Practice report
IMSA Daytona 24
Rolex 24: Cadillac goes 1-2-3 in night practice
Cadillac locked out the top three positions during third practice for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona on Thursday evening, as Filipe Albuquerque set the fastest time for Action Express Racing.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Jan 24, 2020, 8:52 AM
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Albuquerque's early benchmark of 1m34.914s aboard the #31 Whelen Engineering-liveried Cadillac DPi-V.R went unchallenged for the remainder of the 90-minute nightime session, and was enough to head the Wayne Taylor Racing machine of Renger van der Zande by 0.332s.
Joao Barbosa ensured it was an all-Cadillac top three in the Mustang Sampling-backed #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports car, a little over half a second off the pace of Albuquerque.
Acura Team Penske's #6 car was fourth-fastest in the hands of defending IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar champion Dane Cameron, while the fifth and final DPi car to set a time was the #85 JDC-Miller car, ex-IndyCar racer Matheus Leist setting that car's best time.
Neither of the two Mazda Team Joest entries participated, while the #7 Acura ARX-05 did not record a timed lap following Ricky Taylor's heavy shunt in qualifying, only leaving the pits in the dying moments for a pair of installation laps.
Gabriel Aubry left it late to set the fastest time in LMP2 aboard the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07, posting a best time of 1m37.084s with only a minute left on the clock, beating Colin Braun's best effort in the DragonSpeed Oreca by 0.354s.
In GT Le Mans, an early effort of 1m43.301s from Mathieu Jaminet was good enough to put the #912 Porsche 911 RSR-19 top of the pile, some three tenths up on the best of the BMW M8 GTEs, the #24 car driven by Augusto Farfus.
The pole-winning #911 Porsche was third-quickest in the hands of Frederic Makowiecki ahead of the best of the new mid-engined Corvette C8.Rs in fourth place.
BMW's second car, the #25, sat out the majority of the session before hitting the track with 20 minutes to go and ending up bottom of the GTLM times.
GT Daytona was led by Klaus Bachler in the Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R on a time of 1m46.128s, less than a tenth clear of Dennis Olsen in the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche that claimed the class pole earlier in the day.
Andrea Caldarelli was the best of the Lamborghini drivers in third aboard the Paul Miller Racing Huracan GT3 Evo ahead of fellow Lambo factory man Marco Mapelli in the GRT Magnus entry and the Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 of Alessandro Balzan.
One more practice session takes place on Friday morning at 9.50am local time (EST) prior to the start of the Rolex 24 itself on Saturday at 1.35pm.
Session results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 31 Mike Conway
Pipo Derani
Filipe Albuquerque
Felipe Nasr
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.914 2 10 Renger van der Zande
Ryan Briscoe
Scott Dixon
Kamui Kobayashi
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'35.246 0.332 3 5 Sébastien Bourdais
Loic Duval
Joao Barbosa
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'35.478 0.564 4 6 Dane Cameron
Simon Pagenaud
Juan Pablo Montoya
DPi Acura DPi 1'35.889 0.975 5 85 Juan Piedrahita
Matheus Leist
Chris Miller
Tristan Vautier
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'36.296 1.382 6 52 Ben Keating
Simon Trummer
Nicholas Boulle
Gabriel Aubry
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.084 2.170 7 81 Ben Hanley
Henrik Hedman
Colin Braun
Harrison Newey
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.438 2.524 8 8 Ryan Dalziel
David Heinemeier Hansson
John Farano
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.740 2.826 9 38 Cameron Cassels
Robert Masson
Kyle Masson
Don Yount
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'38.407 3.493 10 18 Kyle Tilley
Dwight Merriman
Ryan Lewis
Nicolas Minassian
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'39.006 4.092 11 912 Laurens Vanthoor
Earl Bamber
Mathieu Jaminet
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR 1'43.301 8.387 12 24 John Edwards
Augusto Farfus
Chaz Mostert
Jesse Krohn
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'43.611 8.697 13 911 Matt Campbell
Nick Tandy
Frédéric Makowiecki
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR 1'43.663 8.749 14 3 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTLM Corvette C8.R 1'43.696 8.782 15 62 James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Daniel Serra
Davide Rigon
GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE 1'43.812 8.898 16 4 Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner
Marcel Fassler
GTLM Corvette C8.R 1'43.932 9.018 17 25 Connor de Phillippi
Philipp Eng
Bruno Spengler
Colton Herta
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'44.546 9.632 18 16 Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long
Anthony Imperato
Klaus Bachler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.128 11.214 19 9 Dennis Olsen
Zacharie Robichon
Lars Kern
Patrick Pilet
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.203 11.289 20 48 Madison Snow
Bryan Sellers
Corey Lewis
Andrea Caldarelli
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.231 11.317 21 44 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Marco Mapelli
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.300 11.386 22 63 Cooper MacNeil
Toni Vilander
Jeff Westphal
Alessandro Balzan
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'46.316 11.402 23 88 Mirko Bortolotti
Rolf Ineichen
Daniel Morad
Dries Vanthoor
GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 1'46.328 11.414 24 11 Richard Heistand
Steijn Schothorst
Franck Perera
Albert Costa
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.473 11.559 25 98 Pedro Lamy
Ross Gunn
Mathias Lauda
Andrew Watson
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'46.536 11.622 26 12 Frankie Montecalvo
Shane van Gisbergen
Aaron Telitz
Townsend Bell
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'46.572 11.658 27 19 Christina Nielsen
Katherine Legge
Tatiana Calderon
Rahel Frey
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.658 11.744 28 14 Parker Chase
Jack Hawksworth
Michael de Quesada
Kyle Busch
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'46.736 11.822 29 74 Lawson Aschenbach
Ben Keating
Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'46.770 11.856 30 96 Robby Foley
Jens Klingmann
Bill Auberlen
Dillon Machavern
GTD BMW M6 GT3 1'46.852 11.938 31 23 Ian James
Nicki Thiim
Roman De Angelis
Alex Riberas
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'46.903 11.989 32 57 Alvaro Parente
Mikhail Goikhberg
Trent Hindman
A.J. Allmendinger
GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'47.151 12.237 33 86 Mario Farnbacher
Matt McMurry
Shinya Michimi
Jules Gounon
GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'47.715 12.801 34 47 Brandon Gdovic
Eric Lux
Mark Kvamme
Johnathan Hoggard
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'48.071 13.157 35 7 Ricky Taylor
Helio Castroneves
Alexander Rossi
DPi Acura DPi 36 54 Tim Pappas
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Sven Muller
Trenton Estep
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 37 55 Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell
Ryan Hunter-Reay
DPi Mazda DPi 38 77 Oliver Jarvis
Tristan Nunez
Olivier Pla
DPi Mazda DPi View full results
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