P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Tom Blomqvist set the fastest lap time in the first practice session for the Daytona 24 Hours, with Acura setting a 1:34.576 to quickest, on a cold, chilly morning in Florida. The Briton, in the #60 Meyer Shank Acura ARX-06, was 0.176 faster than his teammate, Nick Yelloly, in the sister #93 car. Blomqvist’s session-leading […]
In the practice session, Tom Blomqvist in the #60 Meyer Shank Acura ARX-06 was 0.176 seconds faster than his teammate Nick Yelloly in the #93 car. Blomqvist’s car also completed the most laps with 42 across all three drivers. Following them were the BMWs of Dries Vanthoor and Sheldon van der Linde, with Vanthoor being faster by 0.291 seconds. Felipe Nasr in the #7 Porsche 963 took fifth place, nearly seven and a half tenths behind Blomqvist.
The Cadillacs of Jack Aitken, Louis Deletraz, and Filipe Albuquerque took the next three positions. The session saw a red flag when the #5 Proton Competition Porsche 963 had a tyre failure. In the LMP2 category, Mikkel Jensen led the way, while Andrea Caldarelli topped GTD Pro in the #9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini. Franck Perera in the #78 Forte Racing Lamborghini set the fastest time overall in the GT classes. Next up is qualifying at 2:10pm local time.
