IMSA 2022: DPi @ ROAR24
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
The ROAR 24 is a 100 minutes qualifying race to set the grid for the main 24-hour race that starts one week later (29 January). Among the 61 cars on the entry list, 7 DPi cars, 10 LMP2 and 9 LMP3 started first at 2:05 pm this Sunday.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Alexander Rossi and Will Stevens will start the 60th running of the 24 hours of Daytona from pole as Taylor and Albuquerque won the Rolex qualifying 100 minutes race last Sunday.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
Despite starting from the last position (7th) in the Dpi class with their #10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 (penalty for a wing angle infraction after Saturday’s qualification session), Filipe Albuquerque slotted his car in 5th and in 4th after Nunez, then second, usher off the road while lapping GTD cars. After the pit stop cycle, Ricky Taylor was 3rd. After the last pit stops with a bit more than 30’ to go, Taylor was battling in front with Westbrook (Cadillac #5). Taylor kept the lead despite Westbrook’s tentative to run inside in turn 1 on the very last lap.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
Starting from pole with his #5 JDC Miller Motorpsorts Cadillac Dpi-V.R, Tristan Vautier made a brilliant start. After the first pit stop cycle, his teammate Richard Westbrook was fourth and passed Taylor for third. The last pit stop cycle saw Westbrook and Taylor battling up in front until the end.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
Jimmie Johnson with the #48 Ally Racing AXR Cadillac started from P4, became last as Van der Zande, Blomqvist and Albuquerque overtook him. His teammate Kamui Kobayashi took over in fifth and ended the race in P3.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
Oliver Jarvis and Tom Blomqvist ended fourth jumping one slot from their P4 in qualifications with their # 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
Despite starting 6th as Renger van der Zande went off course and into the tire barrier in the #01 Cadillac V-Performance Academy Cadillac during qualifications, he made several passes to claim second. Sebastien Bourdais had to serve a drive-through penalty for exceeding the pit lane speed limit and ended 5th.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
Earl Bamber laid down the quickest time in warmup for the ROAR24 race after performing the second-fastest lap in qualifications putting his #02 Chip Ganassi Cadillac in first row. Alex Lynn started the race cautiously falling to 6th. A penalty for exceeding the pit lane speed limit made that both drivers didn’t score better than P6.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ ROAR in Daytona 2022.
Tristan Nunez started from second row but got ushered off the road while lapping GTD cars handing the #31 Wheelen Engineering Racing Cadillac to Pipo Derani in 5th. Derani battled with Jarvis up-front between the 2 pit stops but ended last of the DPi class.
