After a GTD car choking on pit entry caused the first red flag, the running was interrupted again after only 16 minutes due to debris at Turn 2. At that point, only Philipp Eng in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 had set a vaguely representative time, with a 1m39.586s.
When action resumed Tom Blomqvist drove the polesitting Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 to the top of the times with a 1m35.688s run, a few hundredths ahead of Renger van der Zande’s #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh, and Albuquerque’s Acura.
With 41 minutes to go, Earl Bamber then moved to the top of the times in the #02 Caddy, 0.033s faster than Blomqvist.
The #7 Porsche 963 and the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 missed much of the session with technical issues, a suspected steering issue for the 963 and a misfire for the M Hybrid V8, although both did eventually hit the track.
Albuquerque lowered the class benchmark to 1m35.366s, 0.266s ahead of the #02 Cadillac, before a fifth stoppage left only five minutes remaining on the clock.
The #7 Porsche was finally able to set a time before the end of the session, with Matt Campbell 2.668s off top spot.
In LMP2, Fred Poordad’s 1m40.456s, set in the first 15 minutes, was faster than Ben Keating’s pole time in the class, but that was swiftly eclipsed by his team partner in the TDS Racing entry Job van Uitert (1m39.227s), TDS team-mate Mikkel Jensen, Ryan Dalziel of Era Motorsport and Josef Newgarden in the rebuilt Tower Motorsport machine.
Jensen kept improving, turning a 1m39.076s, but it was Paul-Loup Chatin in the PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports entry who worked down to a 1m38.302s, less than three-tenths ahead of Oliver Jarvis.
Riley Motorsports’ Felipe Fraga got down to a 1m42.704s in LMP3, ahead of Joao Barbosa in the Sean Creech Motorsport machine, while Cameron Shields was third fastest in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry. However, John De Angelis then shunted this car at Turn 7.
In the brief period between the fourth and fifth red flags, Gabby Chaves slotted the Andretti Autosport entry into second, 0.091s behind Fraga’s top time.
In GTD Pro and GTD, Alec Udell in the Kellymoss with Riley Porsche 911 GT3 R stopped on the entry to pitlane and needed retrieval, bringing out the first red flag after just five minutes. With just over 30 minutes run, Andrea Caldarelli’s #63 Lamborghini Huracan of Iron Lynx then caused the third red flag with an off-course excursion.
At this point, Aaron Telitz’s GTD Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F topped all GTD cars with a 1m46.975s ahead of Russell Ward in the pole-winning Winward Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 and Andy Lally in the Aston Martin Vantage. The second Lexus of Jack Hawksworth led GTD Pro.
With under 25 minutes to go, Lucas Auer had set the fastest time – 1m46.763s – in the polesitting Winward Mercedes, when he caused the fifth red flag of the session with a heavy front-on impact at Turn 2. Owen Trinkler in the TGM/TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage was top of the GTD Pro times.
Daytona 24 Hours FP1 result
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque  Louis Deletraz  Brendon Hartley
|
GTP | Acura ARX-06 | 19 | 1'35.366 | |
| 2 |
Earl Bamber  Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook
|
GTP | Cadillac V-LMDh | 22 | 1'35.632 | 0.266 |
| 3 |
Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun  Helio Castroneves  Simon Pagenaud
|
GTP | Acura ARX-06 | 24 | 1'35.665 | 0.299 |
| 4 |
Sébastien Bourdais  Renger van der Zande Scott Dixon
|
GTP | Cadillac V-LMDh | 16 | 1'35.740 | 0.374 |
| 5 |
Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy Dane Cameron
|
GTP | Porsche 963 | 26 | 1'35.752 | 0.386 |
| 6 |
Pipo Derani Alexander Sims Jack Aitken
|
GTP | Cadillac V-LMDh | 10 | 1'36.550 | 1.184 |
| 7 |
 Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus  Marco Wittmann Colton Herta
|
GTP | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 25 | 1'36.563 | 1.197 |
| 8 |
 Matt Campbell Felipe Nasr  Michael Christensen
|
GTP | Porsche 963 | 6 | 1'38.034 | 2.668 |
| 9 |
Ben Keating Paul-Loup Chatin Alex Quinn Nicolas Lapierre
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 27 | 1'38.302 | 2.936 |
| 10 |
Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel Christian Rasmussen Oliver Jarvis
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 27 | 1'38.597 | 3.231 |
| 11 |
Thomas Steven Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Rinus van Kalmthout
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 32 | 1'38.601 | 3.235 |
| 12 |
Fred Poordad  Francesco Pizzi James Allen Gianmaria Bruni
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 27 | 1'38.903 | 3.537 |
| 13 |
François Heriau Giedo van der Garde Josh Pierson Job Van Uitert
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 31 | 1'39.227 | 3.861 |
| 14 |
Eric Lux  Devlin DeFrancesco Austin Cindric Pietro Fittipaldi
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 27 | 1'39.283 | 3.917 |
| 15 |
Connor de Phillippi Nick Yelloly  Sheldon Van Der Linde Colton Herta
|
GTP | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 10 | 1'39.365 | 3.999 |
| 16 |
John Farano Scott McLaughlin Josef Newgarden Kyffin Simpson |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 25 | 1'39.701 | 4.335 |
| 17 |
Dennis Andersen  Ed Jones Anders Fjordbach Raffaele Marciello
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 24 | 1'39.891 | 4.525 |
| 18 |
François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Julien Canal Nicklas Nielsen
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 25 | 1'40.122 | 4.756 |
| 19 |
George Kurtz Ben Hanley Matt McMurry  Esteban Gutierrez
|
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 31 | 1'40.584 | 5.218 |
| 20 |
Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Glenn van Berlo Josh Burdon |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 25 | 1'42.704 | 7.338 |
| 21 |
Jarett Andretti  Gabby Chaves Dakota Dickerson  Rasmus Lindh
|
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 25 | 1'42.795 | 7.429 |
| 22 |
Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Nicolas Pino Danny Soufi |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 29 | 1'42.841 | 7.475 |
| 23 |
John DeAngelis Christopher Allen Cameron Shields Connor Bloum |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 22 | 1'43.257 | 7.891 |
| 24 |
Till Bechtolsheimer Tijmen van der Helm Luca Mars Mason Filippi
|
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 29 | 1'43.272 | 7.906 |
| 25 |
Anthony Mantella Wayne Boyd Nico Varrone Thomas Merrill
|
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 24 | 1'43.578 | 8.212 |
| 26 |
Orey Fidani Matthew Bell Lars Kern Moritz Kranz
|
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 27 | 1'43.620 | 8.254 |
| 27 |
 Yu Kanamaru James Vance Serravalle Antonio Nicholas Boulle
|
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 26 | 1'43.936 | 8.570 |
| 28 |
Sebastian Alvarez  Danial Frost Alex Vogel Guilherme de |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 22 | 1'44.115 | 8.749 |
| 29 |
Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Lucas Auer
|
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 26 | 1'46.763 | 11.397 |
| 30 |
Aaron Telitz Frankie Montecalvo Kyle Kirkwood Parker Thompson |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 24 | 1'46.975 | 11.609 |
| 31 |
Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler
|
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 24 | 1'47.010 | 11.644 |
| 32 |
John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Nicki Thiim
|
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 23 | 1'47.066 | 11.700 |
| 33 |
Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Mike Conway
|
GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 24 | 1'47.174 | 11.808 |
| 34 |
Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Marvin Kirchhofer
|
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 22 | 1'47.266 | 11.900 |
| 35 |
Ashton Harrison Danny Formal Kyle Marcelli Ryan Briscoe
|
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 23 | 1'47.290 | 11.924 |
| 36 |
Mike Skeen Mikael Grenier Kenton Koch Maximillian Goetz |
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 23 | 1'47.295 | 11.929 |
| 37 |
Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Fabian Schiller  Axcil Jefferies
|
GTD | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 25 | 1'47.329 | 11.963 |
| 38 |
Ross Gunn  Alex Riberas David Pittard |
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 22 | 1'47.353 | 11.987 |
| 39 |
Sheena Monk Katherine Legge Mario Farnbacher Marc Miller
|
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 27 | 1'47.468 | 12.102 |
| 40 |
Raffaele Giammaria Franck Perera Claudio Schiavoni Rolf Ineichen
|
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 22 | 1'47.506 | 12.140 |
| 41 |
Mikhail Goikhberg Loris Spinelli Benja Hites Marco Mapelli
|
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 24 | 1'47.576 | 12.210 |
| 42 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Tommy Milner
|
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 24 | 1'47.613 | 12.247 |
| 43 |
Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Jordan Lee Pepper Romain Grosjean
|
GTD PRO | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 20 | 1'47.672 | 12.306 |
| 44 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon
|
GTD PRO | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 24 | 1'47.677 | 12.311 |
| 45 |
Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Bruno Spengler John Edwards
|
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 18 | 1'47.683 | 12.317 |
| 46 |
Roman De Angelis Marco Sorensen Ian James Darren Turner
|
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 22 | 1'47.703 | 12.337 |
| 47 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis  Maxime Martin
|
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 20 | 1'47.814 | 12.448 |
| 48 |
Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann
|
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 26 | 1'47.927 | 12.561 |
| 49 |
Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 22 | 1'48.065 | 12.699 |
| 50 |
Mann Simon  Luis Perez Companc Miguel Molina Francesco Castellacci
|
GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 23 | 1'48.155 | 12.789 |
| 51 |
Don Yount Jaden Conwright Kerong Li Alessio Deledda |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 25 | 1'48.293 | 12.927 |
| 52 |
PJ Hyett Seb Priaulx Gunnar Jeannette Harry Tincknell
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 27 | 1'48.356 | 12.990 |
| 53 |
Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessandro Balzan
|
GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 26 | 1'48.589 | 13.223 |
| 54 |
Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Zacharie Robichon  Dennis Olsen
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 21 | 1'48.734 | 13.368 |
| 55 |
Onofrio Triarsi Charles Scardina Alessio Rovera Andrea Bertolini
|
GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 26 | 1'48.886 | 13.520 |
| 56 |
Mark Kvamme Trenton Estep Jan Magnussen Jason Hart
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 28 | 1'48.956 | 13.590 |
| 57 |
Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Max Root Kevin Estre
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 25 | 1'48.969 | 13.603 |
| 58 |
Alan Metni Kay van Berlo Jaxon Evans Julien Andlauer
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 24 | 1'49.029 | 13.663 |
| 59 |
Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet Laurens Vanthoor
|
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 7 | 1'51.349 | 15.983 |
| 60 |
Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon Maro Engel
|
GTD PRO | Mercedes AMG GT3 | 3 | ||
| 61 |
David Brule Alec Udell Andrew Davis Jeroen Bleekemolen
|
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 0 | ||
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