Rolex 24: O’Ward puts LMP2 car top in damp, inconclusive FP1
IndyCar ace Pato O’Ward sent DragonSpeed’s LMP2 Oreca to the head of the times in opening practice for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.
#81 DragonSpeed USA Oreca LMP2 07: Patricio O'Ward, Eric Lux, Colton Herta, Devlin Defrancesco
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The Mexican 21-year-old turned a 1min49.251sec lap of the 3.56-mile course and then promptly spun, but he had done enough to ensure a P2 car was on top by 0.016sec.
The DragonSpeed car turned 33 laps in the 90-minute session, some 1.5sec ahead of next fastest LMP2 runner Nico Muller in the High Class Racing machine, with Frits Van Eerd third for Racing Team Nederland ahead of Paul-Loup Chatin.
In the DPi class, Earl Bamber’s 1min49.267sec lap in the #02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R gave him a similar margin as O’Ward over the nearest opposition, Filipe Albuquerque in the 2021 Rolex 24-winning Acura ARX-05 of Wayne Taylor Racing.
Next up was Oliver Jarvis of Meyer Shank Racing, the #60 Acura being the only DPi car to turn more than a dozen laps in the session, as teams expect the damp conditions at the moment to be unrepresentative of how Daytona will be this weekend. Forecasts suggest instead that it will be extremely cold, with temperatures hovering around freezing point.
Only four LMP3 cars turned laps in FP1, with Matt Bell topping the times in AWA’s Duqueine ahead of Muehlner Motorsports’ similar car in the hands of Cameron Shields.
Mathieu Jaminet led GTD Pro by a country mile in the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, 1.7sec and 1.9sec faster than Dirk Muller and Daniel Juncadella in the two Proton-run Mercedes-AMG GT3 entries.
Laurens Vanthoor was fourth in KCMG’s Porsche, with reigning IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM champ Antonio Garcia fifth in the Corvette C8.R and James Calado sixth in Risi Competizione’s Ferrari 488.
GTD was led by Luca Stolz in the SunEnergy1 Mercedes, and his time put him second in the 33-car GT field overall, as well as half a second faster than Jordan Pepper’s best effort in the Inception McLaren 720S.
Maxi Goetz was third fastest despite spinning the Alegra Motorsports Mercedes, while Katherine Legge slotted the Hardpoint Porsche into fourth.
Second practice begins at 3.20pm local (Eastern) time and will last 1hr45mins.
Practice results:
Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 81 |
Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco Patricio O'Ward Colton Herta |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'49.251 | |
2 | 02 |
Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn Marcus Ericsson Kevin Magnussen |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'49.267 | 0.016 |
3 | 10 |
Ricky Taylor
Joao Barbosa Alexander Rossi Will Stevens |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'50.781 | 1.530 |
4 | 20 |
Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach Fabio Scherer Nico Mueller |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'50.789 | 1.538 |
5 | 60 |
Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist Helio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'51.246 | 1.995 |
6 | 29 |
Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde Murry Dylan Rinus van Kalmthout |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'51.478 | 2.227 |
7 | 18 |
Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'51.765 | 2.514 |
8 | 69 |
John Falb
James Allen Luca Ghiotto Tijmen van |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'51.829 | 2.578 |
9 | 68 |
François Heriau
Oliver Rasmussen Ed Jones René Rast |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'52.383 | 3.132 |
10 | 8 |
John Farano
Louis Deletraz Rui Pinto Ferdinand Habsburg |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'52.949 | 3.698 |
11 | 01 |
Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Alex Palou |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'52.989 | 3.738 |
12 | 31 |
Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez Mike Conway |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'53.324 | 4.073 |
13 | 48 |
Mike Rockenfeller
Kamui Kobayashi Jimmie Johnson Jose Maria Lopez |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'53.650 | 4.399 |
14 | 22 |
Jim McGuire
Guy Smith Philip Hanson Will Owen |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'54.036 | 4.785 |
15 | 9 |
Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr |
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'56.784 | 7.533 |
16 | 75 |
Kenny Habul
Luca Stolz Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'58.419 | 9.168 |
17 | 15 |
Dirk Muller
Patrick Assenheimer Austin Cindric |
GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'58.510 | 9.259 |
18 | 97 |
Cooper MacNeil
Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Jules Gounon |
GTD PRO | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'58.658 | 9.407 |
19 | 2 |
Laurens Vanthoor
Patrick Pilet Dennis Olsen Alexandre Imperatori |
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'58.936 | 9.685 |
20 | 70 |
Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Jordan Lee Pepper |
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 1'58.964 | 9.713 |
21 | 28 |
Michael de Quesada
Daniel Morad Linus Lundqvist Maximillian Goetz |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'59.001 | 9.750 |
22 | 99 |
Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge Stefan Wilson Nicholas Boulle |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'59.115 | 9.864 |
23 | 3 |
Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg |
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'59.173 | 9.922 |
24 | 71 |
Franck Perera
LLarena Mateo Paul Maximilian Mikhail Goikhberg |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'59.195 | 9.944 |
25 | 98 |
Paul Dalla Lana
David Pittard Charles Eastwood Nicki Thiim |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'59.215 | 9.964 |
26 | 13 |
Orey Fidani
Kuno Wittmer Lars Kern Matthew Bell |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'59.223 | 9.972 |
27 | 26 |
Nolan Siegel
Cameron Shields Charles Crews Ugo De |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'59.224 | 9.973 |
28 | 62 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon |
GTD PRO | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'59.656 | 10.405 |
29 | 25 |
Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn |
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 1'59.682 | 10.431 |
30 | 19 |
Bill Sweedler
John Megrue Giacomo Altoè Jeff Segal |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'59.767 | 10.516 |
31 | 4 |
Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy Marco Sorensen |
GTD PRO | Corvette C8.R GTD | 1'59.945 | 10.694 |
32 | 21 |
Mann Simon
Luis Perez Companc Nicklas Nielsen Toni Vilander |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'59.963 | 10.712 |
33 | 42 |
Don Yount
Benja Hites Jaden Conwright Markus Palttala |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 2'00.067 | 10.816 |
34 | 47 |
Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessio Rovera |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2'00.123 | 10.872 |
35 | 66 |
Kyffin Simpson
Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 2'00.431 | 11.180 |
36 | 32 |
Mike Skeen
Guy Cosmo Stevan McAleer Scott Andrews |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2'00.589 | 11.338 |
37 | 96 |
Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann |
GTD | BMW M4 GT3 | 2'00.663 | 11.412 |
38 | 6 |
Efrin Castro
Moritz Kranz Ori Ayrton Joel Miller |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 2'00.800 | 11.549 |
39 | 59 |
Lance Bergstein
Jon Miller Patrick Gallagher Paul Holton |
GTD | McLaren 720S GT3 | 2'00.960 | 11.709 |
40 | 44 |
John Potter
Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Jonathan Adam |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 2'01.223 | 11.972 |
41 | 63 |
Marco Mapelli
Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Rolf Ineichen |
GTD PRO | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 2'01.246 | 11.995 |
42 | 39 |
Robert Megennis
Corey Lewis Sandy Mitchell Jeff Westphal |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 2'01.376 | 12.125 |
43 | 74 |
Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga Kay van Berlo Michael Cooper |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 2'01.865 | 12.614 |
44 | 24 |
Philipp Eng
Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly Sheldon Van Der Linde |
GTD PRO | BMW M4 GT3 | 2'01.906 | 12.655 |
45 | 34 |
Kyle Washington
James Sofronas Jeroen Bleekemolen Klaus Bachler |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2'04.673 | 15.422 |
46 | 12 |
Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz Richard Heistand Townsend Bell |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 2'09.973 | 20.722 |
47 | 64 |
Ted Giovanis
Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2'11.813 | 22.562 |
48 | 5 |
Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook Loic Duval Ben Keating |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 0.000 | |
49 | 7 |
Mark Kvamme
Austin McCusker Trenton Estep Antoine Doquin |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 0.000 | |
50 | 11 |
Thomas Steven
Josh Pierson Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 0.000 | |
51 | 14 |
Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood |
GTD PRO | Lexus RC F GT3 | 0.000 | |
52 | 16 |
Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon Jan Heylen Richard Lietz |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 0.000 | |
53 | 23 |
Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas Maxime Martin |
GTD PRO | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 0.000 | |
54 | 27 |
Roman De Angelis
Ian James Darren Turner Tom Gamble |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 0.000 | |
55 | 33 |
Joao Barbosa
Malthe Jakobsen Seb Priaulx Lance Willsey |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 0.000 | |
56 | 36 |
Jarett Andretti
Josh Burdon Rasmus Lindh Gabby Chaves |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 0.000 | |
57 | 38 |
Dan Goldburg
Hikaru Abe Garett Grist Nicolas Pino |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 0.000 | |
58 | 52 |
Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 0.000 | |
59 | 54 |
Jon Bennett
Colin Braun George Kurtz Nic Jönsson |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 0.000 | |
60 | 57 |
Russell Ward
Philip Ellis Mikael Grenier Lucas Auer |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 0.000 | |
61 | 79 |
Cooper MacNeil
Julien Andlauer Matteo Cairoli Alessio Picariello |
GTD PRO | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 0.000 | |
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