Derani tops ROAR day 1

Pipo Derani put the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R on top of day 1 testing time sheets at the Roar Before the Rolex 24 ahead of De Philippi (BMW) and Tandy (Porsche). Kathrine Egge topped both GTD and GTD PRO classes.

GTP

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing’s Cadillac V-Series.R

Pipo Derani with defending GTP Champions Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing’s Cadillac V-Series.R went to the top of the leaderboard in the final minutes of session #2 setting the day’s Benchmark at 1:35.217.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. #25 BMW M Hybrid V8

Connor De Phillippi with #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 laid down a best lap of 1:35.594, 0.377 seconds slower than Derani.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. #6 Penske Porsche 963

Nick Tandy with #6 Penske Porsche 963 set the third-best performance of the day during the morning session in 1:35.617. All three drivers are just within 0.400 seconds.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. #24 BMW M Hybrid V8

Augusto Farfus with #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 was fourth, 0,435 seconds slower than Derani.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. Sebastien Bourdais (#01 Cadillac V-Series.R) and both Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 driven by Filipe Albuquerque (#10) and Colon Herta (#40) complete the top 7 within 1 second of Friday’s Benchmark.

LMP2

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024.

Christian Rasmussen in the #18 Era Motorsport Oreca 07 Gibson was the quickest LMP2 of the day with a lap time of 1:39.674, 0.253 seconds ahead of Nolan Siegel in the #33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P217 Gibson.

GTD and GTD PRO

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024.

Katherine Legge with the #66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 she shares with Sheena Monk, Tatiana Calderon and Stevan McAleer was the fastest of both GTD and GTD PRO thanks to her best lap of 1:46.289 lap during session #1.

Monk’s fastest lap was 0.205 seconds faster than Christopher Mies’ 1:46.494 lap (#65 Mustang GT3) in Session 2 topping the GTD PRO class. Jan Heylen was the fastest GTD driver in Session 2 (third of the day) at 1:46.741 (0.452 seconds slower than Egge) with #120 Wright Motorsports‘ Porsche 911 GT3 R (992).

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