Daytona 24 Hours: Rast tops FP1 for Mazda, Alonso's car picks up damage

Reigning DTM champion Rene Rast went fastest in the best of the Mazda RT24-P Daytona Prototype international contenders right at the end of the opening 60-minute session for the IMSA SportsCar Championship opener.

The German ended up on a 1m37.428s, which put him just seven thousandths up on Tristan Vautier in the Spirit of Daytona Cadillac DPi-V.R.

 Cadillacs also filled out the next two positions with times within a tenth of Rast's mark.

 Jordan Taylor took third in the Wayne Taylor Racing entry on a 1m37.452s and Filipe Albuquerque ended up fourth on a 1m37.519s in the fastest of the Action Express Caddillacs.

The performance of the Mazda, which struggled at the pre-event 'Roar' test at Daytona earlier in the month, follows a series of rules tweaks in the Prototype class.

The RT24-P has been given a 15kg weight break and an 300rpm increase in revs in a Balance of Performance change.

Cadillac, which dominated at the test, has had its twin engine air-restrictors cut in diameter by 0.6mm.

Alex Brundle was just over a tenth off the top spot in the best of the Jota-run Jackie Chan DCR ORECA-Gibson 07s on a 1m37.530s.

Two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Romain Dumas took sixth in the Core Autosport ORECA.

The best of the Penske Acura ARX-05s ended up 10th in the hands of Graham Rahal on a 1m38.084s.

Sportscar debutant Fernando Alonso did not drive in the session after team-mate Phil Hanson had a minor off in their United Autosports Ligier-Gibson P217s.

Hanson, who was fifth fastest at the time, went off at the Turn 5 hairpin, the car sustaining minor front-end damage.

Joey Hand led the way for Ford in the GT Le Mans class.

The American posted a 1m44.062s in his Ganassi Ford GT, which put him nearly half a second up on second-placed Alessandro Pier Guidi in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE.

Laurens Vanthoor was just three hundredths behind in third position at the wheel of the fastest of the Core-run factory Porsche 911 RSRs.

Miguel Molina took top spot in the GT Daytona division in his Risi Ferrari 488 GT3.

FP1 times

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	O.Jarvis, T.Nunez, R.Rast	Mazda Team Joest	Mazda	1m37.428s	-	19
2	M.McMurry, T.Vautier, E.Cheever	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Cadillac	1m37.435s	0.007s	24
3	J.Taylor, R.van der Zande, R.H.-Reay	Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac	1m37.452s	0.024s	22
4	F.Albuquerque, J.Barbosa, C.Fittipaldi	Mustang Sampling Racing	Cadillac	1m37.519s	0.091s	25
5	H-Pin Tung, A.Brundle, F.Habsburg, A.F.da Costa	Jackie Chan DC Racing x JOTA Sport	ORECA/Gibson	1m37.530s	0.102s	21
6	J.Bennett, C.Braun, R.Dumas, L.Duval	CORE Autosport	ORECA/Gibson	1m37.563s	0.135s	24
7	L.Stroll, F.Rosenqvist, R.Frijns, D.Juncadella	Jackie Chan DC Racing x JOTA Sport	ORECA/Gibson	1m37.766s	0.338s	24
8	F.Nasr, E.Curran, M.Conway, S.Middleton	Whelen Engineering Racing	Cadillac	1m37.844s	0.416s	24
9	J.French, P.O'Ward, K.Masson, J.Miller	Performance Tech Motorsports	ORECA/Gibson	1m37.866s	0.438s	21
10	H.Castroneves, R.Taylor, G.Rahal	Acura Team Penske	Acura	1m38.084s	0.656s	22
11	J.van Overbeek, P.Derani, N.Lapierre	Tequila Patron ESM	Nissan	1m38.108s	0.680s	25
12	S.Trummer, R.Alon, D.Defrancesco, A.Cindric	JDC-Miller Motorsports	ORECA/Gibson	1m38.169s	0.741s	24
13	S.Sharp, R.Dalziel, O.Pla	Tequila Patron ESM	Nissan	1m38.387s	0.959s	24
14	D.Cameron, J.P.Montoya, S.Pagenaud	Acura Team Penske	Acura	1m38.927s	1.499s	16
15	J.Bomarito, H.Tincknell, S.Pigot	Mazda Team Joest	Mazda	1m39.151s	1.723s	12
16	W.Owen, H.de Sadeleer, P.Di Resta, B.Senna	United Autosports	Ligier/Gibson	1m39.367s	1.939s	22
17	S.Saavedra, G.Yacaman, R.Gonzalez, N.Boulle	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Ligier/Gibson	1m39.758s	2.330s	26
18	P.Hanson, L.Norris, F.Alonso	United Autosports	Ligier/Gibson	1m40.413s	2.985s	4
19	C.Miller, S.Simpson, M.Goikhberg, G.Menezes	JDC-Miller Motorsports	ORECA/Gibson	1m41.110s	3.682s	11
20	M.Drumwright, E.Lux, A.Popow, T.Drissi, B.Gaughan	BAR1 Motorsports	Riley/Gibson	1m43.855s	6.427s	19
21	J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford	1m44.062s	6.634s	18
22	T.Vilander, A.P.Guidi, J.Calado, D.Rigon	Risi Competizione	Ferrari	1m44.544s	7.116s	12
23	L.Vanthoor, E.Bamber, G.Bruni	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	1m44.571s	7.143s	24
24	R.Briscoe, R.Westbrook, S.Dixon	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford	1m44.573s	7.145s	21
25	J.Magnussen, A.Garcia, M.Rockenfeller	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet	1m44.677s	7.249s	18
26	P.Pilet, N.Tandy, F.Makowiecki	Porsche GT Team	Porsche	1m44.738s	7.310s	24
27	O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet	1m44.921s	7.493s	23
28	A.Sims, C.De Phillippi, B.Auberlen, P.Eng	BMW Team RLL	BMW	1m47.061s	9.633s	14
29	M.Molina, R.P.de Lara, M.Fuentes, S.Creel, M.Griffin	Risi Competizione	Ferrari	1m47.223s	9.795s	23
30	P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda, D.Serra	Spirit of Race	Ferrari	1m47.283s	9.855s	23
31	K.Legge, A.Parente, T.Hindman, A.Allmendinger	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Acura	1m47.507s	10.079s	24
32	J.Potter, A.Lally, A.Davis, M.Winkelhock	Magnus Racing	Audi	1m47.585s	10.157s	26
33	M.van Splunteren, E.P.Companc, C.Engelhart, C.Lenz, L.Machiels	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini	1m47.731s	10.303s	23
34	P.Long, C.Nielsen, R.Renauer, M.Jaminet	Wright Motorsports	Porsche	1m47.867s	10.439s	23
35	J.Marks, L.Aschenbach, M.Farnbacher, C.Ledogar	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Acura	1m47.914s	10.486s	22
36	S.van der Linde, K.van der Linde, J.Schmidt, C.Mies	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi	1m47.929s	10.501s	25
37	R.Ineichen, M.Bortolotti, F.Perera, R.Breukers	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini	1m47.985s	10.557s	26
38	S.Smith, R.Walls, H.Proczyk, S.Muller, M.Cairoli	Manthey Racing	Porsche	1m48.060s	10.632s	27
39	P.Lindsey, J.Bergmeister, N.Siedler, T.Pappas	Park Place Motorsports	Porsche	1m48.169s	10.741s	19
40	B.Keating, J.Bleekemolen, A.Christodoulou, L.Stolz	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	Mercedes	1m48.182s	10.754s	18
41	K.Habul, T.Jager, M.Engel, M.Grenier	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes	1m48.194s	10.766s	20
42	B.Sellers, M.Snow, A.Caldarelli, B.Miller	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini	1m48.210s	10.782s	21
43	J.Klingmann, M.Tomczyk, M.Kvamme, D.Yount, C.Lawrence	Turner Motorsport	BMW	1m48.517s	11.089s	23
44	B.Sweedler, T.Bell, F.Montecalvo, S.Bird	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari	1m48.799s	11.371s	12
45	C.MacNeil, A.Balzan, G.Jeannette, J.Segal	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari	1m48.852s	11.424s	18
46	K.Koch, R.Foley, L.Spinelli, J.Perez	P1 Motorsports	Mercedes	1m49.010s	11.582s	26
47	D.Baumann, K.Marcelli, P.Frommenwiler, B.Junqueira	3GT Racing	Lexus	1m49.079s	11.651s	21
48	J.Hawksworth, D.H.Hansson, S.Pruett, D.Farnbacher	3GT Racing	Lexus	1m49.122s	11.694s	18
49	C.Gilsinger, R.Eversley, S.Rayhall, J.Falb	HART	Acura	1m52.089s	14.661s	3
50	J.Krohn, J.M.Edwards, N.Catsburg, A.Farfus	BMW Team RLL	BMW	-	-	0