Daytona 24 Hours: Action Express leads low-key first practice
Action Express Racing driver Felipe Nasr began the defence of his IMSA Sportscar Championship by going fastest in first free practice for this weekend's Daytona 24 Hours series opener
The Brazilian and team-mate Filipe Albuquerque monopolised the top spot during the 45-minute session held in mixed conditions aboard the pair of Action Express Cadillac DPi-V.R Daytona Prototype internationals.
Nasr was quickest on wet tyres before swapping over to Michelin slicks and setting a succession of faster lap times.
He ended up on a 1m36.108s, just over two seconds slower than the best times from the pre-race 'Roar' test at the beginning of the month.
Albuquerque was second fastest on a 1m36.707s, while Tristan Vautier made it three Cadillacs at the top of the times with a 1m37.595s aboard the best of the JDC-Miller DPi-V.Rs.
Fastest non-Cadillac was Jonathan Bomarito in the best of the two Joest-run Mazda RT24-Ps on a 1m38.561s.
The Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac that two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso will drive was only 29th at the end of the session with a time set before the track was at its quickest.
The two Penske Acura ARX-05s did not complete a flying lap.
The best LMP2 was the DragonSpeed ORECA-Gibson 07, which ended up 11th overall with a 1m46.657s from Henrik Hedman.
The two CORE Autosport-run factory Porsche 911 RSRs were fifth and six in the outright times after Frederic Makowiecki and Mathieu Jaminet managed to get onto slick tyres at the end.
Makowiecki's 1m45.334s put the Porsche nearly two seconds up on the third-place GT Le Mans car, the #17 Ganassi Ford GT in which Joey Hand set the time.
Fastest in GT Daytona was Corey Lewis in the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3.
He set his time during an additional 15-minutes of track time at the end of the session reserved for silver and bronze-rated drivers in GTD.
Lewis posted a 1m46.577s to just edge out Kelvin van der Linde in the WRT Audi R8 LMS as the track conditions improved.
FP1 times
Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DPi | F.Nasr, E.Curran, P.Derani | Whelen Engineering Racing | Cadillac | 1m36.108s | - | 20 |
2 | DPi | J.Barbosa, F.Albuquerque, C.Fittipaldi | Mustang Sampling Racing | Cadillac | 1m36.707s | 0.599s | 15 |
3 | DPi | M.Goikhberg, T.Vautier, D.Defrancesco, R.Barrichello | JDC-Miller Motorsports | Cadillac | 1m37.595s | 1.487s | 11 |
4 | DPi | J.Bomarito, H.Tincknell, O.Pla | Mazda Team Joest | Mazda | 1m38.561s | 2.453s | 12 |
5 | GTLM | P.Pilet, N.Tandy, F.Makowiecki | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m45.334s | 9.226s | 19 |
6 | GTLM | E.Bamber, L.Vanthoor, M.Jaminet | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m46.156s | 10.048s | 20 |
7 | DPi | W.Owen, R.Binder, A.Canapino, K.Kaiser | Juncos Racing | Cadillac | 1m46.191s | 10.083s | 19 |
8 | GTD | B.Sellers, R.Hardwick, C.Lewis, A.Caldarelli | Paul Miller Racing | Lamborghini | 1m46.577s | 10.469s | 9 |
9 | GTD | F.Vervisch, K.van der Linde, I.James, R.De Angelis | WRT Speedstar Audi Sport | Audi | 1m46.592s | 10.484s | 21 |
10 | GTD | F.Montecalvo, T.Bell, A.Telitz, J.Segal | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Lexus | 1m46.651s | 10.543s | 20 |
11 | LMP2 | H.Hedman, B.Hanley, N.Lapierre, J.Allen | DragonSpeed | ORECA/Gibson | 1m46.657s | 10.549s | 18 |
12 | GTD | B.Auberlen, R.Foley, D.Machavern, J.Klingmann | Turner Motorsport | BMW | 1m46.854s | 10.746s | 21 |
13 | GTD | B.Keating, J.Bleekemolen, L.Stolz, F.Fraga | Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports | Mercedes | 1m46.871s | 10.763s | 26 |
14 | GTD | C.MacNeil, T.Vilander, D.Farnbacher, J.Westphal | Scuderia Corsa | Ferrari | 1m46.911s | 10.803s | 21 |
15 | GTD | M.Farnbacher, T.Hindman, J.Marks, A.Allmendinger | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Acura | 1m47.015s | 10.907s | 12 |
16 | GTD | R.Ineichen, M.Bortolotti, C.Engelhart, R.Breukers | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 1m47.240s | 11.132s | 21 |
17 | GTLM | J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford | 1m47.259s | 11.151s | 4 |
18 | GTD | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda, D.Serra | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 1m47.306s | 11.198s | 28 |
19 | GTD | R.Heistand, J.Hawksworth, A.Cindric, N.Cassidy | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Lexus | 1m47.310s | 11.202s | 17 |
20 | GTLM | J.Magnussen, A.Garcia, M.Rockenfeller | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet | 1m47.435s | 11.327s | 7 |
21 | LMP2 | R.Gonzalez, P.Maldonado, S.Saavedra, R.Cullen | DragonSpeed | ORECA/Gibson | 1m47.488s | 11.380s | 21 |
22 | GTD | M.Buhk, F.Schiller, D.Baumann, J.Perez | P1 Motorsports | Mercedes | 1m47.626s | 11.518s | 7 |
23 | GTD | S.Hargrove, Z.Robichon, L.Kern, D.Olsen | Pfaff Motorsports | Porsche | 1m47.696s | 11.588s | 25 |
24 | GTD | K.Legge, A.Beatriz, S.de Silvestro, C.Nielsen | Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing | Acura | 1m47.719s | 11.611s | 12 |
25 | GTD | P.Chase, R.Dalziel, E.P.Companc, C.Haase | Starworks Motorsport | Audi | 1m48.122s | 12.014s | 18 |
26 | GTLM | D.Rigon, M.Molina, A.P.Guidi, J.Calado | Risi Competizione | Ferrari | 1m48.191s | 12.083s | 15 |
27 | GTD | J.Potter, A.Lally, S.Pumpelly, M.Mapelli | Magnus Racing | Lamborghini | 1m48.340s | 12.232s | 22 |
28 | DPi | O.Jarvis, T.Nunez, T.Bernhard, R.Rast | Mazda Team Joest | Mazda | 1m48.595s | 12.487s | 9 |
29 | DPi | R.van der Zande, J.Taylor, F.Alonso, K.Kobayashi | Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac | 1m48.608s | 12.500s | 9 |
30 | GTD | P.Lindsey, P.Long, M.Campbell, N.Boulle | Park Place Motorsports | Porsche | 1m48.782s | 12.674s | 24 |
31 | GTD | T.Pappas, M.Seefried, M.Cairoli, D.Werner | Black Swan Racing | Porsche | 1m48.912s | 12.804s | 23 |
32 | GTD | C.Longo, V.Franzoni, M.Gomes, A.Bertolini | Via Italia Racing | Ferrari | 1m49.029s | 12.921s | 27 |
33 | DPi | J.Bennett, C.Braun, R.Dumas, L.Duval | CORE Autosport | Nissan | 1m50.278s | 14.170s | 13 |
34 | GTD | J.Haring, K.Bachler, S.Muller, S.Gorig, A.Renauer | NGT Motorsport | Porsche | 1m51.379s | 15.271s | 23 |
35 | GTLM | O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet | 1m52.187s | 16.079s | 17 |
36 | GTLM | A.Farfus, C.De Phillippi, P.Eng, C.Herta | BMW Team RLL | BMW | 1m52.598s | 16.490s | 16 |
37 | GTLM | J.Krohn, J.M.Edwards, C.Mostert, A.Zanardi | BMW Team RLL | BMW | 1m52.739s | 16.631s | 13 |
38 | GTLM | R.Briscoe, R.Westbrook, S.Dixon | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford | 1m53.504s | 17.396s | 3 |
39 | GTD | S.Dunn, L.Lundqvist, M.Pavlovic, D.Yount | Precision Performance Motorsports | Lamborghini | 1m54.065s | 17.957s | 7 |
40 | GTD | D.Morad, C.Mies, R.Feller, D.Vanthoor | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Audi | 1m54.369s | 18.261s | 22 |
41 | GTD | E.Busnelli, F.Babini, T.Proto, G.Altoe | Ebimotors | Lamborghini | 1m54.705s | 18.597s | 12 |
42 | GTD | A.Davis, A.Riberas, W.Hardeman, M.Winkelhock | Moorespeed | Audi | 2m15.656s | 39.548s | 14 |
43 | DPi | J.P.Montoya, D.Cameron, S.Pagenaud | Acura Team Penske | Acura | - | - | 6 |
44 | DPi | R.Taylor, H.Castroneves, A.Rossi | Acura Team Penske | Acura | - | - | 5 |
45 | LMP2 | K.Masson, R.Masson, C.Cassels, K.Wright | Performance Tech Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | - | - | 1 |
46 | LMP2 | M.McMurry, G.Aubry, M.Kvamme, E.Guibbert | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | - | - | 0 |
47 | DPi | S.Trummer, S.Simpson, C.Miller, J.Piedrahita | JDC-Miller Motorsports | Cadillac | - | - | 1 |
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