Porsche Penske Motorsport took the lead in the night session of the Roar Before the Rolex 24. After BMW M Team RLL twice earlier in the day, it was Laurens Vanthoor who placed the #6 Porsche 963 at the top of the field. timesheet for a night session.
With a best lap of 1:36.271, the Belgian, at the wheel of the No. 7, beat two BMW M Hybrid V8s, respectively Philipp Eng by 227 thousandths and Sheldon van der Linde by 641 thousandths. Fourth time for the Acura ARX-06 / Meyer Shank Racing of Tom Blomqvist, 847 thousandths from the lead. Mirko Bortolotti’s Lamborghini SC63 completes the top 5 at 875 thousandths.
Seven prototypes in the GTP category out of twelve finished within the same second.
Inter Europol Competition domination in LMP2 thanks to Antonio Felix da Costa who completed a lap in 1:39.618, 344 thousandths faster than Mikkel Jensen for TDS Racing. Pratt Miller Motorsports, AF Corse and CrowdStrike Racing by APR complete the top 5 in a category that remains as close as ever with nine LMP2s within the same second.
Note that the only interruption of the session was the result of Tobias Lutke’s Oreca 07 / Era Motorsport going off the track.
The No. 20 Porsche 911 GT3 R / Proton Competition of Thomas Preining was the fastest in the GTD PRO class in 1:48.034, ahead of another Porsche, that of AO Racing and the Ferrari 296 GT3 / DragonSpeed of Albert Costa.
-Porsche also had the best time in the GTD class with Wright Motorsports and Elliott Skeer. The No. 120 took over the 911 GT3 R / Iron Dames of Michelle Gatting and the Corvette Z06 GT3.R / AWA of Marvin Kirchhöfer.
Two sessions are scheduled this Sunday at the Daytona International Speedway.
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