The final Free Practice session for the Rolex 24 at Daytona concluded on Friday morning, the field now shifting focus to the race itself tomorrow.
The top spot in the session volleyed between multiple manufacturers throughout but eventually fell at the hands of the #5 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R., with Filipe Albuquerque setting a 1:34.538.
The #55 Mazda Team Joest RT-24P went second quickest thanks to Olivier Pla setting a 1:34.758. Third in the class was the #31 Action Express Cadillac DPi-V.R. after a 1:35.244 from Felipe Nasr.
The #54 CORE autosport Nissan DPi did not run any laps during the session. The team tweeting on social media that it intentionally sat out the session to prep the car for the race.
LMP2 was topped by the #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA 07, Frenchman Enzo Guibbert clocking in a 1:36.433. Second and third in the class was the pair of DragonSpeed entered ORECA 07s. The #81 ORECA 07 with a 1:36.998 from Nicolas Lapierre, and the #18 ORECA 07 putting in a 1:37.127 from Roberto Gonzalez.
The pole-sitting #911 Porsche 911 RSR was quickest in GT Le Mans with Fredrick Mackoweicki on board, that car’s best time being a 1:42.478.
Second was the #66 Ford GT with a 1:42.612 from Dirk Mueller. That car ran into trouble in the session though, stopping on track and bringing out a red flag. The car was placed onto a flatbed, without a rear wing, no television cameras caught the initial incident.
Corvette’s Mike Rockenfeller put the #3 Corvette C7.R third in the session with a best lap of 1:42.644.
Pedro Lamy placed the #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 at the top of GT Daytona with a 1:44.632. The #14 Lexus RC-F GT3 from AIM Vasser Sullivan was second thanks to a 1:44.846 from Nick Cassidy.
Rounding out GTD’s top three was the #540 Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R, that car’s best time being a 1:45.073 from Marco Seefried.
This was the only IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship session of the day. The next time IWSC cars on the track will be for the 57th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which starts at 14:30 local time.
Featured image courtesy of Action Express/Cadillac
