The #16 1st Phorm Porsche won GTD class of the Rolex 24 last year with Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, Richard Lietz and Zach Robichon at the wheel, while this year, Lietz is replaced by Dennis Olsen, who finished third in this race in GTD Pro 12 months ago, driving a KCMG Porsche.
The Porsche 911 GT3 Rs looked extremely tardy compared with the opposition, for while Heylen was quickest of the nine Porsche qualifiers in the Roar Before the 24 last weekend, his best time was 2.849sec off the GTD pacesetter, Philip Ellis in Winward Racing’s Mercedes AMG GT3.
