Rolex 24: Action Express dominates opening session

On a wet but drying track, only four prototypes set a reasonably representative times, Nasr lapping the course in 1min36.108sec in his #31 AXR Cadillac DPi-V.R.

That put him 0.599sec clear of teammate Albuquerque, while Tristan Vautier in the #85 JDC-Miller Motorsports entry made it a Cadillac 1-2-3. Jonathan Bomarito was fourth in the #55 Mazda RT24-P of Mazda Team Joest.

The relative lack of hot laps from the Prototypes allowed GT Le Mans to rise to prominence, and it was Frederic Makowiecki and Mathieu Jaminet who put the Porsche 911 RSRs at the top of the times, ahead of Rene Binder in Juncos Racing’s Cadillac Prototype.

Three GT Daytona cars completed the Top 10 overall times, Corey Lewis in the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan edging Kelvin van der Linde in the WRT Audi R8 and Aaron Telitz in the new AIM Vasser-Sullivan-run Lexus RC F.

Henrik Hedman was top of the LMP2 cars, wheeling the DragonSpeed Oreca to a 1:46.657.

The two Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05s set only sighting laps, as did Markus Winkelhock in the Moorespeed Audi R8 in the GTD class.

Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, Practice 1:

Pos.	#	Drivers	Class	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
1	31	Pipo Derani Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	DPi	Cadillac DPi	20	1'36.108
2	5	Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque Joao Barbosa	DPi	Cadillac DPi	15	1'36.707	0.599
3	85	Rubens Barrichello Mikhail Goikhberg Tristan Vautier Devlin DeFrancesco	DPi	Cadillac DPi	11	1'37.595	1.487
4	55	Harry Tincknell Olivier Pla Jonathan Bomarito	DPi	Mazda DPi	12	1'38.561	2.453
5	911	Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	19	1'45.334	9.226
6	912	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	20	1'46.156	10.048
7	50	Kyle Kaiser Rene Binder Will Owen Agustin Canapino	DPi	Cadillac DPi	19	1'46.191	10.083
8	48	Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Andrea Caldarelli Ryan Hardwick	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	9	1'46.577	10.469
9	88	Ian James Frederic Vervisch Kelvin van der Linde Roman DeAngelis	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	21	1'46.592	10.484
10	12	Townsend Bell Jeff Segal Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	20	1'46.651	10.543
11	81	Nicolas Lapierre Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley James Allen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2	18	1'46.657	10.549
12	96	Bill Auberlen Jens Klingmann Robby Foley Dillon Machavern	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	21	1'46.854	10.746
13	33	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Luca Stolz Felipe Fraga	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	26	1'46.871	10.763
14	63	Toni Vilander Dominik Farnbacher Cooper MacNeil Jeff Westphal	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	21	1'46.911	10.803
15	86	A.J. Allmendinger Justin Marks Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	12	1'47.015	10.907
16	11	Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Rik Breukers Christian Engelhart	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	21	1'47.240	11.132
17	66	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Muller	GTLM	Ford GT	4	1'47.259	11.151
18	51	Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda Daniel Serra	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	28	1'47.306	11.198
19	14	Austin Cindric Jack Hawksworth Richard Heistand Nick Cassidy	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	17	1'47.310	11.202
20	3	Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Mike Rockenfeller	GTLM	Corvette C7.R	7	1'47.435	11.327
21	18	Pastor Maldonado Roberto Gonzalez Sebastian Saavedra Ryan Cullen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2	21	1'47.488	11.380
22	71	Fabian Schiller Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk JC Perez	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	7	1'47.626	11.518
23	9	Scott Hargrove Lars Kern Dennis Olsen Zacharie Robichon	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	25	1'47.696	11.588
24	57	Simona de Silvestro Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen Ana Beatriz	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	12	1'47.719	11.611
25	8	Ryan Dalziel Parker Chase Ezequiel Perez Companc Chris Haase	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	18	1'48.122	12.014
26	62	James Calado Davide Rigon Alessandro Pier Guidi Miguel Molina	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	15	1'48.191	12.083
27	44	Andy Lally Marco Mapelli Spencer Pumpelly John Potter	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	22	1'48.340	12.232
28	77	Oliver Jarvis Timo Bernhard René Rast Tristan Nunez	DPi	Mazda DPi	9	1'48.595	12.487
29	10	Fernando Alonso Kamui Kobayashi Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	DPi	Cadillac DPi	9	1'48.608	12.500
30	73	Patrick Long Patrick Lindsey Nicholas Boulle Matt Campbell	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	24	1'48.782	12.674
31	540	Marco Seefried Tim Pappas Dirk Werner Matteo Cairoli	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	23	1'48.912	12.804
32	13	Andrea Bertolini Victor Franzoni Chico Longo Marcos Gomes	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	27	1'49.029	12.921
33	54	Loic Duval Romain Dumas Jon Bennett Colin Braun	DPi	Nissan DPi	13	1'50.278	14.170
34	99	Klaus Bachler Sven Muller Alfred Renauer Juergen Haering Steffen Goerig	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	23	1'51.379	15.271
35	4	Marcel Fassler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	GTLM	Corvette C7.R	17	1'52.187	16.079
36	25	Connor de Phillippi Augusto Farfus Philipp Eng Colton Herta	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	16	1'52.598	16.490
37	24	John Edwards Jesse Krohn Chaz Mostert Alex Zanardi	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	13	1'52.739	16.631
38	67	Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook	GTLM	Ford GT	3	1'53.504	17.396
39	47	Don Yount Milos Pavlovic Steve Dunn Linus Lundqvist	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	7	1'54.065	17.957
40	29	Daniel Morad Dries Vanthoor Christopher Mies	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	22	1'54.369	18.261
41	46	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli Taylor Proto	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	12	1'54.705	18.597
42	19	Markus Winkelhock Andrew Davis Will Hardeman Alex Riberas	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	14	2'15.656	39.548
43	6	Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud Dane Cameron	DPi	Acura DPi	6
44	7	Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	DPi	Acura DPi	5
45	38	Kris Wright Kyle Masson Cameron Cassels Robert Masson	LMP2	ORECA LMP2	1
46	52	Matt McMurry Mark Kvamme Enzo Guibbert Gabriel Aubry	LMP2	ORECA LMP2
47	84	Simon Trummer Juan Piedrahita Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	DPi	Cadillac DPi	1