Rolex 24: WTR Acura tops much-interrupted FP1 at Daytona

GTP

After a GTD car choking on pitlane entrance caused the first red flag, the running was interrupted again by a red with 16mins run due to debris on Turn 2. At that point, only Philipp Eng in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 had set a vaguely representative time, but even so, it was only 1min39.586sec.

When action resumed Tom Blomqvist drove the polesitting Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 to the top of the times with a 1min35.688sec run, a few hundredths ahead of Renger van der Zande’s #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh, and Albuquerque’s Wayne Taylor Racing Acura.

With 41mins to go, Earl Bamber moved to the top of the times in the #02 Caddy, 0.033sec faster than Blomqvist.

The #7 Porsche 963 and the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 missed much of the session with technical issues, IMSA Radio reporting a suspected steering issue for the 963 and a misfire for the M Hybrid V8.

The #25 hit the track with 30mins to go, while Albuquerque in the WTR Andretti Acura lowered the class benchmark to 1min35.366sec, 0.266sec ahead of the #02 Cadillac. But before Connor DePhillippi could set a representative time in the #25 BMW, the fifth yellow flew.

The session got underway with five minutes remaining, and finally the #7 Porsche had a chance to set a time, Matt Campbell only getting one lap on warm tires, 2.668sec off top spot.

LMP2

Fred Poordad’s 1min40.456sec, set in the first quarter hour, was faster than Ben Keating’s pole time in the class, and that was swiftly eclipsed by his team partner in the TDS Racing entry Job van Uitert (1min39.227), TDS teammate Mikkel Jensen, Ryan Dalziel of Era Motorsport and Josef Newgarden in the rebuilt Tower Motorsport machine.

Jensen kept improving, turning a 1min39.076, but it was Paul-Loup Chatin in the PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports who worked down to a 1min38.302sec, less than three-tenths ahead of Oliver Jarvis.

LMP3

Riley Motorsports’ Felipe Fraga got down to a 1min42.704sec, ahead of Joao Barbosa in the Sean Creech Motorsport car, while Cameron Shields was third fastest in the Performance Tech Motorsports machine. 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, 0.091sec behind Fraga’s top time.

GTD Pro and GTD

Alec Udell in the Kellymoss with Riley Porsche 911 GT3 R stopped on the entrance to pitlane and needed retrieval, bringing out the red flag after just five minutes. With just over 30mins run, Andrea Caldarelli’s #63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan 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 1min46.975sec 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 25mins to go, Lucas Auer had set fastest time – 1min46.763sec – 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.

Rolex 24 at Daytona - Free Practice 1 results:

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Louis Deletraz Brendon Hartley	GTP	Acura ARX-06	1'35.366
2	02	Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook	GTP	Cadillac V-LMDh	1'35.632	0.266
3	60	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud	GTP	Acura ARX-06	1'35.665	0.299
4	01	Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Scott Dixon	GTP	Cadillac V-LMDh	1'35.740	0.374
5	6	Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy Dane Cameron	GTP	Porsche 963	1'35.752	0.386
6	31	Pipo Derani Alexander Sims Jack Aitken	GTP	Cadillac V-LMDh	1'36.550	1.184
7	24	Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann Colton Herta	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	1'36.563	1.197
8	7	Matt Campbell Felipe Nasr Michael Christensen	GTP	Porsche 963	1'38.034	2.668
9	52	Ben Keating Paul-Loup Chatin Alex Quinn Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'38.302	2.936
10	18	Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel Christian Rasmussen Oliver Jarvis	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'38.597	3.231
11	11	Thomas Steven Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Rinus van Kalmthout	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'38.601	3.235
12	55	Fred Poordad Francesco Pizzi James Allen Gianmaria Bruni	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'38.903	3.537
13	35	François Heriau Giedo van der Garde Josh Pierson Job Van Uitert	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'39.227	3.861
14	51	Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Austin Cindric Pietro Fittipaldi	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'39.283	3.917
15	25	Connor de Phillippi Nick Yelloly Sheldon Van Der Linde Colton Herta	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	1'39.365	3.999
16	8	John Farano Scott McLaughlin Josef Newgarden Kyffin Simpson	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'39.701	4.335
17	20	Dennis Andersen Ed Jones Anders Fjordbach Raffaele Marciello	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'39.891	4.525
18	88	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Julien Canal Nicklas Nielsen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'40.122	4.756
19	04	George Kurtz Ben Hanley Matt McMurry Esteban Gutierrez	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'40.584	5.218
20	74	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Glenn van Berlo Josh Burdon	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'42.704	7.338
21	36	Jarett Andretti Gabby Chaves Dakota Dickerson Rasmus Lindh	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'42.795	7.429
22	33	Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Nicolas Pino Nolan Siegel	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'42.841	7.475
23	38	John DeAngelis Christopher Allen Cameron Shields Connor Bloum	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'43.257	7.891
24	85	Till Bechtolsheimer Tijmen van der Helm Luca Mars Mason Filippi	LMP3	Duqueine D08	1'43.272	7.906
25	17	Anthony Mantella Wayne Boyd Nico Varrone Thomas Merrill	LMP3	Duqueine D08	1'43.578	8.212
26	13	Orey Fidani Matthew Bell Lars Kern Moritz Kranz	LMP3	Duqueine D08	1'43.620	8.254
27	87	Yu Kanamaru James Vance Serravalle Antonio Nicholas Boulle	LMP3	Duqueine D08	1'43.936	8.570
28	43	Sebastian Alvarez Danial Frost James French Guilherme de	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	1'44.115	8.749
29	57	Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Lucas Auer	GTD	Mercedes AMG GT3	1'46.763	11.397
30	12	Aaron Telitz Frankie Montecalvo Kyle Kirkwood Parker Thompson	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'46.975	11.609
31	64	Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler	GTD PRO	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'47.010	11.644
32	44	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Nicki Thiim	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'47.066	11.700
33	14	Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Mike Conway	GTD PRO	Lexus RC F GT3	1'47.174	11.808
34	70	Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Marvin Kirchhofer	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	1'47.266	11.900
35	93	Ashton Harrison Danny Formal Kyle Marcelli Ryan Briscoe	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'47.290	11.924
36	32	Mike Skeen Mikael Grenier Kenton Koch Maximillian Goetz	GTD	Mercedes AMG GT3	1'47.295	11.929
37	75	Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Fabian Schiller Axcil Jefferies	GTD	Mercedes AMG GT3	1'47.329	11.963
38	23	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas David Pittard	GTD PRO	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'47.353	11.987
39	66	Sheena Monk Katherine Legge Mario Farnbacher Marc Miller	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'47.468	12.102
40	19	Raffaele Giammaria Franck Perera Claudio Schiavoni Rolf Ineichen	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	1'47.506	12.140
41	78	Mikhail Goikhberg Loris Spinelli Benja Hites Marco Mapelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	1'47.576	12.210
42	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Tommy Milner	GTD PRO	Corvette C8.R GTD	1'47.613	12.247
43	63	Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Jordan Lee Pepper Romain Grosjean	GTD PRO	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	1'47.672	12.306
44	62	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon	GTD PRO	Ferrari 296 GT3	1'47.677	12.311
45	95	Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Bruno Spengler John Edwards	GTD PRO	BMW M4 GT3	1'47.683	12.317
46	27	Roman De Angelis Marco Sorensen Ian James Darren Turner	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'47.703	12.337
47	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Maxime Martin	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	1'47.814	12.448
48	96	Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	1'47.927	12.561
49	83	Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	1'48.065	12.699
50	21	Mann Simon Luis Perez Companc Miguel Molina Francesco Castellacci	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	1'48.155	12.789
51	42	Don Yount Jaden Conwright Kerong Li Alessio Deledda	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	1'48.293	12.927
52	80	PJ Hyett Seb Priaulx Gunnar Jeannette Harry Tincknell	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1'48.356	12.990
53	47	Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessandro Balzan	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	1'48.589	13.223
54	16	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Zacharie Robichon Dennis Olsen	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1'48.734	13.368
55	023	Onofrio Triarsi Charles Scardina Alessio Rovera Andrea Bertolini	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	1'48.886	13.520
56	53	Mark Kvamme Trenton Estep Jan Magnussen Jason Hart	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1'48.956	13.590
57	77	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Max Root Kevin Estre	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1'48.969	13.603
58	91	Alan Metni Kay van Berlo Jaxon Evans Julien Andlauer	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1'49.029	13.663
59	9	Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet Laurens Vanthoor	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1'51.349	15.983
60	79	Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon Maro Engel	GTD PRO	Mercedes AMG GT3
61	92	David Brule Alec Udell Andrew Davis Jeroen Bleekemolen	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
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