Rolex 24: Blomqvist puts Meyer Shank Racing on top in FP2

Lapping the course in 1min34.351sec, Blomqvist eclipsed by over three-tenths of a second the best efforts of Filipe Albuquerque in the similar Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 that had led opening practice.

Next up was impressive Daytona debutant, reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou in the #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R of Chip Ganassi Racing, which headed the sister car of #02 fulltimer Earl Bamber by just three hundredths.

This pair were more than four-tenths of a second clear of the next best Caddy, the JDC-Miller MotorSports machine driven by Tristan Vautier, while Action Express Cadillac pair Tristan Nunez and Jimmie Johnson were sixth and seventh.

Rene Rast headed LMP2 in the G-Drive Racing by APR Oreca, within two tenths of slowest DPi time, and less than 1.6sec off Blomqvist’s top time. Fabio Scherer of High Class Racing was next up, ahead of Mikkel Jensen in one of PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport’s cars, and Louis Deletraz of Tower Motorsport.

IndyCar stars Rinus VeeKay of Racing Team Nederland, and Colton Herta in the DragonSpeed entry were fifth and eighth respectively.

Malthe Jacobsen propelled Sean Creech Motorsport’s Ligier to the top of LMP3, a couple of tenths faster than CORE autosport’s reliable ace Colin Braun. Felipe Fraga in the Riley Motorsports car was third, narrowly edging Gabby Chaves in the Andretti Autosport car. The fastest Duqueine driver was fifth, namely Ugo de Wilde in the Muehlner Motorsports entry.

Unlike in FP1, a GTD Pro car topped the GT times, Mirko Bortolotti lapping his TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan in 1min46.516sec, one tenth faster than the fastest GTD car, the Sun Energy 1 Mercedes-AMG GT3 piloted by Raffaele Marciello.

Matthieu Jaminet slotted the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R into third fastest (second in GTD Pro) while Winward Racing’s Mikael Grenier and Alegra Motorsports’ Maxi Goetz were next in a pair of Mercedes.

Laurens Vanthoor’s best effort in the KCMG Porsche left him third in GTD Pro, chased by Crucial Motorsports’ McLaren 720S and Magnus Racing’s Aston Martin Vantage.

Third practice begins at 10am local (Eastern) time.

Cla	Driver	Class	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud	DPi	Acura DPi	37	1'34.351
2	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Will Stevens	DPi	Acura DPi	38	1'34.687	0.336
3	Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Alex Palou	DPi	Cadillac DPi	37	1'34.712	0.361
4	Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Marcus Ericsson Kevin Magnussen	DPi	Cadillac DPi	26	1'34.746	0.395
5	Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook Loic Duval Ben Keating	DPi	Cadillac DPi	35	1'35.182	0.831
6	Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez Mike Conway	DPi	Cadillac DPi	40	1'35.433	1.082
7	Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Mike Rockenfeller Jose Maria Lopez	DPi	Cadillac DPi	38	1'35.795	1.444
8	François Heriau Oliver Rasmussen Ed Jones René Rast	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	46	1'35.933	1.582
9	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Fabio Scherer Nico Mueller	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	45	1'36.309	1.958
10	Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	38	1'36.480	2.129
11	John Farano Louis Deletraz Rui Pinto Ferdinand Habsburg	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	39	1'37.164	2.813
12	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Murry Dylan Rinus van Kalmthout	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	41	1'37.557	3.206
13	John Falb James Allen Luca Ghiotto Tijmen van	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	38	1'37.571	3.220
14	Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	26	1'37.624	3.273
15	Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Patricio O'Ward Colton Herta	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	44	1'37.746	3.395
16	Thomas Steven Josh Pierson Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	42	1'38.035	3.684
17	Jim McGuire Guy Smith Philip Hanson Will Owen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	39	1'38.185	3.834
18	Joao Barbosa Malthe Jakobsen Seb Priaulx Lance Willsey	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	39	1'43.006	8.655
19	Jon Bennett Colin Braun George Kurtz Nic Jönsson	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	34	1'43.246	8.895
20	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Kay van Berlo Michael Cooper	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	32	1'43.643	9.292
21	Jarett Andretti Josh Burdon Rasmus Lindh Gabby Chaves	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	30	1'43.671	9.320
22	Nolan Siegel Cameron Shields Charles Crews Ugo De	LMP3	Duqueine D08	32	1'43.964	9.613
23	Dan Goldburg Hikaru Abe Garett Grist Nicolas Pino	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	38	1'44.273	9.922
24	Mark Kvamme Austin McCusker Trenton Estep Antoine Doquin	LMP3	Duqueine D08	39	1'44.464	10.113
25	Efrin Castro Moritz Kranz Ori Ayrton Joel Miller	LMP3	Duqueine D08	37	1'44.663	10.312
26	Orey Fidani Kuno Wittmer Lars Kern Matthew Bell	LMP3	Duqueine D08	38	1'46.407	12.056
27	Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Rolf Ineichen	GTD PRO	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	41	1'46.516	12.165
28	Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	37	1'46.612	12.261
29	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R	38	1'46.785	12.434
30	Russell Ward Philip Ellis Mikael Grenier Lucas Auer	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	38	1'46.851	12.500
31	Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad Linus Lundqvist Maximillian Goetz	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	39	1'46.893	12.542
32	Laurens Vanthoor Patrick Pilet Dennis Olsen Alexandre Imperatori	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R	32	1'46.920	12.569
33	Lance Bergstein Jon Miller Patrick Gallagher Paul Holton	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	40	1'46.999	12.648
34	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Jonathan Adam	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	38	1'47.026	12.675
35	Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Jules Gounon	GTD PRO	Mercedes-AMG GT3	42	1'47.044	12.693
36	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Richard Heistand Townsend Bell	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	35	1'47.089	12.738
37	Dirk Muller Patrick Assenheimer Austin Cindric	GTD PRO	Mercedes-AMG GT3	38	1'47.092	12.741
38	Mike Skeen Guy Cosmo Stevan McAleer Scott Andrews	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	36	1'47.098	12.747
39	Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen Richard Lietz	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	39	1'47.148	12.797
40	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas Maxime Martin	GTD PRO	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	35	1'47.238	12.887
41	Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood	GTD PRO	Lexus RC F GT3	33	1'47.252	12.901
42	Kyle Washington James Sofronas Jeroen Bleekemolen Klaus Bachler	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	38	1'47.271	12.920
43	Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	33	1'47.487	13.136
44	Cooper MacNeil Julien Andlauer Matteo Cairoli Alessio Picariello	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R	36	1'47.510	13.159
45	Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Jordan Lee Pepper	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	41	1'47.540	13.189
46	Kyffin Simpson Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	41	1'47.628	13.277
47	Robert Megennis Corey Lewis Sandy Mitchell Jeff Westphal	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	37	1'47.639	13.288
48	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon	GTD PRO	Ferrari 488 GT3	35	1'47.799	13.448
49	Don Yount Benja Hites Jaden Conwright Markus Palttala	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	39	1'47.898	13.547
50	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessio Rovera	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	37	1'47.903	13.552
51	Mann Simon Luis Perez Companc Nicklas Nielsen Toni Vilander	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	39	1'47.903	13.552
52	Roman De Angelis Ian James Darren Turner Tom Gamble	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	35	1'47.952	13.601
53	Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard Charlie Eastwood Nicki Thiim	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	39	1'47.993	13.642
54	Franck Perera LLarena Mateo Paul Maximilian Mikhail Goikhberg	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	40	1'48.654	14.303
55	Bill Sweedler John Megrue Giacomo Altoè Jeff Segal	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	40	1'48.848	14.497
56	Rob Ferriol Katherine Legge Stefan Wilson Nicholas Boulle	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	37	1'48.852	14.501
57	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	38	1'49.081	14.730
58	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Marco Sorensen	GTD PRO	Corvette C8.R GTD	35	1'49.132	14.781
59	Connor de Phillippi John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn	GTD PRO	BMW M4 GT3	21	1'49.141	14.790
60	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg	GTD PRO	Corvette C8.R GTD	37	1'49.191	14.840
61	Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly Sheldon Van Der Linde	GTD PRO	BMW M4 GT3	37	1'49.291	14.940
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