Practice report
IMSA Daytona 24
Rolex 24: AXR's Kobayashi tops rain-hit second practice
Kamui Kobayashi managed to set a representative lap time for Action Express Racing to go fastest, despite rain being a feature of most of second practice for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Jan 28, 2022, 8:12 PM
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The Japanese star who has amassed two wins and a runner-up finish in his three outings in the season opening IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round, turned a 1min35.470sec in Action Express Racing’s Ally Cadillac DPi-V.R, which will only be competing at the four Michelin Endurance Cup races this year.
It’s full-time sister car, the #31 Whelen Engineering AXR car was second in the hands of Mike Conway, ahead of Ricky Taylor in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura.
Marcus Ericsson flirted with the limits of his #02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac but kept it off the wall to go fourth fastest.
Nico Muller was again fast in the High Class Racing Oreca, topping the LMP2 class ahead of Ed Jones’ G-Drive with APR entry and Devlin DeFrancesco in the DragonSpeed car he is sharing with Colton Herta, Pato O’Ward and Eric Lux.
Felipe Fraga led LMP3 for Riley Motorsports, leading a Ligier 1-2-3, with Garett Grist of Performance Tech Motorsports barely a tenth slower and Joao Barbosa third for Sean Creech Motorsport.
Trenton Estep had a shunt on the Forty7 Motorsport car’s sixth lap that prevented him from rejoining the session.
Jack Hawksworth headed up GTD Pro for Vasser Sullivan Racing, his Lexus RC F completing just three laps before the track conditions deteriorated. Daniel Juncadella and Dirk Muller slotted the Proton Mercedes-AMG GT3s into second and third, ahead of the two Corvette C8.Rs which were split by Sheldon van der Linde in the Rahal Letterman Lanigan-run BMW M4.
Winward Racing led GTD, Mikael Grenier proving the fastest of the bunch ahead of Maxi Goetz (Alegra Motorsports Benz) and Patrick Gallagher in the Crucial Motorsports McLaren 720S.
Third practice begins at 7.15pm local (Eastern) time and will last until 9.00pm.
Practice results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 48 Mike Rockenfeller
Kamui Kobayashi
Jimmie Johnson
Jose Maria Lopez
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'35.470 2 31 Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez
Mike Conway
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'36.964 1.494 3 20 Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
Fabio Scherer
Nico Mueller
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.012 1.542 4 68 François Heriau
Oliver Rasmussen
Ed Jones
René Rast
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.137 1.667 5 81 Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco
Patricio O'Ward
Colton Herta
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.554 2.084 6 29 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Murry Dylan
Rinus van Kalmthout
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'37.632 2.162 7 22 Jim McGuire
Guy Smith
Philip Hanson
Will Owen
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'38.378 2.908 8 69 John Falb
James Allen
Luca Ghiotto
Tijmen van
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'38.952 3.482 9 8 John Farano
Louis Deletraz
Rui Pinto
Ferdinand Habsburg
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'39.956 4.486 10 11 Thomas Steven
Josh Pierson
Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'41.185 5.715 11 74 Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga
Kay van Berlo
Michael Cooper
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.203 7.733 12 38 Dan Goldburg
Hikaru Abe
Garett Grist
Nicolas Pino
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'43.347 7.877 13 33 Joao Barbosa
Malthe Jakobsen
Seb Priaulx
Lance Willsey
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'44.248 8.778 14 13 Orey Fidani
Kuno Wittmer
Lars Kern
Matthew Bell
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'44.744 9.274 15 54 Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
Nic Jönsson
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'45.407 9.937 16 6 Efrin Castro
Moritz Kranz
Ori Ayrton
Joel Miller
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'46.091 10.621 17 57 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Mikael Grenier
Lucas Auer
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'46.577 11.107 18 28 Michael de Quesada
Daniel Morad
Linus Lundqvist
Maximillian Goetz
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'46.835 11.365 19 59 Lance Bergstein
Jon Miller
Patrick Gallagher
Paul Holton
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 1'46.843 11.373 20 12 Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz
Richard Heistand
Townsend Bell
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 1'47.010 11.540 21 98 Paul Dalla Lana
David Pittard
Charles Eastwood
Nicki Thiim
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'47.189 11.719 22 70 Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff
Ollie Millroy
Jordan Lee Pepper
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 1'47.264 11.794 23 21 Mann Simon
Luis Perez Companc
Nicklas Nielsen
Toni Vilander
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'47.384 11.914 24 39 Robert Megennis
Corey Lewis
Sandy Mitchell
Jeff Westphal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'47.600 12.130 25 44 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Jonathan Adam
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'47.916 12.446 26 64 Ted Giovanis
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
Owen Trinkler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'47.975 12.505 27 96 Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen
Michael Dinan
Jens Klingmann
GTD BMW M4 GT3 1'48.080 12.610 28 47 Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto
Antonio Fuoco
Alessio Rovera
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 1'48.110 12.640 29 71 Franck Perera
LLarena Mateo
Paul Maximilian
Mikhail Goikhberg
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'48.455 12.985 30 14 Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat
Kyle Kirkwood
GTD PRO Lexus RC F GT3 1'48.725 13.255 31 99 Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge
Stefan Wilson
Nicholas Boulle
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'48.828 13.358 32 10 Ricky Taylor
Joao Barbosa
Alexander Rossi
Will Stevens
DPi Acura DPi 1'48.852 13.382 33 02 Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn
Marcus Ericsson
Kevin Magnussen
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'49.000 13.530 34 7 Mark Kvamme
Austin McCusker
Trenton Estep
Antoine Doquin
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'49.180 13.710 35 27 Roman De Angelis
Ian James
Darren Turner
Tom Gamble
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 1'49.211 13.741 36 97 Cooper MacNeil
Daniel Juncadella
Maro Engel
Jules Gounon
GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'49.639 14.169 37 15 Dirk Muller
Patrick Assenheimer
Austin Cindric
GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'49.680 14.210 38 42 Don Yount
Benja Hites
Jaden Conwright
Markus Palttala
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'50.246 14.776 39 3 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 1'50.381 14.911 40 19 Bill Sweedler
John Megrue
Giacomo Altoè
Jeff Segal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'50.521 15.051 41 18 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Ryan Dalziel
Paul-Loup Chatin
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'51.190 15.720 42 24 Philipp Eng
Marco Wittmann
Nick Yelloly
Sheldon Van Der Linde
GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 1'51.357 15.887 43 4 Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy
Marco Sorensen
GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 1'51.464 15.994 44 32 Mike Skeen
Guy Cosmo
Stevan McAleer
Scott Andrews
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'53.715 18.245 45 62 Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Daniel Serra
Davide Rigon
GTD PRO Ferrari 488 GT3 1'53.829 18.359 46 5 Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook
Loic Duval
Ben Keating
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'54.631 19.161 47 66 Kyffin Simpson
Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller
Mario Farnbacher
GTD Acura NSX GT3 1'55.702 20.232 48 26 Nolan Siegel
Cameron Shields
Charles Crews
Ugo De
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'58.318 22.848 49 75 Kenny Habul
Luca Stolz
Raffaele Marciello
Fabian Schiller
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'58.544 23.074 50 2 Laurens Vanthoor
Patrick Pilet
Dennis Olsen
Alexandre Imperatori
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 2'17.295 41.825 51 63 Marco Mapelli
Andrea Caldarelli
Mirko Bortolotti
Rolf Ineichen
GTD PRO Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'22.014 46.544 52 01 Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais
Scott Dixon
Alex Palou
DPi Cadillac DPi 0.000 53 9 Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
Felipe Nasr
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 0.000 54 16 Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Jan Heylen
Richard Lietz
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 0.000 55 23 Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas
Maxime Martin
GTD PRO Aston Martin Vantage GT3 0.000 56 25 Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards
Augusto Farfus
Jesse Krohn
GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 0.000 57 34 Kyle Washington
James Sofronas
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Klaus Bachler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 0.000 58 36 Jarett Andretti
Josh Burdon
Rasmus Lindh
Gabby Chaves
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 0.000 59 52 Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Huffaker
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 0.000 60 60 Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist
Helio Castroneves
Simon Pagenaud
DPi Acura DPi 0.000 61 79 Cooper MacNeil
Julien Andlauer
Matteo Cairoli
Alessio Picariello
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 0.000 View full results
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