Porsche nips Cadillac late to top of final Rolex 24 practice

Laurens Vanthoor pulled off a late quick lap to put Porsche Penske Motorsport ahead

Laurens Vanthoor pulled out a late flying lap to elevate Porsche Penske Motorsport on top in the the 64th Running of the Rolex 24 on Friday morning.

Driving the No. 6 Porsche 963, Vanthoor threw down a quick lap of 1 minute, 36.475 seconds on Daytona’s 3.56-mile speedway road course. The leading pace was 0.066s faster than Ricky Taylor, who was second in the No. 10 Cadillac V-Series.R for Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing.

BMW M Team WRT ended up third overall, courtesy of Dries Vanthoor’s flyer that was 0.315s behind in the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8. Porsche Penske Motorsport’s No. 7 machine was fourth, followed by the No’ 40 entry for Cadillac WTR in fifth.

The No. 93 Acura ARX-06 of Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian, which starts on pole following the technical infraction to the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac following qualifying inspection, was 10th overall and 1.254s behind.

The LMP2 class was led by TDS Racing’s Charles Milesi, who delivered a class-best lap of 1 minute, 39.909 seconds in the No. 11 ORECA LMP2 07. Enzo Fittipaldi put the No. 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports machine second-fastest after a lap of 1 minute, 39.983 seconds.

The No. 75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of 75 Express was quickest in GTD Pro after Maro Engel logged a run at 1 minute, 46.251 seconds. It was enough to best Paul Miller Racing’s No. 1 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, which was second courtesy of Max Hesse’s lap of 1 minute, 46.871 seconds.

IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin pushed DXDT Racing’s No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R to the top of GTD after nailing a flyer of 1 minute, 47.155 seconds. Corvette was also represented in second, with Giacomo Altoe in DragonSpeed’s No. 81 hitting a lap of 1 minute, 47.303 seconds.

There were a number of incidents in the session.

The first involved the No. 81 DragonSpeed machine when Henrik Hedman spun and stopped in the Bus Stop roughly 10 minutes into the start of practice, which brought out the first red flag. The Bus Stop also caught out Jon Field in the No. 37 LMP2 machine for Intersport Racing, who locked up the rear tires and slid - lightly - into the tire barriers toward the infield just five minutes later to bring out another red flag.

A third red flag came out with 33 minutes remaining as the No. 62 Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO for Risi Competizione stopped off the speedway Turn 2.

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cla	num	drivers	class	car	laps	time	gap	int	mph
1	6	Laurens Vanthoor Kevin Estre Matthew Campbell	GTP	Porsche 963	27	1'36.475			132.843
2	10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Will Stevens Brendon Hartley	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	27	1'36.541	0.066	0.066	132.752
3	24	Sheldon Van Der Linde Dries Vanthoor Robin Frijns René Rast	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	22	1'36.790	0.315	0.249	132.410
4	7	Luiz Felipe Nasr Julien Andlauer Laurin Heinrich	GTP	Porsche 963	30	1'36.857	0.382	0.067	132.319
5	40	Jordan Taylor Louis Deletraz Colton Herta	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	22	1'37.050	0.575	0.193	132.056
6	60	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Scott Dixon AJ Allmendinger	GTP	Acura ARX-06	13	1'37.476	1.001	0.426	131.479
7	85	Tijmen van der Helm Nicolas Pino Kaylen Frederick Bryce Aron	GTP	Porsche 963	31	1'37.484	1.009	0.008	131.468
8	25	Raffaele Marciello Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Kevin Magnussen	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	16	1'37.558	1.083	0.074	131.368
9	31	Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Frederik Vesti Connor Zilisch	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	17	1'37.679	1.204	0.121	131.205
10	93	Renger van der Zande Nick Yelloly Alex Palou Kaku Ohta	GTP	Acura ARX-06	17	1'37.795	1.320	0.116	131.050
11	23	Ross Gunn Roman De Angelis Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen	GTP	Aston Martin Valkyrie	12	1'38.302	1.827	0.507	130.374
12	11	Tobi Lutke Mathias Beche David Heinemeier Hansson Charles Milesi	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	37	1'39.909	3.434	1.607	128.277
13	73	Pietro Fittipaldi Manuel Espirito Santo Christopher Cumming Enzo Fittipaldi	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	34	1'39.983	3.508	0.074	128.182
14	22	Dan Goldburg Paul di Resta Rasmus Lindh Gregoire Saucy	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	35	1'40.038	3.563	0.055	128.111
15	43	Tom Dillmann Bijoy Garg Antonio Felix da Costa Jeremy Clarke	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	29	1'40.120	3.645	0.082	128.006
16	2	Philip Fayer Ben Hanley Hunter McElrea Mikkel Jensen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	28	1'40.129	3.654	0.009	127.995
17	343	Jakub Smiechowski George Kolovos Nolan Siegel Nick Cassidy	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	32	1'40.246	3.771	0.117	127.846
18	04	George Kurtz Alex Quinn Toby Sowery Malthe Jakobsen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	35	1'40.250	3.775	0.004	127.840
19	18	Naveen Rao Ferdinand Habsburg Jacob Abel Logan Sargeant	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	32	1'40.443	3.968	0.193	127.595
20	8	John Farano Sebastien Bourdais Sebastian Alvarez Kyffin Simpson	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	26	1'40.672	4.197	0.229	127.305
21	52	Mikhail Goikhberg Ben Keating Parker Thompson Harry Tincknell	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	25	1'40.674	4.199	0.002	127.302
22	37	Jon Field Oliver Jarvis Seth Lucas Job Van Uitert	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	26	1'40.717	4.242	0.043	127.248
23	83	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Nicklas Nielsen Dylan Murry	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	33	1'40.990	4.515	0.273	126.904
24	99	PJ Hyett Dane Cameron Jonny Edgar Christian Rasmussen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	26	1'41.138	4.663	0.148	126.718
25	75	Kenny Habul Maro Rene Engel Will Power Chaz Mostert	GTD PRO	Mercedes-AMG GT3	28	1'46.251	9.776	5.113	120.620
26	1	Neil Verhagen Connor de Phillippi Max Hesse Dan Harper	GTD PRO	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	17	1'46.871	10.396	0.620	119.920
27	9	Andrea Caldarelli Sandy Mitchell Mirko Bortolotti James Hinchcliffe	GTD PRO	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	18	1'46.976	10.501	0.105	119.803
28	59	Max Esterson Nikita Johnson Jüri Vips Dean MacDonald	GTD PRO	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	20	1'46.989	10.514	0.013	119.788
29	48	Scott Noble Jason Hart Maxime Martin Luca Stolz	GTD PRO	Mercedes-AMG GT3	30	1'47.006	10.531	0.017	119.769
30	64	Ben Barker Dennis Olsen Mike Rockenfeller	GTD PRO	Ford Mustang GT3	14	1'47.104	10.629	0.098	119.659
31	36	Mason Filippi Charlie Eastwood Scott McLaughlin Salih Yoluc	GTD	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	7	1'47.155	10.680	0.051	119.602
32	4	Tommy Milner Nicky Catsburg Nicolas Varrone Malthe Jakobsen	GTD PRO	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	26	1'47.260	10.785	0.105	119.485
33	81	Henrik Hedman Giacomo Altoè Casper Stevenson Matteo Cairoli	GTD	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	32	1'47.303	10.828	0.043	119.437
34	3	Antonio Garcia Alexander Sims Marvin Kirchofer	GTD PRO	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	26	1'47.378	10.903	0.075	119.354
35	13	Orey Fidani Matt Bell Lars Kern Ben Green	GTD	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	27	1'47.397	10.922	0.019	119.333
36	912	Ryan Hardwick Riccardo Pera Richard Lietz Morris Schuring	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	29	1'47.426	10.951	0.029	119.301
37	77	Nick Tandy Harry King Alessio Picariello	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	24	1'47.469	10.994	0.043	119.253
38	911	Ayhancan Güven Thomas Preining Klaus Bachler Ricardo Feller	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	27	1'47.533	11.058	0.064	119.182
39	120	Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Tom Sargent Callum Ilott	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	24	1'47.587	11.112	0.054	119.122
40	96	Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley Jens Klingmann Francis Selldorff	GTD	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	18	1'47.617	11.142	0.030	119.089
41	19	Valentin Hasse-Clot Rory van der Steur Sébastien Baud Carl Bennett	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	21	1'47.639	11.164	0.022	119.065
42	45	Danny Formal Trent Hindman Graham Doyle Marcus Ericsson	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	26	1'47.640	11.165	0.001	119.064
43	80	Scott Andrews Lin Hodenius James Roe Ralf Aron	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	17	1'47.645	11.170	0.005	119.058
44	57	Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Lucas Auer	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	21	1'47.821	11.346	0.176	118.864
45	69	Anthony Bartone Maximillian Goetz Jules Gounon Fabian Schiller	GTD PRO	Mercedes-AMG GT3	21	1'47.923	11.448	0.102	118.751
46	62	Daniel Serra Davide Rigon Alessandro Pier Guidi	GTD PRO	Ferrari 296 GT3	15	1'47.976	11.501	0.053	118.693
47	44	John Potter Spencer Pumpelly Nicki Thiim Madison Snow	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	6	1'48.002	11.527	0.026	118.664
48	033	James Calado Riccardo Agostini Miguel Molina Alessio Rovera	GTD PRO	Ferrari 296 GT3	25	1'48.029	11.554	0.027	118.635
49	21	Simon Mann Lilou Wadoux Antonio Fuoco Tommaso Mosca	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	23	1'48.129	11.654	0.100	118.525
50	65	Christopher Mies Frederic Vervisch Sebastian Priaulx	GTD PRO	Ford Mustang GT3	16	1'48.137	11.662	0.008	118.516
51	66	Jake Walker Till Bechtolsheimer Corey Lewis Joey Hand	GTD	Ford Mustang GT3	24	1'48.189	11.714	0.052	118.459
52	70	Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy David Fumanelli	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	26	1'48.215	11.740	0.026	118.431
53	16	Sheena Monk Felipe Fraga Jenson Altzman Romain Grosjean	GTD	Ford Mustang GT3	20	1'48.252	11.777	0.037	118.390
54	27	Tom Gamble Dudu Barrichello Zacharie Robichon Mattia Drudi	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	18	1'48.291	11.816	0.039	118.348
55	34	Manny Franco Albert Costa Balboa Lorenzo Patrese Thierry Vermeulen	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	25	1'48.331	11.856	0.040	118.304
56	28	Eric Zitza Jan Heylen Dillon Machavern Sven Müller	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	19	1'48.735	12.260	0.404	117.865
57	023	Onofrio Triarsi Kenton Koch Robert Megennis Ye Yifei	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	24	1'48.866	12.391	0.131	117.723
58	123	Dave Musial Dave Musial Jr. Peter Ludwig Ryan Yardley	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	26	1'48.905	12.430	0.039	117.681
59	12	Aaron Telitz Benjamin Pedersen Frankie Montecalvo Esteban Masson	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	0
60	14	Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood Townsend Bell	GTD PRO	Lexus RC F GT3	0