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IMSA Daytona 24
Rolex 24: Albuquerque tops wet night practice for WTR Acura
Filipe Albuquerque put Wayne Taylor Racing's Acura ARX-05 at the top of the timesheets for a rain-affected third practice for this weekend's Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Jan 28, 2022, 8:06 PM
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raThe cold and wet conditions meant that most teams limited their running in Thursday evening's 1hr45min session ahead of Saturday's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener, which is expected to be dry.
Albuquerque set the quickest time at the wheel of the #10 WTR Acura of 1m48.730s with 38 minutes remaining, going 0.733s quicker than the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R of reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou.
Tom Blomqvist had put the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura on top early on, but the Anglo-Swedish driver's effort of 1m49.583s still proved good enough for third place.
Fourth overall was the best of the LMP2 runners, with ex-Formula 2 driver Luca Ghiotto leaving it late to post the quickest time in the class of 1m49.597s aboard the #69 G-Drive Racing by APR Oreca.
That was enough to beat the Tower Motorsport Oreca of Rui Andrade by over two seconds, while another IndyCar star, Patricio O'Ward, was third in class aboard the #81 DragonSpeed entry.
Best of the remaining DPi runners was the #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac of Tristan Vautier, who was eighth overall behind the #68 G-Drive LMP2 car driven by DTM star Rene Rast.
The #02 Ganassi Cadillac and the two AXR-run cars, the #31 Whelen Engineering Caddy and the #48 Ally machine, did not set laptimes.
In LMP3, Ugo de Wilde set the pace aboard the #26 Muehlner Motorsports Duqueine with a best effort of 1m56.933s - some 1.7s ahead of the next-best car in the class, the Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier of Seb Priaulx.
GTD Pro was topped by the #97 Proton-run WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3, with Daniel Juncadella posting the fastest time of 1m58.431s.
Another Mercedes was fastest in GTD, the SunEnergy1 car of Raffaele Marciello, a further 0.148s back and narrowly ahead of the second-best Pro car, the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Matt Campbell.
Third in GTD Pro was Andrea Caldarelli in the #63 TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3, followed by Corvette Racing newcomer Marco Sorensen in the #4 C8.R and Matteo Cairoli in the #79 WeatherTech Porsche.
Franck Perera was second-fastest in GTD aboard the T3 Motorsport Lambo and Daniel Morad in the Alegra Motorsports Mercedes.
The final practice session for the 2022 Rolex 24 at Daytona takes place on Friday at 11.15am local time.
Practice results:
Cla Num Driver Class Chassis Time Gap 1 10 Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Alexander Rossi
Will Stevens
DPi Acura DPi 1'48.730 2 01 Renger van der Zande
Sébastien Bourdais
Scott Dixon
Alex Palou
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'49.463 0.733 3 60 Oliver Jarvis
Tom Blomqvist
Helio Castroneves
Simon Pagenaud
DPi Acura DPi 1'49.583 0.853 4 69 John Falb
James Allen
Luca Ghiotto
Tijmen van
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'49.597 0.867 5 8 John Farano
Louis Deletraz
Rui Pinto
Ferdinand Habsburg
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'51.782 3.052 6 81 Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco
Patricio O'Ward
Colton Herta
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'51.833 3.103 7 68 François Heriau
Oliver Rasmussen
Ed Jones
René Rast
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'52.301 3.571 8 5 Tristan Vautier
Richard Westbrook
Loic Duval
Ben Keating
DPi Cadillac DPi 1'52.793 4.063 9 20 Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
Fabio Scherer
Nico Mueller
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'55.137 6.407 10 22 Jim McGuire
Guy Smith
Philip Hanson
Will Owen
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'56.820 8.090 11 26 Nolan Siegel
Cameron Shields
Charles Crews
Ugo De
LMP3 Duqueine D08 1'56.933 8.203 12 18 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Ryan Dalziel
Paul-Loup Chatin
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 1'57.184 8.454 13 97 Cooper MacNeil
Daniel Juncadella
Maro Engel
Jules Gounon
GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'58.431 9.701 14 75 Kenny Habul
Luca Stolz
Raffaele Marciello
Fabian Schiller
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'58.579 9.849 15 9 Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
Felipe Nasr
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'58.699 9.969 16 71 Franck Perera
LLarena Mateo
Paul Maximilian
Mikhail Goikhberg
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'58.812 10.082 17 33 Joao Barbosa
Malthe Jakobsen
Seb Priaulx
Lance Willsey
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 1'58.836 10.106 18 63 Marco Mapelli
Andrea Caldarelli
Mirko Bortolotti
Rolf Ineichen
GTD PRO Lamborghini Huracan GT3 1'58.943 10.213 19 28 Michael de Quesada
Daniel Morad
Linus Lundqvist
Maximillian Goetz
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 1'59.177 10.447 20 4 Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy
Marco Sorensen
GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 1'59.199 10.469 21 79 Cooper MacNeil
Julien Andlauer
Matteo Cairoli
Alessio Picariello
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 1'59.746 11.016 22 52 Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Huffaker
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 2'00.000 11.270 23 3 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTD PRO Corvette C8.R GTD 2'00.132 11.402 24 6 Efrin Castro
Moritz Kranz
Ori Ayrton
Joel Miller
LMP3 Duqueine D08 2'00.229 11.499 25 15 Dirk Muller
Patrick Assenheimer
Austin Cindric
GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG GT3 2'00.251 11.521 26 70 Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff
Ollie Millroy
Jordan Lee Pepper
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 2'00.305 11.575 27 39 Robert Megennis
Corey Lewis
Sandy Mitchell
Jeff Westphal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'00.718 11.988 28 57 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Mikael Grenier
Lucas Auer
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 2'01.102 12.372 29 36 Jarett Andretti
Josh Burdon
Rasmus Lindh
Gabby Chaves
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 2'01.254 12.524 30 44 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Jonathan Adam
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2'01.537 12.807 31 13 Orey Fidani
Kuno Wittmer
Lars Kern
Matthew Bell
LMP3 Duqueine D08 2'01.543 12.813 32 74 Gar Robinson
Felipe Fraga
Kay van Berlo
Michael Cooper
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 2'01.754 13.024 33 24 Philipp Eng
Marco Wittmann
Nick Yelloly
Sheldon Van Der Linde
GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 2'01.842 13.112 34 47 Roberto Lacorte
Giorgio Sernagiotto
Antonio Fuoco
Alessio Rovera
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 2'01.926 13.196 35 21 Mann Simon
Luis Perez Companc
Nicklas Nielsen
Toni Vilander
GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 2'01.938 13.208 36 7 Mark Kvamme
Austin McCusker
Trenton Estep
Antoine Doquin
LMP3 Duqueine D08 2'01.964 13.234 37 96 Robby Foley
Bill Auberlen
Michael Dinan
Jens Klingmann
GTD BMW M4 GT3 2'02.197 13.467 38 19 Bill Sweedler
John Megrue
Giacomo Altoè
Jeff Segal
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'02.600 13.870 39 11 Thomas Steven
Josh Pierson
Jonathan Bomarito
Harry Tincknell
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 2'02.759 14.029 40 12 Frankie Montecalvo
Aaron Telitz
Richard Heistand
Townsend Bell
GTD Lexus RC F GT3 2'02.849 14.119 41 14 Jack Hawksworth
Ben Barnicoat
Kyle Kirkwood
GTD PRO Lexus RC F GT3 2'02.939 14.209 42 99 Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge
Stefan Wilson
Nicholas Boulle
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 2'03.538 14.808 43 59 Lance Bergstein
Jon Miller
Patrick Gallagher
Paul Holton
GTD McLaren 720S GT3 2'03.832 15.102 44 98 Paul Dalla Lana
David Pittard
Charlie Eastwood
Nicki Thiim
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2'03.890 15.160 45 62 Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Daniel Serra
Davide Rigon
GTD PRO Ferrari 488 GT3 2'04.544 15.814 46 54 Jon Bennett
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
Nic Jönsson
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 2'05.269 16.539 47 42 Don Yount
Benja Hites
Jaden Conwright
Markus Palttala
GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2'05.790 17.060 48 38 Dan Goldburg
Hikaru Abe
Garett Grist
Nicolas Pino
LMP3 Ligier JS P320 2'05.800 17.070 49 66 Kyffin Simpson
Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller
Mario Farnbacher
GTD Acura NSX GT3 2'05.845 17.115 50 32 Mike Skeen
Guy Cosmo
Stevan McAleer
Scott Andrews
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 2'06.214 17.484 51 64 Ted Giovanis
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
Owen Trinkler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 2'07.382 18.652 52 29 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Murry Dylan
Rinus van Kalmthout
LMP2 ORECA LMP2 07 2'09.037 20.307 53 16 Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon
Jan Heylen
Richard Lietz
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 2'09.678 20.948 54 34 Kyle Washington
James Sofronas
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Klaus Bachler
GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R 2'09.925 21.195 55 2 Laurens Vanthoor
Patrick Pilet
Dennis Olsen
Alexandre Imperatori
GTD PRO Porsche 911 GT3 R 0.000 56 02 Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn
Marcus Ericsson
Kevin Magnussen
DPi Cadillac DPi 0.000 57 23 Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas
Maxime Martin
GTD PRO Aston Martin Vantage GT3 0.000 58 25 Connor de Phillippi
John Edwards
Augusto Farfus
Jesse Krohn
GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 0.000 59 27 Roman De Angelis
Ian James
Darren Turner
Tom Gamble
GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 0.000 60 31 Pipo Derani
Tristan Nunez
Mike Conway
DPi Cadillac DPi 0.000 61 48 Mike Rockenfeller
Kamui Kobayashi
Jimmie Johnson
Jose Maria Lopez
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