Braun lapped the 3.56-mile road course, which hosts the 61st Rolex 24 Hours next weekend, in the fastest GTP time of the weekend so far at 1m35.038s to top the timesheet in the quickfire hour-long fourth session of the three-day ‘Roar Before The 24’ event.
With rain threatening as a cold weather front sweeps across Florida, the action came thick and fast from the start of the session. Michael Christensen (#7 Penske Porsche 963) set the first representative time of 1m36.460s, before Alexander Sims pipped him by 0.023s in Action Express Racing’s Cadillac V-LMDh.
Philipp Eng briefly topped that with 1m35.811s in his BMW Team RLL M Hybrid V8, then Colin Braun reset the bar with 1m35.594s in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 – to ensure that all four GTP manufacturers had taken a turn at the head of the times.
Not to be outdone, Brendon Hartley then grabbed P1 with 1m35.156s in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06. Nick Yelloly momentarily split the Acuras in the #25 BMW, before Braun regained the top spot with 1m35.038s.
The session ended with Braun clear of Hartley by 0.118s, with Eng (who suffered a quick spin in the closing moments) and Yelloly making it a BMW 3-4. Porsche was 5-6 with Christensen and Dane Cameron in the #6 car.
The Cadillacs were again slowest in the top class, with Renger van der Zande 1.262s off the pace in his #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh. Sims was eighth in the AXR variant, with Richard Westbrook rounding out the GTP class in the #02 CGR car.
Hanley fastest in LMP2
In LMP2, Raffaele Marciello led the way for High Class Racing for the first half of the session, before Ben Hanley’s Crowdstrike Racing by APR beat him by 0.875s with a time of 1m38.633s.
IndyCar star Rinus VeeKay jumped up to second for TDS Racing, ahead of Kyffin Simpson (Tower Motorsports), who set his time just as he received the mechanical warning flag, but he was still 0.684s down in third. Marciello dropped to fourth.
Nico Pino’s Ligier topped the LMP3 class for Sean Creech Motorsport, ahead of Gabby Chaves for Andretti Autosport.
Aston Martin continues GTD domination
Aston Martin was fastest in the GT Daytona ranks once again, with Nicki Thiim (Magnus Racing) setting the pace at 1m47.655s, just ahead of Pro class leader Hugh Plumb (TGM/TF Sport).
Maximilian Goetz was best of the rest in the Team Korthoff Mercedes-AMG, ahead of Jack Hawksworth in the Pro class Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F and David Pittard’s Heart of Racing Aston.
Final practice today is a two-hour night session, which starts at 18:30 ET – when rain is expected. Qualifying for the Rolex 24 Hours takes place on Sunday at 13:25 ET.
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Tom Blomqvist  Colin Braun  Helio Castroneves  Simon Pagenaud
|
Acura ARX-06 | 31 | 1'35.038 | ||
| 2 |
Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque  Louis Deletraz  Brendon Hartley
|
Acura ARX-06 | 29 | 1'35.156 | 0.118 | 0.118 |
| 3 |
 Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus  Marco Wittmann Colton Herta
|
BMW M Hybrid V8 | 19 | 1'35.372 | 0.334 | 0.216 |
| 4 |
Connor de Phillippi Nick Yelloly  Sheldon Van Der Linde Colton Herta
|
BMW M Hybrid V8 | 24 | 1'35.458 | 0.420 | 0.086 |
| 5 |
 Matt Campbell Felipe Nasr  Michael Christensen
|
Porsche 963 | 32 | 1'36.072 | 1.034 | 0.614 |
| 6 |
Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy Dane Cameron
|
Porsche 963 | 25 | 1'36.151 | 1.113 | 0.079 |
| 7 |
Sébastien Bourdais  Renger van der Zande Scott Dixon
|
Cadillac V-LMDh | 26 | 1'36.223 | 1.185 | 0.072 |
| 8 |
Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook
|
Cadillac V-LMDh | 27 | 1'36.384 | 1.346 | 0.161 |
| 9 |
Pipo Derani Alexander Sims Jack Aitken
|
Cadillac V-LMDh | 32 | 1'36.437 | 1.399 | 0.053 |
| 10 |
George Kurtz Ben Hanley Matt McMurry  Esteban Gutierrez
|
ORECA LMP2 07 | 32 | 1'38.633 | 3.595 | 2.196 |
| 11 |
Thomas Steven Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Rinus van Kalmthout
|
ORECA LMP2 07 | 32 | 1'39.303 | 4.265 | 0.670 |
| 12 |
 John Farano Scott McLaughlin Josef Newgarden Kyffin Simpson |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 31 | 1'39.317 | 4.279 | 0.014 |
| 13 |
Dennis Andersen  Ed Jones Anders Fjordbach  Raffaele Marciello
|
ORECA LMP2 07 | 30 | 1'39.508 | 4.470 | 0.191 |
| 14 |
François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxiviere Julien Canal Nicklas Nielsen
|
ORECA LMP2 07 | 28 | 1'39.768 | 4.730 | 0.260 |
| 15 |
Fred Poordad Francesco Pizzi James Allen Giammaria Bruni |
ORECA LMP2 07 | 29 | 1'40.014 | 4.976 | 0.246 |
| 16 |
François Heriau Giedo van der Garde Josh Pierson Job Van Uitert
|
ORECA LMP2 07 | 29 | 1'40.236 | 5.198 | 0.222 |
| 17 |
Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Austin Cindric Pietro Fittipaldi
|
ORECA LMP2 07 | 32 | 1'40.646 | 5.608 | 0.410 |
| 18 |
Ben Keating Paul-Loup Chatin Alex Quinn Nicolas Lapierre
|
ORECA LMP2 07 | 29 | 1'40.888 | 5.850 | 0.242 |
| 19 |
Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Nicolas Pino Danny Soufi |
Ligier JS P320 | 29 | 1'42.961 | 7.923 | 2.073 |
| 20 |
Jarett Andretti  Gabby Chaves Dakota Dickerson  Rasmus Lindh
|
Ligier JS P320 | 26 | 1'42.963 | 7.925 | 0.002 |
| 21 |
Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga Glenn van Berlo Josh Burdon |
Ligier JS P320 | 29 | 1'43.346 | 8.308 | 0.383 |
| 22 |
 Yu Kanamaru James Vance Antonio Serravalle Nicholas Boulle
|
Duqueine D08 | 26 | 1'43.428 | 8.390 | 0.082 |
| 23 |
Dwight Merriman Ryan Dalziel Christian Rasmussen Oliver Jarvis
|
ORECA LMP2 07 | 15 | 1'43.693 | 8.655 | 0.265 |
| 24 |
Sebastian Alvarez  Danial Frost Alex Vogel Guilherme de |
Ligier JS P320 | 25 | 1'43.947 | 8.909 | 0.254 |
| 25 |
Till Bechtolsheimer Tijmen van der Helm Luca Mars Mason Filippi
|
Duqueine D08 | 31 | 1'44.043 | 9.005 | 0.096 |
| 26 |
Anthony Mantella Wayne Boyd Nico Varrone Thomas Merrill
|
Duqueine D08 | 28 | 1'44.258 | 9.220 | 0.215 |
| 27 |
Orey Fidani Matthew Bell Lars Kern Moritz Kranz
|
Duqueine D08 | 32 | 1'45.132 | 10.094 | 0.874 |
| 28 |
John DeAngelis Christopher Allen Cameron Shields Connor Bloum |
Ligier JS P320 | 27 | 1'45.910 | 10.872 | 0.778 |
| 29 |
John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Nicki Thiim
|
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 21 | 1'47.276 | 12.238 | 1.366 |
| 30 |
Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler
|
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 28 | 1'47.309 | 12.271 | 0.033 |
| 31 |
Mike Skeen Mikael Grenier Kenton Koch Maximillian Goetz |
Mercedes AMG GT3 | 25 | 1'47.315 | 12.277 | 0.006 |
| 32 |
Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Mike Conway
|
Lexus RC F GT3 | 30 | 1'47.446 | 12.408 | 0.131 |
| 33 |
Ross Gunn  Alex Riberas David Pittard |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 21 | 1'47.446 | 12.408 | 0.000 |
| 34 |
Aaron Telitz Frankie Montecalvo Kyle Kirkwood Parker Thompson |
Lexus RC F GT3 | 23 | 1'47.507 | 12.469 | 0.061 |
| 35 |
Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Lucas Auer
|
Mercedes AMG GT3 | 18 | 1'47.520 | 12.482 | 0.013 |
| 36 |
Fabian Schiller  Axcil Jefferies
|
Mercedes AMG GT3 | 26 | 1'47.599 | 12.561 | 0.079 |
| 37 |
Sheena Monk Katherine Legge Mario Farnbacher Marc Miller
|
Acura NSX GT3 | 28 | 1'47.671 | 12.633 | 0.072 |
| 38 |
Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Tommy Milner
|
Corvette C8.R GTD | 25 | 1'47.711 | 12.673 | 0.040 |
| 39 |
Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti Jordan Lee Pepper Romain Grosjean
|
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 31 | 1'47.737 | 12.699 | 0.026 |
| 40 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Daniel Serra Davide Rigon
|
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 23 | 1'47.757 | 12.719 | 0.020 |
| 41 |
Ashton Harrison Danny Formal Kyle Marcelli Ryan Briscoe
|
Acura NSX GT3 | 25 | 1'47.785 | 12.747 | 0.028 |
| 42 |
Roman De Angelis Marco Sorensen Ian James Darren Turner
|
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 27 | 1'47.824 | 12.786 | 0.039 |
| 43 |
Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ollie Millroy Marvin Kirchhofer
|
McLaren 720S GT3 | 26 | 1'47.836 | 12.798 | 0.012 |
| 44 |
Rahel Frey  Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 27 | 1'47.928 | 12.890 | 0.092 |
| 45 |
Mikhail Goikhberg Loris Spinelli  Benjamin Hites Marco Mapelli
|
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 27 | 1'47.985 | 12.947 | 0.057 |
| 46 |
Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley Michael Dinan Jens Klingmann
|
BMW M4 GT3 | 22 | 1'48.041 | 13.003 | 0.056 |
| 47 |
Raffaele Giammaria Frank Perera Claudio Schiavoni Rolf Ineichen
|
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 24 | 1'48.159 | 13.121 | 0.118 |
| 48 |
Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Alessandro Balzan
|
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 27 | 1'48.286 | 13.248 | 0.127 |
| 49 |
Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Bruno Spengler John Edwards
|
BMW M4 GT3 | 25 | 1'48.358 | 13.320 | 0.072 |
| 50 |
Mann Simon  Luis Perez Companc Miguel Molina Francesco Castellacci
|
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 27 | 1'48.411 | 13.373 | 0.053 |
| 51 |
Klaus Bachler Patrick Pilet Laurens Vanthoor
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 10 | 1'49.028 | 13.990 | 0.617 |
| 52 |
Onofrio Triarsi Charles Scardina Alessio Rovera Andrea Bertolini
|
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 23 | 1'49.088 | 14.050 | 0.060 |
| 53 |
Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Maxime Martin
|
BMW M4 GT3 | 6 | 1'49.124 | 14.086 | 0.036 |
| 54 |
Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Zacharie Robichon  Dennis Olsen
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 26 | 1'49.188 | 14.150 | 0.064 |
| 55 |
Don Yount Jaden Conwright Kerong Li Alessio Deledda
|
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 | 27 | 1'49.286 | 14.248 | 0.098 |
| 56 |
Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Max Root Kevin Estre
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 23 | 1'49.384 | 14.346 | 0.098 |
| 57 |
Mark Kvamme Trenton Estep Jan Magnussen Jason Hart
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 17 | 1'49.429 | 14.391 | 0.045 |
| 58 |
Alan Metni Kay van Berlo Jaxon Evans Julien Andlauer
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 25 | 1'49.545 | 14.507 | 0.116 |
| 59 |
David Brule Alec Udell Andrew Davis Jeroen Bleekemolen
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 23 | 1'49.730 | 14.692 | 0.185 |
| 60 |
PJ Hyett Seb Priaulx Gunnar Jeannette Harry Tincknell
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 26 | 1'49.952 | 14.914 | 0.222 |
| 61 |
Cooper MacNeil Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon Maro Engel
|
Mercedes AMG GT3 | 0 | |||
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