Rolex 24: Ganassi Cadillac leads very close first practice

Renger van der Zande’s Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac went fastest in opening practice for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, but the top four cars were covered by less than 0.2sec.

Van der Zande, who won the last two Rolex 24 Hours in Wayne Taylor Racing’s Cadillac, lapped the 3.56-mile road course in 1min34.649sec to shade Mike Conway’s best effort in the similar DPi-V.R of Action Express Racing by just 0.082sec.

Third was Harry Tincknell in the Mazda RT24-P ahead of Ricky Taylor of WTR which this year runs one of the Acura ARX-05s.

JDC Miller Motorsports’ Cadillac was fifth fastest, 0.3sec off top spot in the hands of Loic Duval, while Simon Pagenaud was fifth, just under half a second behind P1, although the 2016 IndyCar champion appeared to suffer a power outage during his spell behind the wheel. The 2019 IMSA champion Dane Cameron was seventh in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura.

Nicolas Lapierre was predictably fast in the PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca to head the LMP2 field ahead of Ben Hanley in one of DragonSpeed’s two entries. Racing Team Nederland claimed third thanks to Job van Uitert.

In LMP3, new to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship this year, Jeroen Bleekemolen in Riley Motorsports’ Ligier was 0.45sec quicker than his nearest rival, Colin Braun in the similar CORE Autosport machine, while late signing Kenton Koch was third for Muehlner Motorsports in the #6 Duqueine-Nissan.

Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia, 0.3sec apart, put Corvette Racing 1-2 in GT Le Mans, the team stalwarts having not been part of the 100-minute qualifying race last Sunday. Jules Gounon was third in the Risi Competizione Ferrari 488, who in turn was 0.2sec ahead of Richard Lietz in the new WeatherTech Racing Proton Porsche 911 RSR. The faster of the two BMW M8s, Bruno Spengler’s #25 entry, was 1.2sec off Milner’s Corvette.

Alegra Motorsports Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 steered by Billy Johnson emerged top of the GT Daytona class, mere hundredths ahead of Earl Bamber in the Team Hardpoint EBM Porsche 911 GT3 R, and the similar Pfaff Motorsports 911 of Matt Campbell.

Fourth was Andy Lally in the Magnus Archangel Acura NSX in front of Jack Hawksworth (Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F) and Albert Costa (Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracan).

The other Grasser Lambo caused one of two red flags in the session when it ground to a halt on track, while Cody Ware in the RWR Eurasia LMP2 Oreca caused the other when it slapped a wall.

Second practice commences at 3.20pm local (Eastern) time.

ClaNumDriverClassChassisLapsTimeGap
101 Renger van der Zande
Kevin Magnussen
Scott Dixon
DPiCadillac DPi241’34.649 
231 Felipe Nasr
Mike Conway
Pipo Derani
Chase Elliott
DPiCadillac DPi221’34.7310.082
355 Oliver Jarvis
Harry Tincknell
Jonathan Bomarito
DPiMazda DPi221’34.7860.137
410 Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Alexander Rossi
Helio Castroneves
DPiAcura DPi221’34.8210.172
55 Tristan Vautier
Loic Duval
Sébastien Bourdais
DPiCadillac DPi261’34.9630.314
648 Jimmie Johnson
Kamui Kobayashi
Simon Pagenaud
Mike Rockenfeller
DPiCadillac DPi241’35.1340.485
760 Dane Cameron
Olivier Pla
Juan Pablo Montoya
A.J. Allmendinger
DPiAcura DPi131’35.9591.310
852 Ben Keating
Mikkel Jensen
Scott Huffaker
Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2ORECA LMP2 07251’36.1531.504
981 Rob Hodes
Garett Grist
Rinus van Kalmthout
Ben Hanley
LMP2ORECA LMP2 07221’36.4031.754
1029 Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Job Van Uitert
Charles Milesi
LMP2ORECA LMP2 07291’36.4461.797
1147 Roberto Lacorte
Antonio Fuoco
Andrea Belicchi
Giorgio Sernagiotto
LMP2Dallara LMP2261’36.7582.109
1220 Dennis Andersen
Ferdinand Habsburg
Anders Fjordbach
Robert Kubica
LMP2ORECA LMP2 07291’36.9242.275
138 John Farano
Gabriel Aubry
Timothé Buret
Matthieu Vaxiviere
LMP2ORECA LMP2 07241’36.9662.317
1418 Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Ryan Dalziel
Paul-Loup Chatin
LMP2ORECA LMP2 07201’37.0842.435
1582 Eric Lux
Devlin DeFrancesco
Fabian Schiller
Christopher Mies
LMP2ORECA LMP2 07241’37.3392.690
1611 Thomas Steven
Tristan Nunez
Thomas Merrill
Matthew Bell
LMP2ORECA LMP2 07241’38.2173.568
1751 Cody Ware
Salih Yoluc
Austin Dillon
Sven Muller
LMP2Ligier LMP2201’40.0435.394
1891 Jim Cox
Dylan Murry
Austin McCusker
Jeroen Bleekemolen
LMP3Ligier JS P320211’42.4167.767
194 Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy
Alexander Sims
GTLMCorvette C8.R241’42.7668.117
2054 Jon Bennett
George Kurtz
Colin Braun
Matt McMurry
LMP3Ligier JS P320201’42.8558.206
216 Moritz Kranz
Hoerr Laurents
Kenton Koch
Stevan McAleer
LMP3Duqueine D08281’42.8798.230
227 Mark Kvamme
Ryan Norman
Gabby Chaves
Charles Finelli
LMP3Duqueine D08261’42.9468.297
233 Antonio Garcia
Jordan Taylor
Nick Catsburg
GTLMCorvette C8.R191’43.0628.413
2462 James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Jules Gounon
Davide Rigon
GTLMFerrari 488 GTE241’43.1968.547
2574 Gar Robinson
Spencer Pigot
Scott Andrews
Oliver Askew
LMP3Ligier JS P320241’43.3488.699
2679 Cooper MacNeil
Kevin Estre
Richard Lietz
Gianmaria Bruni
GTLMPorsche 911 RSR – 19211’43.4008.751
2738 Rasmus Lindh
Cameron Cassels
Mateo Llarena
Ayrton Ori
LMP3Ligier JS P320241’43.4728.823
2833 Lance Willsey
Joao Barbosa
Wayne Boyd
Yann Clairay
LMP3Ligier JS P320271’43.4938.844
2925 Connor de Phillippi
Philipp Eng
Timo Glock
Bruno Spengler
GTLMBMW M8 GTE151’43.9639.314
3024 John Edwards
Jesse Krohn
Augusto Farfus
Marco Wittmann
GTLMBMW M8 GTE191’44.2069.557
3128 Daniel Morad
Michael de Quesada
Billy Johnson
Maximilian Buhk
GTDMercedes-AMG GT3271’45.82211.173
3288 Rob Ferriol
Earl Bamber
Katherine Legge
Christina Nielsen
GTDPorsche 911 GT3 R241’45.86411.215
339 Zacharie Robichon
Laurens Vanthoor
Lars Kern
Matt Campbell
GTDPorsche 911 GT3 R221’45.88211.233
3444 John Potter
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
Mario Farnbacher
GTDAcura NSX GT3191’46.06011.411
3514 Aaron Telitz
Oliver Gavin
Kyle Kirkwood
Jack Hawksworth
GTDLexus RC F GT3201’46.09311.444
3619 Mikhail Goikhberg
Franck Perera
Albert Costa
Tim Zimmermann
GTDLamborghini Huracan GT3221’46.10911.460
3716 Ryan Hardwick
Patrick Long
Jan Heylen
Klaus Bachler
GTDPorsche 911 GT3 R221’46.14811.499
3875 Kenny Habul
Raffaele Marciello
Mikael Grenier
Luca Stolz
GTDMercedes-AMG GT3261’46.15211.503
3957 Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Indy Dontje
Maro Engel
GTDMercedes-AMG GT3261’46.21511.566
4096 Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley
Aidan Read
Colton Herta
GTDBMW M6 GT3201’46.28411.635
4163 Ed Jones
Bret Curtis
Ryan Briscoe
Marcos Gomes
GTDFerrari 488 GT3231’46.29211.643
4212 Robert Megennis
Zach Veach
Townsend Bell
Frankie Montecalvo
GTDLexus RC F GT3201’46.32111.672
43111 Rolf Ineichen
Mirko Bortolotti
Steijn Schothorst
Marco Mapelli
GTDLamborghini Huracan GT371’46.38011.731
4421 Simon Mann
Nicklas Nielsen
Daniel Serra
Matteo Cressoni
GTDFerrari 488 GT3251’46.82912.180
4523 Ian James
Roman De Angelis
Darren Turner
Ross Gunn
GTDAston Martin Vantage GT3251’46.85412.205
461 Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow
Corey Lewis
Andrea Caldarelli
GTDLamborghini Huracan GT3231’46.90012.251
4797 Maxwell Root
Charles Eastwood
Ben Keating
Richard Westbrook
GTDAston Martin Vantage GT3241’46.93912.290
4864 Ted Giovanis
Owen Trinkler
Hugh Plumb
Matt Plumb
GTDPorsche 911 GT3 R221’47.06312.414
4942 Alan Metni
Andrew Davis
J.R. Hildebrand
Don Yount
GTDAudi R8 LMS GT3261’47.75013.101
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