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Daytona 24 Hours: Shank LMP2 top as GTLMs shine in wet practice

Oswaldo Negri Jr ended up fastest after two rain-affected free practice sessions for this weekend's Daytona 24 Hours aboard the Michael Shank Racing Ligier-Honda JSP2

The Brazilian, who claimed pole position for the race last season, jumped to the top of the timesheets late in the opening 90-minute session with a 1m54.807s that stood as the fastest time ahead of qualifying.

The time moved Negri ahead of Toni Vilander in the Risi Competizione GT Le Mans class Ferrari 488 GTE, which ended up on a 1m55.078s.

Michelin-shod GTLM cars filled out the next seven spots in the opening session.

The second best prototype, the Nissan-powered BR Engineering BR01 with Mikhail Aleshin, ended up ninth with a time a second and a half off Negri's pace.

The second half-hour session was red-flagged twice.

Joey Hand went fastest in his Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT with a 1m56.024s, which put him three tenths up on the Risi car with Giancarlo Fisichella at the wheel.

Maxime Martin ended up fastest in the GT Daytona class with a 2m01.948s set in the second session aboard one of the Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3s.

The quickest Prototype Challenge time was set by Ryan Lewis in the opening session at the wheel of the second BAR1 Motorsports ORECA-Chevrolet FLM09.

LEADING FP1 TIMES:

Pos Class Driver Team Car Gap Laps
1 P J.Pew, O.Negri, A.Allmendinger, O.Pla Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ligier/HPD 1m54.807s 12
2 GTLM G.Fisichella, T.Vilander, D.Rigon, O.Beretta Risi Competizione Ferrari 0.271s 19
3 GTLM E.Bamber, F.Makowiecki, M.Christensen Porsche North America Porsche 0.460s 11
4 GTLM V.Shaytar, A.Bertolini, G.Bruni, J.Calado SMP Racing Ferrari 0.621s 21
5 GTLM B.Auberlen, D.Werner, A.Farfus, B.Spengler BMW Team RLL BMW 0.729s 17
6 GTLM O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler Corvette Racing Chevrolet 0.819s 22
7 GTLM P.Pilet, N.Tandy, K.Estre Porsche North America Porsche 1.352s 17
8 GTLM J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford 1.367s 15
9 GTLM A.Garcia, J.Magnussen, M.Rockenfeller Corvette Racing Chevrolet 1.394s 17
10 P M.Mediani, N.Minassian, M.Aleshin, K.Ladygin SMP Racing BR Engineering/Nissan 1.526s 21

LEADING FP2 TIMES:

Pos Class Driver Team Car Gap Laps
1 GTLM J.Hand, D.Muller, S.Bourdais Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford 1m56.024s 5
2 GTLM G.Fisichella, T.Vilander, D.Rigon, O.Beretta Risi Competizione Ferrari 0.396s 5
3 GTLM V.Shaytar, A.Bertolini, G.Bruni, J.Calado SMP Racing Ferrari 0.468s 4
4 GTLM O.Gavin, T.Milner, M.Fassler Corvette Racing Chevrolet 0.557s 6
5 GTLM A.Garcia, J.Magnussen, M.Rockenfeller Corvette Racing Chevrolet 0.720s 7
6 P M.Mediani, N.Minassian, M.Aleshin, K.Ladygin SMP Racing BR Engineering/Nissan 0.821s 4
7 GTLM B.Auberlen, D.Werner, A.Farfus, B.Spengler BMW Team RLL BMW 0.831s 7
8 P R.Dalziel, M.Goossens, R.H.-Reay Visit Florida Racing Corvette/Chevrolet 2.012s 5
9 GTLM A.P.Guidi, A.Premat, D.Serra, M.Rojas Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 2.336s 5
10 GTLM L.Luhr, J.M.Edwards, K.Wittmer, G.Rahal BMW Team RLL BMW 2.455s 6

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