Practice report
IMSA Daytona 24
Rolex 24: Allmendinger leads FP2 in Meyer Shank Acura
A.J. Allmendinger proved he hasn’t lost his sportscar chops, topping second practice for the Rolex 24 at Daytona by more than a quarter second in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Jan 29, 2021, 2:40 AM
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The former open-wheel ace Allmendinger lapped the 3.56-mile course in 1min34.287sec, compared with six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon’s 1min34.562sec in the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R.
Another two Cadillacs, those of Kamui Kobayashi (#48 Ally Action Express Racing) and Sebastien Bourdais (JDC Miller Motorsports) were third and fourth fastest – the latter just a hair faster than Jonathan Bomarito in the Mazda RT24-P.
In LMP2, Mikkel Jensen kept PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports at the top of the times with an excellent 1min35.979sec, barely 0.4sec slower than the slowest DPi time.
Jensen was 0.17sec ahead of Matthieu Vaxiviere in the Tower Motorsports by Starworks machine, with Robert Kubica third for High Class Racing.
Dylan Murry’s best effort ensured Riley Motorsports again topped LMP3, this time ahead of the sister car driven by Scott Andrews. Road To Indy rising star Rasmus Lindh was third fastest for Performance Tech Motorsports, a tenth ahead of veteran and former Prototype champion Joao Barbosa in the Sean Creech Motorsports car.
Gianmaria Bruni caused a stir with fastest time in GT Le Mans, driving the new WeatherTech Racing Proton Porsche 911 RSR-19, lapping a tenth faster than James Calado in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488.
Meanwhile, Antonio Garcia and Tommy Milner kept their Corvettes ahead of the BMWs.
Mirko Bortolotti finished GT Daytona’s portion of the session on top, ahead of a trio of Porsche 911 GT3 Rs – Team TGM (Owen Trinkler), Team Hardpoint EBM (Katherine Legge) and Pfaff Motorsports (Laurens Vanthoor).
The 1hr45min third practice begins at 7.15pm local (Eastern) time.
Session results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 60 Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla
Juan Pablo Montoya
A.J. Allmendinger
DPi Acura DPi 1'34.287 2 48 Jimmie Johnson
Kamui Kobayashi
Simon Pagenaud
Mike Rockenfeller
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.519 0.232 3 01 Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen
Scott Dixon
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.562 0.275 4 5 Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval
Sébastien Bourdais
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.816 0.529 5 55 Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell
Jonathan Bomarito
DPi Mazda DPi 1'34.836 0.549 6 10 Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Alexander Rossi
Helio Castroneves
DPi Acura DPi 1'35.272 0.985 7 31 Felipe Nasr
Mike Conway
Pipo Derani
Chase Elliott
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'35.345 1.058 8 52 Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Huffaker
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'35.979 1.692 9 8 John Farano
Gabriel Aubry
Timothé Buret
Matthieu Vaxiviere
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.154 1.867 10 20 Dennis Andersen
Ferdinand Habsburg
Anders Fjordbach
Robert Kubica
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.853 2.566 11 29 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Job Van Uitert
Charles Milesi
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.866 2.579 12 81 Rob Hodes
Garett Grist
Rinus van Kalmthout
Ben Hanley
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.911 2.624 13 82 Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco
Fabian Schiller
Christopher Mies
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.086 2.799 14 11 Thomas Steven
Tristan Nunez
Thomas Merrill
Matthew Bell
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'38.499 4.212 15 47 Roberto Lacorte
Antonio Fuoco
Andrea Belicchi
Giorgio Sernagiotto
LMP2 Dallara LMP2 1'38.645 4.358 16 51 Cody Ware
Salih Yoluc
Austin Dillon
Sven Muller
LMP2 Ligier LMP2 1'39.480 5.193 17 18 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Ryan Dalziel
Paul-Loup Chatin
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'41.098 6.811 18 79 Cooper MacNeil
Kevin Estre
Richard Lietz
Gianmaria Bruni
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR - 19 1'42.600 8.313 19 62 James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Jules Gounon
Davide Rigon
GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE 1'42.754 8.467 20 3 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTLM Corvette C8.R 1'42.827 8.540 21 4 Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy
Alexander Sims
GTLM Corvette C8.R 1'42.967 8.680 22 91 Jim Cox
Dylan Murry
Austin McCusker
Jeroen Bleekemolen
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.175 8.888 23 25 Connor de Phillippi
Philipp Eng
Timo Glock
Bruno Spengler
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'43.230 8.943 24 24 John Edwards
Jesse Krohn
Augusto Farfus
Marco Wittmann
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'43.432 9.145 25 74 Gar Robinson
Spencer Pigot
Scott Andrews
Oliver Askew
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.570 9.283 26 38 Rasmus Lindh
Cameron Cassels
Mateo Llarena
Ayrton Ori
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.814 9.527 27 33 Lance Willsey
Joao Barbosa
Wayne Boyd
Yann Clairay
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.924 9.637 28 7 Mark Kvamme
Ryan Norman
Gabby Chaves
Charles Finelli
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'43.993 9.706 29 6 Moritz Kranz
Hoerr Laurents
Kenton Koch
Stevan McAleer
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'44.233 9.946 30 54 Jon Bennett
George Kurtz
Colin Braun
Matt McMurry
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'44.947 10.660 31 111 Rolf Ineichen
Mirko Bortolotti
Steijn Schothorst
Marco Mapelli
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'45.690 11.403 32 64 Ted Giovanis
Owen Trinkler
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'45.933 11.646 33 88 Rob Ferriol
Earl Bamber
Katherine Legge
Christina Nielsen
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'45.958 11.671 34 9 Zacharie Robichon
Laurens Vanthoor
Lars Kern
Matt Campbell
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.068 11.781 35 44 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Mario Farnbacher
GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'46.161 11.874 36 1 Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow
Corey Lewis
Andrea Caldarelli
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.286 11.999 37 63 Ed Jones
Bret Curtis
Ryan Briscoe
Marcos Gomes
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'46.310 12.023 38 57 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Indy Dontje
Maro Engel
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'46.357 12.070 39 16 Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long
Jan Heylen
Klaus Bachler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.552 12.265 40 19 Mikhail Goikhberg
Franck Perera
Albert Costa
Tim Zimmermann
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.584 12.297 41 14 Aaron Telitz
Oliver Gavin
Kyle Kirkwood
Jack Hawksworth
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'46.698 12.411 42 97 Maxwell Root
Charles Eastwood
Ben Keating
Richard Westbrook
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'46.742 12.455 43 75 Kenny Habul
Raffaele Marciello
Mikael Grenier
Luca Stolz
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'46.743 12.456 44 21 Simon Mann
Nicklas Nielsen
Daniel Serra
Matteo Cressoni
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'46.773 12.486 45 12 Robert Megennis
Zach Veach
Townsend Bell
Frankie Montecalvo
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'46.882 12.595 46 23 Ian James
Roman De Angelis
Darren Turner
Ross Gunn
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'47.058 12.771 47 42 Alan Metni
Andrew Davis
J.R. Hildebrand
Don Yount
GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 1'47.495 13.208 48 28 Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada
Billy Johnson
Maximilian Buhk
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'47.679 13.392 49 96 Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley
Aidan Read
Colton Herta
GTD BMW M6 GT3 0.000 View full results
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