3	10	1'31.484	10.527	0.061
21	Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel	Audi R8 LMS GT3	8	1'31.820	10.863	0.336
22	John Potter Andy Lally	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	10	1'31.853	10.896	0.033
23	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell	Lexus RC F GT3	11	1'32.054	11.097	0.201
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