Bourdais beat the sister Cadillac Racing entry of Pipo Derani and Philipp Eng’s BMW within the quickfire 15-minute qualifying session, forward of this weekend’s 2h40m occasion that’s being run for GTP and GTD equipment solely.
Derani’s #31 Motion Categorical-run Cadillac V-Sequence.R had taken pole in every of the trio of previous races, however its problem at Laguna was stymied by a vicious crash in Jack Aitken’s arms on Friday. Even so, it missed pole this time by solely 0.112s.
Derani set the early tempo at 1m12.658s earlier than Bourdais (#01 Chip Ganassi-run Cadillac V-Sequence.R) joined the social gathering, producing 1m12.737s to get inside 0.079s of him.
Bourdais then eclipsed Derani’s pole time by 0.027s, after which improved even additional to 1m12.445s to make sure pole by a tenth with a brand new GTP observe report.
“I kinda struggled to place a lap collectively,” Bourdais admitted. “I made a mistake on one, after which the final one wasn’t fully clear.”
Eng’s #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 snatched third, two tenths off pole. Mathieu Jaminet grabbed fourth with 1m12.664s within the #6 Porsche Penke Motorsport 963.
Connor De Phillippi will begin fifth within the RLLR-run #25 BMW M Hybrid V8, forward of Dane Cameron within the #7 manufacturing unit Porsche.
Ricky Taylor certified seventh within the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06, forward of the sister #40 automobile of Louis Deletraz.
Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, Corvette Z06 GT3.R, GTD PRO: Tommy Milner, Nicky Catsburg
Photograph by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images
Corvette scores 1-2 in GTD
In GTD, Nicky Catsburg took the Professional class pole in his #4 Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R – the primary IMSA pole for this new automobile – with 1m20.502s and labored all the way down to 1m19.727s.
His team-mate Antonio Garcia was three tenths slower within the sister #3 Vette, which had considered one of its laps deleted for exceeding observe limits at Flip 5.
Marvin Kirchhofer (Pfaff Motorsports McLaren 720S) was third quickest, over half a second off the tempo within the McLaren MP4/4 tribute liveried automobile.
Jack Hawksworth was fourth in Vasser Sullivan’s #14 Professional class Lexus RC F, seven tenths off the tempo, forward of the AO Racing Porsche 911 of Seb Priaulx.
Danny Formal’s Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini Huracan will begin the pro-am class from pole.
The 2h40m race begins at 3:10pm ET on Sunday.