Vesper Takes GTP, Unity Strikes Back in GT3: Okayama FP2 & Sprint Recap

Champion Motorsports · iRacing Team Endurance Series · Season 7 Prelude Weekend · November 14, 2026

The final Saturday rehearsal produced two very different winners, close prototype pace, a GT3 upset of the qualifying order and plenty of questions for Sunday's 90-minute non-points Prelude.

One week after the season's first official practice, Champion Motorsports returned to Okayama on Saturday, November 14, for FP2, qualifying and the preseason Sprint. The session expanded substantially: six GTP and 11 GT3 entries appeared in the export, with 20 drivers listed and 605 practice laps logged. Different groups chased different objectives. Some stretched their race runs; others set outright laps; and several saved their best statement for the Sprint.

None of these sessions awards championship points. Nor does Sunday's Prelude. But with Daytona opening Season 7 on December 6, this weekend offers something almost as valuable: a first look at whether outright pace survives the transition into traffic, starts and race conditions.

FP2: Two Classes, Two Early Benchmarks

In GTP, Lukáš Chráska lit up the timing screen for Vesper Racing B with a 1:20.448, an improvement of 0.318 seconds over the overall FP1 benchmark from the previous Sunday. Chráska and teammate Jakub Rezanina logged 75 laps for Vesper Racing B. In the sister Vesper Racing entry, Jiri Vyslouzil recorded a 1:21.050 over 43 laps. Between its two registered entries, the Vesper organization had both the fastest single lap and substantial testing mileage.

Kerb Racing #29 showed another credible GTP pace marker through Adan Garcia (1:21.471) and Zachary Nurney (1:21.773), who shared 51 practice laps. Alexandre Lenfle put in four laps at 1:22.178 for Unity RDV Compétition #83, while Shawn Harvey completed 43 laps at 1:22.217 for SimHQ Motorsports RED. Stan J. Soubeyrand, representing Unity RDV Compétition #81 in the session, did not record an FP2 lap — but would soon become central to the Sprint story.

GT3 belonged to DXDroids Simracing in FP2. Adrià Bonell clocked 1:26.838; teammate Sergio Martínez Enguita followed on a remarkably close 1:26.856. They combined for 73 laps, the highest GT3 total of any practice entry. Just 0.018 seconds separated the two teammates' fastest laps — exactly the kind of depth a team wants to carry into the main race.

Nicolas De Assunção kept Unity RDV Compétition #82 well within range at 1:27.211, with Velch Competitions next on 1:27.462 courtesy of Luigi Caputi. Behind them, several GT3 efforts formed a useful middle group, separated by relatively small margins and showing that the field had more depth than one headline time could capture.

FP2 GTP: Timed Laps and Subsequent Sprint Result

FP2 GT3: Timed Laps and Subsequent Sprint Result

FP2 positions are based on best valid session lap. Race columns show actual Sprint classification; 'No laps recorded' means the results export has no Sprint racing laps for that entry, not proof of the reason. Practice incident counts are excluded because this was a testing session.

Team names follow the current Season 7 roster supplied by CMS. Chris Schultz's registration was not visible in the snapshot, so his team affiliation is left open pending confirmation.

Saturday Sprint: Vesper Wins, But Unity Keeps It Close

Qualifying put Jiri Vyslouzil on the GTP pole with a 1:21.103, ahead of Alexandre Lenfle and Vesper Racing B driver Chráska. In the 22-lap Sprint, Vyslouzil took the win for Vesper Racing, setting a race best of 1:20.737 and finishing with just one incident.

The standout challenger was Stan J. Soubeyrand for Unity RDV Compétition #81. After failing to register a practice lap, Soubeyrand qualified fifth and took second place, just 1.080 seconds behind Vyslouzil, with zero incidents. That combination of speed, race pace and composure makes this one of Saturday's most interesting results.

Chráska brought Vesper Racing B home third, 6.034 seconds behind the winner, giving the organization two of the top three Sprint finishes. Garcia was fourth for Kerb Racing #29, 14.968 seconds back, while Harvey completed all 22 laps to finish fifth for SimHQ Motorsports RED. Lenfle qualified second for Unity's #83 entry but recorded no Sprint racing lap; the export does not establish why, and it would be unfair to speculate.

GT3: DXDroids Has the Pace; Unity #82 Has the Win

FP2 suggested DXDroids Simracing was the team to beat. Sergio Martínez Enguita reinforced that impression by earning GT3 pole with a 1:27.561. But in the 21-lap Sprint, Nicolas De Assunção delivered the victory for Unity RDV Compétition #82 after qualifying third. He finished 2.665 seconds ahead of Martínez Enguita and recorded zero incidents.

DXDroids still came away with abundant positives: Bonell's FP2 benchmark, Martínez Enguita's pole, the fastest GT3 lap of the Sprint at 1:27.104, and second place at the flag. That sets up a strong contrast for Sunday — the team with the fastest testing pace against the driver who converted his opportunity into the result.

Brandon Ogle took third in GT3 for PCA Sim Racing GT3, 10.733 seconds behind the winner; Chris Schultz followed fourth, only 0.599 seconds behind Ogle. Longhorn Racing Chrome placed fifth with Brett Stephens recording a clean, zero-incident 21-lap race, a welcome continuation of its Season 6 reputation for disciplined driving.

cmsracing.com AM finished sixth through David Nelson, while cmsracing.com Ascension took seventh via Abdelkader Berraho, who also completed a zero-incident Sprint. Rio Grande Racing brought Matt Pesqueda across eighth after 20 laps. None of these results should be treated as a final competitive ranking, but every completed run supplies useful feedback ahead of tomorrow's longer team race.

Across the Paddock: Every Entry Had a Story

Two of the more substantial GT3 FP2 programs did not record Sprint racing laps: Team Van Vuure with Underground Racing saw Jędrzej Kowal complete 46 practice laps with a best of 1:28.461, and cmsracing.com Titanium had Kevin Ayers turn 16 laps at 1:28.688. Both gathered setup and circuit data even without a Sprint classification.

Velch Competitions also showed genuine speed through Caputi's 1:27.462, third-fastest in GT3 FP2, although it logged no Sprint racing laps. PCA Sim Racing GT3 combined 49 FP2 laps with a third-place Sprint finish through Brandon Ogle. Chris Schultz, whose official Season 7 team was not identifiable in the supplied roster, added 18 practice laps and a clean fourth-place race. Taken together, those runs reinforce the depth of the GT3 battle well beyond the front row.

Rio Grande Racing completed a substantial 61-lap FP2 run through Pesqueda before its eighth-place Sprint, giving the team lots of material to work through ahead of Sunday. Longhorn Racing Chrome used a shorter nine-lap FP2 appearance before its tidy fifth-place result. Meanwhile, the pair of cmsracing.com AM and cmsracing.com Ascension kept adding their own mileage and race experience in a crowded GT3 field.

On the prototype side, Kerb Racing #29 delivered both two-driver practice mileage and a clean fourth-place Sprint, while SimHQ Motorsports RED finished all 22 race laps after a solid 43-lap FP2 outing. The additional Unity RDV Compétition #83 appearance showed qualifying speed but did not convert into a Sprint result, and Unity RDV Compétition #81 did precisely the opposite — almost no FP2 footprint followed by one of the best race drives of the afternoon.

Five Storylines to Follow Into Sunday's 90 Minutes

• Can Vesper carry its pace over a full team stint? Its FP2 speed and Sprint success made a statement, but the Prelude asks for coordinated multi-driver execution rather than a single driver's sprint.
• Will Unity RDV challenge in both classes? Soubeyrand's close GTP runner-up finish and De Assunção's GT3 win are promising signs; consistency across the organization's broader entries remains the next test.
• How does DXDroids turn qualifying speed into a long-run result? It already showed exceptional GT3 pace with two closely matched drivers. Tomorrow rewards traffic judgment and error-free stints as much as outright speed.
• Who emerges from the rest of the pack? Kerb Racing #29, SimHQ, Longhorn Racing Chrome, PCA Sim Racing GT3, Chris Schultz, both cmsracing.com GT3 teams, Velch, Rio Grande and others all have distinct data points, but not yet enough to settle the hierarchy.
• How well do teams execute the new procedures? Sequential fueling and tire service, driver changes, Fair Share, rolling start discipline, authorized towing and multiclass Orange Zone awareness will be essential in the first full Prelude.

Sunday, November 15: FP3, Qualifying and the Main Prelude

The race is a shakedown, but it is no casual outing. Two or three drivers are required per car, the qualifying driver must start, Fair Share applies, one Fast Repair is available, and Race Control's rolling-start and Code 60 procedures remain part of the learning curve. These sessions are where teams can make their remaining adjustments before the first points-paying round at Daytona on December 6.

Saturday gave us the first flashes of form. Sunday is where the complete teams begin to show themselves.

Official source: iRacing event-result export, subsession 90114237 (November 14, 2026). Team affiliations were reconciled against CMS's current Season 7 entry-list screenshot, including Vesper Racing B, Kerb Racing #29 and PCA Sim Racing GT3. Chris Schultz's official team could not be confirmed from that roster; no assignment has been assumed. All times GMT unless stated; this weekend carries no championship points.