Daytona 24h Roar: Porsche beats BMW by 0.035s in opening IMSA test session

Tandy lapped the 3.56-mile road course in 1m35.617s in his GTP class, Penske-run 963 in pleasant and warm track conditions.

Last year’s pole time, set by Tom Blomqvist in Meyer Shank Racing’s Acura, was 1m34.031s.

Tandy was quick out of the blocks, setting his quickest lap in the factory-entered hybrid prototype in the early minutes of the session. His benchmark only came under attack in the closing moments when Augusto Farfus lapped his RLL-run BMW M Hybrid V8 in 1m35.652s, 0.035s slower.

The sister BMW of Nick Yelloly was third fastest, just over a tenth off the pace.

IndyCar champion Alex Palou was an impressive fourth in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac V-Series.R, just under a quarter of a second away from the fastest time. Jack Aitken was two tenths further back in the Action Express Racing Caddy.

Keeping the theme of quick IndyCar stars, Colton Herta outpaced Ricky Taylor to be the quickest Acura, lapping his Wayne Taylor-run ARX-06 within half a second of Tandy, with Taylor Jr a further tenth off.

Felipe Nasr (Penske Porsche) and Richard Westbrook (JDC-Miller Porsche) were eighth and ninth, respectively. In total, 58 cars took part in the session, with the Proton Competition Porsche 963 only running in the closing minutes in Neel Jani’s hands and was classified 23^rd overall.

The session was red flagged just before the 30-minute mark to clear up debris at Turn 4 and was halted again with 20 minutes to go when Dennis Andersen spun his MDK by High Class Racing ORECA LMP2 car at Turn 5.

United Autosports fastest in LMP2

Mikkel Jensen set the early pace in his No. 11 TDS Racing ORECA at 1m40.648s. But, after an early off at Turn 3, Paul di Resta then achieved the quickest lap of the class in his No. 22 United Autosports ORECA at 1m39.916s.

Ferdinand Habsburg got within 0.031s in his Tower Motorsports ORECA, ahead of Nicklas Nielsen’s AF Corse version.

Legge on top in GTD for Acura

Katherine Legge set the quickest GTD time of the session in her No. 66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX with a lap of 1m46.289s. She set the mark early on, with Matteo Cressoni getting closest to it in his No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan – which topped the GTD Pro category.

Nico Varrone proved rapid in AWA’s new Corvette Z06 GT3.R, setting the third fastest time to take US muscle car honors.

The quickest of the new Ford Mustang GT3s was Frederic Vervisch, who was sixth fastest, behind the Lambo of Andrea Caldarelli and Ferrari of Daniel Serra.

Contact was reported at Turn 3 between Tommy Milner’s No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and the No. 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 of Albert Costa but both continued.

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info

     

Driver Info			Main Information
Cla	Drivers	#	Chassis	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	N. Tandy M. Jaminet K. Estre L. Vanthoor Porsche Penske Motorsport	6	Porsche 963	22	1'35.617		134.035
2	J. Krohn P. Eng A. Farfus D. Vanthoor BMW M Team RLL	24	BMW M Hybrid V8	37	+0.035 1'35.652	0.035	133.986
3	C. de Phillippi N. Yelloly M. Martin R. Rast BMW M Team RLL	25	BMW M Hybrid V8	35	+0.136 1'35.753	0.101	133.844
4	R. van der Zande S. Bourdais S. Dixon A. Palou Cadillac Racing	01	Cadillac V-Series.R	25	+0.246 1'35.863	0.110	133.691
5	P. Derani J. Aitken T. Blomqvist Whelen Cadillac Racing	31	Cadillac V-Series.R	28	+0.412 1'36.029	0.166	133.460
6	J. Taylor L. Deletraz C. Herta J. Button Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti	40	Acura ARX-06	35	+0.484 1'36.101	0.072	133.360
7	R. Taylor F. Albuquerque B. Hartley M. Ericsson Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti	10	Acura ARX-06	29	+0.577 1'36.194	0.093	133.231
8	D. Cameron F. Nasr M. Campbell J. Newgarden Porsche Penske Motorsport	7	Porsche 963	22	+0.611 1'36.228	0.034	133.184
9	T. van der Helm R. Westbrook P. Hanson B. Keating JDC/Miller Motorsports	85	Porsche 963	11	+1.234 1'36.851	0.623	132.327
10	D. Goldburg P. di Resta B. Garg F. Rosenqvist United Autosports USA	22	ORECA LMP2 07	35	+4.299 1'39.916	3.065	128.268
11	J. Farano M. Dinan F. Habsburg S. McLaughlin Tower Motorsports	8	ORECA LMP2 07	33	+4.330 1'39.947	0.031	128.228
12	L. Perez Companc N. Nielsen L. Wadoux M. Vaxiviere Richard Mille AF Corse	88	ORECA LMP2 07	31	+4.384 1'40.001	0.054	128.159
13	D. Andersen S. Lucas H. Laurents S. Huffaker MDK by High Class Racing	20	ORECA LMP2 07	28	+4.844 1'40.461	0.460	127.572
14	E. Lux K. Simpson J. Allen S. Alvarez DragonSpeed	81	ORECA LMP2 07	31	+4.957 1'40.574	0.113	127.429
15	B. Keating N. Pino B. Hanley P. O'Ward United Autosports USA	2	ORECA LMP2 07	39	+4.993 1'40.610	0.036	127.383
16	S. Thomas M. Jensen H. McElrea C. Milesi TDS Racing	11	ORECA LMP2 07	43	+5.031 1'40.648	0.038	127.335
17	G. Robinson F. Fraga J. Burdon F. Massa Riley	74	ORECA LMP2 07	9	+5.236 1'40.853	0.205	127.076
18	G. Kurtz C. Braun T. Sowery M. Jakobsen Crowdstrike Racing by APR	04	ORECA LMP2 07	38	+5.246 1'40.863	0.010	127.063
19	D. Merriman R. Dalziel C. Zilisch C. Rasmussen Era Motorsport	18	ORECA LMP2 07	38	+5.357 1'40.974	0.111	126.924
20	L. Willsey J. Barbosa N. Siegel J. Edgar Sean Creech Motorsport	33	Ligier LMP2	34	+5.379 1'40.996	0.022	126.896
21	J. Smiechowski N. Boulle T. Dillmann C. Novalak Inter Europol by PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	52	ORECA LMP2 07	27	+5.536 1'41.153	0.157	126.699
22	P. Hyett P. Chatin M. Brabham A. Quinn AO Racing	99	ORECA LMP2 07	18	+6.125 1'41.742	0.589	125.966
23	G. Bruni N. Jani A. Picariello R. Dumas Proton Competition	5	Porsche 963	4	+9.071 1'44.688	2.946	122.421
24	S. Monk K. Legge T. Calderon S. McAleer Gradient Racing	66	Acura NSX GT3	31	+10.672 1'46.289	1.601	120.577
25	C. Schiavoni M. Cressoni R. Grosjean M. Cairoli Iron Lynx	60	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	36	+11.301 1'46.918	0.629	119.868
26	A. Mantella N. Varrone T. Merrill C. Eastwood AWA	17	Corvette C8.R GTD	30	+11.308 1'46.925	0.007	119.860
27	F. Perera J. Pepper A. Caldarelli M. Bortolotti Iron Lynx	19	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	29	+11.323 1'46.940	0.015	119.843
28	D. Serra D. Rigon A. Pier Guidi J. Calado Risi Competizione	62	Ferrari 296 GT3	32	+11.325 1'46.942	0.002	119.841
29	J. Hand D. Muller F. Vervisch Ford Multimatic Motorsports	65	Ford Mustang GT3	34	+11.372 1'46.989	0.047	119.788
30	R. Lacorte G. Sernagiotto A. Fuoco E. Cheever Cetilar Racing	47	Ferrari 296 GT3	34	+11.449 1'47.066	0.077	119.702
31	H. Tincknell M. Rockenfeller C. Mies Ford Multimatic Motorsports	64	Ford Mustang GT3	32	+11.451 1'47.068	0.002	119.700
32	J. Hawksworth B. Barnicoat K. Kirkwood M. Conway Vasser Sullivan	14	Lexus RC F GT3	31	+11.534 1'47.151	0.083	119.607
33	F. Montecalvo P. Thompson A. Telitz R. Miyata Vasser Sullivan	12	Lexus RC F GT3	35	+11.553 1'47.170	0.019	119.586
34	A. Adelson E. Skeer J. Heylen F. Makowiecki Wright Motorsports	120	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	37	+11.615 1'47.232	0.062	119.517
35	S. Mann F. Heriau M. Molina K. Cozzolino Af Corse	21	Ferrari 296 GT3	34	+11.657 1'47.274	0.042	119.470
36	B. Iribe F. Schandorff O. Millroy T. Gamble Inception Racing	70	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	34	+11.699 1'47.316	0.042	119.423
37	K. Marcelli D. Formal G. Doyle A. Harrison Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti	45	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	28	+11.730 1'47.347	0.031	119.389
38	M. Goikhberg L. Spinelli D. DeFrancesco S. Mitchell Forte Racing	78	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	26	+11.773 1'47.390	0.043	119.341
39	O. Fidani M. Bell L. Kern A. Lynn AWA	13	Corvette C8.R GTD	36	+11.791 1'47.408	0.018	119.321
40	D. Brule A. Udell T. Hindman J. Andlauer Kellymoss with Riley	92	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	36	+11.986 1'47.603	0.195	119.104
41	O. Triarsi C. Scardina R. Agostini A. Rovera Triarsi Competizione	023	Ferrari 296 GT3	31	+11.989 1'47.606	0.003	119.101
42	A. Garcia A. Sims D. Juncadella Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	3	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	31	+12.008 1'47.625	0.019	119.080
43	T. Milner N. Catsburg E. Bamber Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	4	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	30	+12.038 1'47.655	0.030	119.047
44	K. Li A. Fjordbach L. Voorde K. Bachler MDK Motorsports	86	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	36	+12.054 1'47.671	0.016	119.029
45	R. Frey M. Gatting S. Bovy Iron Dames	83	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	34	+12.090 1'47.707	0.036	118.989
46	M. Grenier M. Skeen K. Koch M. Goetz Korthoff/Preston Motorsports	32	Mercedes AMG GT3	31	+12.153 1'47.770	0.063	118.920
47	R. Hardwick D. Olsen G. Levorato C. Lewis Proton Competition	55	Ford Mustang GT3	37	+12.172 1'47.789	0.019	118.899
48	J. Potter A. Lally S. Pumpelly N. Thiim Magnus Racing	44	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	32	+12.193 1'47.810	0.021	118.876
49	M. Franco A. Costa A. Balzan C. Sbirrazzuoli Conquest Racing	34	Ferrari 296 GT3	35	+12.317 1'47.934	0.124	118.739
50	K. Habul J. Gounon L. Stolz M. Engel Sun Energy 1	75	Mercedes AMG GT3	32	+12.416 1'48.033	0.099	118.630
51	S. Yoluc R. Andrade S. Andrews A. Christodoulou Lone Star Racing	80	Mercedes AMG GT3	33	+12.522 1'48.139	0.106	118.514
52	R. De Angelis Z. Robichon I. James M. Sorensen Heart Of Racing Team	27	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	23	+12.580 1'48.197	0.058	118.451
53	B. Sellers M. Snow N. Verhagen S. Van Der Linde Paul Miller Racing	1	BMW M4 GT3	21	+12.736 1'48.353	0.156	118.280
54	R. Ward P. Ellis I. Dontje D. Morad Winward Racing	57	Mercedes AMG GT3	35	+12.776 1'48.393	0.040	118.236
55	L. Heinrich S. Priaulx M. Christensen AO Racing	77	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	33	+12.800 1'48.417	0.024	118.210
56	R. Foley P. Gallagher J. Walker J. Klingmann Turner Motorsport	96	BMW M4 GT3	28	+12.857 1'48.474	0.057	118.148
57	M. Kirchhofer O. Jarvis J. Hinchcliffe A. Rossi Pfaff Motorsports Driveway.com / Motul / Motomaste	9	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	22	+13.323 1'48.940	0.466	117.643
58	R. Gunn A. Riberas M. Farnbacher Heart Of Racing Team	23	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	27	+13.455 1'49.072	0.132	117.500
59	J. Andretti G. Chaves S. Hargrove T. Preining Andretti Motorsports	43	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	0
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