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IMSA Roar: Vautier fastest in third practice for Cadillac
Tristan Vautier topped third practice for the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona International Speedway’s road course in JDC-Miller Motorsports’ Cadillac DPi-V.R.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jan 24, 2021, 3:54 AM
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Mike Rockenfeller set the initial pace in the one-hour session with a lap of 1m36.639s in the Action Express Cadillac DPi he shares with Jimmie Johnson, Kamui Kobayashi and Simon Pagenaud. He was then eclipsed by Renger van der Zande in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac, who lapped in 1m36.127s.
The Acuras then entered the fray with some quick laps, as Dane Cameron in the Meyer Shank-run car and Helio Castroneves in WTR’s AXR-05 rose to second and third in the times, before Jonathan Bomarito showed Mazda’s hand by taking P2 with a lap of 1m36.26s, 0.133s off van der Zande’s best.
After a red flag to retrieve an errant Mercedes GTD car, new tyre runs changed the picture completely in the closing moments, with Vautier jumping to P1 in the #5 JDC-Miller Cadillac, 0.289s clear of Oliver Jarvis (who took over the Mazda) and three tenths ahead of Pipo Derani in the #31 AXR Caddy.
Van der Zande dropped to fourth, ahead of AJ Allmendinger (beating Cameron’s time in the Shank Acura), Castroneves and Rockenfeller.
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In LMP2, Charles Milesi led the way – and was eighth overall – in Racing Team Netherland’s ORECA, 0.466s ahead of Tristan Nunez (WIN Autosport ORECA) and well clear of Nicolas Lapierre’s PR1 Mathiasen example, with Rinus Veekay close behind for DragonSpeed.
Colin Braun topped LMP3 for CORE autosport, ahead of Riley Motorsports duo Jeroen Bleekemolen and Oliver Askew.
In GTLM, Kevin Estre set the early pace in the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911, before Jordan Taylor pipped him in the #3 Chevrolet Corvette, lapping in 1m43.906s.
But Nick Tandy demolished that time with 1m43.467s in the #4 Corvette, and made it a 1-2 for the C8.R.
Timo Glock was third fastest for BMW, ahead of Estre and the second BMW of Marco Wittmann.
Daniel Serra’s AF Corse Ferrari was fastest in GTD, ahead of Laurens Vanthoor (Porsche), Rolf Ineichen (Lamborghini) and Maxi Buhk (Mercedes).
The session was red flagged with 20 minutes to go for Kenny Habul in the #76 Mercedes, who went off at Turn 2.
Cla Driver Class Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval
Sébastien Bourdais
DPi Cadillac DPi 17 1'35.710 133.905 2 Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell
Jonathan Bomarito
DPi Mazda DPi 26 1'35.999 0.289 0.289 133.501 3 Felipe Nasr
Mike Conway
Pipo Derani
Chase Elliott
DPi Cadillac DPi 22 1'36.015 0.305 0.016 133.479 4 Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen
Scott Dixon
Marcus Ericsson
DPi Cadillac DPi 21 1'36.127 0.417 0.112 133.324 5 Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla
Juan Pablo Montoya
A.J. Allmendinger
DPi Acura DPi 16 1'36.217 0.507 0.090 133.199 6 Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Alexander Rossi
Helio Castroneves
DPi Acura DPi 24 1'36.219 0.509 0.002 133.196 7 Jimmie Johnson
Kamui Kobayashi
Simon Pagenaud
Mike Rockenfeller
DPi Cadillac DPi 24 1'36.420 0.710 0.201 132.918 8 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Job Van Uitert
Charles Milesi
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 27 1'37.366 1.656 0.946 131.627 9 Thomas Steven
Tristan Nunez
Thomas Merrill
Matthew Bell
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 25 1'37.832 2.122 0.466 131.000 10 Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Huffaker
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 24 1'38.203 2.493 0.371 130.505 11 Rob Hodes
Garett Grist
Rinus van Kalmthout
Ben Hanley
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 25 1'38.255 2.545 0.052 130.436 12 Dennis Andersen
Ferdinand Habsburg
Anders Fjordbach
Robert Kubica
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 26 1'38.510 2.800 0.255 130.098 13 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Ryan Dalziel
Paul-Loup Chatin
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 28 1'38.574 2.864 0.064 130.014 14 John Farano
Gabriel Aubry
Timothé Buret
Matthieu Vaxiviere
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 22 1'38.956 3.246 0.382 129.512 15 Roberto Lacorte
Antonio Fuoco
Andrea Belicchi
Giorgio Sernagiotto
LMP2 Dallara LMP2 24 1'39.346 3.636 0.390 129.004 16 Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco
Fabian Schiller
Christopher Mies
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 25 1'39.372 3.662 0.026 128.970 17 Cody Ware
Salih Yoluc
Austin Dillon
Mathieu Jaminet
LMP2 Ligier LMP2 20 1'40.514 4.804 1.142 127.505 18 Nick Tandy
Alexander Sims
Tommy Milner
GTLM Corvette C8.R 22 1'43.467 7.757 2.953 123.866 19 Jon Bennett
George Kurtz
Colin Braun
Matt McMurry
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 21 1'43.572 7.862 0.105 123.740 20 Cox Jim
Murry Dylan
Austin McCusker
Jeroen Bleekemolen
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 20 1'43.703 7.993 0.131 123.584 21 Gar Robinson
Spencer Pigot
Scott Andrews
Oliver Askew
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 20 1'43.784 8.074 0.081 123.487 22 Moritz Kranz
Hoerr Laurents
LMP3 Duqueine M30-D08 27 1'43.824 8.114 0.040 123.440 23 Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
Antonio Garcia
GTLM Corvette C8.R 25 1'43.906 8.196 0.082 123.342 24 Philipp Eng
Timo Glock
Connor de Phillippi
Bruno Spengler
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 21 1'43.952 8.242 0.046 123.288 25 Cooper MacNeil
Kevin Estre
Richard Lietz
Gianmaria Bruni
GTLM Porsche 911 RSR - 19 27 1'44.148 8.438 0.196 123.056 26 Lance Willsey
Joao Barbosa
Wayne Boyd
Yann Clairay
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 21 1'44.200 8.490 0.052 122.994 27 Augusto Farfus
Marco Wittmann
John Edwards
Jesse Krohn
GTLM BMW M8 GTE 21 1'44.328 8.618 0.128 122.843 28 Mark Kvamme
Ryan Norman
Gabby Chaves
Charles Finelli
LMP3 Duqueine M30-D08 22 1'44.535 8.825 0.207 122.600 29 James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Jules Gounon
Davide Rigon
GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE 18 1'44.965 9.255 0.430 122.098 30 Rasmus Lindh
Cameron Cassels
LLarena Mateo
Ori Ayrton
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 23 1'45.710 10.000 0.745 121.237 31 Mann Simon
Nicklas Nielsen
Daniel Serra
Matteo Cressoni
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 25 1'46.495 10.785 0.785 120.344 32 Zacharie Robichon
Laurens Vanthoor
Lars Kern
Matt Campbell
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 21 1'46.805 11.095 0.310 119.994 33 Rolf Ineichen
Mirko Bortolotti
Steijn Schothorst
Marco Mapelli
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 24 1'46.805 11.095 0.000 119.994 34 Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada
Billy Johnson
Maxi Buhk
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 25 1'46.863 11.153 0.058 119.929 35 Rob Ferriol
Earl Bamber
Katherine Legge
Christina Nielsen
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 26 1'46.899 11.189 0.036 119.889 36 Mikhail Goikhberg
Franck Perera
Albert Costa
Tim Zimmermann
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 27 1'47.014 11.304 0.115 119.760 37 Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley
Aidan Read
Colton Herta
GTD BMW M6 GT3 23 1'47.015 11.305 0.001 119.759 38 Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long
Jan Heylen
Klaus Bachler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 20 1'47.281 11.571 0.266 119.462 39 Maxwell Root
Charles Eastwood
Ben Keating
Richard Westbrook
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 23 1'47.324 11.614 0.043 119.414 40 Aaron Telitz
Oliver Gavin
Kyle Kirkwood
Jack Hawksworth
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 16 1'47.327 11.617 0.003 119.411 41 Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow
Corey Lewis
Andrea Caldarelli
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 24 1'47.384 11.674 0.057 119.347 42 Ted Giovanis
Owen Trinkler
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 8 1'47.522 11.812 0.138 119.194 43 Robert Megennis
Zach Veach
Townsend Bell
Frankie Montecalvo
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 16 1'47.539 11.829 0.017 119.175 44 Ian James
Roman De Angelis
Darren Turner
Ross Gunn
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 24 1'47.599 11.889 0.060 119.109 45 Ed Jones
Bret Curtis
Ryan Briscoe
Marcos Gomes
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 23 1'47.627 11.917 0.028 119.078 46 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Indy Dontje
Maro Engel
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 25 1'47.686 11.976 0.059 119.013 47 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Mario Farnbacher
GTD Acura NSX GT3 5 1'47.807 12.097 0.121 118.879 48 Kenny Habul
Raffaele Marciello
Mikael Grenier
Luca Stolz
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 14 1'47.891 12.181 0.084 118.787 49 Alan Metni
Andrew Davis
J.R. Hildebrand
Don Yount
GTD Audi R8 LMS GT3 25 1'48.116 12.406 0.225 118.539 View full results
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