Matt Campbell topped the timing sheets for Porsche in free practice 1 at the Circuit of the Americas, for the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championships.
The Australian, in the #5 Porsche 963, set a 1:53.574 to go quickest, almost half a second quicker than Robert Kubica in the satellite #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P. Oliver Rasmussen, in the #38 JOTA Porsche 963, was third, just 0.017 slower than Kubica.
The session was extended by 5 minutes due to two disruptions. One was a technical issue in race control after 5 minutes, which caused a red flag, and the other was due to a full course yellow, which was needed to retrieve the #60 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Huracan GT3 machine.
The Porsches and Ferraris were the pick of the session. Fourth and fifth were the two factory #50 and #51 Ferraris, with the cars’ fastest laps by Antonio Fuoco and Antonio Giovinazzi respectively.
Alex Lynn put the #2 Cadillac V-Series.R sixth, with the #6 Porsche of Kevin Estre seventh. The two BMW M Team WRTs were eighth and ninth, Sheldon van der Linde in the #20 and Dries Vanthoor in the #15.
Tenth was the fastest Toyota, the #7 GR010 Hybrid driven by Nyck de Vries, more than a second off Cambpell’s fastest time.
In LMGT3, Alessio Rovera was fastest, in the #55 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3, setting a 2:06.253.
Dennis Olsen was next up in the #88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3, just over two tenths off Rovera. His teammate Ben Barker was third quickest in class, in the sister #77 Mustang, around two and a half tenths off.
Practice 2 begins 5:10pm local time, 11:10 UK time.
