Rolex 24: Duval leads Magnussen in final Rolex 24 practice

The top four cars – representing all three manufacturers involved in the DPi class –were covered by less than one-tenth of a second at the end of the one-hour final practice at Daytona for the season-opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

But it was JDC-Miller’s new fulltimer Loic Duval who emerged on top with a 1min35.085sec lap, beating F1 exile Kevin Magnussen in the similar Cadillac DPi-V.R of Ganassi.

They were just hundredths ahead of Oliver Jarvis in the Mazda RT24-P that ran only five laps today, having skipped almost all of last night’s practice while receiving scheduled maintenance of a new engine and gearbox. Filipe Albuquerque drove the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 to its top time, just 0.053sec off top spot.

The two Action Express Cadillacs of Pipo Derani and Kamui Kobayashi were 0.6 and 0.7sec down respectively, with Dane Cameron completing the field in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura, but an unrepresentative 1.7sec off the pace.

In LMP2, Nicolas Lapierre had a red flag-causing off at Turn 5 in the PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca which has looked to have an edge in speed throughout practice. That allowed John Farano to head the class in the Tower Motorsports by Starworks car, a tenth quicker than Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen in the High Class Racing entry and Tristan Nunez of WIN Autosport.

LMP3, as has come to be expected, was led by Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Riley Motorsports Ligier, while Rasmus Lindh finished the session in second for Performance Tech Motorsports. Third went to the highest-place Duqueine, that of Muelhner Motorsports and steered by Moritz Kranz.

Alessandro Pier Guidi slotted the Ferrari 488 of Risi Competizione marginally ahead of the WeatherTech Racing Proton Porsche 911 RSR to claim GTLM honors ahead of the Corvettes and BMWs.

The two Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracans of Franck Perera and Mirko Bortolotti topped GT Daytona, ahead of the AF Corse Ferrari 488 of Daniel Serra, while Richard Westbrook gave TF Sport’s Aston Martin Vantage its most competitive showing of the week with fourth.

Pat Long was fifth in the Porsche 911 GT3 R of Wright Motorsports, ahead of the similar car of Team Hardpoint EBM, driven by Earl Bamber.

The 59^th running of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona begins at 3.40pm local (Eastern) time on Saturday.

Cla	Num	Driver	Class	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
1	5	Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais	DPi	Cadillac DPi	26	1'35.085
2	01	Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon	DPi	Cadillac DPi	21	1'35.097	0.012
3	55	Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito	DPi	Mazda DPi	5	1'35.132	0.047
4	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves	DPi	Acura DPi	19	1'35.138	0.053
5	31	Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott	DPi	Cadillac DPi	19	1'35.752	0.667
6	48	Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud Mike Rockenfeller	DPi	Cadillac DPi	24	1'35.817	0.732
7	8	John Farano Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	24	1'36.448	1.363
8	20	Dennis Andersen Ferdinand Habsburg Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	27	1'36.572	1.487
9	60	Dane Cameron Olivier Pla Juan Pablo Montoya A.J. Allmendinger	DPi	Acura DPi	12	1'36.754	1.669
10	11	Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	18	1'36.871	1.786
11	81	Rob Hodes Garett Grist Rinus van Kalmthout Ben Hanley	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	26	1'37.105	2.020
12	47	Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto	LMP2	Dallara LMP2	23	1'37.755	2.670
13	82	Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller Christopher Mies	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	15	1'37.892	2.807
14	18	Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	17	1'38.104	3.019
15	51	Cody Ware Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Sven Muller	LMP2	Ligier LMP2	27	1'38.796	3.711
16	29	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert Charles Milesi	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	11	1'38.803	3.718
17	52	Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	4	1'39.188	4.103
18	62	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	26	1'42.584	7.499
19	79	Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR - 19	19	1'42.603	7.518
20	4	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	26	1'42.726	7.641
21	25	Connor de Phillippi Philipp Eng Timo Glock Bruno Spengler	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	24	1'42.910	7.825
22	24	John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	12	1'42.920	7.835
23	3	Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg	GTLM	Corvette C8.R	24	1'43.022	7.937
24	91	Jim Cox Dylan Murry Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	19	1'43.072	7.987
25	38	Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels Mateo Llarena Ayrton Ori	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	25	1'43.709	8.624
26	6	Moritz Kranz Hoerr Laurents Kenton Koch Stevan McAleer	LMP3	Duqueine D08	23	1'44.200	9.115
27	19	Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	25	1'45.583	10.498
28	111	Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	24	1'45.737	10.652
29	21	Simon Mann Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	22	1'45.987	10.902
30	97	Maxwell Root Charles Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	18	1'46.011	10.926
31	16	Trent Hindman Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	21	1'46.094	11.009
32	88	Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	16	1'46.411	11.326
33	1	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	23	1'46.425	11.340
34	12	Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	12	1'46.475	11.390
35	44	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	22	1'46.511	11.426
36	57	Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	15	1'47.046	11.961
37	28	Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson Maximilian Buhk	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	13	1'47.061	11.976
38	9	Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	15	1'47.273	12.188
39	96	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	14	1'47.775	12.690
40	23	Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	11	1'48.759	13.674
41	7	Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Charles Finelli	LMP3	Duqueine D08	4	1'48.809	13.724
42	74	Gar Robinson Spencer Pigot Scott Andrews Oliver Askew	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	17	1'48.825	13.740
43	33	Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	12	2'03.897	28.812
44	14	Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	5
45	42	Alan Metni Andrew Davis J.R. Hildebrand Don Yount	GTD	Audi R8 LMS GT3	0
46	54	Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	0
47	63	Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	7
48	64	Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	0
49	75	Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	0
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