P1racenews AI automatic summary:
BMW’s Dries Vanthoor sets pace in first day of running for the Daytona Roar Before the 24.
The Belgian driver in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8, from Team RLL, set the fastest overall time of 1:35.424, beating former BMW factory driver Nick Yelloly by 0.195 seconds, who took second in the #93 Meyer Shank Acura ARX-06. Romain Grosjean in the #63 Lamborghini SC63 was third fastest, 0.617 seconds behind the leader, an impressive showing for Lamborghini. The sister BMW #25 with Sheldon van der Linde was fourth, followed by Colin Braun in the #60 Acura in fifth place. In LMP2, Mikkel Jensen led the class in the #11 TDS Racing Oreca 07-Gibson, with Antonio Felix da Costa and Colton Herta close behind. Laurin Heinrich topped GTD Pro in the #77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3R, while Maximilian Goetz was fastest in the GTD class with the #32 Korthoff Competition Mercedes AMG-GT3. The next Roar session is scheduled for 3:15pm UK time on Saturday 18th January, or 10:15am local time.
