IMSA Roar: Vautier fastest in third practice for Cadillac
Tristan Vautier topped third practice for the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona International Speedway’s road course in JDC-Miller Motorsports’ Cadillac DPi-V.R.
Mike Rockenfeller set the initial pace in the one-hour session with a lap of 1m36.639s in the Action Express Cadillac DPi he shares with Jimmie Johnson, Kamui Kobayashi and Simon Pagenaud. He was then eclipsed by Renger van der Zande in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac, who lapped in 1m36.127s.
The Acuras then entered the fray with some quick laps, as Dane Cameron in the Meyer Shank-run car and Helio Castroneves in WTR’s AXR-05 rose to second and third in the times, before Jonathan Bomarito showed Mazda’s hand by taking P2 with a lap of 1m36.26s, 0.133s off van der Zande’s best.
After a red flag to retrieve an errant Mercedes GTD car, new tyre runs changed the picture completely in the closing moments, with Vautier jumping to P1 in the #5 JDC-Miller Cadillac, 0.289s clear of Oliver Jarvis (who took over the Mazda) and three tenths ahead of Pipo Derani in the #31 AXR Caddy.
Van der Zande dropped to fourth, ahead of AJ Allmendinger (beating Cameron’s time in the Shank Acura), Castroneves and Rockenfeller.
In LMP2, Charles Milesi led the way – and was eighth overall – in Racing Team Netherland’s ORECA, 0.466s ahead of Tristan Nunez (WIN Autosport ORECA) and well clear of Nicolas Lapierre’s PR1 Mathiasen example, with Rinus Veekay close behind for DragonSpeed.
Colin Braun topped LMP3 for CORE autosport, ahead of Riley Motorsports duo Jeroen Bleekemolen and Oliver Askew.
In GTLM, Kevin Estre set the early pace in the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911, before Jordan Taylor pipped him in the #3 Chevrolet Corvette, lapping in 1m43.906s.
But Nick Tandy demolished that time with 1m43.467s in the #4 Corvette, and made it a 1-2 for the C8.R.
Timo Glock was third fastest for BMW, ahead of Estre and the second BMW of Marco Wittmann.
Daniel Serra’s AF Corse Ferrari was fastest in GTD, ahead of Laurens Vanthoor (Porsche), Rolf Ineichen (Lamborghini) and Maxi Buhk (Mercedes).
The session was red flagged with 20 minutes to go for Kenny Habul in the #76 Mercedes, who went off at Turn 2.
| Cla | Driver | Class | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 17 | 1'35.710 | 133.905 | ||
| 2 |  Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell  Jonathan Bomarito | DPi | Mazda DPi | 26 | 1'35.999 | 0.289 | 0.289 | 133.501 |
| 3 |  Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 22 | 1'36.015 | 0.305 | 0.016 | 133.479 |
| 4 |  Renger van der Zande  Kevin Magnussen  Scott Dixon  Marcus Ericsson | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 21 | 1'36.127 | 0.417 | 0.112 | 133.324 |
| 5 | Dane Cameron Olivier Pla  Juan Pablo Montoya A.J. Allmendinger | DPi | Acura DPi | 16 | 1'36.217 | 0.507 | 0.090 | 133.199 |
| 6 | Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves | DPi | Acura DPi | 24 | 1'36.219 | 0.509 | 0.002 | 133.196 |
| 7 | Jimmie Johnson  Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud  Mike Rockenfeller | DPi | Cadillac DPi | 24 | 1'36.420 | 0.710 | 0.201 | 132.918 |
| 8 | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert Charles Milesi | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 27 | 1'37.366 | 1.656 | 0.946 | 131.627 |
| 9 | Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 25 | 1'37.832 | 2.122 | 0.466 | 131.000 |
| 10 | Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 24 | 1'38.203 | 2.493 | 0.371 | 130.505 |
| 11 | Rob Hodes  Garett Grist Rinus van Kalmthout Ben Hanley | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 25 | 1'38.255 | 2.545 | 0.052 | 130.436 |
| 12 | Dennis Andersen  Ferdinand Habsburg Anders Fjordbach  Robert Kubica | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 26 | 1'38.510 | 2.800 | 0.255 | 130.098 |
| 13 | Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 28 | 1'38.574 | 2.864 | 0.064 | 130.014 |
| 14 | John Farano Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 22 | 1'38.956 | 3.246 | 0.382 | 129.512 |
| 15 |  Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto | LMP2 | Dallara LMP2 | 24 | 1'39.346 | 3.636 | 0.390 | 129.004 |
| 16 | Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller Christopher Mies | LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 25 | 1'39.372 | 3.662 | 0.026 | 128.970 |
| 17 | Cody Ware  Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Mathieu Jaminet | LMP2 | Ligier LMP2 | 20 | 1'40.514 | 4.804 | 1.142 | 127.505 |
| 18 | Nick Tandy Alexander Sims Tommy Milner | GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 22 | 1'43.467 | 7.757 | 2.953 | 123.866 |
| 19 | Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 21 | 1'43.572 | 7.862 | 0.105 | 123.740 |
| 20 | Cox Jim Murry Dylan Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 20 | 1'43.703 | 7.993 | 0.131 | 123.584 |
| 21 | Gar Robinson Spencer Pigot  Scott Andrews Oliver Askew | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 20 | 1'43.784 | 8.074 | 0.081 | 123.487 |
| 22 | Moritz Kranz Hoerr Laurents | LMP3 | Duqueine M30-D08 | 27 | 1'43.824 | 8.114 | 0.040 | 123.440 |
| 23 | Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg  Antonio Garcia | GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 25 | 1'43.906 | 8.196 | 0.082 | 123.342 |
| 24 | Philipp Eng Timo Glock Connor de Phillippi Bruno Spengler | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 21 | 1'43.952 | 8.242 | 0.046 | 123.288 |
| 25 | Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | 27 | 1'44.148 | 8.438 | 0.196 | 123.056 |
| 26 | Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 21 | 1'44.200 | 8.490 | 0.052 | 122.994 |
| 27 | Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann John Edwards  Jesse Krohn | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 21 | 1'44.328 | 8.618 | 0.128 | 122.843 |
| 28 | Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Charles Finelli | LMP3 | Duqueine M30-D08 | 22 | 1'44.535 | 8.825 | 0.207 | 122.600 |
| 29 | James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | 18 | 1'44.965 | 9.255 | 0.430 | 122.098 |
| 30 | Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels LLarena Mateo Ori Ayrton | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 23 | 1'45.710 | 10.000 | 0.745 | 121.237 |
| 31 | Mann Simon Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 25 | 1'46.495 | 10.785 | 0.785 | 120.344 |
| 32 | Zacharie Robichon  Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 21 | 1'46.805 | 11.095 | 0.310 | 119.994 |
| 33 |  Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 24 | 1'46.805 | 11.095 | 0.000 | 119.994 |
| 34 | Daniel Morad Michael de Quesada Billy Johnson Maxi Buhk | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 25 | 1'46.863 | 11.153 | 0.058 | 119.929 |
| 35 | Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 26 | 1'46.899 | 11.189 | 0.036 | 119.889 |
| 36 | Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 27 | 1'47.014 | 11.304 | 0.115 | 119.760 |
| 37 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta | GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 23 | 1'47.015 | 11.305 | 0.001 | 119.759 |
| 38 | Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 20 | 1'47.281 | 11.571 | 0.266 | 119.462 |
| 39 | Maxwell Root  Charles Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 23 | 1'47.324 | 11.614 | 0.043 | 119.414 |
| 40 | Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 16 | 1'47.327 | 11.617 | 0.003 | 119.411 |
| 41 | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli | GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 24 | 1'47.384 | 11.674 | 0.057 | 119.347 |
| 42 | Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 8 | 1'47.522 | 11.812 | 0.138 | 119.194 |
| 43 | Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo | GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 16 | 1'47.539 | 11.829 | 0.017 | 119.175 |
| 44 | Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 24 | 1'47.599 | 11.889 | 0.060 | 119.109 |
| 45 |  Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 23 | 1'47.627 | 11.917 | 0.028 | 119.078 |
| 46 | Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 25 | 1'47.686 | 11.976 | 0.059 | 119.013 |
| 47 | John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 5 | 1'47.807 | 12.097 | 0.121 | 118.879 |
| 48 | Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 14 | 1'47.891 | 12.181 | 0.084 | 118.787 |
| 49 | Alan Metni Andrew Davis J.R. Hildebrand Don Yount | GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | 25 | 1'48.116 | 12.406 | 0.225 | 118.539 |
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