Daytona 24 Hours: Joest Mazda fastest in second practice
Mazda Team Joest moved to the top of the Daytona 24 Hours timesheets in second practice, courtesy of a late flyer from Jonathan Bomarito in the #55 RT24-P
After the opening session of the weekend was held on a damp track, second practice was dry, albeit with lap times still some way slower than those set in the 'Roar Before the 24' test earlier in the month.
CORE autosport's sole Nissan DPi led the session for much of the way after Colin Braun posted a 1m35.338s with 41 minutes remaining, and that wasn't beaten until Filipe Albuquerque put in a 1m35.446s in the #5 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. with fewer than 10 minutes on the clock.
But, with five minutes left of the session, Bomarito knocked six tenths off Albuquerque's benchmark with a 1m34.743s, which he followed up with a 1m34.672s on the following lap - putting the #55 Mazda eight tenths up on the competition.
Braun's earlier time was good enough to keep the #54 Nissan third, while Acura Team Penske's Ricky Taylor ensured it was four different makes in the top four with a 1m35.539s effort in the #7 Acura ARX-05.
IMSA rookie Augustin Canapino turned an impressive lap to go fifth-fastest in the #50 Juncos Racing Cadillac, followed by Felipe Nasr in the #31 AXR Cadillac.
Fernando Alonso set the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac's best time of 1m35.924s to go seventh fastest, one place ahead of the #77 Mazda RT24-P driven by Timo Bernhard.
The LMP2 contingent was headed up by James Allen in the #81 DragonSpeed ORECA-Gibson, the young Australian's 1m37.255s effort putting him three tenths clear of PR1/Mathiasen driver Gabriel Aubry.
Nick Tandy left it late to put his retro-liveried Porsche 911 RSR on top of the times in GT Le Mans with a best time of 1m43.475s, demoting Corvette driver Jan Magnussen to second by just 0.086s.
Ryan Briscoe put the best of the Ford GTs, the #66 machine, in third place, a further two tenths back, followed by the sole Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE and the second of the Ganassi-run Fords.
BMW propped up the GTLM order with its pair of M8 GTEs only managing eighth and ninth places.
In GT Daytona, Spirit of Racing Ferrari driver Daniel Serra was the only driver to breach the 1m46s barrier with a 1m45.936, which was enough to top the class by 0.248s from the leading Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX driven by Trent Hindman.
Third in class was Ben Keating in the Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3, a further 0.060s behind.
Qualifying takes place next on the Thursday schedule, before a further practice session after dark.
FP2 times
| Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DPi | J.Bomarito, H.Tincknell, O.Pla | Mazda Team Joest | Mazda | 1m34.672s | - | 27 |
| 2 | DPi | J.Barbosa, F.Albuquerque, C.Fittipaldi | Mustang Sampling Racing | Cadillac | 1m35.383s | 0.711s | 29 |
| 3 | DPi | J.Bennett, C.Braun, R.Dumas, L.Duval | CORE Autosport | Nissan | 1m35.538s | 0.866s | 24 |
| 4 | DPi | R.Taylor, H.Castroneves, A.Rossi | Acura Team Penske | Acura | 1m35.539s | 0.867s | 25 |
| 5 | DPi | W.Owen, R.Binder, A.Canapino, K.Kaiser | Juncos Racing | Cadillac | 1m35.550s | 0.878s | 21 |
| 6 | DPi | F.Nasr, E.Curran, P.Derani | Whelen Engineering Racing | Cadillac | 1m35.694s | 1.022s | 25 |
| 7 | DPi | R.van der Zande, J.Taylor, F.Alonso, K.Kobayashi | Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac | 1m35.924s | 1.252s | 26 |
| 8 | DPi | O.Jarvis, T.Nunez, T.Bernhard, R.Rast | Mazda Team Joest | Mazda | 1m36.102s | 1.430s | 21 |
| 9 | DPi | J.P.Montoya, D.Cameron, S.Pagenaud | Acura Team Penske | Acura | 1m36.346s | 1.674s | 9 |
| 10 | DPi | S.Trummer, S.Simpson, C.Miller, J.Piedrahita | JDC-Miller Motorsports | Cadillac | 1m36.485s | 1.813s | 27 |
| 11 | DPi | M.Goikhberg, T.Vautier, D.Defrancesco, R.Barrichello | JDC-Miller Motorsports | Cadillac | 1m36.657s | 1.985s | 22 |
| 12 | LMP2 | H.Hedman, B.Hanley, N.Lapierre, J.Allen | DragonSpeed | ORECA/Gibson | 1m37.255s | 2.583s | 25 |
| 13 | LMP2 | M.McMurry, G.Aubry, M.Kvamme, E.Guibbert | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | 1m37.512s | 2.840s | 27 |
| 14 | LMP2 | R.Gonzalez, P.Maldonado, S.Saavedra, R.Cullen | DragonSpeed | ORECA/Gibson | 1m38.228s | 3.556s | 25 |
| 15 | LMP2 | K.Masson, R.Masson, C.Cassels, K.Wright | Performance Tech Motorsports | ORECA/Gibson | 1m39.784s | 5.112s | 24 |
| 16 | GTLM | P.Pilet, N.Tandy, F.Makowiecki | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m43.475s | 8.803s | 25 |
| 17 | GTLM | J.Magnussen, A.Garcia, M.Rockenfeller | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet | 1m43.561s | 8.889s | 25 |
| 18 | GTLM | R.Briscoe, R.Westbrook, S.Dixon | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford | 1m43.755s | 9.083s | 21 |
| 19 | GTLM | D.Rigon, M.Molina, A.P.Guidi, J.Calado | Risi Competizione | Ferrari | 1m43.758s | 9.086s | 22 |
| 20 | GTLM | J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford | 1m43.906s | 9.234s | 19 |
| 21 | GTLM | O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet | 1m44.017s | 9.345s | 21 |
| 22 | GTLM | E.Bamber, L.Vanthoor, M.Jaminet | Porsche GT Team | Porsche | 1m44.219s | 9.547s | 21 |
| 23 | GTLM | A.Farfus, C.De Phillippi, P.Eng, C.Herta | BMW Team RLL | BMW | 1m44.249s | 9.577s | 22 |
| 24 | GTLM | J.Krohn, J.M.Edwards, C.Mostert, A.Zanardi | BMW Team RLL | BMW | 1m44.301s | 9.629s | 22 |
| 25 | GTD | P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda, D.Serra | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 1m45.936s | 11.264s | 27 |
| 26 | GTD | M.Farnbacher, T.Hindman, J.Marks, A.Allmendinger | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Acura | 1m46.184s | 11.512s | 20 |
| 27 | GTD | B.Keating, J.Bleekemolen, L.Stolz, F.Fraga | Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports | Mercedes | 1m46.244s | 11.572s | 20 |
| 28 | GTD | B.Auberlen, R.Foley, D.Machavern, J.Klingmann | Turner Motorsport | BMW | 1m46.295s | 11.623s | 23 |
| 29 | GTD | C.Longo, V.Franzoni, M.Gomes, A.Bertolini | Via Italia Racing | Ferrari | 1m46.295s | 11.623s | 28 |
| 30 | GTD | B.Sellers, R.Hardwick, C.Lewis, A.Caldarelli | Paul Miller Racing | Lamborghini | 1m46.337s | 11.665s | 24 |
| 31 | GTD | S.Hargrove, Z.Robichon, L.Kern, D.Olsen | Pfaff Motorsports | Porsche | 1m46.567s | 11.895s | 24 |
| 32 | GTD | C.MacNeil, T.Vilander, D.Farnbacher, J.Westphal | Scuderia Corsa | Ferrari | 1m46.574s | 11.902s | 23 |
| 33 | GTD | R.Ineichen, M.Bortolotti, C.Engelhart, R.Breukers | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 1m46.579s | 11.907s | 27 |
| 34 | GTD | P.Lindsey, P.Long, M.Campbell, N.Boulle | Park Place Motorsports | Porsche | 1m46.642s | 11.970s | 23 |
| 35 | GTD | J.Potter, A.Lally, S.Pumpelly, M.Mapelli | Magnus Racing | Lamborghini | 1m46.692s | 12.020s | 24 |
| 36 | GTD | R.Heistand, J.Hawksworth, A.Cindric, N.Cassidy | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Lexus | 1m46.739s | 12.067s | 23 |
| 37 | GTD | F.Montecalvo, T.Bell, A.Telitz, J.Segal | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Lexus | 1m46.781s | 12.109s | 25 |
| 38 | GTD | K.Legge, A.Beatriz, S.de Silvestro, C.Nielsen | Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing | Acura | 1m46.829s | 12.157s | 24 |
| 39 | GTD | D.Morad, C.Mies, R.Feller, D.Vanthoor | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Audi | 1m46.935s | 12.263s | 24 |
| 40 | GTD | E.Busnelli, F.Babini, T.Proto, G.Altoe | Ebimotors | Lamborghini | 1m47.234s | 12.562s | 27 |
| 41 | GTD | J.Haring, K.Bachler, S.Muller, S.Gorig, A.Renauer | NGT Motorsport | Porsche | 1m47.444s | 12.772s | 27 |
| 42 | GTD | T.Pappas, M.Seefried, M.Cairoli, D.Werner | Black Swan Racing | Porsche | 1m47.453s | 12.781s | 25 |
| 43 | GTD | S.Dunn, L.Lundqvist, M.Pavlovic, D.Yount | Precision Performance Motorsports | Lamborghini | 1m47.527s | 12.855s | 27 |
| 44 | GTD | M.Buhk, F.Schiller, D.Baumann, J.Perez | P1 Motorsports | Mercedes | 1m47.534s | 12.862s | 20 |
| 45 | GTD | F.Vervisch, K.van der Linde, I.James, R.De Angelis | WRT Speedstar Audi Sport | Audi | 1m47.593s | 12.921s | 24 |
| 46 | GTD | P.Chase, R.Dalziel, E.P.Companc, C.Haase | Starworks Motorsport | Audi | 1m47.673s | 13.001s | 21 |
| 47 | GTD | A.Davis, A.Riberas, W.Hardeman, M.Winkelhock | Moorespeed | Audi | 1m47.724s | 13.052s | 24 |
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