Practice report
IMSA Daytona 24
Rolex 24: Ganassi Cadillac leads night practice at Daytona
Chip Ganassi Racing's Renger van der Zande set a startling lap time to head the field by 0.313sec at the end of a 105-minute third practice session for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Jan 29, 2021, 10:55 AM
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The #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R headed the times for most of the session, initially thanks to Ganassi's endurance extra Scott Dixon, before van der Zande ensured the car wouldn’t be beaten with a 1min34.146sec lap.
That was 0.3sec inside the race lap record and a similar amount ahead of Ricky Taylor, who left it late to send the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 surging up the timesheets for P2.
Felipe Nasr was another who left it until the final 20mins to jump the #31 Action Express Racing Caddy forward, ahead of Loic Duval’s best in JDC Miller MotorSports entry.
Simon Pagenaud, in the second AXR Cadillac, precisely matched his fellow IndyCar driver with a time 0.58sec off P1 and 0.2sec ahead of another Frenchman Olivier Pla in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura.
The sole Mazda completed just one shakedown lap at the end of the session, the team electing to spend the evening on scheduled maintenance, fitting a fresh engine and gearbox.
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports maintained its preeminence in LMP2, Mikkel Jensen’s best lap being around a quarter-second up on Matthieu Vaxiviere in the Tower Motorsport by Starworks machine. Robert Kubica set the third-fastest time in the High Class Racing entry.
In LMP3, Jeroen Bleekemolen overcame an early hitch to turn the fastest lap in class, his Riley Motorsports Ligier finishing up 0.15sec ahead of Laurents Hoerr in the Muehlner Motorsports Duqueine.
Yann Clairay collected some damage to the Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier but co-driver Wayne Boyd still wound up third fastest in class.
In GT Le Mans, Corvette Racing’s C8.Rs ended the session 1-2, new recruit Nick Tandy less than a tenth of a second ahead of reigning champion Antonio Garcia.
Davide Rigon’s best lap in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 was just hundredths more tardy, and put him ahead of the WeatherTech Racing Proton Porsche and the two BMW M8s.
Marco Mapelli saved his best until last to top GT Daytona in the #111 Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracan, 0.15sec ahead of Aaron Telitz as the Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC Fs appeared to find a significant chunk of speed.
The second Lexus of Frankie Montecalvo finished fourth, separated from the sister car by the ever impressive Earl Bamber in the Team Hardpoint EBM Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Aidan Read was fifth in the Turner Motorsports BMW M6, ahead of Maro Engel in the Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Fourth and final practice will be 1 hour in duration and starts at 11.20am local (Eastern) time on Friday.
Session results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 01 Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen
Scott Dixon
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.146 2 10 Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Alexander Rossi
Helio Castroneves
DPi Acura DPi 1'34.459 0.313 3 31 Felipe Nasr
Mike Conway
Pipo Derani
Chase Elliott
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.653 0.507 4 5 Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval
Sébastien Bourdais
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.726 0.580 5 48 Jimmie Johnson
Kamui Kobayashi
Simon Pagenaud
Mike Rockenfeller
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'34.726 0.580 6 60 Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla
Juan Pablo Montoya
A.J. Allmendinger
DPi Acura DPi 1'34.964 0.818 7 52 Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Huffaker
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.033 1.887 8 8 John Farano
Gabriel Aubry
Timothé Buret
Matthieu Vaxiviere
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.290 2.144 9 20 Dennis Andersen
Ferdinand Habsburg
Anders Fjordbach
Robert Kubica
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.696 2.550 10 29 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Job Van Uitert
Charles Milesi
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.747 2.601 11 81 Rob Hodes
Garett Grist
Rinus van Kalmthout
Ben Hanley
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'36.801 2.655 12 47 Roberto Lacorte
Antonio Fuoco
Andrea Belicchi
Giorgio Sernagiotto
LMP2 Dallara LMP2 1'37.046 2.900 13 18 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Ryan Dalziel
Paul-Loup Chatin
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.277 3.131 14 82 Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco
Fabian Schiller
Christopher Mies
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.555 3.409 15 11 Thomas Steven
Tristan Nunez
Thomas Merrill
Matthew Bell
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.590 3.444 16 51 Cody Ware
Salih Yoluc
Austin Dillon
Sven Muller
LMP2 Ligier LMP2 1'39.048 4.902 17 91 Jim Cox
Dylan Murry
Austin McCusker
Jeroen Bleekemolen
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'42.492 8.346 18 4 Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy
Alexander Sims
GTLM Corvette C8.R 1'42.586 8.440 19 6 Moritz Kranz
Hoerr Laurents
Kenton Koch
Stevan McAleer
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'42.663 8.517 20 3 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTLM Corvette C8.R 1'42.669 8.523 21 62 James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Jules Gounon
Davide Rigon
GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE 1'42.711 8.565 22 79 Cooper MacNeil
Kevin Estre
Richard Lietz
Gianmaria Bruni
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR - 19 1'42.729 8.583 23 24 John Edwards
Jesse Krohn
Augusto Farfus
Marco Wittmann
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'43.050 8.904 24 33 Lance Willsey
Joao Barbosa
Wayne Boyd
Yann Clairay
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.289 9.143 25 74 Gar Robinson
Spencer Pigot
Scott Andrews
Oliver Askew
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.342 9.196 26 25 Connor de Phillippi
Philipp Eng
Timo Glock
Bruno Spengler
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 1'43.393 9.247 27 54 Jon Bennett
George Kurtz
Colin Braun
Matt McMurry
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.439 9.293 28 38 Rasmus Lindh
Cameron Cassels
Mateo Llarena
Ayrton Ori
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'44.086 9.940 29 7 Mark Kvamme
Ryan Norman
Gabby Chaves
Charles Finelli
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'45.269 11.123 30 111 Rolf Ineichen
Mirko Bortolotti
Steijn Schothorst
Marco Mapelli
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'45.593 11.447 31 14 Aaron Telitz
Oliver Gavin
Kyle Kirkwood
Jack Hawksworth
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'45.596 11.450 32 88 Rob Ferriol
Earl Bamber
Katherine Legge
Christina Nielsen
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'45.658 11.512 33 12 Robert Megennis
Zach Veach
Townsend Bell
Frankie Montecalvo
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'45.752 11.606 34 96 Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley
Aidan Read
Colton Herta
GTD BMW M6 GT3 1'45.852 11.706 35 57 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Indy Dontje
Maro Engel
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'45.915 11.769 36 21 Simon Mann
Nicklas Nielsen
Daniel Serra
Matteo Cressoni
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'45.946 11.800 37 44 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Mario Farnbacher
GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'45.946 11.800 38 97 Maxwell Root
Charles Eastwood
Ben Keating
Richard Westbrook
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'45.974 11.828 39 75 Kenny Habul
Raffaele Marciello
Mikael Grenier
Luca Stolz
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'45.989 11.843 40 16 Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long
Jan Heylen
Klaus Bachler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.043 11.897 41 9 Zacharie Robichon
Laurens Vanthoor
Lars Kern
Matt Campbell
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.076 11.930 42 23 Ian James
Roman De Angelis
Darren Turner
Ross Gunn
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'46.142 11.996 43 19 Mikhail Goikhberg
Franck Perera
Albert Costa
Tim Zimmermann
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.161 12.015 44 63 Ed Jones
Bret Curtis
Ryan Briscoe
Marcos Gomes
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'46.204 12.058 45 28 Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada
Billy Johnson
Maximilian Buhk
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'46.272 12.126 46 1 Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow
Corey Lewis
Andrea Caldarelli
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'46.476 12.330 47 64 Ted Giovanis
Owen Trinkler
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'46.841 12.695 48 42 Alan Metni
Andrew Davis
J.R. Hildebrand
Don Yount
GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 1'47.240 13.094 49 55 Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell
Jonathan Bomarito
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