Loic Duval’s JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac edged to the top of the times by 0.012sec ahead of Kevin Magnussen of Chip Ganassi Racing in the final practice for the Rolex 24 Hours.
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 59th 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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