P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Acura’s Tom Blomqvist set the pace in the first practice session for the Daytona 24 Hours, the season opener for the 2026 IMSA Sportscar Championship. The Briton lapped the circuit in 1:35.415 in the #60 Meyer Shank Acura, which completed 20 laps of the track in the 1h30m session. Second was Kevin Estre in the […]
In the first practice session for the Daytona 24 Hours, Acura’s Tom Blomqvist set the pace with a lap time of 1:35.415 in the #60 Meyer Shank Acura.
Kevin Estre in the #6 Porsche was second, just over a tenth behind Blomqvist, with Felipe Nasr in the #7 Porsche taking third.
Filipe Albuquerque in the #10 Cadillac and Dries Vanthoor in the #24 BMW rounded out the top five positions.
Nick Cassidy led the LMP2 class in the #343 Inter Europol Oreca, while the #19 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 topped the GTD Pro-GTD categories with Carl Bennett at the wheel.
Qualifying is set to begin at 14:10 ET local time for the GTD cars, be sure to check the full practice session results on IMSA’s website.
