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IMSA The Roar Before The 24

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

Porsche’s Nick Tandy set the pace in the opening test session of the Roar Before the Rolex 24, the annual precursor to next weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours.

Charles Bradley

Edited: Jan 20, 2024, 1:55 AM

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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 23rd 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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