Early on, Giancarlo Fisichella and Ford’s Dirk Mueller traded the coveted pole position between themselves in the 2:03 region before Patrick Pilet slotted ahead with a 2:02:912 in the No. The North American works team was looking to rebound after managing to get IMSA’s approval to use the 2015-spec rubber, as opposed to the rest of the field that used medium compound Michelin rubber that’s also used by GTE cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Porsche was on the prowl for some good results at Road America after a tough first half of the season.
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7 Starworks Racing driver who, in turn, beat Misha Goikhberg’s best effort of 1:59:462. His time, a 1:59:133, was slightly quicker than that of the No. With identical cars in the Prototype Category, it’s always very hard to pick a pole sitter and this time in Wisconsin it was no different, with local James French taking a hotly-contested pole from under Jose Guttierez’s nose. Ricky Taylor was third at the end of it all, just 34 thousandths of a second behind Fittipaldi.
60 Michael Shank Racing Ligier which caused a short interruption with red flags being waved as the LMP2 car was rescued from the sand traps of Turn 3. It wasn’t all plain sailing, though, as John Pew was back at it again going off in the No. Early on, the three Corvette DPs got involved in the fight for pole but, at the end of the 15-minute-long session, Christian Fittipaldi’s best time that put him second on the grid was a pedestrian 1:55:659. Under clear skies, Mazda’s finest set a scorching 1:54:507, over a second faster than anyone else in the Prototype class. 55 of Jonathan Bomarito was fast enough around the 2.5-mile long road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, to snatch the pole.
Though far from the pace of the LMP2s or LMP1s from half a decade ago, the Lola-based Mazda No. Not to mention yet another case of Mazda shooting themselves in the foot. Scott Atherton, president of the International Motorsport Association, gave assurances on the grid that the Continental Sportscar Showcase at the scenic Road America circuit will be a classic and, two hours and 40 minutes later, he was proven right by some frantic fights at the top of the GT-LM ranks, as well as some late-race incidents to top it all.
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