IMSA Roar: Magnussen leads for Ganassi in FP4
Ex-Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen put Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac at the top of the times in the evening practice at the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona.
The #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R lapped the course in 1min35.412sec, a mere 0.040sec faster than the similar Action Express Racing entry of Mike Conway and 0.1sec ahead of the second AXR Cadillac driven by Kamui Kobayashi.
Filipe Albuquerque was top Acura ARX-05 driver for Wayne Taylor Racing, ahead of Sebastien Bourdais in the JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac, Jonathan Bomarito in the Mazxa RT24-P and Olivier Pla’s Meyer Shank Racing Acura.
Nicolas Lapierre’s 1min37.099sec in the PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports car was fastest in LMP2, a tenth ahead of Antonio Fuoco of Cetilar Racing, and Ben Hanley of DragonSpeed.
Oliver Askew led Jeroen Bleekemolen in a Riley Motorsports 1-2 in LMP3, with Wayne Boyd third for Sean Creech Motorsports.
Nick Tandy led GT Le Mans in his first night practice for Corvette Racing, around a quarter second ahead of John Edwards’ BMW M8 and the second Corvette of GTLM champion Antonio Garcia.
Marcos Gomes’ Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 took top honors in GT Daytona, albeit only by 0.003sec ahead of the Grasser Racing Lamborghini Huracan of Mirko Bortolotti and a tenth ahead of the Sun Energy1 Mercedes Benz AMG GT3 steered by Luca Stolz.
Warm-up begins at 10am local (Eastern) time, with the 100-minute Motul Pole Award 100 starting at 2.05pm.
| Cla | Num | Driver | Class | Chassis | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |  Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sébastien Bourdais |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'35.085 | 134.785 | ||
| 2 | 01 |  Renger van der Zande  Kevin Magnussen  Scott Dixon |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'35.097 | 0.012 | 0.012 | 134.768 |
| 3 | 55 |  Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell  Jonathan Bomarito |
DPi | Mazda DPi | 1'35.132 | 0.047 | 0.035 | 134.718 |
| 4 | 10 | Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi  Helio Castroneves |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'35.138 | 0.053 | 0.006 | 134.710 |
| 5 | 31 | Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'35.752 | 0.667 | 0.614 | 133.846 |
| 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson  Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud  Mike Rockenfeller |
DPi | Cadillac DPi | 1'35.817 | 0.732 | 0.065 | 133.755 |
| 7 | 8 |  John Farano Gabriel Aubry Timothé Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'36.448 | 1.363 | 0.631 | 132.880 |
| 8 | 20 | Dennis Andersen  Ferdinand Habsburg Anders Fjordbach  Robert Kubica |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'36.572 | 1.487 | 0.124 | 132.709 |
| 9 | 60 | Dane Cameron Olivier Pla  Juan Pablo Montoya A.J. Allmendinger |
DPi | Acura DPi | 1'36.754 | 1.669 | 0.182 | 132.460 |
| 10 | 11 | Thomas Steven Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'36.871 | 1.786 | 0.117 | 132.300 |
| 11 | 81 | Rob Hodes Garett Grist Rinus van Kalmthout Ben Hanley |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.105 | 2.020 | 0.234 | 131.981 |
| 12 | 47 |  Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto |
LMP2 | Dallara LMP2 | 1'37.755 | 2.670 | 0.650 | 131.103 |
| 13 | 82 | Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller Christopher Mies |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'37.892 | 2.807 | 0.137 | 130.920 |
| 14 | 18 | Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.104 | 3.019 | 0.212 | 130.637 |
| 15 | 51 | Cody Ware  Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Sven Muller |
LMP2 | Ligier LMP2 | 1'38.796 | 3.711 | 0.692 | 129.722 |
| 16 | 29 | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job Van Uitert Charles Milesi |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'38.803 | 3.718 | 0.007 | 129.713 |
| 17 | 52 | Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre |
LMP2 | ORECA LMP2 07 | 1'39.188 | 4.103 | 0.385 | 129.209 |
| 18 | 62 | James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon |
GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | 1'42.584 | 7.499 | 3.396 | 124.932 |
| 19 | 79 | Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni |
GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR - 19 | 1'42.603 | 7.518 | 0.019 | 124.909 |
| 20 | 4 | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'42.726 | 7.641 | 0.123 | 124.759 |
| 21 | 25 | Connor de Phillippi Philipp Eng Timo Glock Bruno Spengler |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'42.910 | 7.825 | 0.184 | 124.536 |
| 22 | 24 | John Edwards  Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann |
GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | 1'42.920 | 7.835 | 0.010 | 124.524 |
| 23 | 3 |  Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nick Catsburg |
GTLM | Corvette C8.R | 1'43.022 | 7.937 | 0.102 | 124.401 |
| 24 | 91 | Jim Cox Dylan Murry Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'43.072 | 7.987 | 0.050 | 124.340 |
| 25 | 38 |  Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels  Mateo Llarena Ayrton Ori |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'43.709 | 8.624 | 0.637 | 123.577 |
| 26 | 6 | Moritz Kranz Hoerr Laurents Kenton Koch Stevan McAleer |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'44.200 | 9.115 | 0.491 | 122.994 |
| 27 | 19 | Mikhail Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'45.583 | 10.498 | 1.383 | 121.383 |
| 28 | 111 |  Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'45.737 | 10.652 | 0.154 | 121.206 |
| 29 | 21 | Simon Mann Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1'45.987 | 10.902 | 0.250 | 120.920 |
| 30 | 97 | Maxwell Root  Charles Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'46.011 | 10.926 | 0.024 | 120.893 |
| 31 | 16 | Trent Hindman Patrick Long  Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'46.094 | 11.009 | 0.083 | 120.799 |
| 32 | 88 | Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'46.411 | 11.326 | 0.317 | 120.439 |
| 33 | 1 | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli |
GTD | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | 1'46.425 | 11.340 | 0.014 | 120.423 |
| 34 | 12 | Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | 1'46.475 | 11.390 | 0.050 | 120.366 |
| 35 | 44 | John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher |
GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | 1'46.511 | 11.426 | 0.036 | 120.326 |
| 36 | 57 | Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'47.046 | 11.961 | 0.535 | 119.724 |
| 37 | 28 | Daniel Morad Mike Skeen Billy Johnson Maximilian Buhk |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1'47.061 | 11.976 | 0.015 | 119.707 |
| 38 | 9 | Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern  Matt Campbell |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1'47.273 | 12.188 | 0.212 | 119.471 |
| 39 | 96 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta |
GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | 1'47.775 | 12.690 | 0.502 | 118.914 |
| 40 | 23 | Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn |
GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 1'48.759 | 13.674 | 0.984 | 117.839 |
| 41 | 7 | Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Charles Finelli |
LMP3 | Duqueine D08 | 1'48.809 | 13.724 | 0.050 | 117.784 |
| 42 | 74 | Gar Robinson Spencer Pigot Scott Andrews Oliver Askew |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 1'48.825 | 13.740 | 0.016 | 117.767 |
| 43 | 33 | Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | 2'03.897 | 28.812 | 15.072 | 103.441 |
| 44 | 14 | Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth |
GTD | Lexus RC F GT3 | ||||
| 45 | 42 | Alan Metni Andrew Davis J.R. Hildebrand Don Yount |
GTD | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | ||||
| 46 | 54 | Jon Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | ||||
| 47 | 63 |  Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes |
GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | ||||
| 48 | 64 | Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb |
GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | ||||
| 49 | 75 | Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz |
GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | ||||
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