Rolex 24: Blomqvist puts Meyer Shank Racing on top in FP2
Tom Blomqvist, in his first event for Meyer Shank Racing, made his presence felt with a late surge to the top of the times in second practice in the Roar Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images
Lapping the course in 1min34.351sec, Blomqvist eclipsed by over three-tenths of a second the best efforts of Filipe Albuquerque in the similar Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 that had led opening practice.
Next up was impressive Daytona debutant, reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou in the #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R of Chip Ganassi Racing, which headed the sister car of #02 fulltimer Earl Bamber by just three hundredths.
This pair were more than four-tenths of a second clear of the next best Caddy, the JDC-Miller MotorSports machine driven by Tristan Vautier, while Action Express Cadillac pair Tristan Nunez and Jimmie Johnson were sixth and seventh.
Rene Rast headed LMP2 in the G-Drive Racing by APR Oreca, within two tenths of slowest DPi time, and less than 1.6sec off Blomqvist’s top time. Fabio Scherer of High Class Racing was next up, ahead of Mikkel Jensen in one of PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport’s cars, and Louis Deletraz of Tower Motorsport.
IndyCar stars Rinus VeeKay of Racing Team Nederland, and Colton Herta in the DragonSpeed entry were fifth and eighth respectively.
Malthe Jacobsen propelled Sean Creech Motorsport’s Ligier to the top of LMP3, a couple of tenths faster than CORE autosport’s reliable ace Colin Braun. Felipe Fraga in the Riley Motorsports car was third, narrowly edging Gabby Chaves in the Andretti Autosport car. The fastest Duqueine driver was fifth, namely Ugo de Wilde in the Muehlner Motorsports entry.
Unlike in FP1, a GTD Pro car topped the GT times, Mirko Bortolotti lapping his TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan in 1min46.516sec, one tenth faster than the fastest GTD car, the Sun Energy 1 Mercedes-AMG GT3 piloted by Raffaele Marciello.
Matthieu Jaminet slotted the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R into third fastest (second in GTD Pro) while Winward Racing’s Mikael Grenier and Alegra Motorsports’ Maxi Goetz were next in a pair of Mercedes.
Laurens Vanthoor’s best effort in the KCMG Porsche left him third in GTD Pro, chased by Crucial Motorsports’ McLaren 720S and Magnus Racing’s Aston Martin Vantage.
Third practice begins at 10am local (Eastern) time.
Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud |
DPi | Acura DPi | 37 | 1'34.351 | |
2 |
Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Will Stevens |
DPi | Acura DPi | 38 | 1'34.687 | 0.336 |
3 |
Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Alex Palou |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 37 | 1'34.712 | 0.361 |
4 |
Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn Marcus Ericsson Kevin Magnussen |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 26 | 1'34.746 | 0.395 |
5 |
Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook Loic Duval Ben Keating |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 35 | 1'35.182 | 0.831 |
6 |
Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez Mike Conway |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 40 | 1'35.433 | 1.082 |
7 |
Jimmie Johnson
Kamui Kobayashi Mike Rockenfeller Jose Maria Lopez |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 38 | 1'35.795 | 1.444 |
8 |
François Heriau
Oliver Rasmussen Ed Jones René Rast |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 46 | 1'35.933 | 1.582 |
9 |
Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach Fabio Scherer Nico Mueller |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 45 | 1'36.309 | 1.958 |
10 |
Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 38 | 1'36.480 | 2.129 |
11 |
John Farano
Louis Deletraz Rui Pinto Ferdinand Habsburg |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 39 | 1'37.164 | 2.813 |
12 |
Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde Murry Dylan Rinus van Kalmthout |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 41 | 1'37.557 | 3.206 |
13 |
John Falb
James Allen Luca Ghiotto Tijmen van |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 38 | 1'37.571 | 3.220 |
14 |
Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 26 | 1'37.624 | 3.273 |
15 |
Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco Patricio O'Ward Colton Herta |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 44 | 1'37.746 | 3.395 |
16 |
Thomas Steven
Josh Pierson Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 42 | 1'38.035 | 3.684 |
17 |
Jim McGuire
Guy Smith Philip Hanson Will Owen |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 39 | 1'38.185 | 3.834 |
18 |
Joao Barbosa
Malthe Jakobsen Seb Priaulx Lance Willsey |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 39 | 1'43.006 | 8.655 |
19 |
Jon Bennett
Colin Braun George Kurtz Nic Jönsson |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 34 | 1'43.246 | 8.895 |
20 |
Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga Kay van Berlo Michael Cooper |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 32 | 1'43.643 | 9.292 |
21 |
Jarett Andretti
Josh Burdon Rasmus Lindh Gabby Chaves |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 30 | 1'43.671 | 9.320 |
22 |
Nolan Siegel
Cameron Shields Charles Crews Ugo De |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 32 | 1'43.964 | 9.613 |
23 |
Dan Goldburg
Hikaru Abe Garett Grist Nicolas Pino |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 38 | 1'44.273 | 9.922 |
24 |
Mark Kvamme
Austin McCusker Trenton Estep Antoine Doquin |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 39 | 1'44.464 | 10.113 |
25 |
Efrin Castro
Moritz Kranz Ori Ayrton Joel Miller |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 37 | 1'44.663 | 10.312 |
26 |
Orey Fidani
Kuno Wittmer Lars Kern Matthew Bell |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 38 | 1'46.407 | 12.056 |
27 |
Marco Mapelli
Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Rolf Ineichen |
GTD PRO | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 41 | 1'46.516 | 12.165 |
28 |
Kenny Habul
Luca Stolz Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 37 | 1'46.612 | 12.261 |
29 |
Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr |
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 38 | 1'46.785 | 12.434 |
30 |
Russell Ward
Philip Ellis Mikael Grenier Lucas Auer |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 38 | 1'46.851 | 12.500 |
31 |
Michael de Quesada
Daniel Morad Linus Lundqvist Maximillian Goetz |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 39 | 1'46.893 | 12.542 |
32 |
Laurens Vanthoor
Patrick Pilet Dennis Olsen Alexandre Imperatori |
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 32 | 1'46.920 | 12.569 |
33 |
Lance Bergstein
Jon Miller Patrick Gallagher Paul Holton |
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 40 | 1'46.999 | 12.648 |
34 |
John Potter
Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Jonathan Adam |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 38 | 1'47.026 | 12.675 |
35 |
Cooper MacNeil
Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Jules Gounon |
GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 42 | 1'47.044 | 12.693 |
36 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz Richard Heistand Townsend Bell |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 35 | 1'47.089 | 12.738 |
37 |
Dirk Muller
Patrick Assenheimer Austin Cindric |
GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 38 | 1'47.092 | 12.741 |
38 |
Mike Skeen
Guy Cosmo Stevan McAleer Scott Andrews |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 36 | 1'47.098 | 12.747 |
39 |
Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen Richard Lietz |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 39 | 1'47.148 | 12.797 |
40 |
Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas Maxime Martin |
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 35 | 1'47.238 | 12.887 |
41 |
Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood |
GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 33 | 1'47.252 | 12.901 |
42 |
Kyle Washington
James Sofronas Jeroen Bleekemolen Klaus Bachler |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 38 | 1'47.271 | 12.920 |
43 |
Ted Giovanis
Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 33 | 1'47.487 | 13.136 |
44 |
Cooper MacNeil
Julien Andlauer Matteo Cairoli Alessio Picariello |
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 36 | 1'47.510 | 13.159 |
45 |
Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Jordan Lee Pepper |
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 41 | 1'47.540 | 13.189 |
46 |
Kyffin Simpson
Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 41 | 1'47.628 | 13.277 |
47 |
Robert Megennis
Corey Lewis Sandy Mitchell Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 37 | 1'47.639 | 13.288 |
48 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon |
GTD PRO | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 35 | 1'47.799 | 13.448 |
49 |
Don Yount
Benja Hites Jaden Conwright Markus Palttala |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 39 | 1'47.898 | 13.547 |
50 |
Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessio Rovera |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 37 | 1'47.903 | 13.552 |
51 |
Mann Simon
Luis Perez Companc Nicklas Nielsen Toni Vilander |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 39 | 1'47.903 | 13.552 |
52 |
Roman De Angelis
Ian James Darren Turner Tom Gamble |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 35 | 1'47.952 | 13.601 |
53 |
Paul Dalla Lana
David Pittard Charlie Eastwood Nicki Thiim |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 39 | 1'47.993 | 13.642 |
54 |
Franck Perera
LLarena Mateo Paul Maximilian Mikhail Goikhberg |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 40 | 1'48.654 | 14.303 |
55 |
Bill Sweedler
John Megrue Giacomo Altoè Jeff Segal |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 40 | 1'48.848 | 14.497 |
56 |
Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge Stefan Wilson Nicholas Boulle |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 37 | 1'48.852 | 14.501 |
57 |
Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 38 | 1'49.081 | 14.730 |
58 |
Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy Marco Sorensen |
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 35 | 1'49.132 | 14.781 |
59 |
Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn |
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 21 | 1'49.141 | 14.790 |
60 |
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg |
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 37 | 1'49.191 | 14.840 |
61 |
Philipp Eng
Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly Sheldon Van Der Linde |
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 37 | 1'49.291 | 14.940 |
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