The six-hour race has two parts on the Motor Trend TV Network. The first part begins on Sunday at 1:30 PM Eastern time, and the second concludes at 7:00 PM.
AUSTIN, Texas—They might not have done much this season except for their triumph at the 24 Hours of Lemans. Still, Ferrari AF Corse returned Saturday afternoon with a promise to fight for the remainder of the World Endurance Championship as Antonio Giovinazzi took the pole for Sunday’s Lone StSunday’ss race at the Circuit of the Americas by clocking a 1:50:390 fastest time, just minutes from the end of the hyperpole session. The other Ferrari that Robert Kubica contracted was placed second, just two-tenths behind the home car by Cadillac Racing, with Alex Lynn placing third.
The biggest surprise of the hypercar division came in fourth by Frenchman Charles Milesi in the Alpine, with fifth going to this year’s Lemans winner Antonio Fuoco in his Ferrari AF Corse. Porsche Penske Motorsport’s was disappointing in sixth, with the next two positions finishing with the BMW WRT Team drivers Robin Frijins and Dries Vanthoor in seventh and eighth. Even more disappointing in the ninth was the Toyota Gazoo Racing entry of Kamui Kobayashi, with Norman Nato rounding up the top ten in his Hertz JOTA Porsche.
Ian James and the Heart of Racing Team’s American Team won the LMGT3 class with a 2:05:587 quickest time. This was ahead of the Iron Dames car, driven by Sarah Bovy, and the Vista AF Corse Ferrari, which was third with Francois Heriau.
Aliaksandr Malykhin and his Pureraxing Porsche, the leader in this season’s division season’s, placed fourth, with fifth going to TF Sport’s Tom Van Sport’s Thomas Flohr and his Vista AF Corse Ferrari placed sixth, United Autosports McLaren of James Cottingham was seventh, Clement Mateu eighth in the D’Station Racing entry, with ninth going to Ben Keating, who was called late from his home in this state, in the Proton Racing Mustang. Tenth went to Darren Leung in the Team WRT BMW rounding up the grid.
