Rolex 24: Jarvis takes pole for Mazda, Taylor shunts Acura

After setting a 1min33.711sec lap around the 3.56-mile course, Jarvis had already pitted his #77 Mazda RT24-P, comfortable in the knowledge that he’d beaten Juan Pablo Montoya’s #6 Acura by 0.443sec and Mazda teammate Jonathan Bomarito by 0.458sec.

Then all eyes turned to the Bus Stop chicane, where Taylor’s Acura, at that point lying seventh in the times, had suffered heavy nose damage.

The #7 Penske entry had bounced off the new curb at the first part of the chicane, landed with its wheels pointing the wrong way and had too much momentum for former IMSA champion Taylor to gather up the car before it plowed over the grass and into the tire wall. Taylor alighted without aid, and surveyed the heavy front-end damage before being taken to the medical center for a check-up.

The abbreviated session saw Felipe Nasr end up as fastest Cadillac driver in the Action Express Racing entry in fourth, ahead of Wayne Taylor Racing’s new full-time recruit Ryan Briscoe.

The JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillacs of Tristan Vautier and Joao Barbosa were sixth and eighth, 0.743 and 1.336sec off the ultimate pace.

In LMP2, the remarkable Ben Keating delivered pole for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, beating Henrik Hedman’s DragonSpeed entry by 0.282sec.

GT Le Mans

 

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A gripping battle between the two Porsche 911 RSRs was resolved in favor of the #911 car, Nick Tandy beating Laurens Vanthoor by just 0.049sec as the pair beat the qualifying lap record.

Tandy’s 1min42.207sec was also 0.338sec faster than the quicker of the two Corvette C8.Rs, which will start third and fourth in class on their debut after being qualified by Antonio Garcia and Tommy Milner.

The BMW M8 GTEs of Phillipp Eng and John Edwards were respectively 0.734 and 0.882sec off the ultimate pace, while Alessandro Pier Guidi’s Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE was a surprising 1.46sec adrift.

GT Daytona

 

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Zacharie Robichon set a new GTD track record to claim pole in the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R. His 1min45.237sec enabled the car he’ll share with Dennis Olsen, Lars Kern and Patrick Pilet to beat Jeff Westphal’s Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 by an impressive 0.476sec.

Trent Hindman’s Heinricher Racing Acura NSX GT3 was third, edging Robby Foley’s Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 by just 0.035sec.

The Steijn Schothorst-steered Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo took fifth ahead of the WRT SpeedStar Audi Sport R8 and the #12 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3. Thus seven different manufacturers are represented in the top seven spots in the GTD field.

The #14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus did not participate in qualifying because it is undergoing an engine change, while the Magnus GRT Lamborghini discovered a mechanical issue before the session.

The #54 Black Swan Racing Porsche inevitably was absent as it is still being repaired from its heavy shunt in first practice.

Qualifying results:

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Time	Gap	Interval
1	77	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez Olivier Pla	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'33.711
2	6	Dane Cameron Simon Pagenaud Juan Pablo Montoya	DPi	Acura DPi	1'34.154	0.443	0.443
3	55	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell Ryan Hunter-Reay	DPi	Mazda DPi	1'34.169	0.458	0.015
4	31	Mike Conway Pipo Derani Filipe Albuquerque Felipe Nasr	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'34.294	0.583	0.125
5	10	Renger van der Zande Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Kamui Kobayashi	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'34.442	0.731	0.148
6	85	Juan Piedrahita Matheus Leist Chris Miller Tristan Vautier	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'34.454	0.743	0.012
7	5	Sébastien Bourdais Loic Duval Joao Barbosa	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1'35.047	1.336	0.593
8	52	Ben Keating Simon Trummer Nicholas Boulle Gabriel Aubry	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'37.446	3.735	2.399
9	81	Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Colin Braun Harrison Newey	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'37.728	4.017	0.282
10	8	Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson John Farano Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'39.275	5.564	1.547
11	38	Cameron Cassels Robert Masson Kyle Masson Don Yount	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'39.397	5.686	0.122
12	911	Matt Campbell Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	1'42.207	8.496	2.810
13	912	Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	1'42.256	8.545	0.049
14	18	Kyle Tilley Dwight Merriman Ryan Lewis Nicolas Minassian	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	1'42.262	8.551	0.006
15	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'42.545	8.834	0.283
16	4	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fassler	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	1'42.801	9.090	0.256
17	25	Connor de Phillippi Philipp Eng Bruno Spengler Colton Herta	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'42.941	9.230	0.140
18	24	John Edwards Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert Jesse Krohn	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	1'43.089	9.378	0.148
19	62	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Daniel Serra Davide Rigon	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	1'43.668	9.957	0.579
20	7	Ricky Taylor Helio Castroneves Alexander Rossi	DPi	Acura DPi	1'44.065	10.354	0.397
21	9	Dennis Olsen Zacharie Robichon Lars Kern Patrick Pilet	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'45.237	11.526	1.172
22	63	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander Jeff Westphal Alessandro Balzan	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	1'45.713	12.002	0.476
23	57	Alvaro Parente Mikhail Goikhberg Trent Hindman A.J. Allmendinger	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'45.837	12.126	0.124
24	96	Robby Foley Jens Klingmann Bill Auberlen Dillon Machavern	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	1'45.872	12.161	0.035
25	11	Richard Heistand Steijn Schothorst Franck Perera Albert Costa	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'46.040	12.329	0.168
26	88	Mirko Bortolotti Rolf Ineichen Daniel Morad Dries Vanthoor	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	1'46.175	12.464	0.135
27	12	Frankie Montecalvo Shane van Gisbergen Aaron Telitz Townsend Bell	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	1'46.185	12.474	0.010
28	48	Madison Snow Bryan Sellers Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'46.191	12.480	0.006
29	86	Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry Shinya Michimi Jules Gounon	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	1'46.478	12.767	0.287
30	16	Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long Anthony Imperato Klaus Bachler	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1'46.485	12.774	0.007
31	47	Brandon Gdovic Eric Lux Mark Kvamme Jonathan Hoggard	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'46.835	13.124	0.350
32	98	Pedro Lamy Ross Gunn Mathias Lauda Andrew Watson	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'46.880	13.169	0.045
33	23	Ian James Nicki Thiim Roman De Angelis Alex Riberas	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	1'47.041	13.330	0.161
34	19	Christina Nielsen Katherine Legge Tatiana Calderon Rahel Frey	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	1'47.148	13.437	0.107
35	74	Lawson Aschenbach Ben Keating Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1'47.273	13.562	0.125
36	14	Parker Chase Jack Hawksworth Michael de Quesada Kyle Busch	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3
37	44	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Marco Mapelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
38	54	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen Sven Muller Trenton Estep	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R
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