Porsches 1-2 in hot VIR opening practice

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By: J.J. O'Malley | 7 hours ago


Porsches posted the two fastest times in Friday morning’s opening practice session at sunny Virginia International Raceway for Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge.

Lance Vanthoor overcame an off-track excursion to lead the GTLM class with a lap of 1m41.296s in the No. 912 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR, 0.139s faster than teammate Nick Tandy in the No. 911.

“The car felt good, and we had a good pace; that’s very important, but there’s still a lot more homework to do,” Vanthoor said. “We’ll have to see what the weather is like on Sunday. If it’s going to be dry on Sunday, and wet the rest of today and tomorrow, obviously it will have an influence on our testing and preparation. But it’s the same for everybody.”

The session was held under sunny skies and 92F temperatures. But conditions are anticipated to change throughout the weekend. There is a chance of thunderstorms for the Friday afternoon session and possibly on Saturday. Sunday is forecast to be partly sunny but at least 15 degrees cooler than Friday.